This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Detjen, Koester, Müller, Boettjer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SMB.2ACI/986.1 Message Board Post: I have no record of John Carl Meyer or father Nicolaus in Benton County prior to Kansas. His wife Sophia Detjen's birth year is incorrect in some published data, as she is #38 in records of Monsees (Immanuel) Lutheran, born 4 Oct 1856, bapt. 29 Oct. Peter Detjen married Meta Adelheid Koester in Benton County 4 April 1851. (Meta was often anglicized to Martha.) She was the youngest daughter of the Cord Heinrich Koester family, who came to Benton Co 1844. Frederick Miller was Friedrich Müller, birth #41 in Monsees records, parents Johann Müller and Gesche Detjen. Gesche was born ca 1817, and a probable sister of Peter Detjen. Friedrich married Adelheid Boettjer at Monsees 28 July 1882. (Müller was often changed to Mueller or Miller) Homer R. Ficken, Benton Co Mo GenWeb http://members.aol.com/hrftx/index.htm