HI, Jan I got to read your last message on my sons computer, my computer is not working good for some reason, but I can read on my son's. I have a Vaccination Record of Claus on 19 June 1878 in Hennstedt at the age of 12. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Kokrda" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 7:57 PM Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Peters Family > Diana, > > This really is interesting, maybe we could have a connection! My grt. > grandfather, and his 2 bro. in laws all lived in Omaha for a few years > too. > I do know of a niece that came to live with my grandfather's family, Minni > Prus, which a cousin of my father's has told me. She died and was > supposedly buried in the German cemetery in Plainview, NE but I can't find > any record of that back in 1898 or so. But I don't recall a nephew coming > I think this lady did say a brother to this girl came to Omaha but have > tried to trace that too. Their mother had died in Germany and the father > did not have > means to care for them. I don't know what the cause of death was for > Minni. I live in Omaha and have not found anything and have checked. > Plainview, Ne > is my original home town so I have searched it. I don't know how they > could have been related to this grt. grandfather either, it could be on > many sides. > > My grt grandfather's family Hinrich Lorenz b. 1846, his wife Louise Kuhl, > as follows: his parents, Detlev Holm Lorenz and wife Christina von Stamm > (her second marriage) > Their children: > > Anna, Detlev Holm married Antje Dresen,Matthias, Peter, Christina, and my > > grt. grandfather Hinrich. (Christina married a Hans Graves and lived in > Co. Bluffs, > > IA, but don't know anything about the rest. The first marriage of > Christina also > > had 5 children: Antje,Friedrich,Thoms,Trienke married twice,and Hans. So > > really could be any of these families. This info from Detlev's death > record. > > I have communicated with many of Christina, the child's family, in IA too. > > Then the Wulf family was Nicolaus Wulf b. 1846, wife Amalia Kuhl, > Nicolaus's family : parents Claus of Hennstedt and Catharina Husted Wulf > (of Delve) > > Magdalena and Claus Johann died as infants, Catharina Magdelena married > Johann > > Mueller, Maria, Nicolaus - my grt grandfather, Hermann came to OH, > Ferdinand > > Dierck supposedly came to OH too but can't trace him for sure. Some of > the Wulfs > > changed the spelling to Wolf and was sometimes in Germany Wulff. This info > from > > Claus's death record. I have communicated with Hermann's family still in > Ohio. > > I had a researcher get most of this info for me since the Family History > Center has not filmed this area. They have a film that is like a church > census which is what > I started with. Then the researcher went from there. I do need to see if > I can get some more records as I have some holes in my tree that are still > not filled. > > Any connections let me know, I will let the sting attached so we can look > back, > > Jan Kokrda in Omaha > > > > > > Your message: > I just read my Great Grandfathers story again and on his immigration > records > it has him going to Illinois. and in his story it has them ending up in > Omaha, Nebraska living with and Uncle for two months. and in Nebraska is > were his sister left her son with him and then disappeared. From their he > went to Minnesota, Washington State, Idaho and back to Washington State > were > he died in Spokane, Washington. > > So the Uncle must have moved to Nebraska, your story of your Family in > Illinois and them moving to Nebraska is so much the same story in my > Great > Grandfathers story. > > Your Family went to Nebraska in 1880 and my Family in 1883. ( maybe we are > related and maybe not, but it sounds fishy) > > I got Johan Peters birth date from the record my cousin Rose has, I think > it > was a vaccination record and he was age 11 in 1835. and I got Webka > Margaretha ? from her head stone in Leland, Idaho. > > I will have to email Rose and see what she thinks about this. > > Diana Howell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Kokrda" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:48 PM > Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Peters Family > > >> Diana, >> >> I have been searching and reading your e-mail about Peters family and >> trying >> to piece it to my ancestors from the Hennstedt and Schlichting area. >> And I did have a great grandfather that lived in Illinois from 1872-1881. >> His name was Hinrich Lorenz. He was related to Carstens, Wulfs, >> and Kuhls in the Hennstedt area. He had many older Lorenz siblings of >> which >> I have never been able to trace as only 2 came