This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hilgers Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.grant/1903.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry about the confusion. I am searching for the father of Charles whose name was Michael and I believe lived and died in Dusseldorf, Germany. His wife brought her sons to Wisconsin after the death of her husband. Charles married after the Civil War and eventually moved to Rooks County Kansas accompanied by his mother.