Hi Carol, Have you done any research on the Fiebing side of your family? Karl August Fiebing age 51 and his wife Maria Sophia Mueller age 52 and two of their children, Rudolph Albert Wilhelm 17 and Wilhelmine 16 arrived in Ionia MI in 1872 from Ducherow, Prussia. The 1880 census for Ionia also lists a Herman Fiebing family. What the relationship is I don't know yet. Supposedly the Wisconsin Fiebings are also related. Karl August (b. 7-11-1820) parents were Friedrich & Friedrika (Kading) Fiebing, my GGG Grandparents. All were shoemakers. Rudolph moved his family to Traverse City, MI abt 1882 but his widowed (prior to 1880) mother remained in Ionia until her death. Three of my grand daughters are 6th generation Traverse City residents. If you have any additional roots to my family or if I can share more of what I have, please contact me. Greg Fiebing