This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gehrs, Wahlers, Hirschvogel, Monsees Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FMB.2ACE/2340 Message Board Post: I am trying to find out the surname of the mother of two Hirschvogel sisters who died in Pettis County, and who are buried in Smithton Cemetery. Their father is Michael Hirschvogel and the mother's first name is Theresia, both from Austria. It is believed that the mother Theresia died sometime after immigrating to the U.S. and before the Hirschvogel family settled in MO, as no one has found any record of her except her name on the ship's list. I am hoping that the parents' names are on the death certificates. These sisters are: 1. Theresia/Theresa Lumpee b. 4-26-1836 Austria d. 1-12-1904 Pettis County 2. Julianne/Julia A. Lutjin b. 6-6-1941 Austria d. 6-20-1929 Pettis County If anyone in the area has access to the death certificates of these sisters, I'd appreciate hearing from you. I don't know where these records are kept. Thanks. Laura