Hello- My paternal Great Grandfather, John KOMAR resided in St. Francios County Missouri (maybe Bonne Terre) . . . on the 1900 census for St. Francios County his occupation is written as "bar loader in lead mine." What was his duty? In the census the surname is written as Kamer not Komar. This is a long shot....would there be mining records available? Also, any help with this family is appreciated. Parents of John and his wife Mary REPKO, date, place of marriage, etc. thank you, Rick Mayernik

About a year and a half ago, I did some research on this man and his family. I no longer have that paper work as I did it for another decendent of John's Off the top of my head with what I remember, John and his wife with children came from North Carolina to Missouri about 1887 where he found work in the mines. He did live in Bonne Terre, Mo but later moved to I think Nebraska not positive about the state however, in the census he was counted in both states. John went ahead to find work before bringing his family on the move . The man I helped with this was a direct decendent as well. And he lived in the same town where John and his family moved. That's all I can remember. Sorry. Check the census, he was a boarder in the other state. We figured that his wife didn't know if they would be moving or not so they counted him as being in Mo. This was one of the few cases I found this happened. I hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Mayernik" <rmayer@3rivers.net> To: "Missouri Genealogy" <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 5:07 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Kamer/ Komar > Hello- > > My paternal Great Grandfather, John KOMAR resided in St. Francios County > Missouri (maybe Bonne Terre) . . . on the 1900 census for St. Francios > County his occupation is written as "bar loader in lead mine." What was > his > duty? In the census the surname is written as Kamer not Komar. > > This is a long shot....would there be mining records available? > > Also, any help with this family is appreciated. Parents of John and his > wife > Mary REPKO, date, place of marriage, etc. > > thank you, > > Rick Mayernik > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have no connection to the Komar family but a remark Don made sparks my interest, the remark about being a boarder in another State. Was it perhaps Colorado by chance? I found my husband's great grandfather as a boarder in Colorado and the rest of the family here in Missouri, have forgotten the year off the top of my head, will have to look it up. There were several male boarders at the location and I wonder if they went there for gold mining or something. Any ideas anyone? Would appreciate everyone's thoughts. Thanks, Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Yeager" <donaldyeager@charter.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Kamer/ Komar > About a year and a half ago, I did some research on this man and his > family. I no longer have that paper work as I did it for another > decendent > of John's Off the top of my head with what I remember, John and his wife > with children came from North Carolina to Missouri about 1887 where he > found > work in the mines. He did live in Bonne Terre, Mo but later moved to I > think Nebraska not positive about the state however, in the census he was > counted in both states. John went ahead to find work before bringing his > family on the move . The man I helped with this was a direct decendent as > well. And he lived in the same town where John and his family moved. > That's > all I can remember. Sorry. Check the census, he was a boarder in the > other > state. We figured that his wife didn't know if they would be moving or > not > so they counted him as being in Mo. This was one of the few cases I found > this happened. > I hope this helps. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Mayernik" <rmayer@3rivers.net> > To: "Missouri Genealogy" <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 5:07 PM > Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Kamer/ Komar > > >> Hello- >> >> My paternal Great Grandfather, John KOMAR resided in St. Francios County >> Missouri (maybe Bonne Terre) . . . on the 1900 census for St. Francios >> County his occupation is written as "bar loader in lead mine." What was >> his >> duty? In the census the surname is written as Kamer not Komar. >> >> This is a long shot....would there be mining records available? >> >> Also, any help with this family is appreciated. Parents of John and his >> wife >> Mary REPKO, date, place of marriage, etc. >> >> thank you, >> >> Rick Mayernik >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello-- Guess what? I am the guy that you helped for this family. I resubmitted my query now thinking I might find out something new. I don't remember that North Carolina was part of the their destination points. Might have been New York as my grandmother might of been born there (Newburgh) Oh yes I am in Montana and the Komar family also. Thank you, Rick -----Original Message----- From: mostfran-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mostfran-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Donald Yeager Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 8:30 PM To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Kamer/ Komar About a year and a half ago, I did some research on this man and his family. I no longer have that paper work as I did it for another decendent of John's Off the top of my head with what I remember, John and his wife with children came from North Carolina to Missouri about 1887 where he found work in the mines. He did live in Bonne Terre, Mo but later moved to I think Nebraska not positive about the state however, in the census he was counted in both states. John went ahead to find work before bringing his family on the move . The man I helped with this was a direct decendent as well. And he lived in the same town where John and his family moved. That's all I can remember. Sorry. Check the census, he was a boarder in the other state. We figured that his wife didn't know if they would be moving or not so they counted him as being in Mo. This was one of the few cases I found this happened. I hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Mayernik" <rmayer@3rivers.net> To: "Missouri Genealogy" <MOSTFRAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 5:07 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Kamer/ Komar > Hello- > > My paternal Great Grandfather, John KOMAR resided in St. Francios > County Missouri (maybe Bonne Terre) . . . on the 1900 census for St. > Francios County his occupation is written as "bar loader in lead > mine." What was his duty? In the census the surname is written as > Kamer not Komar. > > This is a long shot....would there be mining records available? > > Also, any help with this family is appreciated. Parents of John and > his wife Mary REPKO, date, place of marriage, etc. > > thank you, > > Rick Mayernik > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message