I have the following Schnell's in my Lutz tree. Anna Maria Schnell born 20 Feb 1841 to Georg Adam Schnell (23 Jul 1804-06 Sep 1865) and Maria Margaretha Schnell (03 Apr 1805-07 Feb 1865). Family immigrated to United States on the Franciska (Hamburg to New York, arriving 01 Jun 1852). Anna Maria married Johann Adam Lutz on 02 Feb 1865 at St John Lutheran of Amelith. A son, Johann Matthias, was born to Anna Maria Schnell and Johann Adam Lutz on 30 Apr 1865. The baby died 01 Jul 1865 and is buried at St John of Amelith. Anna Maria died 01 Nov 1865 and is buried at St John. So from Feb to Nov 1865, the baby, the mother and the mother's parents died. The Saginaw County death records do not list a cause of death. The church records do not list cause of death. I have always wondered about this family and why they died so close together. I think this is a mystery I will be unable to find an answer to. Johann Adam Lutz married a 2nd time on 02 Jul 1866 to Marie Margaretha Sybilla Goetz and went on to have 8 more children. Please feel free to contact me offline if you are also interested in this family. Linda From: Saginawsue@aol.com To: MISAGINA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MISAGINA] St. John's cemetery Deb, Thanks for asking. As far as I know there is no one in my husband's ancestral tree by either name. We were searching for SCHNELL ancestors. We photographed 5 headstones. Actually they turned out clearer than I anticipated, given the low light conditions. Carolyn, I would be happy to scan the pictures of the five headstones I have from St. John's Cemetery and send them to you as jpg files if you could use them that way. Let me know. They are: "Baby" Son of G. & M. Schnell; July 26, 1899 Hedwig, Daughter of G. & M. Schnell; May 10, 1897-Feb 4, 1898 Schnell Margaretha 1865-1931 mother George 1858-1932 father Martin Schnell Nov. 20 1891- Dec. 21, 1926 Leota P. Schnell 1906-1971 mother I was wrong yesterday, St. John's Cemetery is actually on Beyer Road (not Dehmel). --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now