Hello Donna, How disappointing! The dates were right and the names that I knew of two children were suitable as proper names for the nick names I knew. Most of all, Rocck seemed the logical spelling misinterpretation when dealing with a German pronunciation. I have searched all the counties in the area where they lived in the late 1800's and early 1900's and found no listings so far. My Grandfather spelled his mother's surname Shinke and other relatives spell it various ways. A copy of his baptism certificate shows it spelled Schiinke or the German spelling of Schunke with the two dots over the "u". Well, back to the search! I guess that is what genealogy is all about isn't it? Thank you for correcting me. Patti Donna Lange wrote: > > Dear Patrica, > > The family that you saw in the 1900 census is Herman and Wilhelmina > Koenecke. The spelling certainly was not correct. > > My grandmother who settled in Sauk County was also a Schunke, Schanke. > > Donna