Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11397 Surname: VERKENNES ------------------------- My records show Peter Verkennes (Verkennis), b. 1820, Holland, and wife, Ida Clerx, b. 1821, Holland. Children born in 1850s in Stearns: Mathilda, Leonid, Caspar, Anna. There may have been other children, including your Hubert

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11396 Surname: PRIMUS ------------------------- Although it has been awhile since this was posted (this will teach me to be more thorogh in my research!!), I would be interested in a copy of the page showing the marriage you mentioned. Please contact me, and I will give you my address....thank you... Yolanda

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11395 Surname: Verkennis ------------------------- I am looking for any info about Verkennis family,Stearns co. My GGrandfather is Hubert Verkennis B.1860 D.5-26-1900 in Melrose.Do not have GGrandmother's first name or maiden name. My Grandmother is Catherine Ann Verkennis Scherping B.12-16-1883 D.11-22-1961, lived near Freeport. Would appreciate any info we can exchange.Thank you

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11394 Surname: Verkennis ------------------------- I am looking for any info about Verkennis family,Stearns co. My GGrandfather is Hubert Verkennis B.1860 D.5-26-1900 in Melrose.Do not have GGrandmother's first name or maiden name. My Grandmother is Catherine Ann Verkennis Scherping B.12-16-1883 D.11-22-1961, lived near Freeport. Would appreciate any info we can exchange.

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11393 Surname: ------------------------- Do you know the name of John Henry Fibbe's wife and when and where they were married? I have a record of John Henry Fibbe who died in St. Augusta on September 19, 1885. His wife's name was Maria Catherina Elizabeth Joring. There is a Catherina Fibbe who died in St. Augusta on February 18, 1862. Do not know where or how related.

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11392 Surname: ------------------------- Peter Nohner was born 5-16-1861 and married Kate Hammes in 1886. He died in1904 in Eden Valley, Stearns County. I've got some info on Caspar, but not sure what you wish to know.

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11391 Surname: Curran, McClennan, O'Brien ------------------------- Grandmother Mabel Leona Gillette baptized 11/1898 in Sauk Centre, Minn Stearns County where gr grandmother Anna Mary (McClennan) Gillete was from. Grandmother born & raised in North Dakota.

I am looking for relatives and descendants of my great-grand-uncle Peter Jungels, born 21.6. 1857 in Heffingen, Luxembourg (Europe). He emigrated to the USA in approx. 1882. He purchased a block of land in Minnesota, Stearns County, probably township Maine Prairie, on 16 Nov. 1895. Can anyone help me? Thanks. Nathalie

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11390 Surname: Jungels ------------------------- I am looking for the relatives and descendants of my great grand uncle Peter Jungels. He was born on 21.6. 1857 in Heffingen. He emigrated to the USA in about 1882. He purchased a block of land of 40 acres in Stearns County, Maine Prairie township probably (122N, 29W), section 6, on 16 Nov. 1895. Can anyone help me? Thanks!

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11389 Surname: ------------------------- In my list of Luxembourgers in Stearns County, I have a Gregor Fabeck family. Gregor's daughter was Maria Fabeck who married a Loch, and she lived in Freeport. I wish to know the names of the children of Maria Fabeck Loch to add to my Luxembourger database! Thanks for the information. I am uncertain whether there were other Loch families in Freeport. But, chances are your Maria is part of that family too.

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11388 Surname: Theisen, Warren ------------------------- I'm trying to find out more about Bernard Theisen and wife Alice Warren, of Stearns County. They had at least one son, he being born in 1934 in Cold Spring. My best guess (and it's only a guess) is that Bernard was born ~1895-1915 and Alice ~1905-1915. I've searched (the obvious parts of) the 1900 and 1910 census records without finding them, so I suspect both may have been born after 1910. If you have a clue as to which lines they belong in, I would appreciate knowing it.

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11386 Surname: Bach ------------------------- Dear Ken, The information I have is from a book on the Heiders and Keppers family history. This is all the information I have on my great-great grandparents Bernard Bach and Lucy Keppers Bach. The book doesn't give Bernard's date of birth or death. But in the index of the book it states that Bernards father is Nicholas Bach. Further, in the text of the book it states that Lucy Keppers was 18 year when she married Bernard on November 27, 1862 in St. Joseph. The had 5 children; Nothburga, b.1864, died young; Othilia Elizabeth, b.1866; my greatgrandmother Gertrude, b.1868,d.1956; Agnes, b. 1870; and Margaret, no birthdate given. It goes on to tell that Lucy Keppers Bach, having lost her husband, Bernard, was married to Francis Xavier Dolderer at Avon, Minnesota on November 23, 1881. Francis and Lucy went onto have 3 daughters. I'm not sure if this is any help to you, I also am in search of more information on Bernard Bach. Janet Becker

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11384 Surname: ------------------------- My grandfather, Clemens Kost (Roscoe, MN) (Stearns Co) lived very near Peter Karls and his wife all of their lives. Good hunting. Katy

