Your first posting asked if a marriage record would contain parents place of origin. Now you are positing about a Herman Otten born ca 18229. Looks like he passed in 1891 Otten Herman G 61 y May 8 1891 16437 (1891) Manhattan 1829 - 1830 1446991 You need to order his death certificate, unfortunately I have not found yet the immigration date of Herman G Otten born (calculated from cemetery data) in 1829 in Germany, nor do I have found his emigration data from Germany. Due to the area I expect him to come from (close to Bremen), I would presume, he emigrated thru Bremen port. First trace from him in the US is from 1855. What are you looking for ??