Dear Eric, Included in this email are 3 family group sheets on Zieseniss families. The 3 different families are not connected to each other in my records. In summary: 1) Wilhelmine Ziesenis Borchert born 1853 buried in Bremer Co., IA. 2) Children of Heinrich Christoph Zieseniss born 1825 in Auhagen, Germany and Sophia Battermann from Kohlenfeld (Kolenfeld), Germany settled at Beecher (Eagle Lake), Will Co., IL and Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN. 3) Friedrich Wilhelm Ziesenniss born 15 AUG 1816 from Ludersfeld (parish of Lindhorst), Germany and wife Engel Boevers from Hulshagen immigrated in 1846... I do not know where they settled. Karen Rowe karen@karensgen.com Family Group Sheet Wife: Wilhelmine Ziesenis Born: 14 SEP 1853 in: Baptized: in: Died: 21 SEP 1922 in: Buried: in: Fremont Twp. Cemetery, Bremer Co., IA Father: Mother: Husband: Carl Philip FERDINAND Borchert Married: in: Born: 21 JUL 1847 in: Rehren #19, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 14 JUL 1847 in: St. Egidien Church, Hattendorf, Germany Died: 11 DEC 1922 in: Tripoli, Bremer Co., IA Buried: in: Fremont Twp. Cemetery, Bremer Co., IA 2 Father: Johann Heinrich Borchers Mother: Engel Maria Louise Meyer Twin. Family Group Sheet Husband: Heinrich CHRISTOPH Ziesenis Born: __ FEB 1825 in: Auhagen, Ksp. Bergkirchen, Germany Baptized: in: Died: 11 MAY 1908 in: Buried: in: Father: Mother: Schaumburger Auswanderer #2224???: Ziesenis, Heinrich, Auhagen to America 1856. Wife: Sophia Battermann Married: __ ___ 1858 in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL Born: 22 SEP 1841 in: Kolenfeld, Amt. Blumenau, Germany Baptized: in: Kolenfeld, Amt. Blumenau, Germany Died: 25 JAN 1913 in: Buried: in: Father: HEINRICH Wilhelm Christoph Battermann Mother: Sophia WILHELMINE Christine Riechers Confirmation Records at St. Johns Lutheran Church, Beecher, IL state DOB as 14 AUG 1844. M Child 1 Heinrich Friedrich Christoph Ziesenis Born: 09 JUL 1859 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Baptized: __ JUL 1859 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN Died: AFT 1873 in: Buried: in: M Child 2 Friedrich Heinrich CHRISTOPH Ziesenis Born: 15 APR 1861 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Baptized: __ APR 1861 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN Died: AFT 1875 in: Buried: in: F Child 3 Dorothea Ziesenis Born: 28 SEP 1863 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Baptized: 22 NOV 1863 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN Died: AFT 1877 in: Buried: in: Baptized Engel Sophia Dorothea Henrietta Laura Ziesenis. F Child 4 Wilhelmine MINA Ziesenis Born: 25 MAY 1866 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Baptized: 17 JUN 1866 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN Died: AFT 1890 in: Buried: in: Spouse: Otto Russel Married: 08 MAY 1890 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN Baptised Engel Dorothea Sophia Wilhelmine Chr. Hanna. F Child 5 Wilhelmine Sophia Karol. LOUISE Ziesenis Born: 16 FEB 1869 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Baptized: 28 MAR 1869 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN Died: 22 OCT 1870 in: Crete, Will Co., IL Buried: in: F Child 6 Sophia Zieseniss Born: 08 SEP 1871 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Baptized: 01 OCT 1871 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN Died: in: Buried: in: M Child 7 Heinrich Friedrich Ziesenis Born: 20 DEC 1876 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Baptized: 26 DEC 1876 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN Died: 09 FEB 1887 in: Buried: in: F Child 8 Alvina Zieseniss Born: 29 MAR 1879 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Baptized: 02 JUN 1879 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN Died: AFT 1901 in: Buried: in: Spouse: Heinrich Heisterberg Married: in: M Child 9 Herman Ziesenis Born: 30 OCT 1884 in: Baptized: in: Died: in: Buried: in: ? Child 10 Infant Ziezeniss Born: 11 DEC 1888 in: Died: 13 DEC 1888 in: Buried: in: Family Group Sheet Husband: Johann Philipp Zieseniss Born: 16 AUG 1791 in: Kreuzriehe #11, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 21 AUG 1791 in: Bad Nenndorf, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany Died: __ ___ 1856 in: Ludersfeld #6, Schaumburg, Germany Buried: in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Father: Johann Caspar Zieseniss Mother: Ilsa Maria Stege Wife: Anna Engel Maria Auhagen Married: 30 MAY 1815 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Born: 22 FEB 1790 in: Ludersfeld #28, Sch.-Lippe, Germany Baptized: 24 FEB 1790 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Died: 04 JAN 1876 in: Ludersfeld, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Buried: 07 JAN 1876 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Father: Christian Heinrich Wilhelm Auhagen Mother: Ilsa Catharina Sophia Maria Wilkening M Child 1 Friedrich Wilhelm Zieseniss Born: 15 AUG 1816 in: Ludersfeld #28, Sch.-Lippe, Germany Baptized: 20 AUG 1816 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Died: AFT 1846 in: America Buried: in: Spouse: Engel Maria Dorothea Boevers Married: 01 MAY 1846 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Schaumburger Auswanderer #720: Zieseniss, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm, Ludersfel Sohn des Malers Johann PHilipp Z. in Ludersfeld u. der Engel Marie Dorothee geb. Auhagen, geb. 20.8.1816 in Ludersfeld, heir. 1.3.1846, mit Ehefrau Engel Marie Dorothee geb. Boevers, Hulshagen Nr. 27, geb. 21.5.1821, nach Amerika, unmittelbar nach 1.3.1846 (Kb. Lindhorst Trauungen 1846 Nr. 3) M Child 2 Toennies Gottlieb Zieseniss Born: 17 AUG 1819 in: Ludersfeld #28, Sch.-Lippe, Germany Baptized: 22 AUG 1819 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Died: in: Buried: in: F Child 3 Engel Maria Sophia Ziesenis Born: 12 DEC 1821 in: Ludersfeld #28, Sch.-Lippe, Germany Baptized: 16 DEC 1821 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Died: AFT 1851 in: Buried: in: Spouse: Heinrich Christoph Reineking Married: 02 JAN 1848 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany F Child 4 Catharina Maria Sophia Dorothea Ziesenis Born: 13 JUN 1824 in: Ludersfeld #36, Sch.-Lippe, Germany Baptized: 20 JUN 1824 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Died: in: Buried: in: F Child 5 Anna Sophia Dorothea Zieseniss Born: 25 OCT 1826 in: Ludersfeld #27, Sch.-Lippe, Germany Baptized: 29 OCT 1826 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Died: 17 JUN 1867 in: Ludersfeld #6, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Buried: 21 JUN 1867 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Spouse: Carl Wilhelm Wilkening Married: __ ___ 1852 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany