(Herman) Balthazar ROEMER

                   Subject: Roemer geneology
Date:     Tue, 6 Jul 1999 20:58:49 -0500 (CDT)
From:     djmoorhead@webtv.net (Donald Moorhead)

Thank you very much for my inquiry on Herman Balthazar Roemer.  There are too many similarities for there not to be some connection, such as the reoccurance of names like Balthazar, Eleanora and Elise.  My grandfather  was born in Paris on April 14, 1865 (the day that Lincoln was shot). His name was Balthazar. He later added the  Herman after coming to the United States because no one could prounounce Balthazar, and he thought Herman sounded American.

As far as the other names his mother was named Elizabeth (or Elise) Stein and his grandmother was named Eleanor. His father's name was Henri. In following through with family names his two daughters were Elizabeth Louise (my mother) born on  23 Nov 1913 and Eleanor Marie born on  25 May 1915. His mother died about 1880. His stepmother wanted him to become a priest, so at age 18 he ran away to America by way of Spain.

I have not been able to find out anything about his first wife and children, although my mother indicated at one time that they  may have been living in Humphrey, Nebraska. At the time that he met my grandmother, Wilhelmina Augsta Zimmerman, he was working for the railroad in Sioux City, Iowa. He had fallen under a train and lost a leg. My grandmother happened to be his nurse during his recuperation, and they were married on 2 Dec 1909

Several years ago my moter told me that Henri Roemer was born in Alsace-Lorraine. The first time that we were in Paris, we noticed many advertisements for a Roemer's Alsacetion Beer. Several years ago I contacted the French Trade Commission in Chicago and they informed me that this brewery had been absorbed by a larger conglomerate. I was put in contact with the larger group and they sent me the names and addresses of all of the Roemers in the telephone books of Paris and Upper and Lower Strasbourg. I sent about thirty letters and got responses for about half, but I didn't get any positive results. She later said that she didn't know where Henri Roemer was born.

You don't mention the name of the father of your grandmother, Eleanora, and her sister, Elise. Is there any possibility of a connection?

I would appreciate any information that you may have that would lead to a tie-in. As  I said at the beginning, there appear to be too many
coincidences.

Thank you,
Donald Moorhead
408 Osen Ave
Ortonville, MN
moorhead@info-link.net