HEIMANN GERMANY>Illinois 1838.
I am reserarching John Bernard HEIMANN,(or HEUMANN/HEYMANN) who came to Clinton County, Ill in 1838/9.He was descended from Herman Heinrich Heimann (died in Gr. Fullen) in 1811 and Anna Maria BOVEN.She later married a SANTEL, and came to Illinois with descendants of both. Other associated names from that region include: KLATTEN, ALTGILBERS, KALMER, BOVEN, RENSING, KRIEGER, BERNDSEN.All were Catholic. Any connections?