This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meyer, Fees, Lacy, Hoch, Miller Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oh0.2ACEB/1786 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on a Henry Meyer. He was the son of Caroline (Carrie) Meyer Fees. We don't have any information on his father but believe he was illegitimate born in Bavaria Germany. He came to the United States in 1891 or 1892 as a very young child. It is believed he came here with his mother, grandfather (Heinrich Meyer) and his grandmother (Caroline Lacy Meyer). They settled in Aurora, Illinois. His mother married Michael Fees on March 24, 1892 In Aurora, Illinois (Kane County). Michael Fees was a farmer in Oswego Illinois and had come to the U.S. in 1887 on the Saale from Germany. I believe his parents anmes are Andrew and Fredricka Fees. They lived in Waldeck, Germany. Michael also had 2 sisters that also settled in Oswego, Illinois by the names of Fredricka Fees who married John Hoch on 2/10/1891 and Minnie Fees who married Charles Miller on 09/06/1891. On the 1900 census it show Michael (head) born 8/1858 age 43, Caroline (wife) born 2/1862 age 39, Henry (son) born 5/1889 age 11. Michael and Caroline went on to have 2 sons named Otto (who was my great grandfather) and Alfred. They are listed on 1900 census as Otto born on Jan. 29 age 7 and Alfred born on Nov. 29 age 3. Michael and Caroline married 8 years. I never found out what happened to Caroline's parents. Michael and Caroline moved to Hanover Township, Illinois with Otto and Alfred, but I am not sure of the year. Henry stayed on in Oswego, Illinois as a farm hand. He is listed on the 1920 census as Henry Meyer (head) age 30, Anna (wife) age 28, Caroline (daughter) age 5, Francis (daughter) age 3, and Margaret (daughter) age 1. He is listed as a farmer. On the 1930 census for Oswego Township, Kendall County, Illinois, image 13--Henry Meyer (head) age 40, Anna (wife) age 39, Caroline (daughter) age 14, Frances (daughter) age 12, Margaret (daughter) age 10, Ruth (daughter) age 8, Henry (son) age 6, Betty Jane ( daughter) age 2, and Robert Donald (son) age 1 month. Henry is a farmer. Any information on any of the people I have mentioned would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Kim