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11383 Surname: BACH, KOCH, KEPPERS ------------------------- Janet, Thank you so much for responding to my posting. I had just last night come to the realization that probably Gertrude was the daughter of Bernard Bach. Now your e-mail confirms it. In looking at homestead records, I found Bernard Bach's property in the same section as my Gottlieb KOCH's, and the Nicholas BACH had property just west of the same section (NENW & NWNW section 25, twp. 126N-33W). Bernard got his in 1 Apr 1873, while Nicholas was already at his in 1865 (Sept. 15); the latter had been in Stearns Cty. at least since 1861 however. It would appear that Gertrude being the niece of my Gottlieb would most likely be through the BACH line (since Bernard's wife was definitely from Prussia). But the only way would seem to be if Bernard had married previously before his marriage to your Lucy Keppers. Do you have ages on Bernard or any information? Thanks for any help here. Ken Neumann

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11382 Surname: Bach ------------------------- The Gertrude Bach, born 1868 that you have listed as the neice Gottlieb Koch, I believe is my great grandmother. Gertrude Bach b. 1868, d. 1956, St. Cloud, MN. She married Francis Xavier Yaeger 1885 in St. Mary's church , St. Cloud. The had 4 children before Francis died of typhoid fever dec. 23 1893. Their children were Francis X. Jr. , b. 1886 (m.Mathilda Schwartz), Odilia Elizabeth, b. 1888 (m.Joseph Chaika), Mary Lucy, b. 1890 (m.Frank Jaskowiak) and my grandmother, Rose Mithilda b.1891.she married Thomas James Dambly. Gertrude Bach Yaeger was the daughter of Bernard Bach and Lucy Keppers Bach, they were married November 1862 in St. Joseph Church, St. Joseph, MN. They had 5 children Lucy Keppers Bach was born march 1844 in Pronsfeld, Kreis Prum, Prussia. She is the daughter of Adam and Gertrude Dingels Keppers. I have no information on Bernard Bach or his family.

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11380 Surname: ------------------------- Thank you very much for the information. I need to visit the Benton COunty Historical Society and study the small cluster of Belgian families who settled in that county. I think I will add them to my Luxembourger list.

Searching for ancestors with the following surnames: Grunding Peters Macke Meyers Altrogge Assmus Vornbrock Deidrichs Dueker My grandfather was a GRUENDING (GRUNDING)(Johann Heinrich Grunding/Catharina Macke) and he married a PETERS (Theodore Peters/A M Gertrude Altrogge). His mother was Catharina Macke Grunding who came to Minnesota from Germany in 1891/92 as a widow. Catharina married Ferdinad Vornbrock and they had one son, John then Catharina died and shortly after, John died. Mr. Vornbrock eventually remarried. They lived in Meire Grove, MN. My father was Louis Herman Gruending, one of the sons of Johann Heinrich Grunding and Catharina Macke. Their family left Stearns County about 1903 to homestead around St. Benedict, Saskatchewan and raised family and are buried in that area. Some of his siblings married into Diederich, Dueker and other Minnesota families. He married a FRANCIS(Edward Francis/Christina Meyers/Assmus). Hoping to hear from anyone who is researching or connected to the above surnames. Diane in Saskatchewan, Canada

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11379 Surname: ------------------------- In working on my family history, We had a Maria or Mary LOCH. She married a Leonard Rosen from Freeport. I'm not sure if there the same?

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11378 Surname: MICHELS ------------------------- Josef, The place of Uniontown, WA, caught my eye in your MICHELS discussion. They moved there ca 1890. I think there were several families who moved out that way who at one time or another were from Stearns County. My SCHWIEP & MORBECK families (nee TENBREUL) went there in the early 1900s and the oldest in the families and some younger ones died there. A good source is the film of the cemetery listings for St. Boniface Cem. (2 volumes). This is available thru the LDS Fam. Hist. Ctr. film or published thru the Whitman County Genealogical Soc. I wrote them and got the same information. You could verify your MICHELS information that way. Hope this helps. Ken Neumann

Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11376 Surname: MICHELS, NEIS, ZIRBES, BOLD ------------------------- HENRY (HEINRICH) MICHELS, born c 1829 in "Luxembourg", son of Michael Michels and Angelika (Engel) NN, married (Belgium WI c 1857?) Anna Christina Neis, born 30 Nov 1838 Dreis (Eifel), Prussia, daughter of Lorenz Neis & Anna Christina Schueller in Dreis. Children (born in WI) Michael 1858; Anna 1859; Christina 1860 (married Joseph J. Primus); Maria Elisabetha 1862 (married NN Grass(e)l); Johann 1864(born in MICHIGAN!); Angel (Engel, Angelika?) 1866 in WI; Catharina 1868 (married Anton Primus); Heinrich Dec. 1869 in MINNESOTA); Alexander; Joseph; Theodore Joseph. The family is listed in US census 1870 at Grove Township, Stearns Co., (Vol. I, p. 3)and in 1881 at Spring Hill MN.By 1890 the family had moved to Uniontown, Washington state where presumably the parents died. Descendants were known to have lived in Uniontown (old correspondence). The family was Catholic. Anna Christina Neis Michels (photo extant) had two sisters: Anna Margaretha (married Philipp Bold, Jr. residents of Cold Spring, MN) and Maria Elisabetha (married to Hubert Zirbes, last residence San Diego CA). I have a few more details and will gladly share information on these families. I also have notes of (uncertain relationship) a Michels family in Hohenfels, Eifel, also related to my own line. Contact either on this site or at my email: ([email protected]) Good luck in your search! Joe in CA.