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Michael Eckstein (Georg Friedrich Michael Eckstein) (1834-1892), an illegitimate son of Anna Barbara Bischof, was born at Heydt, Germany, and died At Gundelswind, Thüringen, Germany. He married 1859 at St. Johann Evangelical Church at Schalkau, Thüringen, Johanna Elisabeth Grambs (1834-1890), daughter of Johann Friedrich Grambs and Anna Margaretha Schmidt. She was born in Gundelswind. They were parents of seven children. Three of their children immigrated to America. Their oldest, Christina (Margaretha Christiane Henriette Grambs) Eckstein (1855-1921), married Philipp Dietlein in 1875. She died at Perham, Otter Tail Co., Minn. Johann Nikolaus Eckstein (1860-1923) married Friederika Lueders in 1885. He died at Wylie, Polk Co., Minn. Karolina Eckstein (1871-1942) married 1897 William Ernest Waterstrat. She died in Crookston, Polk Co., Minn. Descendants live in Minnesota, Arkansas, North Dakota, Colorado, California and elsewhere.