If no-one's tried this before it's really neat, enter a town your ancestors were from or one nearby and it shows a map with photos from that area linked to places on map, you can see soem neat places as well as where they are located:
I just learned of a great free online resource for German city directories - Die Datenbank historischer Adressbücher. Here is the URL for it as an active link: http://www.adressbuecher.net/
You can read more about using this and other city directories in my group Finding Family For Free here at GenealogyWise. And in a posting at my blog showing how using City Directories can solve family mysteries!
I've been able to go back to 1799 with my great, great, great grandfather.
Johann Nicolaus Knierim
B. During the week of 29 Jun- 02 July 1799 Hessen Kassel, Germany
D. 24 Jan, 1850 Lorain, OH
Married Martha Rifert
B 1811 in Hessen Kassel, Germany
D 23 Sept 1869 Lorain, OH
I have Johann Nicolaus Knierim's father as Johann Wilhelm Knierim, and that's where I've run into a dead end.
If anyone can throw something my way please feel free to do so.
1. Henry (Hans) Christian Jacobs
b. 1843 in Braunschweig, Germany
d. 02/22/1896 in Fenton, St. Louis Co., MO
b. Enon Baptist Churchyard in Lenox, Dent Co., MO with the inscription "Civil War Co. Inf. Mo. Cav."
m. 03/18/1877 in Monroe Co., IL to
Anna Marie “Ann/Annie” Copeland
b. 03/1862 in IL
d. abt. 1925 in Texarkana, Miller Co., AR OR Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX
Their issue, Generation 3.
Notes: Henry was a private in Co. F, 8th Regiment, MO Infantry in the Civil War. Enlisted 07/25/1861 in St. Louis Co., MO, deserted 07/29/1865 at Little Rock, AR.
Henry was a cobbler (shoe maker & repair).
Anna remarried to Orren T. Floyd in 1907/08.
In the 1910 census Anna states her father was born in IL, her mother in IN. It also states she gave birth to 8 children, 5 living (it is yet unknown if the other 2 children I have unlisted were Jacobs or Floyd). In the 1880 census she states both parents born in OH.
Anna is not listed in the Arkansas Death Record Index. She could have died in Texarkana, Bowie Co., Texas.
When Henry & Anna were too sick to take care of the younger children, they were placed in the Illinois Soldier’s & Sailor’s Children’s School (ISSCS), which was originally Illinois Solder’s Orphan’s Home in Normal, IL.
It is unknown what brought Henry to the New World. Family lore had it that his mother brought him over from Germany at the age of 12 to keep him out of the Prussian Army. This has not been proven & several genealogist think this is incorrect info.
It is more than likely Henry had siblings left in Prussia & likely a few came to America with him & his mother.
1. John Hedrick
b. 1742 in Lancaster Co., PA
d. 1810 in Port Republic, Shenandoah River, VA
m. unknown date in Staunton City Co., VA to
Susan Maria Horn (also Hornung)
b. ?
d. ?
Notes: There are two Stauntons that could possibly be where they were married. One is an independent city located in Augusta Co., VA, the other in Pendleton Co., WV. Since Henry was married in Pendleton Co. it is likely that is the one.
And his son;
2. Jacob J. Hedrick
b. 1773 in Berks Co., PA
d. 04/01/1849 near Berger Store, Pittsylvania Co., VA
m. 1) 01/10/1794 in Pittsylvania Co., VA to
Molly Reiter
b. 1775 in Germany
d. abt. 1800 in Pittsylvania Co., VA
m. 2) 07/08/1801in Pittsylvania Co., VA to
Catherine "Caty" Mease (also Meese)
b. 02/18/1780 in Lebanon Co., VA
d. 1847 near Berger Store, Pittsylvania Co., VA
Notes: One note says Jacob & Molly were married 04/01/1800.
Jacob & Catherine are buried on their old homestead in Pittsylvania Co., VA.