to the US that I know >> about. >> But somewhere I have something that has a Peters as a baptism sponsor or >> something but have looked through and can't find it. >> >> I have this website which contains census from S-H and maybe you can >> piece >> together some info for your family. I did find all my ancestors listed >> since I knew where they came from. Where did you find the info for the >> birth records of Webka and Johan? >> >> Hinrich Lorenz's wife was a Kuhl, Hinrich being from Schlichting, and in >> the >> Wulf line Nicolaus Wulf was married to a Kuhl also and the Wulf's were >> from >> Hennstedt. So we are searching from the same area. Lorenz's came to >> Chicago and were married there, Wulf's went to Pt. Clinton, OH and then >> all >> came to Nebraska around 1880. >> >> This is the census website that has many Peters from this area. Put in >> Hennstedt in first location think it is dorf - place. The year can be >> set >> too and >> the 1860 yeaar is about the last that had most info on Peters. We wish >> it >> was completed further. But it is something to work with if you know more >> about your Peters family. This is the website : >> http://danishgenealogy.homestead.com/danishgenealogy.html Go to the >> bottom >> where it is listed as >> Schleswig-Holstein Census. >> >> Janis Lorenz Kokrda >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Larry and Diana Howell" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 10:52 PM >> Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Peters Family >> >> >>> Hoping some one has New info on the Peters Family >>> >>> My G - G - GrandMother Webka Margaretha (Family Name Unknown) born Aug >>> 1835 Germany, was married to Johan Peters born about 1824 in >>> Schleswig-Holstein and died their. >>> >>> Webka and her children got a letter from an Uncle in Illinois in the >>> USA,( we don't have the name of the Uncle and don't no if he was a >>> Peters >>> or some one from Webka's family) so they departed in two groups Webka >>> and >>> sons Claus Hinrich born 17 Aug 1866 in Hennsted and Peter born 1876 and >>> Daughter Alwine born 1865 and her son Amiel George born 21 Jan 1884, >>> departed Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France on the ship Westphalia >>> and >>> arrived in the USA on 27 Mar 1883 in New York. >>> >>> Her son Hans Johan born 1857 and Daughter Louise Kathrina born 16 Dec >>> 1860 >>> came on a different ship. ( I can't find records ) Louise married John >>> P. >>> Behrens in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota on the 22 Oct 1883. John P. >>> Behrens >>> was born 8 Oct 1853 Schleswig-Holstein too, So they may have been on the >>> same ship to the USA. >>> >>> Hans Johan Peters disappeared after he got to the US. and Alwine Peters >>> Disappeared and left her son Amiel George Peters to be raised by her >>> Brother Claus Hinrich Peters. >>> Claus changed his name to Henry Claus Peter after entering the US. He >>> married Antonie Marie Hickstein in Washington State, she was born 2 Dec >>> 1881 in Pyritz, Pomerania to August Hickstein and Caroline Houk and >>> immigrated to the USA, August had died in Germany he was in the Army, >>> Caroline came to live by her brother in Washington State in the US. >>> >>> Diana Howell >>> ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >>> Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: >>> http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word >>> 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >>> signature database 3772 (20090116) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. >> We are a community of 5.8 million users fighting spam. >> SPAMfighter has removed 3414 of my spam emails to date. >> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len >> >> The Professional version does not have this message >> >> >> ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >> Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: >> http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 5.8 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 3428 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

