Am interested in finding more information about my great grandfather's first wife. I recently located my gg father and his first wife on immigration ship's lists. They arrived in New York on 11 Jan, 1854 from Mecklenburg, Germany. Their names: Friedrich LUDEMANN b. Dec. 1824, Germany Friedericke (ZIMMERMAN?) LUDEMANN b. about 1834, Germany I believe they settled in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Within two years of arriving in the United States, Friedericke gave birth to a son, Robert LUDEMANN, b. about 1857. His mother, Friedericke died soon after giving birth. Friedrich then hired my g grandmother, Caroline RUNGE to care for the baby. Friedrich and Caroline were married on 25 April 1858, and they went on to have 13 more children. They were farmers near Gordon/Ashland/Lavelle, PA and, in 1880, they immigrated to Wright County, Minnesota. Do any of you Zimmerman researchers have more information on my Friedericka Zimmerman? Claudia ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com