Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11363 Surname: ------------------------- Joseph Hemmel, born abuot 1811 at ____ in Luxembourg. He shows up on the 1870 census for Stearns County, living in St. Augusta Township, p. 12. His wife is identified as either "Cresina" or "Gesina". What happened to this family? I am tracking Luxembourgers in Stearns County.