Hi Nancy & List, Actually those Welters are my direct ancestors. Nancy, if those are yours also I'm happy to share with you. I can say that family came from Remmesweiler and immigrated in 1846. Andrea Welter On Dec 16, 2006, at 10:22 PM, Jerrald Lloyd wrote: > 1850 census Indiana, St Joseph > Johan Welter head--age 45--Germany > Elisabeth wife----age 40--Germany > Catherine dau--age 15---Germany > Margaret dau---age 8--Germany > John son --age 6---Germany > Peter son--age 1---Indiana > Nancy is this your family? > Jerrald > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ERobin6886@aol.com> > To: <GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:09 AM > Subject: [G-P-L] New Member info > > >> This is who and where I am genealogically. I'm looking for the >> home, >> departure date and location, and any other relevant information >> about my >> gg >> grandparents. I've been researching this for more than a decade >> and would >> appreciate >> any possibly relevant information. >> >> What I know about them follows: >> 1. Johan Welter, born about 1807 in Prussia, died in Marion County, >> Indiana >> in October 1879. >> 2. His wife was Christiana Maria Hamer/Horner was born about 1805 in >> Prussia >> and she died in Marion County, Indiana in March of 1876. >> 3. They brought with them to America five children, each born in >> Prussia: >> Elizabeth (b. 1834), Christian (b. 1839), John (b. 1842), Emma (b. >> 1844) & >> Margaret (1851). >> 4. According to the 1860 US Census, they were farmers and were >> living in >> Marion County, Indiana. >> 5. In US Census records, they arrived in 1853 and all listed >> Prussia as >> their >> birthplace except Christian whose place of birth is Hannover. >> 6. They were members of St. Johannes Evangelische Kirche in Warren >> Township, >> Marion County, Indiana. >> >> Family oral history says they came from “Grafsolms, near Cologne”. >> According >> to German researchers, this cannot be a place name. I believe >> English ears >> heard a German voice say something that sounded like "Grafsolms". >> >> Personally, I'm retired and overly busy with volunteer work and >> hobbies, >> none >> of which I consider a waste or something to give up. My husband also >> enjoys >> researching his family history. >> >> Nancy in CA >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY- > PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message