RUMORED TO BE DECENDENT FROM BARON vonWINKLER
I AM LOOKING FOR SOME HELP LOCATING MY ANCESTORS.WILLIAM MAXWELL WINKLER (POSSIBLY KNOWN AS WILHELM MAXIMILLION.BORN, LIEPZIG, SAXONY, GERMANY MAY 13,1850.
PARENTAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. HE EMIGRATED TO THE U.S. IN 1868 WITH 2 OF HIS SISTERS (THEIR NAMES ARE UNKNOWN TO ME).HE MARRIED A WOMAN NAMED CAROLINE RUTLOFF IN INDIANA IN 1872, SHE WAS ALSO BORN IN GERMANY (I BELIEVE SHE WAS ALSO BORN IN LIEPZIG) ON FEB 7 1852 (I HAVE CONFLICTING INFORMATION AND AM NOT SURE IF MAYBE HER NAME WAS CHANGED WHEN SHE BECAME A US CITIZEN I HAVE 2 NAMES LISTED FOR HER:CHRISTINA CAROLINE RUTLOFF or RUDLOPH AND KARLINA RUDLOFF).
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE ARE DECENDENTS OF THE BARON vonWINKLER AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION THE MIGHT VERIFY OR DISQUALIFY THIS.
SINCERELY,
LAURA CARDWELL