Re: German Villages Mystery from miscopying?: Please HELP!


""Barbara V. Smith"" <barbara@xxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb
> Please forgive me for any bad "manners" since I haven't been on
this list
> for more than 5 years, to the point that I was not even sure it
still
> existed, or whether or not I was a "member" any more, but I'm so
close to a
> BIG break-through of an old "brick wall" that I just couldn't wait
to try to
> discover some important info!
>
> My paternal great-great-grandfather, Peter BEYER, born ca. 1821 in
"Germany"
> (German-speaking territory...maybe the same area as his future
wife??? ),
> but was married, lived, and died in 1860 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His
wife was
> Marie/a "Mary" SCHERER/SCHEER/SCHARER/SCHERR, etc., born 22nd Dec.
1823
> somewhere in "Hesse-Darmstadt".
>
> I've just recently found intriguing listings on Ancestry.com that
were taken
> from NARA (National Archives...) "Passenger Lists of Vessels
Arriving at
> Baltimore, 1820-1891", series M255, roll 3, list #31, for the ship
"Rebecca"
> from Bremen to Baltimore arriving on 06 July, 1842.
>
> A Peter "BAYER", a Maria "SCHEER", and a Henry "SCHEER" (I've
already had
> much reason to believe her brother was a "Henry"...), all of the
correct
> ages, and the "SCHEER"s listed as headed for Cincinnati, are all
listed on
> this same boat. The date of arrival certainly fits in with my
ancestors'
> marriage and first child dates, in 1843. I'm almost totally sure
this is
> them!
>
> BUT... the 2 towns in Germany don't seem to exist, looking at the
German
> town database, _GEO. Can anyone help me with what these 2
> apparently-incorrectly-transcribed villages might really be
called: "Heiges"
> and/or "Helbstein", the former of which might just be "Hessen"
(not
> recognizing the double-ess character [ess-zedt, or whatever it's
called...],
> while the latter might likely be some village in the
Hesse-Darmstadt area of
> the mid-1800s?
>
> BTW, if anyone has a copy of this passenger list, I'd surely love
to have a
> copy, and would be more than glad to pay for someone's work, time,
and
> materials - just let me know...
>
> Sorry this is so long, and THANK-YOU SOOO much, in advance, if
anyone can
> help me,
>
> Barbara (VOLZ Smith)
> Athens, OH (but born and raised in Cincinnati...)
> barbara@xxxxxxxxxxx
> my personal website can be found at:
> http://www.geocities.com/bcvsmith/
> and my GEDCOM database on Rootsweb's WorldConnect site is at:
> http://wc.rootsweb.com/~bcvs

There is a village called
D-36358 Herbstein.
It is part of Hessen, but I don't know if that area has been
Hessen-Darmstadt. (Now there is Bundesland/state Hessen only,
Hessen-Darmstadt no longer exists.)

In 2001 there were
6 Beyer in towns with postcode 3635x and
6 Bayer in 36355 Grebenhain
in the German phone directory.



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