Hi Becky Her is what I haveon Eckeman in Rieste ( Below ) My main research names in Rieste are WEGLAGE, DEPENBROCK, BIEST, LUTTMER, THESING, KUHL, KOTTE WUBBOLT from Alfhausen (plus various spellings) KLUS, KLUES, APPLEMAM, SCHURMANN, BELM, BELLMAN, POST, STOLTZ, BEYM MASCH, ( Beym Masch) is the older form of BELM ) KLANKER, SUDERMANN, WEINGARTEN, HEDELMANS. I have all the brothers, sisters and any family related to my main line and lots of loose ends, I would have to recheck my records on the Heinrich ECKELMAN listed below, I have him born in Rieste but in fact he may have been living there when his daughter married Herman WEGLAGE and may in fact have been born in a nearby location, let me know if you see any other connections I have lots of info on Rieste. Steven C. Wehling PS I must add that most of these people moved to the Cincinnati area from the 1840s to the 1890s My other E-Mail is steveareeno324@yahoo.com Descendants of Heinrich ECKELMAN 1-Heinrich ECKELMAN, son of ECKELMAN and Unknown, was born about 1792 in Rieste, Niedersachsen, Germany. Heinrich married Elisabeth KOTTE about 1818 in Rieste, Niedersachsen, Germany. Elisabeth was born about 1796 in Rieste, Niedersachsen, Germany. They had two children: Maria Wilhelmina Adelheid and Maria Elizabeth. 2-Maria Wilhelmina Adelheid ECKELMANN was born about 1820 and died in 1853 about age 33. Maria married Herman Heinrich Joseph WEGLAGE, son of Johann Herman Heinrich WEGLAGE and Antonetta BELM, in Rieste, Niedersachsen, Germany. Herman was born on 26 Jul 1819 in Epe, Germany, died on 15 Sep 1894 in Dayton, Campbell County, Kentucky at age 75, and was buried on 18 Sep 1894. They had two children: Wilhhelmina and Heinrich. 3-Wilhhelmina WEGLAGE was born in 1853 and died on 27 Feb 1856 in Epe, Germany at age 3. 3-Heinrich WEGLAGE died on 13 Mar 1856 in Epe, Germany. 2-Maria Elizabeth ECKELMAN was born on 20 Nov 1828 in Rieste, Niedersachsen, Germany. Maria married Herman Heinrich SCHMIES, son of Rudolph SCHMIES and Elizabeth KOTTE, on 20 Jul 1854 in Lage Catholic Parish, Rieste, Prussia. Herman was born in Feb 1824 in Rieste, Niedersachsen, Germany. They had two children: Heinrich Joseph and Bernard Herman. 3-Heinrich Joseph SCHMIES was born on 30 Apr 1855 in Lage Catholic Parish, Rieste, Prussia and was christened on 30 Apr 1855 in Lage Catholic Church, Rieste, Prussia. Christening Notes:Godparents: Joseph Schmies, Heinrich Colon Oveste in Rieste 3-Bernard Herman SCHMIES was born on 21 Dec 1863 in Lage Catholic Parish, Rieste, Prussia. > Hi Steve, > > Thanks for responding so quickly. I've posted to the > Netherlands sites and everyone there is convinced this > is not a Dutch name ... all tho very similiar to the > Dutch surname PLEUNE. I've been thinking its French > ... but have only found one PLEUME in French records. > I never even considered Sweden before ... and will > definitely start checking Thuringia. > > I checked my map. The Alfhausen "Horst" is on the > road a km or so north of the road that goes to Rieste. > > None of your surnames are in my database. My > ggg-grandfather, born PLEUME in 1795, changed the name > to PLEUMANN in 1834 and immigrated to Ohio in 1854. > Just can't find the origin of the father; illegitimate > birth. The mother was an ECKELMANN whose father was > from Bramsche.