This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Weiland, Wieland, Geiger, Gieger, Balduff, Smith, DeAlfarth, Oakes, Lorenzen, Mensing, Haas, Chill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1VB.2ACE/11439 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Adolph Weiland (1847 - 1918) who came to America in 1870, the same year he married Anna Katherine Gieger (1849-1924). They had at least 12 children: William (1870-1898), Lena (1872-1924), Christena (1874-??), Amelia (1875-1896), Fred (1876 - ??), Charles (1879-1946), George (1841-1948), Rosa (1883-??), John (1885-1943), Louise (1888-??), Walter (1890-1948), and Alfred (1892-1971). Adolph was a shoe maker. Sometimes his last name was spelled Wieland. Anna's last name has also been seen in a variety of spellings.