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/SWB.2ACE/726.1.1 Message Board Post: Ken----what have you found out regarding David Thoenen? I have David Thoenen, born in Switzerland in 1799 married in same to Mary Boren born 1805. Came to the US 1828 stteled in Hannibal Ohio. A shoe maker and farmer. Died at Hannibal 1887 wife died 1894. Their son John F Thoenen, spent his entire life in Hannibal where he was born in 1836 died 1916. Father of David was Jacob Thoenen who was a physician in the Swiss army (Napoleon I) participating in the Russian campaign where he lost his life. I have photos of John Ferdinand Thoenen and his wife Katherine Luikart and three of their daughters. Rodi Ann