Hi John
My name is Darlene (Peters) O'Meara and I too am looking for my father's relatives. My father's name is August Friedrich Wilhelm Peters and he went by the name of William 'Bill' Peters. He was born in Uelzen, Germany in 1912. His father's name was Heinrich Wilhelm Peters and he was born in Germany in 1882 and died in 1918 in an army hospital in Germany. My great grandfather's name was Heinrich Friedrich Christoph Peters and my great grandmother's name was Anna Dorothea Marie Appel. My great grandfather was born on July 2, 1852 in Wieren, Germany and my great grandmother was born on March 24, 1849 in Bomke, Germany. My grandfather had a sister and her name was Marie Wilhelmina Elise Peters and she was born in 1877 in Wieren, Germany. I do not know if there are any other siblings. My great grandfather could have gone by the name Christ (Christoph). In 1871 my great grandfather would have been 19 and could have been a father since my great aunt was born in 1877.
I know that Peters is a common name in Germany but maybe somewhere along the line there might be a connection. I do not know if my great grandfather had any brothers or sisters. I know it is a 'long shot' but who knows, there might be some connection.
Darlene