This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Koenig Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZKB.2ACE/22.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My husband is a Koenig. I have been researching this line. He is of the Hermann/Rhineland Koenigs. Gerhard (not GeBhard) Koenig is his Great-grandfather. I have looked up the 1860 Census from Loutre Township, Montgomery Co., Missouri and found Henry King. I question if this is the correct lineage for the family, as Gerhard Koenig's date of birth that has been recorded in my husband's family is Jan 12, 1859. So he SHOULD have been recorded on the 1860 census, since the enumeration date was 28th Aug 1860. Granted, an error could have been made, and Gerhard could have been left off. I have also found Gerhard in the Loutre Township, Montgomery Co., Missouri Census for 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930. (He died Jul 15, 1936). If the above mentioned Henry King IS his father, Gerhard reverted back to the Koenig spelling, which is actually the anglicized spelling. Konig (the 'o' would have an umlaut(sp?)), would be the German spelling of the name. I have found others online who have posted One World Tree information that gives his original name as Joannes Henricus Konig. These people list Joannes' wife (and the mother of Gerhard, Bernard, Caroline and Johanna) as Joanna Catharina Koorman. I would be interested in trading information with anyone who has information to share on this line.