PROGENITORS

For the purpose of this genealogical record, I have designated Herman Heinrich and Thomas Oscar Day as The first Generation. They are the common ancestor of all of us.

Heuermann

We know that Herman Heinrich had at least seven children. They are:

I have called these The Second  Generation. 

Herman Heinrich had 36 grandchildren that we know of. These are referred to as the Third Generation.  (This is the generation of my father, Emery Woodrow Heuermann. 

Herman Heinrich's great-grandchildren have been  designated as the fourth Generation. This is my generation.

The great-great-grandchildren of Herman Heinrich have been designated as the Fifth Generation.  (This is my children generation)

At this point, it becomes very difficult to estimate the number of in this generation whose names I have not recorded. I have 71 names of offspring of the fifth  generation.  lt would not surprise me to learn that there are numerous individuals in the sixth and seventh generation whose names I do not know.

DESCENDANTS

It is amazing to realize there are 200 known descendants of this one couple in the seven recorded  generations. If all the cousins were in this record, we might find there would be over a thousand  of us.

APOLOGIES

I offer apologies to the scholars among the readers of this book who will undoubtedly note inconsistencies of form. I am sure particularly in my "Notes on the Text," you will find much in my form which would  not pass muster were this a master's thesis. Suffice it to say that my primary purpose in offering the notes on the text is to assist descendants in  locating the sources from which my conclusions are drawn. I certainly realize that I do have complete references on each note, particularly in  the case of census records. However; I feel sure that later researchers will be able to locate most of these sources without a great deal of effort, using  such information as I have presented. 

At this point, I must also apologize for all the errors in dates and in the spelling of your names.  I have tried to be consistent with the spellings and  dates that were sent to me, or that l have found in the records ; however, we must admit some of these original records are, in themselves, incorrect. Also there will be typographical errors  which will inevitably creep into the manuscript,  and which l will not discover even during a third  and fourth  reading. Please forgive these errors, and be sure to correct your copy. If you have  time, please let me know about the errors. 

Anther apology is due all the new "crop" of  babies whose names I do not have; and apologies  to you older ones whose names never came to my  attention and who are not included here. I'm sure  there must be at least two hundred or more  descendants of I am unaware, and perhaps many more considering that we can locate descendants of only two of  Herman Heinrich three known children.

STATISTICS

You will be interested to know that there are 700 descendants  of Heuermanns and days whose names I know of at the present time. Of these, 174 are surnamed Heuermann. 

STYLE AND PROCEDURE

In attempting to authenticate the sometimes ancient one hundred  thirty-year old material;  second and third sources of information were sought. Whenever possible, authenticated document information was favored over hearsay. But even there,  because of language and changing times, variants appeared . ln some cases,  such as where Census information is quoted,  the misspelling of the source is  retained for ease of finding the material . Where some doubt is still held,  qualifying statements are made such as about. near. before, it is believed, probably etc.

Some good stories have not been included because support. through  added data or from internal consistency has not yet been found.  Some of the usages results from heeding the preponderance of evidence.  When sources differed and some from personal preference.

ORGANIZATION OF MATERIAL

The material is organized to correspond basically to descending Generations.  The Descendants Chart of Herman Heinrich and Thomas O Day when used in conjunction with  the Table of Contents can serve as an outline of the way the records are arranged. The alphabetized name sort List at the end of the book can help locate an individual in the proper family . 

There are two generally accepted ways to record family history.

One way is by ascendants and another way is by descendants. To make a family history you start with yourself (or some other person and work back 'up' the generations to the immigrant  or migrating ancestor . This way develops ones lineage which can be shown graphically by using a "Pedigree Chart. That is the easier way. I have two  parents ' four grand parents ' and eight great-grandparents which encompasses  four generations and includes a total of fifteen kin-folk.

A second way is when a family genealogy begins with the immigrant ancestor and one attempts to trace down the line through the later generations seeking data on all of the descendants. This provides a different arrangement of information.

Both  mathematically and time-wise the second way is more complicated to undertake and more difficult to complete . Herman nd Thomas have beget no less than 400 persons in Texas in only four  generations. Who knows how many  are in the fifth through 8th generation. That is why there comes a time to stop gathering information and to start writing.  The records and the data and the narratives concerning our forebears have been compiled up to now, have been presented in a  manner to allow you to use the genealogy data in either or both of the two genealogy ways of tracking data.  

FORMAT USED

The format used in the genealogical section is the one recommended by the National  Genealogical Society. First, the head of every household appears twice, originally as a child in his or her father's  family, and then as head of his or her own family.  Second. each person in this genealogy is given a  lower case Roman numeral (i, ii. iii' etc.) l  designating his or her ordinal position in the  parents family. it)  Third, each person is also given an Arabic numeral (1,2,3 etc.); and if his or her descendants are  known, or if there is other biographical information about that person, then such information will he presented  under that Arabic numeral on one of the following  pages. To find that information, follow the Arabic  numerals of the far left hand side of the page ;  they are presented in numerical order. NOTE :  each person has his own exclusive Arabic  numeral. My father, for example, is number 92, and this will be used to identify his photo, his  biographical sketch., etc

If no further information is to be presented concerning a person, everything that is known will be included when he or she appears as a child in his father's family.

You will find that all known members of one  generation are presented consecutively.

HOW TO FIND SOMEONE IN THIS BOOK

When you have located your parent. you will see that his or her own parents are named, with the Heuermann or Day descendant first. You may either follow the numbers backwards, or look up your parent in the index to find them as a child in the family of their own parents. ln this way you may follow your line of descent back to the original immigrant or migrant. 

You will find that a complete index for the book. Females will be  indexed under both their married and maiden names but normally  will be referred to only by their maiden names  in  the text. In the footnotes,  current married names  will be used for anyone who is a source of information.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT'S

Special thanks is hereby given to all who have provided specific detailed and valuable information.

Nanny Cary provided   daughter of

Genealogists' novice and accomplished. who graciously shared and traded vital  statistics with this correspondent who previously had been unknown to them. 

At this point I wish to thank all who have contributed to putting this  volume together. And for the co-operation of those who sent me information  of their families. Having requested family information from over 500 descendants for the four volumes, I have received from bout one-third of them.

But the largest thanks must go to my wife  who has patiently  waited for me, listened to the sound of a computer whirring many nights, come home to scattered papers and had to hear about each new discovery  that I found out about. It takes e special person to live with a genealogist and  she is special.

GLOSSARY

The following are terms used in the text of this volume that will follow.

cf =a-bout 

d. =died 

b .=born

m. = married;

m,l = married il,sty

m,2 = married second etc' 

dwi = died without issue 

dy. = died young 

Labor = 177 acres 

TEXAS LAND GRANTS

Among the Land Grants in texas were the  Headright grants : 

lst Class - Those living in Texas on March 2, 1836

2nd Class - Those who came after March 2, l836 but prior to Oct.l, 1837

3rd Class - Those who came after Oct l,1837 but prior to Jan l, 1842

4th Class - Those who came after  Jan.1, 1840 but prior to Jan l,1842 

Bounty & Donation - For length of service and particular service in  the fight for independence 

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