Hi Everyone! I am looking for members of the "Demmler" family. I have traced my family back to Auguste Demmler born in Baden Germany on 13 Aug. 1849 (died 15 July 1897). He married Amalia Schmidt, also from Baden Germany. The marriage was believed to have taken place in Germany - do not have a location or exact date. They had 2 sons - Karl and Frederick Demmler. I'd love to get in contact with anyone with more info. - I'd love to find dates for Amalia, parents for both her and Auguste, and current relatives that can also trace their lineage back, etc .
Hello there! I'm looking for Charles F. Sanders (b.1818 in Bremen, Germany) who married Marie Bertha Emery (b.1827 Switzerland) who lived most of their lives in Louisville, KY. Their oldest daughter Bertha Elizabeth Sanders married August Schuler in Louisville. Can anyone help me find Charles and Marie's parents and siblings? Or anything about them as they lived in Loiusville? Prior to living in Kentucky, they lived in Pittsburgh, Pa. Thank
I have two German lines: Fredrick L. Hunninghaus from Elberfeld (Wuppertal), and Gustav or Gustavus Jost who was born in Essenheim and moved while young to Oppenheim, and came to the US in 1854. Other Elberfeld/Barmen names include Dahlhaus and Preuss, and others.
If your German ancestors are connected with Pennsylvania, you may be interested in (and learn lots from) the Chats with Jim Avery on Sunday nights. Right now he is discussing the religions that the early settlers brought to Pennsylvania. Tomorrow is the Ephrata Cloister and Related Groups. Some of my ancestors were connected to that.
If interested, check out the chat room schedule.
Looking for ancestors of George and Anna Barbara EBLE who came from Wurttemberg Germany in 1854 with their daughter Mary. They lived in Pennsylvania for a while and had 2 sons, Philip and John, then moved to Jefferson Co., IN.
Looking for Alexander H Weston who was born in a small island of Germany called Heligoland in 1867. He may havechanged his name but from what noone seems to know. Family stories state that he was a merchant seaman and jumped ship. He married Ellen Quinn in 1896 in South Australia, Australia. Any ideas of how to trace him would be greatly appreciated.
My great grandfather , John C (Yohann) Streck came from Germany, possibly the hamburg area, lived in the USA, in ND and possibly MN. He passed away 1908? and i amhaving a reral problem locating his grave, Anyone with any info on this family , pls contact me. Aso his son William Fedrick Streck came to Canada , then ND, I have been able to find him born in Prussia , Germany born 1856 but nothing more, til a census in ND. He amrried Maria Oberlin in Ontario and lived in ND most of their lives, buried in ND.
with these families , it is the family history prior to coming to Canada and USA that I am searching for.
If anyone has any history on Wm, please contact me
Pam,
Here's a page with contacts in Selzen, connected with a page that shows Selzen on a map. There are 2 churches in Selzen, a Catholic and an Evangelical. One of them would probably have your Kissinger records.
I suppose there would also be records in centralized archives, perhaps in Oppenheim, which is a kind of center for your region, as Alzey is for mine.
Has anyone come across HAGESTADT or know the best way to research ancestors from Oldenburg?
I have traced some of my dad's cousin's ancestry back to John Arendt HAGESTADT and his brother Henry, born in Oldenburg, who came over to England some time between 1807 and 1843.
I think the best way to list all of my German names is by place:
In Klein, Frankenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz I have Mary Salome HALLMAN born 1714 and married to Johann Wilhelm BERKHEIMER born 1710, and they moved to the Philidelphia area.
Close to them, a little southwest of Manheim, in Franconia, Zweibrück is Rhinehart WOLF born 1742 and married to Elizabeth Evah born abt 1746 in Bedford Co., PA. Rhinehart immigrated to Bedford Co, and lived in a place called Wolfsburg.
WSW of Manheim also near Zweibrücken comes Johann Casper WALTERS born 1715 and married to Hannah Barbara BAER born 1714 in Dühren, Ansbach, Bayern, which is south of the Dentlein am Forst and SW of Nürnberg. They immigrated to Lancaster Co., PA.
