This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wolfer68 Surnames: Garner, Hoffstadt Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.arm.general/2929.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm trying to locate any ancestral information on my great grandfather CHARLES G. GARNER. Passed down word of mouth information indicated my great grandfather may have been an Irish Catholic from Northern Ireland. I'm guessing that Charles G. Garner may have been born in mid to late 1850s. He died in Dallas, Texas in 1891. The earliest date I have for him in the USA is 1878/79 found in the Dallas TX City Directory. He married my great grandmother Nannie Hoffstadt, who may have migrated from Louisville, KY, in Dallas around 1886. I am unable to find any record of his immigration; his birth date or place of birth; the names of his parents; or if they immigrated to the USA with Charles G. and when. I have found evidence of GARNERS in the counties of Armagh, Down, Antrim, and Fermanagh. I found a record of a Charles Garner in Corbracky, Drumcree Parish, County Armagh in the 1848 - 1864 Primary Valuation of Ireland. I have been unable to determine if that Charles is one of my ancestors - or the father of Charles G. 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.