This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/1681.1.1 Message Board Post: Elise was born abt. 1867 in Prussia and came to the U S in 1871. I have not found where her parents Michael (Michakel) and Maria Piccard Sura died or were buried either but I did find them on the 1880 Stearns Ct (for county) census but Elise was not listed. Since there isn't much of a 1890 census I had to look for them in 1900 and did not find the parents or Elise mentioned but was able to track 2 sons who came west.