In Gross Winterheim, Mainz, Hesse comes Andrew WISE / WEISS born 1748 and who married Sarah Hartman of Maryland. Andrew's mother was Maria Elizabeth GRAFF born 1725 in Darmstadt, Hesse. Andrew's dad was Johann Adam Christopher WISE / WEISS born 1724 in Hesse. They immigrated to Washington Co., PA.
From Kaldenkirchen, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen comes Arnoldus KUSTER born 1699 and married Elizabeth Rebecca Sellen born 1671 in Philadelphia, PA where Arnoldus immigrated to.
In Lüttringhausen, Remscheid, Nordrhein-Westfalen comes Casper STUDEBAKER / STUTENBECKER / STUDENBAKER / STAUDTENBECKER born 1646 and married to Gertrude VON STADEN born 1670 in Hagen, Remscheid. Also some family in Solingen and Krefeld.
Another name in Solingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen is Andreas ASCHAUER born 1670 wife unknown but daughter named Anna Margretha born 1702.
Then I have a couple names I'm not sure what part of Germany they are from like RAU (I only have the last name) and Johann ROWLAND born 1694 and immigrated to Lancaster PA and married a gal named Ann Marie.
I found 42 Kleins in Frankenthal, and in Solingen I found 7 Andreases and 4 Ashauers. I found a "Wintersheim." (with an s). You can try more of them.
Will Baker, one of my cousins, married "Gustie" Stute, and his car was a Studebaker. The name also reminds me of the nickname "Sturtebecher," of a certain famous Friesian pirate. "Sturte" means "turn over" and "becher" means a "drinking-glass," so it refers to "chugging" beer, as was his custom.
Hi All. I'm new to this wall. Researching my maternal grandfather's family surname Kalb, and maternal grandmother Thoene, Thoeney. Understand both of their families originated from Germany. Thanks! Dot
Good Morning! Names I am researching, Albrecht (Westphalia), Richter (Sohland area) and Kuchler/Keichler/Kiichler (Sohland area). Albrecht did not immigrate, the others came over around 1881 to NE. Also have Macy family that on census says from Germany to PA/NY, arrived ca 1864, Brodt from Alsace abt 1881
Hello Susan,
If you go to the web site I posted yesterday, you find 2 Solands, the one on the Rotstein and the one on the Spree. I think yours is the one on the Spree, because it has 48 current listings for Richter and 9 for Kuchler. The one on the Rotstein has 4 for Richter and none for Kuchler.
This is my story of German Ancestors. My Great Grandmother was born, I was told by my Father, in Karlsruhe. My Aunt says Baden, acquaintance says "BadenBaden" Her name was Wilhelmina Nesensohn, born May 21 1855 (this according to ) Death Certificate from California, Alameda county.Died in 1940, and was buried in Mt. View Cemetery in Oakland Ca. Record shows her Father's name was Mathew The problem is finding her in Germany. Her Uncle came to US and started a business in San Francisco CA, before the 1906 Earthquake. Wilhelmina married Samuel Oliver Holmes, who later took over the business. I was also told of relative who brought the vulcanizing process to US. from Germany.They ran a print shop, did Stencils, Rubberstamps. Brass and Iron Workers. The business was later passed down to my Father George Thomas Holmes, by his Father, George Holmes any help would be greatly appreciated
Volksberg is right on the border of Alsace and Lorraine, close to Germany, also. I have ancestors from all over that region.
The name "Brodt" should be pronounced "Brot," the same as the German word for "Bread." However, it may originate from "Brod," a Slavic word for a river. After Alsace was depopulated in the 30 Years War (1618-48), it got a lot of German-speaking immigrants from Switzerland, but Slavic regions, such as Bohemia, were also depopulated by that war, and would have been unlikely to need any emigration. This is a puzzle.
Volksberg is where most of the Brodt family came from. Going by a family tree on another branch of the family, most likely from Germany. Also interesting that depending on who won the last war, they were either called French or German as to country of origin. It is mixed in that family, some claiming France, others Germany. Sometimes both! HA
It seems like the Nesensohn family are in 2 places, one in Austria and the other in Baden. The one in Baden seems to be in the Konstanz region, just north of Lake Constance, also called the "Bodensee," because I think it's the origin of the Rhine River. Several towns in that region are mentioned, but I haven't checked any of them out, to see which Nesensohns lived there.
