Nicolas (Nick) Hendel, son of Michel Hendel and Marie Sontag, was born 17 Mar 1847 in Dellen, Luxembourg. He immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York on 12 June 1869. He worked in Caledonia, Minnesota for a while and then returned to Luxembourg. He married Anna Margaretha Schieber, daughter of Hubert Schieber and Margaretha Wiltgen, on 11/12 Apr 1872. She was born 10 Oct 1844 in Vichten, Luxembourg. They immigrated to the United...

John Francis Meis, son of Johannes Henricus Meys and Anna Happe, was born 23 November 1829 in Siddinghausen, Westphalia, Germany. He married Mary Ann Vorwald, daughter of Francis Vorwald and Mary Sherbrock, in 1856 in Vienna, Iowa. They had sixteen children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Germany, Iowa and California.

Herman Wiebelhaus was born 30 May 1826 in Oedingen, Ödingen, Westphalia, Germany, the son of Johann Wibbelhaus and Maria Margretha Voss. He died 13 Aug 1893 in Bow Valley, Cedar, Nebraska. He married Anna Maria Stoppert, 7 September 1857 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. She was born 14 July 1827 in Dormecke, Hochsauerlandkreis, Nordrhein,-westfalen, Germany. She died 1873 in Cedar County, Nebraska. They had five children. They lived in Prussia/Germany,...