DESCENDANTS OF JACOB ROMMETSCH

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                              Don Norman

 

1.JACOB ROMMETSCH

 

    Jacob Rommetsch was born in Wertenberg, German about 1817.  He

came to America about 1830 and came to Gilmer County VA (WV) about

1853.  He married Christina Louisa Smith in 1846.  Louisa, a daughter

of Michael and Rocena Smith, was born in Baltimore, MD about 1832 and

died in Gilmer County WV about 1867.

 

Children of Jacob and Christina Louisa (Smith) Rommetsch.

 

  2.  (1). Mary                    b.       1848   d.Nov 16 1891

         m.Nathaniel Coleman Moss  Jul 3 1872

 

  3.  (2). Clementine              b.Mar 10 1850   d.Feb  7 1937

         m.Frederick Gerwig 1885

 

  4.  (3). Amelia Christina        b.c.     1852

         m.William Mohr

 

  5.  (4). Matthias                b.c.     1855

 

  6.  (5). Caroline                b.Nov 24 1856

         m.Alexander Rennie

 

  7.  (6). Helen Margaret          b.c.     1859

         m.John West

 

  8.  (7). Virginia                b.c.     1861

 

  9.  (8). Lucy M.                 b.c.     1865

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

"Gilmer County WV History 1845-1989" p.232,233

Norman, Don, "Descendants of Christoph Adam Gerwik"

1860,1870,1880 Gilmer County WV census