Lydia Ermel ^{87,89,167,168,169}

  General Notes:

The 1900 Texas census shows that she was born in Texas. However, it is more likely that she was born in Germany. The evidence for her birth being in Germany is four-fold: #1) In the 1920 Texas census it shows that her parents were both born in Germany, and #2) in the 1920 Texas census it shows that her two oldest daughters' mother (ie Lydia) was born in Germany, #3) in the 1900 Texas census, on the same page there are numerous Ermel families, the heads of which were all born in Germany, and #4) the 1920 Texas census shows her citizenship status as "Alien". So, it is most likely that Lydia was born in Germany, and moved to Texas with the rest of her family. She probably could not speak English, and therein lies the mistakes in the census records.

Lydia married Charles A. Greiner, son of Gustav Greiner and Living, about 1891. (Charles A. Greiner was born on 20 Jan 1866 in Basil, Switzerland and died on 30 Oct 1950 in Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas.)