Here is the family in the 1890 Directory for Pittsburgh. http://www.donslist.net/PGHLookups/Pgh1890M.htm JR Jamieson jr@jjamieson.com 412 343 9264 Home of the Steeler Nation ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Passman" <sandypassman@yahoo.com> To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [ALL] Advise please I know that my family would not be on the 1880 census - but I looked there to see if I could find John, Mary, or Edna Marguerite (4 year old who died) Hermansdoerfer. --- On Sun, 2/27/11, Larry Thompson <lt0168@epix.net> wrote: From: Larry Thompson <lt0168@epix.net> Subject: Re: [ALL] Advise please To: paallegh@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, February 27, 2011, 5:10 PM Sandy: If they didn't come to the US until 1885 they wouldn't be on the 1880 census. Larry On 2/27/2011 4:48 PM, Sandy Passman wrote: > Dear Listers - I am hoping that someone can offer advise, information, or > direction. > While looking over the deaths that y'all have been collecting, I was > hoping to see my great grandfather's name. Instead, I found the death of a > 4 year old, who has the same last name. I know nothing about this family > but it seems there is a good chance they are related to my family. The > name is not common - Hermansdoerfer. I have looked on Ancestry, but do not > find the family in the 1880 census, and most of the 1890 census was lost > in a fire. I have asked my mother, aunt, and their cousins and they have > never heard of these people. Would anyone have any more ideas or > suggestions of places to search to figure out if there is a link to these > other Hermansdoerfer's? My greatgrandfather arrived in the US in 1885 from > Bavaria and owned a butcher shop on Spring Garden Avenue, attended St. > John's Lutheran Church, and is buried in St. John's Cemetery. He had 3 > sisters and 1 brother (who never came to the US) as far as I know.With > such an uncommon last name, it > seems that there must be a relationship, but I don't know where else to go > from here. Thanks in advance.Sandy Passman > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- My genealogy page http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ Allegheny County Maps page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message