Looking for the *** PARENTS of the following: JOHN CHRISTIAN KOCH & LENA ROSA OHRENSCHALL *** JOHN CHRISTIAN KOCH: born: 15 August 1865 in Mulhausen Thuringen, East Germany died: 27 April 1953 in The Pioneer Home for the Aged, Wilton, McLean County, North Dakota buried: 30 April 1953 in the Family Plot - MacComber/MineView Cemetery, SE of Wilton in BURLEIGH County, North Dakota John Christian Koch lived in Burleigh County, ND, for over 46 years. He came to America in 1890. On 31 August 1904 in Mora, Kanabec County, Minnesota. John married his FIRST COUSIN. Three children were born, before the family moved to Burleigh County, North Dakota. They had 12 Children, I have only found 10, so far. *** LENA ROSA OHRENSCHALL: born: 01 May 1888 in Niederbipp in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. died: 04 March 1931 at Home, near the Coal Mine in Ecklund Township, near Wilton, Burleigh County, North Dakota. >From complications of Childbirth, when Pneumonia set in, about a week after giving birth. buried: 06 March 1931 in the Cemetery, South of the Coal Mine, near Wilton, Burleigh County, North Dakota. (Cemetery where her Husband and Sons Paul & Alfred are buried) OHRENSCHALL is of German Orgin: Found only in Arnstadt and Muhlhausen, in what used to be East Germany. Some of the information was sent to me by an Ohrenschall Family Researcher. Their informat in Switzerland says that there is NO one with the surname of Ohrenschall in Switzerland. Please send any Information, no matter how small to: Carla in Oregon _______ [email protected] . . --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.372 / Virus Database: 207 - Release Date: 06/20/2002