This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: caesch Surnames: Sprague Engel Spire Montgomery Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.rock/246.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Regarding your 2002 post for a Minna A. Sprague (maiden name Engel)... have you found anything for Minna (Engel) Sprague? I am researching Carl & Sophia Engel family from Rock Co, MN, which also includes names you have mentioned ... Carl, Robert and Freddie, also Martha. The 1900 census for Battle Plain, Rock County, MN has the following Engel family who immigrated to the US from Germany (Mecklenberg I think) in 1885: Carl - May 1848 Germany (married 27 years) Sophia - Jul 1850 Germany (5 children & 5 living) Martha - Nov 1876 Germany Carl - Oct 1878 Germany Robert John - Oct 1881 Germany Freddie R. - 1887 I'm wondering if your Minna was perhaps the earliest child, already married by 1900. If I have the correct family, in 1908 Sheridan,Poweshiek Co, Iowa Robert John Engel married Verna A. Spire. The 1910 census has Robert John and Verna Engel living in Denver, Rock Co, MN, and Robert's parents & youngest brother are living in Hardwick, Rock Co, MN. Robert John & Verna Engel's children include Ansel R., Selma Verna, Emmett Lester, and Lois Sylvia. It is said that sometime after 1930 Robert John Engel left his family and was never heard from again. Selma Verna Engel married Gerald Cecil Montgomery in 1940 in Brookings Co, SD ... the family of my research. I find a Minna S. & George A. Sprague living in Dallas Texas in the 1910-1930 censuses with children George, Mortimer, Elizabeth, Wilma, Howard, John, Natalie & Charles. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.