Would some please check the following Niederroedern census 1846 page 12 Jacques Jacob age 6 with Valentin Frey age 64 and his wife I cannot make out the word after "enfant ..." Two of his siblings (includes my gg grandmother) are with their grandparents in the same year. Other relatives are also in Niederroedern at this time. My gg grandmother, Catherine, age 17, is still with her grandfather in 1851 and went to the US either in 1854 or 1855. Jacques and older brother Valentin went later. Their was a son, George, born 1838 in the Niederroedern records; Jacques seems to have been born somewhere other than Niederroedern. Nothing in US indicates where. The problem is parents, Valentin Jacob and his wife Marguerite, and George have disappeared. Last I have checked deaths in Niederroedern from 1840 - 1846 - nothing. I have checked censuses in as many surrounding villages that I see nearby. I am sure that they just didn't immigrate to America. They were last seen in the 1836 census. Any speculation on what could have happened to them? Does the word after Jacques's "enfant ...." help I wonder. Thanks so much. Gloria Ishida?

Hi Gloria, It is written "enft en nourrice" and means "child put out to nurse" ("enft" is an abbreviation of the word "enfant"). You will find another example at the same picture 12/25 on the left page (REISS 107/138/643) , written in full text without abbreviation: <<enfant en nourrice>> All the best from Alsace Ewald -------------------------------------------------- From: "gloria ishida" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 8:54 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [A-L] Census help Niederroedern and wustion > Would some please check the following > > Niederroedern census 1846 > page 12 Jacques Jacob age 6 > with Valentin Frey age 64 and his wife > > I cannot make out the word after "enfant ..." > > Two of his siblings (includes my gg grandmother) are with their > grandparents in the same year. Other relatives are also in Niederroedern > at this time. > > My gg grandmother, Catherine, age 17, is still with her grandfather in > 1851 and went to the US either in 1854 or 1855. Jacques and older brother > Valentin went later. > > Their was a son, George, born 1838 in the Niederroedern records; Jacques > seems to have been born somewhere other than Niederroedern. Nothing in US > indicates where. > > The problem is parents, Valentin Jacob and his wife Marguerite, and George > have disappeared. Last I have checked deaths in Niederroedern from 1840 - > 1846 - nothing. I have checked censuses in as many surrounding villages > that I see nearby. I am sure that they just didn't immigrate to America. > They were last seen in the 1836 census. Any speculation on what could have > happened to them? Does the word after Jacques's "enfant ...." help I > wonder. > > Thanks so much. > > Gloria Ishida?