Question

Anyone researching Herrmann from Reckendorf, Bavaria or Independence, Iowa?

Answer 1

There was a John Herrmann born in Germany in 1868 who lived in Iowa during the 1940 Census.

Could you offer some specific first names of the individuals and approxiamate birth year, marriage year, and death year?

Answer 2

My grandfather emigrated from Reckendorf in 1922 and lived with his uncle, who was John Herrmann living in or near Independence Iowa at the time.

Answer 3

I have a ggg gf Josef Herrmann (b.  who was father of Rosa or Rosalin Schmid Herrmann Baer. He legitimized her after her mother's early death.

He was b.March 7, 1863 in Schapbach, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, De

He died: January 1, 1915 in Germany [uncertain]

Does this fit together in your John Herrmann-- a sibling of Josef or relative of any person in John's family you were looking for?