I want to thank everyone that replied to my original post on this thread. I have received several leads that has resulted in information with good possibilities. As a result of those leads, I found a family of 8 Blattner's on a 4 June 1839 Castle Garden passenger list with 3 adults - obviously a mother and father both age 39 and Theresia age 25 and 5 children. 7 of the family appear in the 1840 US Census in New York City minus the female of Theresia's age. I have not been able to find any references to Theresia Blattner until the Mason WV Census records referring to the Acker/Aker family with Theresia and daughter Agnes. With your help I also found a Death Certificate for Agnes that shows her birth to be in Cincinnati OH instead of Louisville KY (which family info suggests). I will drive to Cincinnati Public Library sometime in the next couple weeks to see if I can find a birth record. At this point, based on the info that you have helped me find, I am wondering if maybe Agnes (and brother Edward) were born to Theresia out of wedlock before she married Frederick Acker/Aker...so farm I have not seen anything suggesting that Theresia was married to a Blaetner or Blattner. If I can find the birth record, maybe it will solve this big puzzle. If I can't find anything, I will have to live with these assumptions and document them as such, hoping to find something sometime in the future. Being a rookie genealogist, I think I made a pretty good decision picking this difficult Agnes Blaetner issue to work on first. I have two more hurdles to clear that may also be fun, or not...my name is Marshall. I know that my Marshall ancestors came from Virginia in the same time frame as Chief Justice John Marshall, and that there are William Marshall's in my family and his. I have been hearing other family members saying we are related for as far back as I can remember (I am 58). Then, I will start on my mother's family, who are Kennedy's. That, I am sure, is going to be a really big puzzle to figure out... I started this family tree project back in the 1990s when there was only family info and ridiculously high priced CDs from Family Tree Maker. I gave up after I got all of the family info compiled in one place. After seeing a couple magazines at the local store a few months ago, I realized how much info is freely (or not free) available now, and started again on 4 August 2009. Thanks again for your help! I will probably be back asking for more... Dave Dave Marshall wrote: > I need some help finding information about my Great Grandmother Agnes > Blaetner and her parents. I have not been able to find anything about > her prior to the birth of her first child who was my father's mother. > She was born 12 June 1855 in Louisville KY according to family > information. She married Herman Broemsen in 1874, possibly in Mason > WV, but I think she was living in Cincinnati OH at the time she and > Herman Broemsen met. She died 6 August 1919 in Moundsville WV and is > buried at Mount Zion Cemetery in Wheeling WV. Her brother was Edward > Blaetner, She had a step sister Louisa Acker who who married Herman > Broemsen in 1920 or 1921. I have no information about her parents. Any > help anyone can provide will be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you!! > -- > Dave > > Researching Surnames Marshall, Broemsen, Blaetner, Pugh, Kennedy, Harmison > Located in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and ??? > > > Dave Marshall N8OAY > n8oay@railscan.org > > N8OAY's Railfan Help Desk > http://www.railfanswelcome.com > > > -- Dave Researching Surnames Marshall, Broemsen, Blaetner, Pugh, Kennedy, Harmison Located in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and ??? Dave Marshall N8OAY n8oay@railscan.org N8OAY's Railfan Help Desk http://www.railfanswelcome.com

My Agnes Blaetner brick wall just transformed into brick veneer on steel reinforced concrete...I wasted a half tank of gas today driving down to the Cincinnati Library. An 1884 Courthouse fire destroyed a lot of record, including what I was hoping to find to end this Agnes Blaetner mystery. The next step is looking for baptism and other church records. A letter with a check for a small donation and a request for help to the Hamilton County Genealogical Society may help. Dave Dave Marshall wrote: > I want to thank everyone that replied to my original post on this > thread. I have received several leads that has resulted in information > with good possibilities. As a result of those leads, I found a family of > 8 Blattner's on a 4 June 1839 Castle Garden passenger list with 3 adults > - obviously a mother and father both age 39 and Theresia age 25 and 5 > children. 7 of the family appear in the 1840 US Census in New York City > minus the female of Theresia's age. I have not been able to find any > references to Theresia Blattner until the Mason WV Census records > referring to the Acker/Aker family with Theresia and daughter Agnes. > With your help I also found a Death Certificate for Agnes that shows her > birth to be in Cincinnati OH instead of Louisville KY (which family info > suggests). I will drive to Cincinnati Public Library sometime in the > next couple weeks to see if I can find a birth record. At this point, > based on the info that you have helped me find, I am wondering if maybe > Agnes (and brother Edward) were born to Theresia out of wedlock before > she married Frederick Acker/Aker...so farm I have not seen anything > suggesting that Theresia was married to a Blaetner or Blattner. If I can > find the birth record, maybe it will solve this big puzzle. If I can't > find anything, I will have to live with these assumptions and document > them as such, hoping to find something sometime in the future. > > Being a rookie genealogist, I think I made a pretty good decision > picking this difficult Agnes Blaetner issue to work on first. I have two > more hurdles to clear that may also be fun, or not...my name is > Marshall. I know that my Marshall ancestors came from Virginia in the > same time frame as Chief Justice John Marshall, and that there are > William Marshall's in my family and his. I have been hearing other > family members saying we are related for as far back as I can remember > (I am 58). Then, I will start on my mother's family, who are Kennedy's. > That, I am sure, is going to be a really big puzzle to figure out... > > I started this family tree project back in the 1990s when there was only > family info and ridiculously high priced CDs