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/1597 Message Board Post: 1895 Springhill Twp, Stearns County Census: Hermann ALTROGGE,39, wife Louisa, 26, Children: Hedwig,7,Herman,6,Herbert,4,Veronika,2. Children all born Minnesota. 1900 Springhill Twp, Stearns County Census: Herman ALTROGGE, Marc 1855, m 14 yrs, to USA 1886; Louise born April 1866, Hedwig born June 1887 MN, Herman born Jan 1889 MN, Herbert born March 1891 MN, Veronika born Jan 1893 MN and Joseph born Sept 1898 MN. ED 179, #11/19 on Ancestry.com. 1905 Springhill Twp, Stearns County Census: Herman ALTROGGE ,49, Houisa,38,Hedwig,17,Hermann,Hubert,Veronika,Joseph,Hugo. Hugo's sister, Gertrude Altrogge, married Theodore Melchoir Peters and they and their family also are in the 1900 Springhill Twp, Stearns County, census. The two families intermarried, lived by each other and knew each other. Anyone researching these families? Diane in Saskatchewan