To: THOWERY, No record found of Rudolph 1844/46 in my data. --- THOWERY family info' 1-father? _-_ bur at sea en route to USA. Ex-German Army Officer. sp-mother? _-aft 1856 Toledo OH w-cancer. imigrtant to Toledo. c:Roudolph & 2 bros. 2-Son1 ? 2-Son2 ? 2-Rudolph HOWERY (GGrandfather) ?1844/46 Germany-_. ?1855/6 imigrant to US. Put in an orphan's home & left by brothers. His b'day was unknown & he stood next to boys his height & he was estimated as 11 years old. He was taken in & lived with a JUNKINS family in OH. m-Mary Catherine CUNNINGHAM. --- Fred fredhaury@juno.com Albuquerque, NM >>>>>> On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 20:17:27 EST THowery@aol.com writes: >I have read about the many Howerys and their variations in spelling. >I am >having great difficulty in locating my branch though. > >My Great Grandfather was born in Germany oin about 1844-46 (actual >date >unsure) He came to America in 1855-56 with his mother, father and 2 >brothers. His father had been an offcier in the German Army. His >father >died at sea and was buried at sea. You would think this would be >easy to >find. No so! I have no names beyond my G Grand father Rudolph >Howery. > The mother and boys went to Toledo, Ohio and mother died shortly >after of >cancer?? Brothers took Rudolph to an orphan's home and left him. >No one >has any further information. No names, dates, nothing. He did not >know >his b day so they stood him next to boys his height and he was >determined to >be 11 at that time. He was taken in by a family named Junkins in >Ohio >where he lived until he married Mary Catherine Cunningham. > >I have searched for 15 years to find out about his family, why they >came to >Ohio, who were his parents and brothers etc. > >Can anyone offer help, advise>> > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]