Hi Don (Donald = Great chieftan!)
This is an exciting possibility of Hanover origins! The family of Flemme's
(noted as Flamme) in 1880 Orion, Richland, Wisconsin census have the same
family names as mine. "Hermann,Heinrich, Wilhelm". I am not doing
cartwheels (yet), but this is the first time I've seen a Flemme family who
does not have names like Frederick, Johan, etc.
Does anyone know which port(s) of entry would have been used for that part
of USA so that I can trawl for passenger lists and other records? They're
not on the Ellis Island website - probably they arrived too early for that.
Rena