Addresses in iCloud looses link to groups

I import single vcards by drag and drop into a specific address group (office) on my mac mini (Lion) using Lion's address book.
If i check in the Mac's address book i can see that this new address belongs to that group (office).
But unfortunately the link to this group gets lost when syncing to iCloud and then to iPhone4 (iOS5). The address is there (on icloud.com and the iPhone). And also the group existed before on both.
This happens only with some addresses. I imported about 200 addresses in this way in different groups. Some will work fine. Others not. Not Apple like.
My address book is configured that all addresses are stored in iCloud. iCloud is the standard account. All my addresses are stored in the address book / iCloud.
Any idea?
btw.: there is no chance to bring this address into the group. Not by drag and drop on iCloud.com, nor by removing the address from the group on the mac and then add it again.

I have had a similar problem in my recent conversion to using iCloud. I have over 4500 entries in Address Book, subdivided into about 50 different groups. When I moved to iCloud, all the groups disappeared in iCloud and on my Mac. Fortunately they still exist on my iPhone, but I have found no way to get them back on to my Mac where I need them the most. Re-creating all the groups would be a huge task!
Individual entries seem to sync OK in all 3 places, but the Groups do not sync.

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I have had a similar problem in my recent conversion to using iCloud. I have over 4500 entries in Address Book, subdivided into about 50 different groups. When I moved to iCloud, all the groups disappeared in iCloud and on my Mac. Fortunately they still exist on my iPhone, but I have found no way to get them back on to my Mac where I need them the most. Re-creating all the groups would be a huge task!
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Hey Sblan2,
According to the following document, you are unable to change the iCloud email address.
from: Apple ID: Changing your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5621
However, one option you have would be to create an email alias:
iCloud: Create or change email aliases
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2622
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