The surname Reimschissel is misspelled in the 1880 Bexar Co. census as Ramschisel [probably phonetically spelled] Here are some notes I made many years ago when the 1880 census was put on CD-ROMs by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. I did not copy all the columns. Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Freder RAMSCHISEL Self M Male W 31 TX Laborer --- --- Agusta RAMSCHISEL Wife M Female W 28 TX Keep House --- --- Hugo RAMSCHISEL Son S Male W 5 TX TX TX Carolina RAMSCHISEL Dau S Female W 1 TX TX TX Source Information: Census Place San Antonio, Bexar, Texas Family History Library Film 1255291 NA Film Number T9-1291 Page Number 41C Here is some information I found in the Marriage Records of Bexar Co. Bexar Co. Marriage License 5490 - Friedrich Reimschissel and Augusta Henze. 22 Jan 1878. J. Gossweiler, Pastor, Luth. Church, San Antonio; witnesses, Theresa Reimschissle, Charles Koenig (Bk F-429) Reason for my interest: I suspect the bride Augusta Henze is the person appearing in the household of August Henze in an earlier census. AUGUSTA HENZE. She is one of the daughters of August Henze of San Antonio, TX. She was age 7 in the 1860 census, giving an approximate birthdate of 1853. She is named in his will as one of the children on the father's side. Here is another note I found on the Reimschissel family, based on 1870 Bexar Co. census: the 1870 cenus for San Antonio (abstracted in SAHGS OUR HERITAGE, V. 29, No. 1, Oct 1987): Reimschupel [sic], L., age 48, F-W-keep house-Pru [birthplace] " Frederick, age 21, laborer, TX " Henry, age 16, laborer, TX " Margreth, 13, at home, TX " Theresa, 11, TX Others in the 1870 household: a Bader family, Frederick, age 26; Holstine [sic]; Pauline, age 19; Frederick, age 1.* (No wonder we cannot find our German ancestors--with spellings like these!!!) Question: Can you help fill in the blanks? And how many other spellings are there for this surname? E.W.Wallace whose second great-grandmother Mathilda [Folger] Schoen aka Shane married Augusta Henze's father in San Antonio [2nd marr for her; probably 3rd marriage for him] - **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850)