The Gottlieb Luke/Lueck Family Home Page

I have just begun to do the family genealogy for my husband's family. His grandparents were Gottlieb Lueck and Sophie nee Koester. They emigrated from Germany sometime in the late 1800's and settled in central Minnesota.

While Gottlieb and his brother, Ferdinand, came from Prussia on May 1, 1882, we have been unable to locate emigration records for Sophie/Sofia Koester. Gottlieb's last name was Lueck and baptism and confirmation certificates at least until 1905 indicates they used that name. However, when going through marriage, birth, and death records at the Todd County courthouse, every clerk, or other person who filled out those forms spelled the name Luke. Apparently, at the time of WWI they all adopted Luke for the last name.

So far I don't know what town in Prussia they came from. Sophie Koester came from Mecklenberg.

Any help anyone can give me will be much appreciated.