Hi Jan,

I saw your posting about the Koerner's and was wondering if you can help me.

My great-grandfather was Ernest August Koerner. He was born January 14, 1863 in Leipzig, , Sachsen, Germany. He immigrated to America June 30, 1880 and settled in Princeton, Bureau county, Illinois. He married Irene Dora Cork June 8, 1887 in Princeton. He had a younger brother, Theodore, that was born in 1880. Theodore immigrated in 1892. They had a brother, Otto, that never came to America.

Ernest and Theodore were the sons of August and Anna (Pramer) Körner. My aunt tells me the Koerner's were somehow related to the Tippner's also of Bureau county, Illinois.

Do you think there might be a connection?

Mike Holler