MY HUSBANDS NAME IS ELMO ADOLPH HIHN,HIS FATHER'S NAME WAS ELMO ADOLPH HIHN SR.,HIS GRANDFATHERS NAME WAS ALEXANDER HIHN,HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHERS NAME WAS JOSEPH HIHN AND WE BELIEVE HIS GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHERS NAME WAS JOHN B. HIHN. I HAVE A WEALTH OF "HIHN" INFORMATION THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE. I AM LOOKING FOR A CONNECTION TO THE HIHN'S IN LA.
MY HUSBANDS GREAT-GRANDFATHER(JOSEPH'S)GRANDSON TOLD US THAT HE REMEMBERS HIS GRANDMOTHER MARY HIHN TALKING ABOUT RELATIVES IN LA. AND THAT HER HUSBANDS NICKNAME WAS "FRENCHY" ALTHOUGH HE IS OF GERMAN ORIGIN. I AM WORKING ON A CAROLINE HIHN,BORN IN 1852,MARRIED A VICTORIN MAIGNAUD WHO'S BIRTH DATE IS 1848,AND THEY HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED JOSEPHINE MAIGNAUD BORN IN 1874 (ALL IN LA.). JOSEPHINE'S D.O.B. IS 9/19/1874, MARRIED A HENRY LUMAN SWEET ON 2/10/1896 IN ACADIA COUNTY,LA.. SHE PASSED AWAY ON 6/04/1961 IN JENNINGS COUNTY,JEFFERSON DAVIS,LA. THIS INF I FOUND IN THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS LIBRARY IN ST. LOUIS, MO. THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT DATE ON THE WEB CONCERNING JOSEPHINE. I HAVE SENT FOR HER SSI INF AND WILL POST AS SOON AS RECEIVED. I HAVE ALSO SENT FOR THE BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATE ON CAROLINE HIHN,JOSEPHINE'S MOTHER. I 1ST NEED TO MAKE THE CONNECTION. I THINK CAROLINE IS MY HUSBANDS GREAT-GRANDFATHERS SISTER BECAUSE OF THIER AGES - JOSEPH WAS BORN IN 1845 IN STRAUSBERG,FRANCE. MY E-MAIL IS ON THE BLITZ, I AM ABLE TO RECEIVE - CANNOT SEND. MY MAILING ADDRESS IS 6643 VILLA, ST. LOUIS,MO. 63139
JACQUIE HIHN