Dear Patti,

I have Altman/Altmann.  My Great Grandfather William J. Altmann was born on 
May 18, 1858 in DC, "where the President takes his seat."  Those are his 
words.  I have a ledger where he wrote all this down.  He married 
Lena(Wilhelmina Magdelena) Gross in Austin Co., TX on Oct 12, 1879.  He had 
come from DC in 1878 to Austin Co., TX.  He was a tinnier(metal worker-made 
things out of "tin" or metal).  He left in DC these brothers, "Henry, 
Charles, George and John.  I know of one sister, Anna Altmann, who he went 
and brought to Austin Co., TX, and she married Heinrich "Henry" Gross, 
brother of "Lena" Altman.  Early records, spell the name with two nn's.  I 
have a picture of my GG Grandmother, William & Anna Altman's mother, taken 
in DC, but no name.  I have found a record of a marriage in DC of a Charles 
Altman and Wilhelmina Gros, who I think may be his parents, as they married 
in 1854.

On census records, my Great Grandfather lists his parent place of birth as 
Germany or Prussia, but I think, his parents probably came with their 
parents around 1800, as when William J. Altmann came to Austin Co., TX, the 
story is told, he could barely speak German, which is not the usual case 
for 2nd Generation German families, or at least in my experience.

My mother, who was a third generation American, spoke only German when she 
entered the first Grade.  My Grandmother was Addie Ernestine Caroline 
Altman and she married Gustaf John Schuenemann.  The Gross family of Austin 
Co., TX, had come to Texas arriving at Galveston in 1848.  My Grandfather 
Gustaf "Gus" Schuenemann was the son of Karl August Schuenemann, who 
arrived at Galveston in 1883 immigrating from the Province of Pommern, 
Prussia.

I have not made much progress on the Almann's.  There were a few Altmann's 
who had come earlier to Austin Co., TX, and I am almost sure they were kin. 
 I do have some cards that were sent to my Great Grandfather, from a Julian 
Altman in Virginia, along with a picture.  I know that some of the 
Altmann's were in PA in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, because my mother 
and my Aunt visited some there in the 50s.

That is all the info I have at this time.  Please let me know about yours, 
perhaps we can connect.  God bless.

Carolyn,
just an old Texas Gal.

Researching: 
Knight/Byles/Walton/Little/Marshall/Kent/Garner/Bailey/Martin/Foote/
Berryman/Colclough/Rogers/Grigsby/Fulford/Dare/Blanton/Tate/McGuffey/Hobbs/
Schuenemann/Latinsky/Altman/Gambel/Sinz & Gross




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Would like to correspond with ANYONE researching the Altman line.

Patti Hanna-Thompson
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