Posted on: Venango Co. Pa Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/Venango/12733 Surname: KASUSKE, DOPKE, KRIESEL, FENNER, PRUESSE, ARNDT, WILKE or WILKIE, GUDERJAHN, ASPELUND, LAKSOSNES, JONES, HOWARD, O'CAROL, YARBOROUGH, TUBBS, TURK, MOORE, GREENLEE, THOMSON, PATTERSON, MCCLELLAND, BLACKWOOD, LEET, BURNS, DECKLAR, KAPPES, GEBHARDT, REISICH, VANDENBERGH or VANDEBERG, KLEYNEN, ROUFFS or ROUFS, KLEEVEN, STELTEN, JEFSEN, NEUTING, BOERING, LUCAS, AELAERTS, WENMAEKERS, RIEFF, SCHNEIDER, WILLEMS, GLUNZ, MENGEN, HARTMANN, HOFFMANAL ------------------------- My Kappes ancestors, "John" & Christine Kappes and their children, immigrated from Germany in 1854. They originally settled in the Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois area. The oldest daughter [my ggg-grandmother] married, had a daughter, and then died. Descendants [with the Kappes name]of one of the other children are living in Iowa, and there may be others still in Illinois.