Looking for the family KERN of possibly Simersfeld, Wurttemburg, Germany.
The ancestors we know about are Anna Marie and John F. Kern. We think their
parents were John Michael and Barbra Rathfurz/Rothfurz Kern.
Anna was born about 1850 and John Frederic was born about 1847. We are
wondering if they might have had relatives in Mt. Carmel, Wabash County,
Illinois to immigrate to. In the 1870 census of Mt. Carmel, both Anna (age
20) and John F. (age 22) show up as living in the household of another John
and K
HI ALL:
I AM RESEARCHING MY G-GRANDMOTHERS LINE. HER NAME WAS ELLEN KERNS. SHE
MARRIED LYMAN ALVA DRAPER .
ELLEN WAS BORN JAN. 29, 1863,SOMEWHERE IN WISC, AND DIED DEC. 30,1909
IN IOWA. SINCE L.A.DRAPER WAS BORN IN EAST BELOIT,ILL., I AM STARTING
MY SEARCH NEAR THERE.
ELLEN'S PARENT'S WERE: HUGH AND MARGRET (DEVINE)KERNS, BOTH SAID TO BE
FROM IRELAND.IT WAS SAID THAT ELLEN HAD NUMEROUS SISTERS, ALL OF WHICH
WERE EITHER NUNS OR "IN SERVICE" AS HOUSEMAIDS.I DON'T KNOW IF THEY
WERE BORN IN THE USA OR IRELAND,