This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zEC.2ACE/244 Message Board Post: Researching this name. Have found these different spellings. Believed to have immigrated from Germany around 1872; settled in Sangamon County, IL (Springfield, Chatham area). Several members of this family came together--Carl, Julius, Eduard, August. Were mainly German Lutherans. Please advise if you believe you might be connected.