This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hermsen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gk.2ADI/37.39.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I am not related to this family, but I noticed that your post said that Maria Helena Hermsen married in St Louis. [also where my gr grandparents were married] Did Maria Helena's husband, Henry Buelt, come from the Emsland area of Germany? [near Hanover] You may already have this information, but the following web site has a lot of information on German immigrants from the Emsland area, who originally settled in St Louis. I checked the site and there are two Hermsen's who were married in St Louis. Here is the url for their information: http://www.emslanders.com/he.htm#HERMSEN It lists two Hermsens, perhaps they are brothers or cousins of Maria Helena. Here is the information from the site: HERMSEN, Bernard Heinrich BORN: Oct 14, 1836, Lindloh (parish in Ruetenbrock) PARENTS: Stephen HERMSEN Thecla GERDES EMIGRATION: 1859 - arrived NY May 27, 1859 on the ship J Ahlers Gerhard HERMSEN 24, carpenter, Germany to US Berhard 22, carpenter and Gerhard Herman 21, carpenter Osnabrueck emigration index - Bernard Heinrich HERMSEN, born Oct 14, 1836 in Lindloh, son of Stephen HERMSEN and Thecla GERDES emigrated from Ruetenbrock in 1859 with cousin Herman HERMSEN MARRIED: unknown NOTES: Bernard Heinrich was witness at his brother Gerhard Hermsen's marriage in 1865 to Antonette Kunders. At present this is his only documented presence in St Louis. SOURCES: Bernard Heinrich's date and place of birth and parents' names were known from an entry for him in the emigration index. That information was then verified in Ruetenbrock parish records. HERMSEN, Gerhard Herman BORN: Nov 26, 1834, Lindloh (parish in Ruetenbrock) DIED: in St Louis, MO, buried Oct 7, 1909, age 74, in Calvary Cemetery, in the same lot with Antonette PARENTS: Stephen HERMSEN Thecla GERDES EMIGRATION: 1859 - arrived NY May 27, 1859 on the ship J Ahlers Gerhard HERMSEN 24, carpenter, Germany to US Berhard 22, carpenter and Gerhard Herman 21, carpenter his cousin's entry in emigration index: Gerhard Herman HERMSEN, born Aug 27, 1837, Lindloh, son of Gerhard Herman HERMSEN and Regina HASKAMP emigrated from Ruetenbrock in 1859 with cousins Bernard Heinrich and Gerhard Herman HERMSEN MARRIED: Antonette KUNDERS, widow of DECKMAN marriage: May 11, 1865, St Louis, MO SOURCES: Gerhard Herman's parents' names and his age (30) were known from his marriage record at Sts Peter and Paul parish. A sibling and cousin were known to have emigrated from Ruetenbrock so that parish's records were checked and a corresponding record found there also for Gerhard Herman. Perhaps you already have this information, but just thought I would send it in case it is helpful. This site has a lot of good information for Germans from the Emsland area. Barbara Salibi, author of this site, does have a contact in the Emsland area, who does have access to the Catholic church records in many of the Emsland parishes, and may be able to look for birth information for your Maria Helena. Anita