Need help with the parents and village of origin of Johann (John) Peter Schaak, b. Luxembourg ca. 1842, imm. 1865(67), settled first in New Trier, Dakota Terr., MN or Sand Creek, Scott Co., MN, where several Schaaks were living. Can't find him in the 1870 US or 1875 Minnesota Censuses. In 1878/79, he brought his family to Codington Co., SD, and helped found the township of Kranzburg, where he appears in the 1880 US Census. Does anyone have any further info re: Schaak ancestors, origins? Any and all help would be very much appreciated.