Hi, I finaly found someone with the same name I am searching--Ges and sometimes Gace. My father's father's mother was Rosalia Ges, born in Germany, 4 Sep 1835/36. She is supposed to have come to the US with her parents and a half-sister. They lived in New Orleans a while and also St. Louis, MO. She married August Scherle in St. Louis, MO on 7 Apr 1861 and settled in Monroe Co., IL. In the 1880 census, they were living in Ruma, T4 SR8W, Randolph Co., IL. Their children settled in Randolph and Monroe Counties, IL. I have not found them in the 1870 census, but they should be in Monroe Co., as their youngest child was born in Monroe Co. in 1879. Found this in the court house in Waterloo, Monroe Co., IL. August became a citizen in 1860 and was living in Monroe Co. then also. Can answer via e-mail Betty
Carpenter--BettyCarp@aol.com. Thanks