I AM CUURENTLY WORKING ON A "LOUISIANA" CONNECTION TO THE HIHN
FAMILY AND AM NEEDING HELP IN THIS AREA. IN SPEAKING WITH MY HUSBANDS GREAT-GRANDFATHERS,GRANDSON,HE STATES THAT HE REMEMBERS HIS GRANDMOTHER (MARY HIHN NEE MESSMER)SPEAKING ABOUT RELATIVES IN THE LOUISIANA AREA AND THAT HIS GRANDFATHER,JOSEPH HIHN WAS SOMETIMES CALLED "FRENCHY". ALTHOUGH THE NAME HIHN IS GERMAN,MY HUSBANDS GREAT-GRANDFATHER(JOSEPH)LIVED IN ALSASE LORRAINE WHICH WAS CONSTANTLY BEING CHANGED FROM GERMAN TO FRENCH OCCUPATION IN THE EARLY 1800'S. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN GENEOLOGY OFF AND ON THRU THE PAST 10 YEARS AND HAVE A WEALTH OF INF. ON THE HIHN FAMILY FROM ST. LOUIS. I FOUND A CAROLYN OR CAROLINE HIHN BORN IN 1852,LA,MARRIED A VICTORIN MAIGNAUD, BORN IN 1848.LA. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER,JOSEPHINE MAIGNAUD,BORN IN 1874,MARRIED A HENRY LUMAN SWEET IN 1896,SHE PASSED AWAY 6/04/1961 IN JENNINGS,JEFFERSON DAVIS,LA.

JACQUELINE RUTH HIHN
6643 VILLA
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63139
United States
ehihn@msn.com

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