Joe, My family went to Kansas then to Dakota Territory. JS Joe Birkenmeyer <birkenmeyer02@insightbb.com> wrote: Hi Jack, It's good to hear from you. Thanks for the info. Conrad Schaefer came to the US through Louisiana around 1850. I do not know when he married Catherine Sommerkamp but I know his son, John was born in La. in 1854. After that they came to Louisville, Kentucky where they raised 7 other children and died. Conrad in 1894 and Catherine in 1902. Keep in touch. Joe On Jun 12, 2007, at 10:08 PM, jack schafer wrote: > Joe, > > I do know if there is a link with my Schafer family and yours as I > can only go back to Gorodok Belowesch Colony about 1840. In fact I > do not know the parents of Johann Heinrich Schafer (umlaut has not > been used over the A since 1876), his parents died when Heinrich > was young. Stump's book may be the closest I will get. > > We find Johann Heinrich Schafer in Temesch about 1860 as a colonist > from Gorodok (St Petes Records, . He marries in > Simferopol and has children in Temesch, immigrates to the US in 1876. > > I would love to connect the Gorodok founders to Prussia. > > Regards, > Jack Schafer > > > Johann Heinrich married Margaretha Reimgen (Reimche) > > Joe Birkenmeyer wrote: Is anyone on > this list researching the Schaefer and Sommerkamp > names? I am interested in any information about Conrad Schaefer, b. > 1823 in Prussia and his wife Catherine Sommerkamp, b. in 1828 in > Prussia. Any information is greatly appreciated. > Joe Birkenmeyer > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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