Re: Origin of Knaack surname
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Re: Origin of Knaack surname
Michelle Knaack 12/11/00
michelle, i tend to agree that we are dealing with different families. michael came to the u.s. around 1870. he was born 12-22-1839 in dreidorf near lobsens, county wirsitz, district of bromberg, province posen. he died 5-23-24 in princeton, WI. by the treaty of versailles the province of posen was given to poland in 1918. in addition to fred, gustav, & william, there was one more brother - herman, born 9-24-1873 in princeton, WI, died 9-19-54 in lake forest, IL. so there was some migration of the knaack name from WI to IL, but our dates don't seem to match up. the roots of my family that remained in WI are largely in the green lake & marquette county areas. nice communicating with you. best wishes. dennis