Hi, My direct line is BECKER. Many of Becker Family lived in the town of Schaidt, Bavaria. It is short distance from the border of Alsace. The Church Records show births of many Becker members. Mine were Catholic. I believe depending on what years, the borders did change at different times. My direct Beckers emmigrated to America and settled in Reading, PA areas. Michael Becker b abt 1766 and died February 22, 1838 in Schaidt, Pfalz, Bayern. Married Maria Anna Heusser between1786-1789 Their son: Valentin Becker born August 27, 1807 in Schaidt, Pfalz, Bayern,( Bavaria ) died after 1854. Married Maria Anna Schimpf b June 02, 1835 in Schaidt, Pfalz, Bayern, daughter of Joannes Schimpf and Maria Maurer Children of Valentin Becker and Marie Anna Shimpf are: i. Odilia (Adelia) Becker b April 14, 1837, Schaidt.(married Louis Binger b abt 1839 in Duchy of Nassau, Germany) ii Valentin Becker b January 14, 1839, Schaidt iii Maria Anna Becker b September 27, 1840 Schaidt iv Michael Becker b January 21, 1842, Schaidt v Magdalena Becker b March 23, 1844, Schaidt vi Barbara Becker b November 21, 1845, Schaidt vii Catharina Becker b March 27, 1848, Schaidt viii Jacob Becker b January 21, 1854, Schaidt ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 3:01 AM Subject: ALSACE-LORRAINE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 288 > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 10:27:02 EST > From: Nutmeg421@aol.com > Subject: Re: [A-L] Bischwiller > Message-ID: <c64.36a5c753.364709c6@aol.com> > Etienne: Bischwiller. Not to be confused with Bitche? I'm still looking > for > Adam Becker and his wife Maria Brunon in Alsace. Someone wrote that their > son > in law was from Bitche, which I believe you pointed out was in Lorraine. > My > grandfather always stated that he was born in Alsace, was French and his > native > tongue was French. Later census records say he was born in Bavaria, which > I > know is part of Germany, founded in 1871. He also says Prussia at times. > Did > Alsace become part of Bayern or Bavaria when it was part of Germany? This > is my > thirty year search. I can't go past Adam Becker and Maria Brunon Becker > without > finding their village. Both were killed in an accident in the 1860s. I'd > love > to find out more about that, too. When my grandfather and his younger > brother > left, they left from LeHavre, went to England before coming to NYC, about > 1868. I seem to be the only one researching this Becker line. Surely there > are > other descendants. I always thought some stayed in Europe. Well, I know > they did > because we had a picture of them that was taken prior to WWII on the wall > when > I was a child. I do not now what happened to the picture, but I can still > see > it. Some were about my age. I know they were impacted by the war. Haunts > me > still. Jean