Thank you, that's them. I can find them in the US census from 1870 to when he died in 1910. Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerrald Lloyd" <jlloyd@chartermi.net> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Math Herrmann 1900 census Illinois, Pulaski, Wetaug Matthrew Harmon head--Sept 1835--age 64--Germany---Immi 1858--farmer Mary wife--Feb 1833--age 67--Germany--Immi 1858 Jerrald Lloyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "T Holcomb" <tagh@shawneelink.net> To: <GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 5:45 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Math Herrmann > Hi All, > > My ancestors are Matthew Harmon also spelled Herman & Herrmann. On the > LDS website I found he was born Sept 29, 1835. Place Katholisch, Herxheim > Landau, Pfalz Bayern. His father is listed as Georgii Petri Herrmann and > mother is Apolloniae Heider. Matthew was also listed as Mathaeus > Herrmann. He married Mary Bullinger in 1856, Germany, on his Civil War > papers I got from Nara. Can't read the place and have had several people > try, but to no luck. Do not know who her parents were. Does he have any > siblings? I have been told that 2 brothers followed him over here, but > who were they? > > Mat changed the spelling when he came to the US, but on his death cert his > wife spelled it Herman. They came to the US in 1858. I think I found > them FINALLY on a ship list, but not sure. There is a Math Herrmann who > arrive in the US from Le Havre, France in 1858, July 6. Age 25 from > Germany. Just above his name is Mary Bellinger age 24 from Germany. Also > a Martin Bellinger age 30 and another Martin Bellinger age 59. > > My question is, would Mary have used her maiden name even though they were > married 2 years before they came to the US? Also would/could that be her > father and brother with them? > > The ships name is New Orleans and arrived in NY, July 6, 1858. > > Thank you very much for any info, > Teresa G. Holcomb > > ------------------------------- > 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