1878 was the year of the Congress of Berlin, where the German Chancellor Bismarck revised the "balance of power" less-favorably toward Russia. Don't know how that might have influenced anything in Baden, however.
I will certainly check out this site. I remember my Mother saying we were, English,Scotch, Irish, German, and a small part French. but I never went looking there. Thank You JerryB and STurner.
Susan Teresa, you are welcome. I am going to check out that phone book to as there may be some relatives in the area of Sohland that I can contact. My greatgrandmother from Volksberg alternately listed herself as German/French, her brother listed himself as German, her dad German and her mother French. A distant cousin there told me it depended where your house was!
Hello,Have found out a little more re my great -grand -parents from Germany to N.Z.The names Tubiingen,Dornach(south of Stuttgard) are connected.Previousley all I had was Wurtemberg.The names of my g.gr.parents are Johann Jacob Ott married Frederica Greneger.Born around 1810-20.Based on marriage cert of one of their children.Any help really appreciated.Dorothy
My Lutheran ancestors in Alsace are all at Ingenheim, which is in the Canton of Hochfelden, and the Arrondissement of Brumath. The latter, whose Latin name, "Brocomagus," means "Badger Plain" in the Celtic language of the Triboci, was their capital, and was later the Allemanic capital.
"Broc" is Celtic for "Badger," and I think there was an Irish saint by that name. I read that the word "Donnybrook" refers to a "donation of St. Broc." It's a place in Ireland, known for its brawls at the Donnybrook Fair, and near to Kilkenny, known for its ferocious cats.
My Ingenheim ancestors are Schaubs, Brunners, Rohfritsches, and Bastians. Both the Bruuners and the Rohfritsches have family traditions that their ancestors originally came from a place named "Muehlbachen," in the Swiss Alps. That was probably in the late 17th Century, when Alsace had been depopulated by the 30 Years War, and Switzerland was overpopulated.
Many people from Ingenheim emigrated to Perth County, Ontario, Canada, in the early 1830s, around the time that Britain abolished slavery, which may have been coincidental. Perth County is just west of Waterloo County, which was settled, to a large extent, by "Pennslyvania Dutch," in the 1820s.
My great-grandfather Jacob Schaub was born near Stratford, Ontario, came to Winneshiek County, Iowa, in 1860 and served in the Union Army, in the Civil War. He married a Norwegian, Agnete Pedersdatter Vaerhaug, whom he may have met in Freeport, Illinois, which was passed through by a lot of immigrants, for some reason. She came from Lands Prestegjeld, southwest of Lillehammer.
My cousin Art "Ruffridge," (Anglicization of "Rohfritsch") told me once, that when his great-grandparents emigrated from Canada to the US, in April, 1865, they came by train. When they passed through Chicago, they bought a newspaper, and read in it that President Lincoln had just been assassinated.
These are 2 of the 8 immigrant branches of my family.
Can anyone tell me what the word 'colon' really means in the context of German genealogy archives? My mother's side came from Grafschaft Bentheim and emigrated in the later 1800s. In the archives, I frequently see the word 'colon' used, referring to occupation (beruf). But what does this mean? I find nothing in usual sources. Example here: http://www.online-ofb.de/famreport.php?ofb=uelsen&ID=22168&...
I searched "German Occupations" and came up with what seems to be a pretty good site. It quotes "A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors." From Ackerman (farmer) to Zoller (customs inspector). Colon = Farmer
I am looking for The Cauble line that came from Germany (Finkenbach area) around 1725. They came to the Rowan NC area in the United states. Anyone doing research Caubles right now?
For Earl--I'm not a German scholar, but according to my dictionary,"kolon" means settler or colonist. (Similar to Koln (Cologne) which comes from the Latin word for colony, "Colonia.")
Thanks, Charles and Catherine. I doubt if they were 'colonizers' as they are recorded in the very same location since 1660, and the word colon is used to describe many of them through the generations. But I think Charles has hit it, for the emigrants and many of the second generation in the U.S. were farmers up until around WW2 in the U.S.. Thank you both.
