Germany and German Ancestry

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Comment by Marvin A. Huggins on August 9, 2009 at 3:07pm

Louise, the tombstone inscription means: "Rest gently in your grave until the Redeemer calls you."

Comment by Sandy on August 9, 2009 at 3:07pm

That is interesting placing an occupation in a name. My ancestors immigration papers on one side read John Audear Frederick Furcht while on the other it has John Henry Frederick Furcht. Would this be a occupation?

Comment by Marvin A. Huggins on August 9, 2009 at 2:51pm

"Aktuar" is an occupation: actuary. "Frau Aktuar Mueller Ww." would mean the wife (widow) of the actuary whose surname was Mueller.

Comment by Susan Turner on August 9, 2009 at 2:25pm

Doris, I sent the link for this page to mom, maybe she can shed some further light on it!

Comment by Doris Wheeler on August 9, 2009 at 1:56pm

Thank you again, Susan. All help is much appreciated. (And I envy you youor "rusty" command of German. Mine is nonexistent.)

Best,
Doris

Comment by louise duncalf on August 9, 2009 at 1:49pm

i checked a cemetery that was in a city where i grew up. people of german ancestry went to the area in illinois. its a luthern cemetery. when checking my maiden last name i found some. on the website it has something in german that they say is one of the stones. they had question marks by it. ruhe samft in deinhr gruf? bis dich der erloe?? ruf?

Comment by Susan Turner on August 9, 2009 at 12:34pm

Doris, I think you are probably right on that. I think I will see if mom can give us a better translation. My German is major rusty!!

Comment by Doris Wheeler on August 9, 2009 at 12:06pm

Thank you, Susan. I wonder if Aktuar could be a nickname? The mother of these children was Anna Margaretha Wilhelmina Braggermann Muller. She was Catholic, in case that might shed some light on the name Aktuar. Also, they lived in northwest Germany, on the Holland border.

Comment by Susan Turner on August 9, 2009 at 11:54am

Sort of : at 10am this morning, softly and quietly our dear mother and grandmother completed her 91st year of life. She is deeply mourned.

Loose translation, a couple of the words I am not sure of

Comment by Doris Wheeler on August 9, 2009 at 11:39am

I have a funeral card that includes a list of siblings who are children or grandchildren of the deceased. The name Aktuar on the card baffles me, however. It doesn't match any of the names I have in my genealogy data from the parish in Germany. Can someone please translate the top half, please?

Thank you so much!
Doris (Muller) Wheeler

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