This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Scheer, Scherr, Scherer, Jacques, Mayotte, O'Neil, Des Rosiers, Bilodeau, Sigman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CRFBAEB/68 Message Board Post: Grandfather Arthur W. Scherr (Scheer) claimed a family connection to Admiral Reinhard Scheer of the Imperial German Navy. I am trying to prove the connection to the family. I found several direct descendants of the Admiral through my web site in his memory, and am looking for the link that makes the connection. url of the Admirals page http://www.100megsfree2.com/jjscherr/scherr/vonscheer.htm famly page for the Scherr & Scherer Families http://www.100megsfree2.com/jjscherr/scherr/index.html My ancestor in this line from Germany was John Jacob Scherr (Scheer) married to Augusta Waidchow (sp?). John Jacob was born in 1845 in Germany.