Hi to you all. I got this e-mail from Lillian. Is anybody able to give her or me any information about this names? Best greetings from Schleswig-Holstein, Hans (Hans W. Selken) ---Ursprüngliche Nachricht--- From: "lillian broske" <farmerr@rconnect.com> To: <320078883254-0001@T-Online.de> Subject: Re: Lillian Margaretha Kamp Hi Hans. No hurry on getting that information. Just whenever it is convenient for you. Claus Jacob Reimers was born April l6, l832, in Landsteige-Marne, S. Dithmarschen, Holstein, Germany and died April l7, l9l9, in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA. His wife was Rebecka Margaretha (Titje/Tidge) Tiedje (We have lots of different spellings for that last name!) . She was born September l3, l830, in Trennewurth, S. Dithmarschen, Holstein, Germany, and died March l, l9l3, in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. They had six children: John (Johann Nikolaus) Reimers who married an Emma Magdalena Margaretha Uck; A.H. (Arandt Hermann) Reimers (my great-grandfather) who married Emma Schneekloth; Lena Catharina Magdalena Reimers, who married Hans Petersen; Henry (Hinrich) Reimers, who married Carrie Lehmann; Lizzie Louise Reimers, who married John W. Kamp, and Anna Reimers, who married John Rohwer. We have information on all six of the children and their families. Would any of this information, particularly what we have on Lizzie Reimers Kamp, be something that you would like me to send you a copy of? We have been trying to find out how we can possibly find out who the siblings of Claus Jacob Reimers and Rebecka Margaretha Tiedje are. Do you have any suggestions of who or how we can contact someone or someplace in Germany to obtain that information? We know that Claus' parents were Johann Reimers and Margarethe Catharina (or Catharina Margaretha ---we've seen it both ways) Holst. They were married on November l, l829, in we believe Landsteige, Marne, Holstein, Germany. Catharina was born March 3, l804, and baptized March 7, l804 at the Evangelical Lurtheran Church, Marne, Holstein, Germany. She is the daughter of Claus Holst,born in l763 or l764, in Huselau Germany, and Margretha Catrina Holsten of Neuenkoogesdeich. Johann Reimers parents are Jacob Reimers born in l777 in Westerhusen, Germany and married to Malen Schulten. We have that information, but unfortunately, not the names of any of the siblings, other than one of Rebecka's brothers, is named Hinrich Tiedje and he came to America and lived in Davenport, Iowa, and two sisters, Johanna (married to a Paul Stubbe) and Louisa (married to a Miller) were both living in Davenport, Iowa. We are unsure if that is all her siblings or not. The only siblings found for Claus Reimers are Henry Reimers, a brother, and a Jacob Boethier, whom we are unsure of as being a brother-in-law to one or the other of them. Also, we are curious as to what prompted Claus and Rebecka Reimers to leave their ancestral home in Germany and travel so far to an unknown land with four very small children. They came to America in l864, making the voyage from Hamburg, Germany, on the ship the Saxonia which docked in New York City on June l4, l864. From there they went directly to Scott County, Iowa. This is probably more information than you were looking for concerning where our relatives came from. Hope I didn't bore you with it. If you do, however, have any suggestions as to where we could search for siblings for Claus and Rebecka, please let me know. Also, if you want me to send you any of that information on any of our relatives, please give me a mailing address and I will send it. I do not have it on the computer but I can make photocopies of it for you and will gladly mail it to you. Thank you for taking your time to help us in our search. Lillian ------