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Subject: Siems, Jessen, Lewis, Brewer
Date: 14 Jun 2006 15:11:44 -0600

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Surnames: SIEMS, SIMMS, SIMS, JESSEN, LEWIS, BREWER
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Searching for descendants of my great grandfather, August Siems:
1  Augustus Peter Heinrich Siems b: May 1846 in Schleswig/Holstein, Denmark  d: 19 Aug 1932 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky; buried in Ashland City Cemetery.
.  +Sophie Christina Jessen b: 13 Mar 1849 in Schleswig/Holstein, Denmark m: Abt. 1871 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky d: 10 Sep 1886 in Baton Rouge, Louisana; buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, Louisana.
.... 2  Christopher Siehms b: Abt. 1872  in Boyd County, Kentucky?
.... 2  Infant Daughter Siems b: Abt. 1876 in Boyd County, Kentucky?
.... 2  Christopher Siems b: Abt. 1877  in Boyd County, Kentucky d: 1879 in Boyd County, Kentucky.
.... 2  Henry Augustus (his WWI draft card gives Christoff as middle name) Simms b: 8 Mar 1879 in Boyd County, Kentucky  d: Aft. 1946 in Louisiana.
........  +Candace Salina Jourville b: Aug 1877 in Louisiana m: 1899 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana? 
........... 3  Gordon Henry Simms b: 15 Apr 1900 in Louisiana  d: 15 Nov 1981 in Jacksonville, Florida?
........... 3  Norman Simms b: 19 Jul 1903 in Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana  d: Feb 1985 in Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
...............  +Pearl b: 07 Aug 1906 in Louisiana  d: Oct 1984 in Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
.... 2  Mary Doretta Siems b: 03 Feb 1881 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky  d: 20 Nov 1952 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio
........  +Hiram Means Sloan b: 14 Sep 1872 in Lattasburg, Wayne County, Ohio m: 18 Jan 1905 in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana d: 07 Dec 1950 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio
 *2nd Wife of August Peter Heinrich Siems:   
.  +Wilhelmina "Mina" Katherine b: 10 Oct 1848 in Webster, Ohio m: 10 Oct 1888 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky d: 05 Aug 1922 in Pollard Station, Boyd County, Kentucky; buried in Ashland City Cemetery.
.... 2  Bertha L. Siems b: Nov 1885 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky  d: 30 Nov 1948 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky
........  +W. Carl Brewer b: 1888 in Boyd County, Kentucky m: Abt. 1907 in Boyd County, Kentucky d: 12 Jan 1961 in Greenup, Boyd County, Kentucky
........... 3  Virgil L. Brewer b: 1908 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky  d: 15 Jan 1974 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky
.... 2  Nellie A. Siems b: Feb 1890 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky  d: 31 Jul 1956 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky
........  +Hiram M. Lewis b: 1888 in Kentucky m: 1907 d: 03 Mar 1977 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky
........... 3  Ida M. Lewis b: 1908 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky.

Are there any descendants of August Siems still living in Ashland or Boyd County, KY? My grandmother, Mary "Mamie" Sloan, never had any knowledge of or pictures of her Ashland, KY relatives; I would like to know more about them, if possible, and share information.
Thanks in advance,
Pat Lowry

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