More Incidental Information

Henry's wife's full name was Lydia May Walker, born 25 May 1857, somewhere in Illinois, according to census information, but, some of our family information says she was born in Red Oak, Iowa. Her name shows up on some of the census's as "Lidy" or "Lidy M.".. An example of this is found in the 1880 census taken in Norton County, Kansas I continue to draw a blank on finding any of her ancestors or siblings.. I really consider it a shame.. my Morris side of the family, we can trace all the way back to the 1500's.. Both Henry and Lydia just seemed to show up out of the clear, blue sky.. Some in my family have speculated that perhaps Henry was a stow-away on a ship, and that that was the reason no records of his coming here show up anywhere.. It is also speculated that "Henry Sievers" was NOT his name until he landed in America. We understand that military service was a requirement of young men in Germany... Is it possible that all the secrecy was due to his being essentially a "draft evader"??? Like I said, all we have is speculation