His age would fit the Uncle part maybe then. I need to really dig deeper and look some more for Peters in my 3 lines. If I find something will let you know. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry and Diana Howell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Peters Family > HI, Jan > > I got to read your last message on my sons computer, my computer is not > working good for some reason, but I can read on my son's. > > I have a Vaccination Record of Claus on 19 June 1878 in Hennstedt at the > age > of 12. > > Diana > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Kokrda" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 7:57 PM > Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Peters Family > > >> Diana, >> >> This really is interesting, maybe we could have a connection! My grt. >> grandfather, and his 2 bro. in laws all lived in Omaha for a few years >> too. >> I do know of a niece that came to live with my grandfather's family, >> Minni >> Prus, which a cousin of my father's has told me. She died and was >> supposedly buried in the German cemetery in Plainview, NE but I can't >> find >> any record of that back in 1898 or so. But I don't recall a nephew >> coming >> I think this lady did say a brother to this girl came to Omaha but have >> tried to trace that too. Their mother had died in Germany and the father >> did not have >> means to care for them. I don't know what the cause of death was for >> Minni. I live in Omaha and have not found anything and have checked. >> Plainview, Ne >> is my original home town so I have searched it. I don't know how they >> could have been related to this grt. grandfather either, it could be on >> many sides. >> >> My grt grandfather's family Hinrich Lorenz b. 1846, his wife Louise Kuhl, >> as follows: his parents, Detlev Holm Lorenz and wife Christina von Stamm >> (her second marriage) >> Their children: >> >> Anna, Detlev Holm married Antje Dresen,Matthias, Peter, Christina, and my >> >> grt. grandfather Hinrich. (Christina married a Hans Graves and lived in >> Co. Bluffs, >> >> IA, but don't know anything about the rest. The first marriage of >> Christina also >> >> had 5 children: Antje,Friedrich,Thoms,Trienke married twice,and Hans. So >> >> really could be any of these families. This info from Detlev's death >> record. >> >> I have communicated with many of Christina, the child's family, in IA >> too. >> >> Then the Wulf family was Nicolaus Wulf b. 1846, wife Amalia Kuhl, >> Nicolaus's family : parents Claus of Hennstedt and Catharina Husted Wulf >> (of Delve) >> >> Magdalena and Claus Johann died as infants, Catharina Magdelena married >> Johann >> >> Mueller, Maria, Nicolaus - my grt grandfather, Hermann came to OH, >> Ferdinand >> >> Dierck supposedly came to OH too but can't trace him for sure. Some of >> the Wulfs >> >> changed the spelling to Wolf and was sometimes in Germany Wulff. This >> info >> from >> >> Claus's death record. I have communicated with Hermann's family still in >> Ohio. >> >> I had a researcher get most of this info for me since the Family History >> Center has not filmed this area. They have a film that is like a church >> census which is what >> I started with. Then the researcher went from there. I do need to see >> if >> I can get some more records as I have some holes in my tree that are >> still >> not filled. >> >> Any connections let me know, I will let the sting attached so we can >> look >> back, >> >> Jan Kokrda in Omaha >> >> >> >> >> >> Your message: >> I just read my Great Grandfathers story again and on his immigration >> records >> it has him going to Illinois. and in his story it has them ending up in >> Omaha, Nebraska living with and Uncle for two months. and in Nebraska is >> were his sister left her son with him and then disappeared. From their he >> went to Minnesota, Washington State, Idaho and back to Washington State >> were >> he died in Spokane, Washington. >> >> So the Uncle must have moved to Nebraska, your story of your Family in >> Illinois and them moving to Nebraska is so much the same story in my >> Great >> Grandfathers story. >> >> Your Family went to Nebraska in 1880 and my Family in 1883. ( maybe we >> are >> related and maybe not, but it sounds fishy) >> >> I got Johan Peters birth date from the record my cousin Rose has, I think >> it >> was a vaccination record and he was age 11 in 1835. and I got Webka >> Margaretha ? from her head stone in Leland, Idaho. >> >> I will have to email Rose and see what she thinks about this. >> >> Diana Howell >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jan Kokrda" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:48 PM >> Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Peters Family >> >> >>> Diana, >>> >>> I have been searching and reading your e-mail about Peters family and >>> trying >>> to piece it to my ancestors from the Hennstedt and Schlichting area. >>> And I did have a great grandfather that lived in Illinois from >>> 1872-1881. >>> His name was Hinrich Lorenz. He was related to Carstens, Wulfs, >>> and Kuhls in the Hennstedt area. He had many older Lorenz siblings of >>> which >>> I have never been able to trace as only 2 came to the US that I know >>> about. >>> But somewhere I have something that has a Peters as a baptism sponsor or >>> something