Looks like a great group, I hope to learn a lot.
The only thing I know about my German ancestors is that at least one Noinsfeld(probably mis spelling it) crossed the pond, one of those children was my mom's mom'.s mom. Somewhere in there is also an Arnold on my dad's side.
Hopefully I can find out what the names mean, what part of Germany they're from, ect.
I don't know how many of you are researching Prussian roots or subscribe to the Prussia Roots mail list but I received this in my newsletter today and thought it might be of interest to at least some of you:
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Over the past week or so I have added almost 10,000 pages of
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My 5 x Grandfather was Carl Godfried WALTHER b. abt 1800 m Elvire TROISTROFF they had 5 children
Emilie Helene b.1827 in Aachen
Johanna Pauline b.1830 in Aachen
Carl Robert b. 1832 in Aachen
Bernard Ferdinand b.1834 in Aachen
Ernest August b. 1836 in Aachen
Bernard Ferdinand married Flore Bathilde Emilie BUJARD m.07 January 1860 in Le Havre, France. They had 1 child,
John WALTHER b 21 June 1868 Le Havre. He married Annie Louise BROOK (nee NAYLOR) m.1897 UK. He left her and setup home with Elizabeth Maud HARDING they had 3 children,
Martha b.1907 Manchester, England
Babette b. 1910 Pontypridd, Wales
Carl Willie b. 1912 Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK
Martha m. Cecil James CLARK abt. 1932-6 in Guernsey, Channel Islands, they had 2 sons,
James John b. Sept 1936 MY FATHER
Robin Micheal b. 1939
If anyone could tell me how to find more information on any of these relative that would be great. I'd like to get copy birth certificates of the German relatives but I don't speak any german.
Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal
Sep 4, 2009
Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal
Sep 4, 2009
Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal
Sep 4, 2009
Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal
Sep 4, 2009
Susan Turner
Sep 4, 2009
Barbara Bradley Petura
http://www.adressbuecher.net/
You can read more about using this and other city directories in my group Finding Family For Free here at GenealogyWise. And in a posting at my blog showing how using City Directories can solve family mysteries!
Enjoy!
Sep 5, 2009
Faith Lynette Steinhardt
Sep 5, 2009
Faith Lynette Steinhardt
Sep 5, 2009
Micheal Eric Knierim
Johann Nicolaus Knierim
B. During the week of 29 Jun- 02 July 1799 Hessen Kassel, Germany
D. 24 Jan, 1850 Lorain, OH
Married Martha Rifert
B 1811 in Hessen Kassel, Germany
D 23 Sept 1869 Lorain, OH
I have Johann Nicolaus Knierim's father as Johann Wilhelm Knierim, and that's where I've run into a dead end.
If anyone can throw something my way please feel free to do so.
Sep 6, 2009
William Henry "Hank" Rogers
1. Henry (Hans) Christian Jacobs
b. 1843 in Braunschweig, Germany
d. 02/22/1896 in Fenton, St. Louis Co., MO
b. Enon Baptist Churchyard in Lenox, Dent Co., MO with the inscription "Civil War Co. Inf. Mo. Cav."
m. 03/18/1877 in Monroe Co., IL to
Anna Marie “Ann/Annie” Copeland
b. 03/1862 in IL
d. abt. 1925 in Texarkana, Miller Co., AR OR Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX
Their issue, Generation 3.
Notes: Henry was a private in Co. F, 8th Regiment, MO Infantry in the Civil War. Enlisted 07/25/1861 in St. Louis Co., MO, deserted 07/29/1865 at Little Rock, AR.
Henry was a cobbler (shoe maker & repair).
Anna remarried to Orren T. Floyd in 1907/08.
In the 1910 census Anna states her father was born in IL, her mother in IN. It also states she gave birth to 8 children, 5 living (it is yet unknown if the other 2 children I have unlisted were Jacobs or Floyd). In the 1880 census she states both parents born in OH.
