Fred, Although I have little to contribute, I do enjoy reading the messages going back and forth. phil howry -----Original Message----- From: fredhaury@juno.com <fredhaury@juno.com> To: HOWERY-L@rootsweb.com <HOWERY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, April 04, 1999 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [HOWERY-L] Howery linage >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] > >