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MY GRANDPARENTS, CARL THEODORE BEHNKE,B.MAY 28,1844, MECKLENBERG-STRELITZ (CERKA-STRELITZ),GERMANY, IMMIGRATED TO U.S.A. 1871, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, AND WILHELMINA JOHANNA MOELLER,B. NOVEMBER 8, 1854, SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, GERMANY, IMMIGRATED TO U.S.A. 1870, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS. WILHELMINA WAS ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND REPORTEDLY SKATED ON THE KIEL CANAL AS A YOUNG GIRL. SISTERS AND BROTHERS: DORA MOELLER STRATE (ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS); MARGARET MOELLER LAGE (WYOMING, IOWA); SOPHIA MOELLER KREUGER (BURIED IN ROSEHILL CEMETERY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ON WESTERN AVENUE THE NORTH SIDE); ANNA MOELLER LIBBIE (TEXAS); JOHN MOELLER (?); CLAUS MOELLER (?).
HENRY WILLIAM BEHNKE, B.APRIL 4,1867, MECKLENBERG-STRELITZ, GERMANY WAS A BROTHER OF CARL AND THE ONLY ONE ON WHOM I HAVE INFORMATION.
I HAVE VERY LIMITED INFO. ON CARL'S FATHER WHOSE NAME MAY HAVE BEEN "JOHN". HE WAS MARRIED TWICE AND HAD THREE CHILDREN WITH EACH WIFE. HE WAS LAME AND DIED YOUNG. THERE IS A REFERENCE TO A GEORGEN AVENUE, MECKLENBERG-STRELITZ, GERMANY. THE CHILDREN BY HIS FIRST MARRIAGE WERE: CARL THEODORE BEHNKE, WILHELMINA BEHNKE (STOEHR) OF BURLINGTON, WISCONSIN, AND FRED BEHNKE OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI. THE CHILDREN BY THE SECOND MARRIAGE WERE: CHRIS BEHNKE OF GERMANY, AUGUSTA BEHNKE OF GERMANY, AND HENRY BEHNKE OF WYOMING, IOWA.
IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE INTERESTED WITH FURTHER INFORMATION THAT WOULD EXTEND MY RESEARCH IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. MIGHT THERE BE CONTACTS IN MISSOURI, TEXAS, WISCONSIN, AND NORTHERN GERMANY. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF GERMAN FAMILIES WHO SETTLED IN OR NEAR WYOMING, IOWA, SUCH AS: ROHWEDDER, EICHHORN, PETERSEN, WURST, FREDRICKSEN, FIEDLER, SCHULTZ, DIECKMANN, INGWERSEN.
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