Anna is not listed in the Arkansas Death Record Index. She could have died in Texarkana, Bowie Co., Texas.
When Henry & Anna were too sick to take care of the younger children, they were placed in the Illinois Soldier’s & Sailor’s Children’s School (ISSCS), which was originally Illinois Solder’s Orphan’s Home in Normal, IL.
It is unknown what brought Henry to the New World. Family lore had it that his mother brought him over from Germany at the age of 12 to keep him out of the Prussian Army. This has not been proven & several genealogist think this is incorrect info.
It is more than likely Henry had siblings left in Prussia & likely a few came to America with him & his mother.
Sep 8, 2009
William Henry "Hank" Rogers
1. John Hedrick
b. 1742 in Lancaster Co., PA
d. 1810 in Port Republic, Shenandoah River, VA
m. unknown date in Staunton City Co., VA to
Susan Maria Horn (also Hornung)
b. ?
d. ?
Notes: There are two Stauntons that could possibly be where they were married. One is an independent city located in Augusta Co., VA, the other in Pendleton Co., WV. Since Henry was married in Pendleton Co. it is likely that is the one.
And his son;
2. Jacob J. Hedrick
b. 1773 in Berks Co., PA
d. 04/01/1849 near Berger Store, Pittsylvania Co., VA
m. 1) 01/10/1794 in Pittsylvania Co., VA to
Molly Reiter
b. 1775 in Germany
d. abt. 1800 in Pittsylvania Co., VA
m. 2) 07/08/1801in Pittsylvania Co., VA to
Catherine "Caty" Mease (also Meese)
b. 02/18/1780 in Lebanon Co., VA
d. 1847 near Berger Store, Pittsylvania Co., VA
Notes: One note says Jacob & Molly were married 04/01/1800.
Jacob & Catherine are buried on their old homestead in Pittsylvania Co., VA.
Sep 8, 2009
Kellie Michelle Demmler
Thanks!
Sep 12, 2009
Sharon Schuler Kreps
You in advance for your help!
Sharon
Sep 12, 2009
Paula Curran
Sep 15, 2009
Sue McCormick
If interested, check out the chat room schedule.
Sep 19, 2009
Dennis Deike
Sep 19, 2009
Cindy Abrams
Oct 13, 2009
Cathy Nugent
Oct 14, 2009
Carol (caroline) Domshy
with these families , it is the family history prior to coming to Canada and USA that I am searching for.
If anyone has any history on Wm, please contact me
Oct 19, 2009
Nelda Tinker
Oct 19, 2009
Jerry Baker
Here's a page with contacts in Selzen, connected with a page that shows Selzen on a map. There are 2 churches in Selzen, a Catholic and an Evangelical. One of them would probably have your Kissinger records.
I suppose there would also be records in centralized archives, perhaps in Oppenheim, which is a kind of center for your region, as Alzey is for mine.
http://www.selzen.de/gemeinde/default.htm
Oct 20, 2009
Steve Baldock
I have traced some of my dad's cousin's ancestry back to John Arendt HAGESTADT and his brother Henry, born in Oldenburg, who came over to England some time between 1807 and 1843.
Oct 23, 2009
Christine Kay Olsen-Needham
In Klein, Frankenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz I have Mary Salome HALLMAN born 1714 and married to Johann Wilhelm BERKHEIMER born 1710, and they moved to the Philidelphia area.
Close to them, a little southwest of Manheim, in Franconia, Zweibrück is Rhinehart WOLF born 1742 and married to Elizabeth Evah born abt 1746 in Bedford Co., PA. Rhinehart immigrated to Bedford Co, and lived in a place called Wolfsburg.
WSW of Manheim also near Zweibrücken comes Johann Casper WALTERS born 1715 and married to Hannah Barbara BAER born 1714 in Dühren, Ansbach, Bayern, which is south of the Dentlein am Forst and SW of Nürnberg. They immigrated to Lancaster Co., PA.
