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/4EC.2ACE/547.1.1.2.3.1 Message Board Post: He came from Posen, Germany, to I believe Baltimore port. He came with his first wife Eva, their 5 children and his 3 step children. They settled in MN for a year or two and then moved to the Sparta area, Monroe County, WI.