<My grandfather was Max Hermann Hallmann who came to the U.S <aboard the <Leviathan around 1911-13(?) He lived for the most part in Jersey City, <N.J. <He may have had a brother who came here at an earlier date. His <father's <name was Friedrich Gustave Hallmann, a carpenter, who died in <Hamburg in <1932 His mother was Friederike Brugmann, who died in 1940 in <Hamburg. He <had two sisters, one named, Paula, who I believe, passed away in the <50's <in Germany. After the war, my grandfather became estranged from his <family <for unknown reasons so I have been able to find out very much. I think <I <have a second cousin still living at the same residence in Hamburg with <the <name Hurtig but I calculate her age to be 84. I wrote to her at <Christmas <but never received a response. <I gather from the postings I've seen, that the Hallman page is geared <more <for the descendents of Anthony Hallman? Kathy has been on the list for some while but hasn't posted her family line before. She sent it to me with permission to post it to our list. Here's hoping someone out there can connect with Kathy. (See her family line below.) Kathy asked if this list was primarily for Anthony Hallman's descendants. I told it it was in the beginning but I am hopeful that we can attract other Hallman/Hallmann/Heilman friends and relatives who will be able to tell us more about their histories, too. Who knows, we may all be related back to Germany! If anyone has more information on the German connnections, please post it to the list. Also, some of you who are not Anthony's descendants, tell us your history, as far as you know it. We've just about *worn out* Anthony's history. We would like to hear your history, now. Thanks, Faith faith@verdenet.com