I'm looking for information on the following family (especially town name or any other records in Schleswig-Holstein and any records in Cook Co. Illinois) from Schleswig-Holstein (birthplace sometimes given as "Holstein" so they might be in that part of Schleswig-Holstein) Thomas Koeneke b 21 Nov 1820, migrated to USA between 1850 and 1857; settled initially in Cook County, Illinois; settled in Bremen, Kansas ~1860.  I have Kansas information. Married Maria (Mary) Schotte (either in Germany or Illinois) Thomas' son William Henry Koeneke, b 16 Jul 1852, birthplace variously noted as Germany and Cook County, Illinois Alternate spellings Koneke, Konecke, Koenecke, Kohneke, Kohnecke