HI everyone. My grandmothers family came from Wittmund Ostfriesland and ended up in Vermilion Alberta. The last name was changed at some point to Eyben. Her dad Heinrich August Eyben was born somewhere in Ostfriesland March 21, 1868. His father was Franz Heinrich Eyben born March 08, 1835, in Wittmund. He married Marie Onken on June 19, 1867. She was born May 18, 1843 in ?Klinge Ostfriesland, Germany. They both died in Illinois. His father was Heinrich August Eyben & his mother was Auguste Elisabeth Northausen. I haven't seen any posting for Eyben but would be extremely interested if anyone had ties going backwards
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