In Gross Winterheim, Mainz, Hesse comes Andrew WISE / WEISS born 1748 and who married Sarah Hartman of Maryland. Andrew's mother was Maria Elizabeth GRAFF born 1725 in Darmstadt, Hesse. Andrew's dad was Johann Adam Christopher WISE / WEISS born 1724 in Hesse. They immigrated to Washington Co., PA.
From Kaldenkirchen, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen comes Arnoldus KUSTER born 1699 and married Elizabeth Rebecca Sellen born 1671 in Philadelphia, PA where Arnoldus immigrated to.
In Lüttringhausen, Remscheid, Nordrhein-Westfalen comes Casper STUDEBAKER / STUTENBECKER / STUDENBAKER / STAUDTENBECKER born 1646 and married to Gertrude VON STADEN born 1670 in Hagen, Remscheid. Also some family in Solingen and Krefeld.
Another name in Solingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen is Andreas ASCHAUER born 1670 wife unknown but daughter named Anna Margretha born 1702.
Then I have a couple names I'm not sure what part of Germany they are from like RAU (I only have the last name) and Johann ROWLAND born 1694 and immigrated to Lancaster PA and married a gal named Ann Marie.
Oct 23, 2009
Jerry Baker
This site will allow you to find any online telephone book in Germany;
http://www.opendi.de/
I found 42 Kleins in Frankenthal, and in Solingen I found 7 Andreases and 4 Ashauers. I found a "Wintersheim." (with an s). You can try more of them.
Will Baker, one of my cousins, married "Gustie" Stute, and his car was a Studebaker. The name also reminds me of the nickname "Sturtebecher," of a certain famous Friesian pirate. "Sturte" means "turn over" and "becher" means a "drinking-glass," so it refers to "chugging" beer, as was his custom.
Oct 24, 2009
Jerry Baker
http://www.opendi.de/
Oct 24, 2009
Dorothy (Henry) Caldwell
Oct 24, 2009
John Colin Boggess
Klamroth (maternal grandfather), Haas (his mother), Lange (his father's mother)
Hoback (paternal grandmother), Fortney (paternal grandfather's mother)
Oct 25, 2009
Susan Turner
Oct 25, 2009
Jerry Baker
If you go to the web site I posted yesterday, you find 2 Solands, the one on the Rotstein and the one on the Spree. I think yours is the one on the Spree, because it has 48 current listings for Richter and 9 for Kuchler. The one on the Rotstein has 4 for Richter and none for Kuchler.
Oct 25, 2009
Susan Turner
Oct 25, 2009
Susan Teresa Holmes
Oct 25, 2009
Susan Teresa Holmes
Oct 25, 2009
Jerry Baker
Yes, I found that info from the phone book site.
Volksberg is right on the border of Alsace and Lorraine, close to Germany, also. I have ancestors from all over that region.
The name "Brodt" should be pronounced "Brot," the same as the German word for "Bread." However, it may originate from "Brod," a Slavic word for a river. After Alsace was depopulated in the 30 Years War (1618-48), it got a lot of German-speaking immigrants from Switzerland, but Slavic regions, such as Bohemia, were also depopulated by that war, and would have been unlikely to need any emigration. This is a puzzle.
Oct 25, 2009
Susan Turner
Oct 25, 2009
Jerry Baker
In a google search for "Nesensohn Baden," I found this site:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ancestorsearchresults.asp?st...
It seems like the Nesensohn family are in 2 places, one in Austria and the other in Baden. The one in Baden seems to be in the Konstanz region, just north of Lake Constance, also called the "Bodensee," because I think it's the origin of the Rhine River. Several towns in that region are mentioned, but I haven't checked any of them out, to see which Nesensohns lived there.
1878 was the year of the Congress of Berlin, where the German Chancellor Bismarck revised the "balance of power" less-favorably toward Russia. Don't know how that might have influenced anything in Baden, however.
Oct 25, 2009
Susan Teresa Holmes
Oct 25, 2009
Susan Turner
Oct 25, 2009
Dorothy Hollings
Oct 25, 2009
Jerry Baker
"Broc" is Celtic for "Badger," and I think there was an Irish saint by that name. I read that the word "Donnybrook" refers to a "donation of St. Broc." It's a place in Ireland, known for its brawls at the Donnybrook Fair, and near to Kilkenny, known for its ferocious cats.