but have looked through and can't find it. >>> >>> I have this website which contains census from S-H and maybe you can >>> piece >>> together some info for your family. I did find all my ancestors listed >>> since I knew where they came from. Where did you find the info for the >>> birth records of Webka and Johan? >>> >>> Hinrich Lorenz's wife was a Kuhl, Hinrich being from Schlichting, and in >>> the >>> Wulf line Nicolaus Wulf was married to a Kuhl also and the Wulf's were >>> from >>> Hennstedt. So we are searching from the same area. Lorenz's came to >>> Chicago and were married there, Wulf's went to Pt. Clinton, OH and then >>> all >>> came to Nebraska around 1880. >>> >>> This is the census website that has many Peters from this area. Put in >>> Hennstedt in first location think it is dorf - place. The year can be >>> set >>> too and >>> the 1860 yeaar is about the last that had most info on Peters. We wish >>> it >>> was completed further. But it is something to work with if you know >>> more >>> about your Peters family. This is the website : >>> http://danishgenealogy.homestead.com/danishgenealogy.html Go to the >>> bottom >>> where it is listed as >>> Schleswig-Holstein Census. >>> >>> Janis Lorenz Kokrda >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Larry and Diana Howell" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 10:52 PM >>> Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Peters Family >>> >>> >>>> Hoping some one has New info on the Peters Family >>>> >>>> My G - G - GrandMother Webka Margaretha (Family Name Unknown) born Aug >>>> 1835 Germany, was married to Johan Peters born about 1824 in >>>> Schleswig-Holstein and died their. >>>> >>>> Webka and her children got a letter from an Uncle in Illinois in the >>>> USA,( we don't have the name of the Uncle and don't no if he was a >>>> Peters >>>> or some one from Webka's family) so they departed in two groups Webka >>>> and >>>> sons Claus Hinrich born 17 Aug 1866 in Hennsted and Peter born 1876 and >>>> Daughter Alwine born 1865 and her son Amiel George born 21 Jan 1884, >>>> departed Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France on the ship Westphalia >>>> and >>>> arrived in the USA on 27 Mar 1883 in New York. >>>> >>>> Her son Hans Johan born 1857 and Daughter Louise Kathrina born 16 Dec >>>> 1860 >>>> came on a different ship. ( I can't find records ) Louise married John >>>> P. >>>> Behrens in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota on the 22 Oct 1883. John P. >>>> Behrens >>>> was born 8 Oct 1853 Schleswig-Holstein too, So they may have been on >>>> the >>>> same ship to the USA. >>>> >>>> Hans Johan Peters disappeared after he got to the US. and Alwine Peters >>>> Disappeared and left her son Amiel George Peters to be raised by her >>>> Brother Claus Hinrich Peters. >>>> Claus changed his name to Henry Claus Peter after entering the US. He >>>> married Antonie Marie Hickstein in Washington State, she was born 2 Dec >>>> 1881 in Pyritz, Pomerania to August Hickstein and Caroline Houk and >>>> immigrated to the USA, August had died in Germany he was in the Army, >>>> Caroline came to live by her brother in Washington State in the US. >>>> >>>> Diana Howell >>>> ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >>>> Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: >>>> http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> [email protected] with the word >>>> 'unsubscribe' >>>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >>>> signature database 3772 (20090116) __________ >>>> >>>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>>> >>>> http://www.eset.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. >>> We are a community of 5.8 million users fighting spam. >>> SPAMfighter has removed 3414 of my spam emails to date. >>> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len >>> >>> The Professional version does not have this message >>> >>> >>> ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >>> Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: >>> http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please >> >> -- >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. >> We are a community of 5.8 million users fighting spam. >> SPAMfighter has removed 3428 of my spam emails to date. >> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len >> >> The Professional version does not have this message >> ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >> Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: >> http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 3795 (20090123) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. 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