This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Michels Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJB.2ACI/490.854.1073.1077.1081 Message Board Post: My ggrandfather, Peter Michels, was born in Hohenfels on January 1, 1859. His father's name was Joseph and Joseph was born around 1818. The family arrived in the USA May 11, 1868 aboard the Erin. Joseph arrived with 6 children..Peter, Catha 1 b. Oct. 7, 1850, Johann b. March 25, 1855, Anna Maria b. March 27, 1857, Catha 2 b. April 2, 1861 and Cath 3 b. September 17, 1863(ships log says Maria; permission to immigrate says Catha3). Peter settled in Racine County, Wisconsin. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any of the others. My grandmother had a picture and on the back is written Mary Wangerin - dad's sister...so I can only assume one of the girls became Mary Wangerin. I found a Mary Wangerin in the Wisconsin census b April 1861 and it states she immigrated in 1866. The family's permission to immigrate is dated 1866, so this could be a connection. Any connections?