Hi Penny, Just a novice but I've got a few questions for you. Have you posted the same message on some of the German lists/boards? Did you do a search on "Heinrich" Verm? Bremen was also a popular point for departure from Europe for folks from the Austrian Empire, have you done a search on the VERM name and possible variations (try some of the genealogy lists in Germany .de)? As well as the fact that his folks could have gone to Bremen from the interiro, lived there awhile to gather enough money to ship out, and then got on board. VERMs in Austin Co. Columbus/Sealy/Eagle Lake phone book shows 4 Verms listed: Brooks, Cecil L., Charles & Patsy, Zenith & Esther. With a forebear like Fortunate Independence Verm, I'd talk to Zenith first. With the info you've supplied, I note he was a citizen of the republic. What specific data were you able to get from the state records on Henry/Heinrich? On Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:08:04 -0600 "alesha" <alesha@glade.net> writes: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: alesha > To: TXAUSTIN-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 8:02 AM > Subject: Fw: Family > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: alesha > > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 6:39 PM > Subject: Family > > > Hi my name is Alesha Penny Verm and I'am doing genealogy on my > husband's side, wondering if maybe you could help. I do know that > Henry Verm(our third great -grandfather) born 1818 in Bremen, > Germany and he died in San Felipe,Tx.June 26,1873 NOTE:'He came to > Texas permenantly in 1835,join Republic of Texas Army on March > 5,1836. Served under Capt.John Bird and later Capt. P.R.Dexter at > the Battle of San Jacinto as a scout' his wife was Rosanna Lantham > they married in 1854. Had one son named John Henry(our second > great-grandfather) married Jane Boyd Gaston in 1882 . They had 6 > children Fortunate Independence,Rosanna,Mary Jane(Coody),and twins > Ebenezer and Eddie(our great-grandfather). Eddie had 5 chilfren > named Johnnie(our grandfather),James Clyde(died 10/29/1944in > WWII),Francis Brooks,Ruby and Edna Mae. Then Johnnie had 5 children, > Albert Louis,Alvin William(Billy) is my father-in-law,Emily > Mable,Robert Edward and Patricia Ann. I'am married to Troy Wendell > Verm.If you could help I would be pleased soooo much. Thanks. > alesha@glade.net Sharing. It's What It's All About! Rick Garza mailto:richardgarza1@juno.com NameSearch: GARZA, ZATTLER, REYNA, FOSTER, STOPFER Click here to visit http://www.czechheritage.org/springfest.html ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.