Re: Karl Koepke arriving in US in 1871

Read all the messages regarding Karl Koepke.Cannot say whether my information will help.My great great grandmother is Sophie Cecile Koepke -- father is Claus Koepke and mother is Cecilia Margaretha Stolley.Her siblings include: Karl Koepke, Claus, Maria Sophia, Margaretha Maria,andMaria Sophia Johanna.Sophie was born 1861.Oldest of the siblings was born 1847.Do not know when Karl was born -- probably 1850's.They were from Schleswig-Holstein (Fockbec and Osterby).Sophie is on the Chicago list of marriages that I believe was mentioned in your follow-ups.I am checking to see whether other Koepke's on that list are indeed related to her. I show her (them) in Chicago when she marries in 1885.I do not know when she came into the country.

Nancy Benson