This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CBVBAEB/43.4.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: >I'm not sure but I believe these Voths are the ones thatmany seem to get confused with my family Which one's? All the information from GD match what you have been saying, dates, infant deaths on the ship, etc. Whoever put the immigration info for Heinrch (the son) had to have got it from the family group I pasted from the ship list.. >Hence they started on one ship (which I've lost the name of that had a collision soon after embarking) and ended up on the quarantine ship. I do not know what ship they ended up getting to America on. I'd suggest searching the web with "russia small pox quarantine" or similar. I'm sure there are other families on the same ship who have put their history on the web. By searching with my family's ship, I was able to find other families with more information, such as who the captain was, that all of the mennonites on that particular ship were from one congregation, one village, and were with a certain Elder. I was also able to find where a majority of the congregation ended up. In my case, my ancestor didn't follow the rest of them to Moundridge, KS. One source regarding my exact group explains: "However, those who had been too poor in Russia to pay their own passage stayed with Mennonite families in Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana to work off travelling expenses which had been advanced to them" Also, there are many documents describing mennonite groups stopping in Illinois before going either towards South Dakota or down to Kansas. It is very likely that your family either (1) had to stay around Illinois instead of travelling further or (2) had relatives in Iowa who had already settled. >Abraham married Susie Koehn (his second wife) in 1897. She was born 1872. I found a Susannah Kane in 1880 living in Wilson, Marion, Kansas age 8... perfect age. Don't know if it's her for sure though Here's the only Sus* Koehn born in 1872 according to GD: Andreas B. Koehn (Ancestors) #282641 Birth: 28 Mar 1847, Volhynia Immigration: 26 Dec 1874, S. S. Vaderland; arrived Philadelphia, Pennsylvani Death: 21 Mar 1934, Galva, Kansas Burial: 24 Mar 1934, Lone Tree Twp., McPherson County, Kansas Family: SPOUSE: Byer, Elizabeth, 6 Mar 1856, #284577 Married: Abt 1871; Volhynia 1 -- Koehn, Susanna, 7 Nov 1872, #342715 2 -- +Koehn, Benjamin A., 2 Mar 1874, #323354 3 -- Koehn, Andreas A., 28 Feb 1879, #285487 4 -- Koehn, Fred A., 15 Apr 1893, #285490 5 -- Koehn, Cary, 1899, #403140 Family: SPOUSE: Koehn, Lena, 15 Mar 1865, #283512 Married: 1890; 1 -- +Koehn, Mary, 23 Jun 1889, #404984 2 -- Koehn, Frank, , #405102 Father: Koehn, Benjamin B., 26 Aug 1826, #282639 Mother: Koehn, Anna, 15 Aug 1822, #282640 Notes: Birth Source: Moundridge, Kansas. Emmanuel Mennonite Church Record book. Bd. Ms. 26 , page 64Birth Source: Moundridge, Kansas. Emmanuel Mennonite Church. Bd. Ms. 36 , page 64Death Source: Messenger of Truth , page 3 Apr 1934Notes: Emmanuel-Canton p. 64: it's possible that he is the son of the widow Benjamin Koehn who is listed right before him on the same page. Died at home at 86 years old. Had 5 sons and 2 daughters from first wife, Elizabeth. He was a widower for 6 years.Immigration Source: Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need , page 199 Susanna Koehn (Ancestors) #342715 Birth: 7 Nov 1872 Immigration: 26 Dec 1874, S. S. Vaderland; arrived Philadelphia, Pennsylvani Father: Koehn, Andreas B., 28 Mar 1847, #282641 Mother: Byer, Elizabeth, 6 Mar 1856, #284577 Notes: Birth Source: Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need , page 199Immigration Source: Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need , page 199 It seems this Susanna Koehn was part of another Kohn family on the same ship I mentioned earlier. You could also search on the web for other families who immigrated from Karolswalde, where your family most likely was last before immigrating, because their children were born there. This way, you might find how many groups immigrated, or if just one group, etc.