This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Perske, Buttke Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2EC.2ACE/2554.1 Message Board Post: My grandfather was Gust's younger brother, Frank Perske, also of Wausau...where my mother, Marion Perske, and I were born. Frank was born in 1881. Mom says he always talked about having his first birthday on the ship coming in, and then laughed. We've never figured out why he laughed. We think we know the ship they came on. I'd love to check in with you.