My Ingenheim ancestors are Schaubs, Brunners, Rohfritsches, and Bastians. Both the Bruuners and the Rohfritsches have family traditions that their ancestors originally came from a place named "Muehlbachen," in the Swiss Alps. That was probably in the late 17th Century, when Alsace had been depopulated by the 30 Years War, and Switzerland was overpopulated.
Many people from Ingenheim emigrated to Perth County, Ontario, Canada, in the early 1830s, around the time that Britain abolished slavery, which may have been coincidental. Perth County is just west of Waterloo County, which was settled, to a large extent, by "Pennslyvania Dutch," in the 1820s.
My great-grandfather Jacob Schaub was born near Stratford, Ontario, came to Winneshiek County, Iowa, in 1860 and served in the Union Army, in the Civil War. He married a Norwegian, Agnete Pedersdatter Vaerhaug, whom he may have met in Freeport, Illinois, which was passed through by a lot of immigrants, for some reason. She came from Lands Prestegjeld, southwest of Lillehammer.
My cousin Art "Ruffridge," (Anglicization of "Rohfritsch") told me once, that when his great-grandparents emigrated from Canada to the US, in April, 1865, they came by train. When they passed through Chicago, they bought a newspaper, and read in it that President Lincoln had just been assassinated.
These are 2 of the 8 immigrant branches of my family.
Oct 25, 2009
Earl Reemt Duthler
http://www.online-ofb.de/famreport.php?ofb=uelsen&ID=22168&...
Nov 1, 2009
Charles R. Almstedt
Nov 1, 2009
Jacob
Nov 1, 2009
Catherine Davis
Nov 2, 2009
Earl Reemt Duthler
Nov 3, 2009
Sally Austin
The only thing I know about my German ancestors is that at least one Noinsfeld(probably mis spelling it) crossed the pond, one of those children was my mom's mom'.s mom. Somewhere in there is also an Arnold on my dad's side.
Hopefully I can find out what the names mean, what part of Germany they're from, ect.
Nov 3, 2009
Susan Teresa Holmes
Nov 12, 2009
Susan Teresa Holmes
Nov 17, 2009
Susan Teresa Holmes
Nov 17, 2009
Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal
Hello all,
Over the past week or so I have added almost 10,000 pages of
documentation to ManyRoads on the city and county of (Kreis) Elbing
(Prussia). Included in the "vast" amount of information are many
Adressbuecher? to help trace (find) Elbingers of the past. I have
archived all the Adressbook Issues of which I am aware except one? the
1934 Elbing Adress (Einwohner) Buch. If anyone knows where I can obtain
a copy, or knows of other missing issues that I should add to the
archive here, please let me know.
Pax Vobiscum,
...mark (Mark Rabideau)
ManyRoads Family Genealogist (Rabideau-Henss Family)
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Nov 23, 2009
Antoinette (Toni) Smith
Emilie Helene b.1827 in Aachen
Johanna Pauline b.1830 in Aachen
Carl Robert b. 1832 in Aachen
Bernard Ferdinand b.1834 in Aachen
Ernest August b. 1836 in Aachen
Bernard Ferdinand married Flore Bathilde Emilie BUJARD m.07 January 1860 in Le Havre, France. They had 1 child,
John WALTHER b 21 June 1868 Le Havre. He married Annie Louise BROOK (nee NAYLOR) m.1897 UK. He left her and setup home with Elizabeth Maud HARDING they had 3 children,
Martha b.1907 Manchester, England
Babette b. 1910 Pontypridd, Wales
Carl Willie b. 1912 Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK
Martha m. Cecil James CLARK abt. 1932-6 in Guernsey, Channel Islands, they had 2 sons,
James John b. Sept 1936 MY FATHER
Robin Micheal b. 1939
If anyone could tell me how to find more information on any of these relative that would be great. I'd like to get copy birth certificates of the German relatives but I don't speak any german.
Thank you Toni
Nov 29, 2009