This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRIMMER, RILEY, HOSHBERGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YCG.2ACIB/148 Message Board Post: My ancestor is John Charles Brimmer, b. Sept 6, 1815 in Carlisle, PA. Married Harriet Amanda Riley on Jan 7, 1841 in Hinckley, Medina Co., OH. Migrated to Leroy, Calhoun Co., MI; Climax, Kalamazoo Co., MI; Marilla, Manistee Co., MI. Died April 28, 1894 and is buried in Marilla, MI. John's parents were John Brimmer and Dolly Hoshberger. All I have is their names written down by a grandson. Dolly may be the elderly Magdelena Brimmer living with John Charles in 1850. Family story written by a son of John Charles states that John Sr. came to America from Germany about 1808 with his parents, his sister and his father's brother. The parents died at sea and were buried at sea. John and his sister were separated and never saw each other again. John settled in Carlisle PA. I am curious if anyone is a descendant of the sister and might have this same story in their family history. Or possibly the uncle. I do not know their names. I did find a Charles Brimmer in 1820 in Carlisle where John Charles was born in 1815. So John Sr. may also be named John Charles or Charles John.