Posted on: Brown County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Brown?read=674 Surname: Rasmus Nielsen ------------------------- My Great Great Grandfather was Rasmus Nielsen from Copenhagen Denmark. He married Rebekah Owens Cantrell March 30, 1841. Of this union there were 11 children of which 9 survived childhood. Sarah Jane, Maria Christina, William Franklin (this is the one mentioned in your report) Charity Louisia Rebekah, Carolina Elizebeth Amelia, Martin Luther Rasmus, John James Ephraen, Lydia Anna Lusinda, and Andrew Joseph Nielsen (my great grandfather. All born either in Hope Indiana or Brown County Indiana. I was told that William Franklin died of typhoid fever and was buried at Salem Cemetary. Rebekah had a hard time rasining AJ and he left home early on to work at all kinds of odd jobs. Joe Nielsen my great uncle lived in Golden then retired to Hawaii. My Grandmother Virginia Lee live mostly in Colorado and then moved ot California Let me hear from you Shirley