I'm so glad to find this Board. I'd about decided that the Emge name was extinct. I'm looking from my great grandmother, Rose or perhaps, Margaret Rose Emge. She married John Philipp Schnur at the German Evangelical Church of St. John in the city of St. Louis, Mo on Nov. 25, 1886. She died around 1896, when my grandmonther was 6 years of age. The marriage application refers to her as "Rosie", says she's from Ogle, St. Clair, IL and is 24 years of age.
My mother who is 91, remembers an Uncle Adam who may have been a brother. She also remembers that they were farmers in St. Clair County and although there was coal under their land, they chose not to have it mined. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Karen