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The bulk of the research of the Schermer family tree was done by Ursula Schermer and Thomas Zeuner, and was later added to by myself.
This particular branch of the Schermer family originated in the German state Palatinate, located in Western Germany. The Palatinate abuts the Saar region in the west, the Rheingau to the north, the river Rhein to the east and the French region of Alsace to the south. Approximately in the center of the Palatinate is the city of Kaiserslautern. One of the city's suburbs, the village of Morlautern, is the birthplace of my paternal grandmother. To this day a farmstead, located in the center of the village, is operated by a Schermer on a part-time basis. Another Schermer descendant runs the hotel-restaurant
"Hasselberg". The Schermer name is still relatively common in the region. The schoolmaster Jacob Schermer (1816-1884) settled in the village of Ramberg. His fifteen children from two marriages are the basis of what is today a voluminous family tree. Many of his descendants now live in Amerika. Dorothea Schermer, who resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has researched and documented this particular branch. We met over the internet and were so able to combine our respective data. The oldest known ancestor is Lorenz Schermer, or Schirmer, born about 1750 in Ansbach. His son, Johannes Schermer, was born on October 19, 1786 in Froehnerhof. There he married Katharina Hemmer on January 10,1809. Katharina Hemmer was also born in Froehnerhof. The Hemmer name is also still represented in the area.
Johannes Schermer is mentioned in the historical tale by Hermann Moos: "Wetterleuchten am Rhein"
(Excerpt). According to the story, when he was a youngster during the revolutionary years 1792-94, he got a licking from Colonel Bluecher, because he had been loitering about in the battle field. He offered the naive explanation for his behavior by claiming that soldiers do not shoot children. A recommendable collection of historical photos may be found in: Josef Lorenz, Otto Heil, "Pictures from Morlautern". Many ancestors and other relatives of my grandmother are documented in the Register of Deeds: "Verbandsgemeinde Enkenbach-Alsenborn. Its citizens 1650-1850".
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