This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Graessle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UGB.2ACI/1403.2.1 Message Board Post: Bette, I found Christian and family in the 1850 census for Monroe, but can't find them after that. Did they leave the county? I found the birth entries for the 4 children in the Trinity records, but not much else (including no marriage record in the county or Trinity Lutheran Church records). Where did you find their marriage date? I THINK that Christian may be the brother of Andreas Anton Graessle (Andreas was a sponsor for one of Christian's children), but don't have a complete list of Andreas' siblings to prove that. Just a hunch based on names and other connections with the family. If you know where they were in 1860- and after perhaps that would help. I didn't find much else on this family in the Trinity records. I did find a Maria Rode Graessle that died in 1885, but her marriage was listed as 1843- so I am not sure if she is the same lady or not. Loretta