Very useful data, Cheri, even though Gilbert Lauerman and Emma Homeier had no children; there is another Homeier family of Crown Point that you might check on (Fred and Dorethea), as there is possibly a William Homeier in that family as well as in Henry F. Homeier family, born almost the same year; there is also a William F. Homeier in Maplewood Cem. in Crown Point (1844-1932) with a wife Clara (1846-1920); it is possible all those families are related... Love, Paul