This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Louisa1860 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7224.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you very much for your reply. I am really confused now about this Joseph Schmerbach who arrived in America in 1879. By 1880 there was a liquor dealer with the name of Joseph Schmerbach located in Brooklyn, could that have been the same person and part of my family? Why does the family not appear in the 1880 Census, only the widow Margret Schmerbach appears in the 1870 Census, running a boardinghouse and living in Hastings-on-Hudson. What is irrefutable is the fact that in 1882 Joseph Schmerbach jun, born March 1856 in NY and baptized in May 1856 at the Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist, was back in the village of Struth which is located in the present-day state of Thuringia, in the district of Unstrut-Hainich in Germany, where he got married and his first child, my grandmother, was born there in February 1883. Here is a short summary of what I have found so far: Joseph Schmerbach (originally Schmerbauch) emigrated to America in 1848; Naturalization in 1854 in the City Court of Brooklyn; He owned a boardinghouse in 66 Beekman Street NY; His 2. son Joseph jun was born in 1856 in NY; He moved with his family to Hastings-on-Hudson; He appeared in the U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists 1862-1866 as a retail Liquor Dealer; He died in April 1867; His children were: John b. 1852; Joseph jun. b. 1856; Louisa b. 1860; August b. 1862; I wonder now if there was more than one Joseph Schmerbach. 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.