I started looking for information about my grandfather Ludwig Paul PECHMANN (known as Paul Louis PECHMANN/PECKMAN) and his cousin David Franz PECHMANN who left Anhalt, Germany to go to America in 1908. They moved on to Australia in 1912 where my grandfather settled but it is believed that Franz returned to the US after WW1 A friend found my grandfather in the 1910 census staying with his cousin Richard PECHMANN in St Louis, Missouri. But I have no idea about Richard's connection to the German family. After Franz returned to America he had a son Peter. This Peter returned to the village in Germany in WW2 and his son (could be another Peter) returned to the US after WW2. I would be very pleased to hear from anyone who knows anything about PECHMANNs in St Louis. Suzanne Warmerdam Alstonville NSW Australia