This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meier Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVC.2ACE/3982 Message Board Post: I am in search of information about the following families Johann Heinrich Meier b 22 July 1811 in Klein Drehle, Hannover died 4 May 1874 in Scott County Illinois married Katharine Schnethorst b 24 Nov 1817 in Germany d 24 Oct 1891 Scott county Illinois They had the following children that I know of: 1. Gerhard Heinrich Meier b 13 Nov 1837 in Klein Drehle d 3 Oct 1911 in Scott County Illinois. married Anna Katharina Kamphaus b 26 Feb 1839 in Laugeu Hannover d 21 Feb 1891 in Scott Countylllinois. Anna was the daughter of Harmon Kamphaus b 1 Jun 1800 in Badberg, Osnabruit, Hannover d 6 Aug 1872 in Scott County lllinois and Anna Katherine Schurmann b 6 Aug 1801 Badberg d 12 Feb 1880 in Scott County Ill. George, Anna and George's brother Barney sailed to New York from Bremen on the Astronom arriving 31 Oct 1865 2. Johann Herman Meier b 8 Dec 1840 in Klein Drehle, Hannover d 1910 in Scott County Ill. married Katharina Maria Dierker 3 Dec 1866 in Germany. Theyhad children born in Gerde. 3. Katharine Maria Elisabeth Meier b 24 May 1847 in Klein Drehle d 31 March 1900 in Scott County Ill. married Johann Gerh Heinrich Magelitz in Germany 4. Bernhard "Barney" Meier b ca 1849 moved to Iowa 5. Anna Meier b 5 Oct 1854 in Hannover d 10 Dec 1932 in Scott County Ill married 18 Sept 1875 in Scott Co Ill. Herman Shuessler b ca 1852 in Branmsche, Hanover d 6 June 1932 in Scott County Ill. 6. Margaretha Elisabeth Meier b 3 Sept 1857 in Klein Drehle d 23 Jan 1907 in Scott County Il 7. Rudolf J.H Meier b 11 Dec 1860 in Germany d 4 April 1891 in Scott County married 7 Aug 1890 to A Katharine M Dierker. I believe there is at least one more son who died in 1875 in Scott County. I also found a family tree that listed Westendorf, Grafschaft, Schaumburg, Germany as the birth place for Johann Heinrich Meier b 22 July 1811.