This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Noerenberg/Schoen/Kniesler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EC.2ACE/547.1.1.1 Message Board Post: No, Julius and his wife, children and step-children came from Posen, Germany. I am not sure where they emmigrated to Posen from. He did have a 2 sons who settled out West, Montana, and Colorado.