from Family Tree Maker. I > gave up after I got all of the family info compiled in one place. After > seeing a couple magazines at the local store a few months ago, I > realized how much info is freely (or not free) available now, and > started again on 4 August 2009. > > Thanks again for your help! I will probably be back asking for more... > Dave > > > > > Dave Marshall wrote: > >> I need some help finding information about my Great Grandmother Agnes >> Blaetner and her parents. I have not been able to find anything about >> her prior to the birth of her first child who was my father's mother. >> She was born 12 June 1855 in Louisville KY according to family >> information. She married Herman Broemsen in 1874, possibly in Mason >> WV, but I think she was living in Cincinnati OH at the time she and >> Herman Broemsen met. She died 6 August 1919 in Moundsville WV and is >> buried at Mount Zion Cemetery in Wheeling WV. Her brother was Edward >> Blaetner, She had a step sister Louisa Acker who who married Herman >> Broemsen in 1920 or 1921. I have no information about her parents. Any >> help anyone can provide will be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you!! >> -- >> Dave >> >> Researching Surnames Marshall, Broemsen, Blaetner, Pugh, Kennedy, Harmison >> Located in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and ??? >> >> >> Dave Marshall N8OAY >> n8oay@railscan.org >> >> N8OAY's Railfan Help Desk >> http://www.railfanswelcome.com >> >> >> >> > > -- Dave Researching Surnames Marshall, Broemsen, Blaetner, Pugh, Kennedy, Harmison Located in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and ??? Dave Marshall N8OAY n8oay@railscan.org N8OAY's Railfan Help Desk http://www.railfanswelcome.com

I just found this on the FamilySearch.org IGI List. This shows the Blütner spelling and says she was born in Mason WV in 1858 instead of 1855 which I have from family information. <http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=/eng/search/ancestorsearchresults.asp> I have never searched that list before. The first time I went to FamilySearch.org, I think I used a link that went direct to the Record Search and bookmarked that. I found the link to search this looking for their How-To list for info about find records in Germany. I know that the first child (my grandmother) was baptized in a German speaking church, which I am guessing was Lutheran. Do any of you have access to records that might show a birth record more information that might list the name of her parents? Thank you! Dave Dave Marshall wrote: > I want to thank everyone that replied to my original post on this > thread. I have received several leads that has resulted in information > with good possibilities. As a result of those leads, I found a family of > 8 Blattner's on a 4 June 1839 Castle Garden passenger list with 3 adults > - obviously a mother and father both age 39 and Theresia age 25 and 5 > children. 7 of the family appear in the 1840 US Census in New York City > minus the female of Theresia's age. I have not been able to find any > references to Theresia Blattner until the Mason WV Census records > referring to the Acker/Aker family with Theresia and daughter Agnes. > With your help I also found a Death Certificate for Agnes that shows her > birth to be in Cincinnati OH instead of Louisville KY (which family info > suggests). I will drive to Cincinnati Public Library sometime in the > next couple weeks to see if I can find a birth record. At this point, > based on the info that you have helped me find, I am wondering if maybe > Agnes (and brother Edward) were born to Theresia out of wedlock before > she married Frederick Acker/Aker...so farm I have not seen anything > suggesting that Theresia was married to a Blaetner or Blattner. If I can > find the birth record, maybe it will solve this big puzzle. If I can't > find anything, I will have to live with these assumptions and document > them as such, hoping to find something sometime in the future. > > Being a rookie genealogist, I think I made a pretty good decision > picking this difficult Agnes Blaetner issue to work on first. I have two > more hurdles to clear that may also be fun, or not...my name is > Marshall. I know that my Marshall ancestors came from Virginia in the > same time frame as Chief Justice John Marshall, and that there are > William Marshall's in my family and his. I have been hearing other > family members saying we are related for as far back as I can remember > (I am 58). Then, I will start on my mother's family, who are Kennedy's. > That, I am sure, is going to be a really big puzzle to figure out... > > I started this family tree project back in the 1990s when there was only > family info and ridiculously high priced CDs from Family Tree Maker. I > gave up after I got all of the family info compiled in one place. After > seeing a couple magazines at the local store a few months ago, I > realized how much info is freely (or not free) available now, and > started again on 4 August 2009. > > Thanks again for your help! I will probably be back asking for more... > Dave > > > > > Dave Marshall wrote: > >> I need some help finding information about my Great Grandmother Agnes >> Blaetner and her parents. I have not been able to find anything about >> her prior to the birth of her first child who was my father's mother. >> She was born 12 June 1855 in Louisville KY according to family >> information. She married Herman Broemsen in 1874, possibly in Mason >> WV, but I think she was living in Cincinnati OH at the time she and >> Herman Broemsen met. She died 6 August 1919 in Moundsville WV and is >> buried at Mount Zion Cemetery in Wheeling WV. Her brother was Edward >> Blaetner, She had a step sister Louisa Acker who who married Herman >> Broemsen in 1920 or 1921. I have no information about her parents. Any >> help anyone can provide will be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you!! >> -- >> Dave >> >> Researching Surnames Marshall, Broemsen, Blaetner, Pugh, Kennedy, Harmison >> Located in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and ??? >> >> >> Dave Marshall N8OAY >> n8oay@railscan.org >> >> N8OAY's Railfan Help Desk >> http://www.railfanswelcome.com >> >> >> >> > > -- Dave Researching Surnames Marshall, Broemsen, Blaetner, Pugh, Schlicher, Kennedy, Harmison Located in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and ??? Dave Marshall N8OAY n8oay@railscan.org N8OAY's Railfan Help Desk http://www.railfanswelcome.com