This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schenk Schenck Prawn Braun Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1081.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi Curtis, Does your plat map have Ellenboro? I'm trying to locate my ancestors. Robert H Schenk, son of Michael, (Schenck sometimes) married Wilhelmine 6 Dec 1856. On county marriage license, she is listed as Wilcena Prawn, daughter of George and Christiana Prawn. However, I cannot find a George or a Prawn that fits the spelling or variation of spelling in the 1860 Grant County census. Other county 1860 census on Ancestry.com did not yield results. If the county clerk misunderstood Wilhelmina for Wilcena, what was the original name that would have been guessed as Prawn? Could it be Braun? I'm hoping that George and Christiana stayed in Grant County, but they may have moved shortly after the marriage of their daughter. Robert and Wilhelmina stayed in/near Ellenboro for a few more years until they moved to Illinois (sometime before 1869). I've looked in so many places for siblings or variations of spelling of Prawn (census records state Wilhelmina was Prussian/German), but no luck. Thanks. Diane