This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BIRKHOLZ, JANKE, YANKE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EC.2ACE/220.305.1 Message Board Post: Reply to James Birkholz <[email protected]> Here are some marriages that I found, I am not related to nor have any additional information on these surnames. R/S MAK http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe August Janke 10 May 1899 Monroe 04 0215 August Janke 17 Jun 1905 Milwaukee 37 0341 August Janke 03 Nov 1872 Columbia 02 0167 August W Janke 14 Sep 1907 Milwaukee 38 1141 August William Janke 14 Dec 1897 Portage 03 0073 Name Spouse Marriage Date County State ROSENOW, WILHELM BIRKHOLZ, CHRISTINE 12 Mar 1872 Monroe WI MUELLER, LUDWIG BIRKHOLZ, EMILIE 3 May 1885 Monroe WI BIRKHOLZ, AUGUST HULLER, IDA P. 18 Mar 1887Monroe WI +++++ One of my immigrant ancestor's neices, Julianna Mathilde Birkholz, married a August Janke 10 Aug 1899, presumably in Monroe county. This family branch had settled in the Warrens area, towards the NE corner of the county. Julianna was born 3 Apr 1877 in Kreis Kolmar, Posen, Prussia. Her family immigrated to Wisconsin about 1881, I believe, so she'd have been three at the time. My memory might be in error, but I thought there was some trivial benchmark about their wedding, like they were the first couple in the county to receive a goverment-issued marriage license, or to be married after some law took effect perhaps. In her father's obit, she is called "Mrs. Tillie Yanke". A Rev HANKE conducted the funeral at the German Lutheran church. I presume that Hanke is not a spelling variant of JANKE / YANKE, but could be wrong. I have a 1953 platt map of the county and can provide photocopies of the townships of your interest. I seem to remember a few plots of Yanke land scattered around Warrens. James Birkholz <[email protected]>