Linda: Maybe I'm reading this wrong but you've posted quite a bit of information at Ancestry.com covering both sides of the family. What more, specifically, are you looking for? Gary Stoltman Mercerville, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <CWorstell@aol.com> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 4:21 PM Subject: [StL-Metro] roll call - B - Baumer, Baeumer > Baumer - Buende, Germany to St. Louis > > Johann Heinrich BAUMER b. 1834 in Buende, Germany. Married Anna Marie Elise > Wilmsmann 1858 in St. Louis. Had children - > > George H. > Anna August > Edward > Emma > Josephine > Ludwig Henrich > > Lived mostly in the West Walnut - Jennings area. > > Linda > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MO-STLOUIS-METRO >
My grandfather was named Thomas Fitzhugh JOHNSON, born abt 1880-1885. He married Leona Duckworth in 1906 and died in 1915 of pneumonia. He had a younger brother named Charlie, who later moved to Texas and lived to be 102. The family rumor was that he came from South America, but I have been unable to make any headway in locating him due to the common name "Johnson". Nancy from Los Angeles
I am researching the family names OUHRABKA/AUHRABKA. I believe that the family emigrated from Semily, Bohemia (now Czechoslovakia) between 1852 and 1854, probably through New Orleans. It appears that the family was led by Josef AUHRABKA, born in 1804 in Bohemia, died in St. Louis August 27, 1882. He brought with him his six sons - Franciscum, Josef, Anna, Johan, Charles, Adalbert, and Aloisius. There are records of the family at St. John of Nepomak church, including a confirmation in May, 1854, and many marriages and christenings. Later in the 1880's, many of the sons and grandsons changed their name to ORABKA. There are also records of the family name in New Orleans, perhaps the offspring of a brother of Josef AUHRABKA, who remained in New Orleans when they emigrated. I have a lot of information which I would be happy to share. Nancy of Los Angeles