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/DGC.2ACI/750.756.758.1 Message Board Post: Hi Sarah, I really think there is a connection, but then because I have such little knowledge about that side of the family there is chance.... Charlotte Sowatzke was my grandmother, born August 11,1868, in East Prussia. Her father's name was John Sowatzke. She had a brother named Fred Sowatzke. I have no other information concerning them except Charlotte married my grandfather, August Schalla, April 14, 1886 in Waukesha, Wi. I have several different spellings of the last name, but Sowatzke seems to be use most often