Ran across this information while working on a project for a client of mine. If anyone is doing research on the IL or WI branches of the Knickelbein family from Mecklenburg/Schwerin, Germany and needs help in tracing the line back in Germany, please feel free to contact me. Here is some basic data I have on the family at this point: (by the way, my client is not related directly to Knickelbein family)
Christian Ludwig THeodor KNICKELBEIN (b.18 Mar 1830)
sp: Johanna Maria Friederike Gustave LUPLOW (b.14 Jun 1823;m.21 Nov 1856)
CHILDREN:
Wilhelm Carl Ludwig KNICKELBEIN (b.2 Oct 1857;d.17 May 1871)
Friedrich Johann Carl KNICKELBEIN (b.10 Feb 1860)
Friedrich Johann Christopher KNICKELBEIN (b.25 Mar 1862)
Came to Chicago with parents. 1880 census says that he was born in IL, but actually all of these children were born in Germany!!
Christina Johanna Carolina KNICKELBEIN (b.9 Dec 1864;d.1 Mar 1866)
Friederike Karoline Christine Henriette KNICKELBEIN (b.12 Jun 1867;d.1 Jan 1868)