There are many BISCH in WESTHOFFEN Alsace (near STRASBOURG 28 km ) http://search.geneanet.org/result.php3?lang=fr&name=bisch&place=westhoffen&country=&source=&x=0&y=0 Daniel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles and Madelyn" <ctucker@mchsi.com> To: "Laun Charlie" <claun@beardsley.com>; <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [A-L] Bisch origin > This definitely sounds like a lead. Thanks for your help > Maelyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Laun Charlie" <claun@beardsley.com> > To: "Charles and Madelyn" <ctucker@mchsi.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:13 PM > Subject: Bisch origin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laun Charlie > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:12 PM > To: 'alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com' > Subject: RE: [A-L] (no subject) > > There is a passport application on Ancestry.com for a Frederick Bisch, > Residing in Pittsburg PA, Born 30 Dec 1845 in Westhofen Germany. Arrived > in US 5 May 1885, Naturalized in US Western District Court, Pittsburg, > PA on 5 Nov 1891. > The application was made on the 14 May 1901. This is probably > Westhofen, Rhinepfaltz, Germany, Near Worms. > > Good Luck > -----Original Message----- > From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert E. > Hausman > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:39 PM > To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [A-L] (no subject) > > It was much easier to say you were from Germany in 1910 -before the > crusade against the Kaiser- than it was in 1920, two years after the > armistice. Take a look at some of the political cartoons during the war > years. > > Rob Hausman > > At 10:38 AM 4/10/2008, you wrote: >> I have tried many resources and have been unable to find much on my >> grandfather or grandmother. I have always heard that they were both >> from Alsace but have found no proof except on Census I have found my >> grandmothers parents Frederick and Elizabeth Bisch (I think nee >> Renner) were both from Germany in the 1910 USA census and had come >> over in 1983. However in the 1920 USA census Elizabeth was listed as > >> from Alsace and both of her parents were from Alsace. They were >> living in Piitsburgh PA on both of these censuses and my grandmother >> was Emma Bisch. My grandfather was John Kaechele. He stated on the >> 1910 census that he was Swiss-German as were his parents. I have been > >> told his parents were named Casper and Anna (nee Readausch) Kaechele. >> John died in 1915 in Pittsburgh. >> >>Thank you for this service. You help so many people find their roots. >> >>Madelyn Tucker >>Florida > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ^^^^^^^^ > > Robert E. Hausman > hausman@bu.edu > www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/u/Robert-E-Hausman/index.html > > HAUSMANN, ROUSSELET, HEERE, LAUBER, LATUS > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message