This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thym, Meyer, Reisse, Heldenberg, Rostron, Beck, Dennert, Volkwein. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oh0.2ACEB/1617.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I finally had a chance to check my big "This is Our...St. Louis" book by Hagan. There are no Browns and no cooperages in the index. My Fred Meyer, who worked at Pioneer Cooperage was born in Hermann, MO which was a Big German community and known for its wine production. I have found nothing more than what you shared on Pioneer Cooperage itself. I did get a couple emails on the company on the St. Louis Mail List. Good luck in your research. Ginny