This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/1330.1 Message Board Post: I believe your grandmother, Bessie Garner, was my grandfather's first cousin. Was she the daughter of John and Bertha (Dupont) Garner? The name was originally the German name, Gerner. John was born Johann Gerner in 1840 in Massbach, Bavaria. His parents were Johann August and Elisabeth (Kniess) Gerner. I have more information to share if you think the lines are connected.