Wednesday Night,
Mary,
Thank you so very much for answering my query about the Ammerman family, now I feel like I have some concerte information to start my genealogical research of the Ammerman family. Years ago in the late 1940's, 1950's, and early 1960's, the Ammerman family were our next door neighbors and we have always felt like old friends. I vaguely remember meeting and seeing Mr. Melvin R. Ammerman, but I do remember very well his wife, Juanita Peacock Ammerman, as she was a very close friend of my grandmother's and oftentimes we visited with her and I still remember how much I enjoyed those visits. One thing that I do very vividly remember about the Ammerman family is that they always had a large collection of book and were true book lovers and very well read. Also, I remember their daughter, Louise, very well and she was married to Valdmir Jaegar and was the mother of three sons, Eric, Robert, and Bruce, and there were two Ammerman boys, Berkley and Reggie. Also, I remember my family talking about when Mr. M. R. Ammerman died as a phone call came to our home and I think that it was at night and it was a request for someone to go to the hospital to be with Mrs. Juanita Ammerman, who was the wife of M. R. Ammerman and Louise, their daughter, as those two women were all alone, and my father went up to the hospital to be with them and assist them in their time of need.
Mr. M. R. Ammerman came to New Iberia, La. to work on the streets of the town and I have heard from my family that he was awarded the contract to pave Bank Avenue and Railroad Avenue in New Iberia, La.
Also, the Ammerman family lived in a plantation style home on the Old Spanish Trail, East in New Iberia, La. and their yard was beautifully landscaped with bamboo outlining the yard and pecan, pine, and oak trees and the house was beautifully furnished with beautiful antique furniture.
The Ammerman family was and is a true American family
Thank you so very much, kitty