Hi, I'm having real problems with my Rosenhauer family who came from Germany. Below is what I have and really not sure where to go next. 1860 Census Dupage Co. ILL John Rosenhauer, Find the surname spelled many different way's John- Age 56-Born Byane Betsey- Age 49-Born Byane Charles- Age 20 William- Age 19 George- Age 13 Says in the 1860 census all children were born in Byane, not sure if the place of birth is spelled right, but Byane is how it was spelled in the census. John had another son George, he married Anna ? where unknown, there 1st 2 children were born in ILL. but can't find out where. John was 1st married to Bertha ? Not sure if this Betsey , John & Bertha divorced at some time, have this info from land records. listed in the 1860 census is his wife or not, dosen't say. Anyway John was here in Muskegon MI. by March 1862 because he brought land here, dosen't give any date of death in his probate record. Just list his children. Now Charles and William were both in the Civil war, Charles joined here in Muskegon, when he was in the Hospital during the was, he states he was German decent, and next of kin was his father John, who lived in Muskegon. William joined in Naperville, Dupage ILL.he states he was born in Baveria, but no town or village listed. William came to Muskegon after the Civil War was over, both Charles and William was in the Civil War till the end, both joined in 1862. Now Charles was married to Elizabeth Ottis in the 1870 census, the census states Charles was Prussian and so was his parents. At some point Charles married Alice Baker, or at least they lived together as man and wife, no marriage record could be found here in Muskegon, Alice wasn't able to draw on Charles's pension because she couldn't she was married to him or that she was divorced from her 1st husband in Port Huron MI., from the 1880 census on till Charles died, the census has him born in every place but Germany, assume Alice really didn't know where is was born and Charles was real hard of hearing and don't think he was able to give any info. Alice had a problem with not being able to prove Charle's 1st wife was dead either. Big problem I'm having with where John, his 1st wife Bertha, there son George and his wife and Johns youngest son George Jacob were buried here in Muskegon, i know Johns land was near the Air Port here in Muskegon. Sue Okla1915@aol.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi, My first thought was that Byane might be Bayern (Bavaria). Disregard weird spelling at your peril!! Kay List Ruckle Okla1915@aol.com wrote: Hi, I'm having real problems with my Rosenhauer family who came from Germany. Below is what I have and really not sure where to go next. 1860 Census Dupage Co. ILL John Rosenhauer, Find the surname spelled many different way's John- Age 56-Born Byane Betsey- Age 49-Born Byane Charles- Age 20 William- Age 19 George- Age 13 Says in the 1860 census all children were born in Byane, not sure if the place of birth is spelled right, but Byane is how it was spelled in the census. John had another son George, he married Anna ? where unknown, there 1st 2 children were born in ILL. but can't find out where. John was 1st married to Bertha ? Not sure if this Betsey , John & Bertha divorced at some time, have this info from land records. listed in the 1860 census is his wife or not, dosen't say. Anyway John was here in Muskegon MI. by March 1862 because he brought land here, dosen't give any date of death in his probate record. Just list his children. Now Charles and William were both in the Civil war, Charles joined here in Muskegon, when he was in the Hospital during the was, he states he was German decent, and next of kin was his father John, who lived in Muskegon. William joined in Naperville, Dupage ILL.he states he was born in Baveria, but no town or village listed. William came to Muskegon after the Civil War was over, both Charles and William was in the Civil War till the end, both joined in 1862. Now Charles was married to Elizabeth Ottis in the 1870 census, the census states Charles was Prussian and so was his parents. At some point Charles married Alice Baker, or at least they lived together as man and wife, no marriage record could be found here in Muskegon, Alice wasn't able to draw on Charles's pension because she couldn't she was married to him or that she was divorced from her 1st husband in Port Huron MI., from the 1880 census on till Charles died, the census has him born in every place but Germany, assume Alice really didn't know where is was born and Charles was real hard of hearing and don't think he was able to give any info. Alice had a problem with not being able to prove Charle's 1st wife was dead either. Big problem I'm having with where John, his 1st wife Bertha, there son George and his wife and Johns youngest son George Jacob were buried here in Muskegon, i know Johns land was near the Air Port here in Muskegon. Sue Okla1915@aol.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.