This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Renken, Bergmann Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVC.2ACE/3248.2 Message Board Post: Hi Darlene, I was wondering where your g-grandfather settled? My g-g-grandfather, Christoph Renken (10 Apr 1858) came to Chicago, IL in the early-to-mid-1870's. His marriage record states his birthplace as Herber or Heber (difficult to tell, it looks like Herber but I only find Heber on my old map). He died in 1888 and his death certificate states BP as Soltau. I believe he had an older brother who also came over but was dead by 1877. I have not yet gone far on my Renken research and am just beginning to turn back to this line - your posting was the first I've come across that had both Renken and Heber.