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/ZVC.2ACE/3946.1 Message Board Post: I hope you speak/read English. I can read very little German - just enough to know you are looking for information on Ludwig Ahlschwede. Here is all I know about him: born - 18 Jan 1817 Hagen, Niedersachsen, Germany died - 28 Nov 1883 Kossuth, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA (he hung himself) wife - Johanna Ahrens abt 1843 Hagen born - 26 Sep 1819 Braunschweig, Germany died - 13 May 1899 Kossuth, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Ludwig & Johanna married abt 1843 Hagen they left Germany 11 Mar 1846 arrived in America 07 Jul 1846 I have names of eight children if you want those also. Ludwig's father - George Heinrich Frederick Philip Ahlschwede born - 03 May 1785 Ottenstein, Niedersachsen, Germany dies - 17 Sep 1852 Allen County, Indiana, USA Ludwig's mother - Elizabeth Wilhelmine Koch born - bet. 1785-1788 Ottenstein, Neidersachsen, Germany died - abt 1852 George & Elizabeth married 21 Jul 1808 Ottenstein George's father: Johan Heinrich Conrad Ahlschwede born - abt 1751 died 19 Jun 1808 George's mother: Dorothea Du born abt 1750 Johan Heinrich Conrad's father: Johann Heinrich born Dec 1723 died 17 Jan 1801 Ottenstein Johan Heinrich Conrad's mother: Anna Louise Benneke Johann & Anna married 12 Nov 1750 Johann Heinrich's father Johann Friederich Ahlschwede born abt 1695 Johann Heinrich's mother Trina Marlene Brocmann Johann & Trina married 02 Apr 1720 Johann Friederich's father Johann Hinrich born abt 1670 Johann Friederich's mother Lucie Lisabeth Meyer Johann & Lucie married 08 Jun 1711 Johann Hinrich's father Johann born abt 1658 Johann Hinrich's mother Anna Engel Bode born abt 1658 Johann & Anna married 14 Jan 1678 *This information is from secondary sources. Mostly from another Ahlschwede decendant. I do not claim that this information is 100% accurate.