(continued) My grandfather Johan>John Teske was a heavy carpenter (Zimmermann) who put in the beams which supported the galleries in the anthracite mines. He and wife Caroline Brenner Teske had two daughters and five sons, the youngest of whom was August Teske. Uncle August's son, my cousin Donald, moved to Connecticut and spent his working life with Sikorsky Helicopters. I haven't been in touch with him and his family save for an e-mail flurry and a phone call some ten years ago. He was living then, I believe, in the vicinity of Hartford. If he is still alive, he would be eighty or eighty-one years old. I believe he had/has a son also named Donald. Janet, if any of this suggests a Posen>Pennsyllvania>Connecticut connection, I shall be glad to provide more information about the PA Coal Region Teskes. I am now eighty-one, a retired college teacher and administrator, living in the Great Pacific Northwest. Charles Bahn Teske (named for my mother's father) Ph.D. 2424 Otis Street SE/ Olympia, WA 98501 (tel) (360)357-5697 _teskecb@aol.com_ (mailto:teskecb@aol.com) In a message dated 7/16/2014 11:31:01 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com writes: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: janetcassarino Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.teske/230.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Jon, I wanted to let you know that there is also a John Teske in Connecticut, my uncle. I've been trying (and failing terribly) to trace my Teske ancestry. It seems there are a lot of Teskes in the midwest, but not too many of us in Connecticut other than my immediate family, and we're not very big. I have been trying to find out if there is any connection between the Wisconsin and Illinois Teskes and the Connecticut ones, but I haven't found anything yet. Do you know if there is any connection? Take Care, Janet (Teske) Cassarino Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TESKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message