This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KennethMadl Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jackson/414.473.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The information that I have from "Sammlung genealogischer Arbeiten der Bezirksgruppe Passau des Bayerischen Landsvereins für Familienkunde", Vol. 1, is that Lewis (formerly known as Ludwig) Kellermann was born on 4 October 1846 in Schönberg, Bohemia, house #20, and was baptized in Böhmisch Röhre I would be very surprised if he had a middle name, since they weren't used in either Bohemia or Bavaria at the time he was born. However, his father's name was Paul. (His mother was Clara Jarosch.) This is from the 1880 Census for Douglas County, Eudora Township: Age Rel. Occ. E.D., Sheet, Dwell, Fam KELLERMAN, Frank 42 Austria Farmer 64, 28, 246, 257 Theresa 42 W " Keeping house John 9 S " KELLERMAN, Lewis 33 H Austria Farmer 64, 28, 246, 258 Kate 33 W " Keeping house Frank 8 S Kansas Paul 4 S " Mary 2 D " Kate 3/12 D " February This indicates that Paul was born around 1876, which matches well with 26 Dec 1875, and not so well with 25 Jan 1874. However, it seems much more likely that he was born in Eudora, rather than Westphilia, Coffey County. Anything is possible, but why would he move from Eudora in 1873, Westphilia in 1875, Eudora in 1877, and then Westphilia again in 1883? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.