I believe our Deiss families may be connected, geographically at least. My husband's great grandmother was Elizabeth Deiss (she may have gone by Ada), born in England around 1855. Her parents were Louis and Johanna Deiss; Louis born in Hannon and Johanna (unknown maiden name) born in Hesse Castle. I could estimate their birth years to be somewhere in the 1820's. On 3 December 1877 Elizabeth Deiss married Benedict Ehmann, born 11 July 1833 (quite a bit older than her) in Boston, MA, and by 1880 they had settled in Brownwood, TX. If any of these names are familiar to you, please contact me.