My Marks family starts with my Great Grandmother.

Her name was Auguste Hedwig Marcks was born on September 16, 1871, her father, Reinhold, was 34, and her mother, Caroline, was 40. She married Gottlieb Johann Böhme on November 4, 1896. They had nine children in 12 years. She died on September 7, 1950, at the age of 78.