Hi Laura, You may want to try the 1870 Census for Omaha or the 1910 or 1920 census for PA. You can glean a lot of info from her entry, including place of birth. You already have alot of good info to use as a springboard. Good luck! Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: <airol@webtv.net> To: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 7:56 PM Subject: Great Grandmother > My great grandmother is a mystery. She was from somewhere in eastern > europe around the 1850's. The story was that her father was killed in a > pogram and her mother decided to get her children to a better place. My > great gandmother and her 3 brothers and her mother came over on a > sailing ship headed to New York. They were caught in a hurricane and > lost at sea for 2 weeks. The privation was too much for her mother who > died from it. They ended up in South Carolina (maybe North) Her brothers > were older and the authorities sent them on their way (presumably New > York) they decided she was too young and put her in a Baptist orphange. > The next I know of her she was in Omaha Nebraska after the Civil War. > She was working for the Union Pacific RR where she met my great > grandfather. They married and went back east. I know she lived in > Philadelphia Pa in the early part of the 20th century perhaps up to the > 1920's. I have always wanted to know more about her. I would like to > know where she came from. Her maiden name was Bertha Caleb. I don't know > if that was her real last name or if the authorities Americanized it. > She married Henry Kramer. Who was from somewhere in Germany. > > Gloria > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >