Hello, and greetings from Wisconsin. I recently learned of a new book by Susan S. King (2000) -- Roman Catholic Deaths in Charleston, South Carolina, 1800-1860. If someone has accesss to this book, could you please look for the names -- GRAWE/GRAVE/GREVE and SCHERMER. I am looking for death info about a "Mr. GRAWE'" and his only child who died in Charleston "during a yellow fever epidemic" about 1844. I am also looking for death info about Simon SCHERMER who died 1854 in Charlston All were Catholic. The following information I got from a 1939 Dyersville, Dubuque Co., Iowa, parish history, and from correspondence with Holland: My gg-grandparents lived in Charleston during the 1830s and until about 1855. My gg-grandmother, Anna Dorothea EMPTING (born 1812, Westbevern, Westphalia) immigrated to Charleston about 1842. The story is that her first husband, a "Mr. GRAWE" (GRAVE?/GREVE?) (pronounced "grave"), and an only child died during the same night in about 1844 during a yellow fever epidemic. I have since learned that there was a yellow fever epidemic in the south in 1841. Mr. GRAWE's half-brother, Herman (born 1821? near Paderborn, Westphalia), also immigrated to Charleston about 1844, married there, and had a daughter, Josephine, born about 1852/53. He and his family moved to Dubuque County, Iowa, about 1853. After the death of her husband "Mr. GRAWE" and only child, Dorothea married again about 1846, to Simon SCHERMER who had emigrated from Holland to Charleston about 1834. He had a college education, and was a member of the Simon Schermer & Zoonen import-export business in Amsterdam (founded 1703). He first worked for the railroad. Later, he started his own import-export business in Charleston and was quite wealthy. He and his wife lived at #54 Saint Philip St., in a house purchased January 7, 1847 (original record). This is now the site of the Simons Fine Art Center of the College of Charleston. Simon and Dorothea had two children -- Josephine (born 26 Oct 1848), and Simon (born 20 Apr 1850). Simon, Sr., died in 1854 (day/month?). In about 1855 his widow Dorothea moved with her two children to New Vienna, Dubuque Co., Iowa, to "leave the unbearable heat and dangerous fevers" of Charleston. She married again and outlived her third husband (but that's another story). I have not been able to find these SCHERMERs in the 1850 Federal Census Index. However, "Simon SCHERMER" is listed in Holcomb's (1985) SOUTH CAROLINA NATURALIZATION (1785-1850). Simon SCHERMER filed notice for naturalization 28 Dec 1844, Charleston. The names of Dorothea and her two children appear on a passenger list coming into New York City on 9 Oct 1854. After her husband Simon's death in 1854 she went to Holland to settle his estate. There are plenty of records for Simon SCHERMER in Holland, but I have been unable to find anything else in Charleston. These people were Catholic. I have corresponded with St. Patrick's parish on Saint Philip Street., St. Mary's, and with the Charleston Diocese (St. John the Baptist) but they have no records of these SCHERMERs. Thanks for any help you can be. Daniel Daniel J. Kortenkamp, Ph.D. dkortenk@uwsp.edu Dept. of Psychology University of Wisconsin fax: 715 346-2778 Stevens Point, WI 54481 http://www.uwsp.edu/acad/psych/dk/danielpg.htm