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/1624.2 Message Board Post: The following info is from my database on immigrants from Luxembourg to central Minnesota! The Wilwerding family originated from Luxembourg. I presume your ancestor is a descendant of these folks! Wilwerding, Anton J. b. 1848 at Canach, Remich, Luxembourg; m. Amelia J. Roden; d. 24 Aug. 1928/29 at Freeport, Minn. Sources: 1. Mitchell, William B., History of Stearns County, Minnesota, Vol. II, pp. 1013-16, (1915) 2. Index to Gravestones of Stearns, Benton, and Sherburne Counties, Minn. Wilwerding, Elisabeth See: Nicholas Goedert (s/o Peter & Elisabeth Goedert) Wilwerding, Nicholas b. about 1853 at Canach, Remich, Luxembourg; m. (I?) Mary ______ before 1881 -she died before 1893?); m. II) Margaretha Danzl on 17 Jan. 1893 at St. Joseph, Minn.; d. 19 May 1929 at Finlayson, Minn. & is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery, St. Joseph, Minn.. Margaretha Danzl b. ________; d. _________. Sources: 1. Civil death record for son, Michael Wilwerding on 6 Nov. 1889, age 8 yr, 2 mo., 12 d; Stearns County, Minn., Book A, p. 187, line 4 2. Marriage record, St. Joseph Parish, St. Joseph, Minn. 3. Obituary of mother: Der Nordstern, 13 Oct. 1921 4. Civil death record, Stearns County, Minn., 1929 Book, p. 6, no. 113 5. Burial record, N. Wilwerding, St. Joseph Parish, St. Joseph, Minn.