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Comment by Helen Pust on July 8, 2015 at 8:02am

Hi Catherine

I'm having fun trying to find my grandfather's place of birth.  So far not too much luck.  But I did find the surname Pust is very prominent in the modern state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern of Germany.   He did attend the Baptist or Lutheran church in Minnesota but not sure how to contact the churches in Germany to find which church he may have gone to.

Do you have any suggestions?    Any direction would be greatly appreciated.  This is my huge brick wall.

Thanks   Helen

Comment by Catherine Davis on July 7, 2015 at 1:28pm

To Tim Havenith--

     I have obtained the book Dictionary of German Names by Hans Bahlow, translated by Edda Gentry. The entries in it are somewhat meager. I will type here what it says for Havenith and related names. If you would like me to send scans of the actual pages, please friend me on this site so we can exchange email addresses.

Havenit(h): LGer. for Habenicht(s) [have nothing], see this.

Habenicht (UGer. Habenit, LGer. Havenith): a have-not (MHG nicht=nothing). A knight Walther Habenichts was leader of the first Crusade 1095, Cf. Hablutzel 'have little'. Habelust [Lust=desire, joy], Haberecht [Recht=right], etc.

Hablutzel, Hablitzel (UGer.): 'have little'. Cf. Habenicht

There are no entries in the book for Habelust or Haberecht.

Abbreviations:

LGer=Low German

UGer=Upper German (obd.) (it doesn't explain the meaning of obd.)

MHG=Middle High German

Comment by Catherine Davis on June 27, 2015 at 8:09am

Tim--a PS--thank you for your offer to search Wiltshire for me.  So far, I have not found any ancestors from that area.  One of my maternal great-grandmothers was born in Frant, Sussex so I've found most of her family in Sussex and Kent records.  She married my great-grandfather in Fraserburgh, Scotland but I have no idea why she went there in the first place.  His family goes back generations in Scotland.

 My German research has primarily been on my husband's family although I have a paternal great-great-grandmother who supposedly came from the Cologne area and I am still trying to find her there.

Comment by Catherine Davis on June 27, 2015 at 7:56am

Tim, it's not any hardship at all to attempt to get this book--whether or not I'm successful may be another question.  Most of the public libraries in the state of Michigan, where I live, are linked through an electronic master catalog and cooperative organization.  With my local library card number, I can request online any book in that catalog--and I found the several libraries with the book you want--and the cooperative will locate the book and have it delivered to my local library.  Sometimes, however, the books in the catalog turn out not to be at the libraries claiming them and so it might take a while for the coop to locate an actual copy.  I'll put the request in today and keep my fingers crossed that it brings a quick response!

Comment by Catherine Davis on June 26, 2015 at 3:47pm

Tim, have you tried finding the book as an inter-library loan through either your local or state public library? However, if you can't find it, It looks to be available at a few libraries in Michigan and I can request it via the Michigan Electronic Library and send you the entry on Haveniths, if you can't get it yourself.  I don't know how long it might take.  Let me know if you want me to pursue.

Comment by Catherine Davis on June 25, 2015 at 2:05pm

Joy--The Enrollment Act of 1863 required men between 20 and 45 to sign up for the draft.  http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1994/winter/civil-war... 

Comment by Cynthia Thomas on June 25, 2015 at 12:21pm

I have been tracing the Kleins from Nebraska to Saarland Westfalen Prussia.  I have traced them back to the 1500s, but feel some cleanup needs to be done that far back.  

Comment by Joy Rehm Benninghoven on June 13, 2015 at 11:50am

Another interesting find was the Milwaukee, Wis Civil War Draft 1 July 1863 under Rahr. included:  Henry 43, Carl 41, Frederich 44, and Ferdinand 39 Rahr/ Rehm.  To me they are a bit old ??

Comment by Joy Rehm Benninghoven on June 13, 2015 at 11:43am

My dad, Charles Ernest Rehm's family, Johann Heinrich Rehm b Jan 1818 came from Hessia.. [Friedrichsbruek ?], Darmstadt and were Lutheran..Evangelisch.  J Heinrich is on 1860 C Fredonia, Ozaukee Co, Wis with mother C or Katherine b  1782 and sister Marie 44, b 1816.Hessia Prussia both.  I wonder if he didn't have a first family as in 1870 C Fredonia, Ozaukee, Wis is Henry Rame/ Rehm , 52 then William 29 & Mary , 25 then / & Theodore is 46. Henry later marries Carolyn Louisa Thieme Froede, a widow in Jan 1872 in Milwaukee.  Her two sons by Charles A Froede. Albert b 1852 & Herman b 1860 in Peoria, IL go to live with her parents Charles & Emelia Mai Thieme.  Any help in next steps of research are appreciated.  Joy B

  Because of his age when marrying Louisa Thieme Froede 1872

Comment by Joy Rehm Benninghoven on June 13, 2015 at 11:02am

My gtgmom Carolyn Louisa Thieme Rehm's death certificate in Milwaukee, WI 9-9-1902 says her parents were TC Charles Thieme b 27 Oct 1811 Prussia Sachsen Germ. d Milwaukee 1891 and Emelia Mai  or May b 1812 same Germany & d 21 Nov. 1889 Milwaukee & buried in Union Cemetery.  A German Milwaukee man translated the Obit in German for me.  maybe they were from Langstadt. They were in 9th Ward in 1870 Cen,  Ideas to research back are much appreciated.  Joy B 

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