BEHRENS, Carl John Henry, b 1835 Stralsund Vorpommern (Germany) d 1921 Alden (McHenry)IL and m Carolina ORTMAN abt 1860 in Germany, she b 1838, Germany, d 1924 Alden (McHenry) IL. they came from Germany, via Bremen to Baltimore in 1882 and were first in Zenda twp (Walworth) WI. Their son, Carl, Jr, came first in 1881 and perhaps resided near Sharon (Walworth) WI The bought land and were in McHenry co. IL by abt 1891. Carl Sr's brother Frederick John BEHRENS b 1850's Stalsund Vorpommern emmig (Bremen to Baltimore) in 1892 and first lived near Hebron (McHenry) IL and bought land and moved to Zenda (Walworth) WI bef 1900. He and some of his family are buried in Linn-Hebron Cemetery. H m Johanna Julia Dorothea Draves. Interest in descendants of theirs and in hearing from anyone with ancestral lines in Vorpommern families! Have recently found a couple of other BEHRENS families from Vorpommern that lived near Crystal Lake, Il could help provide clues for research in Germany