Mary This is just a theory. He could have been born in one and emigrated from the other. Curt -------------- Original message -------------- From: Mary Lavins <mlavins@optonline.net> > Does anyone in the group have a theory as to why a person born in "Lutzelbourg" > and whose family (for at least 300 yrs) was from "Lutzelbourg" would have stated > "Phalsbourg" in a legal document in the US? > > I know those towns are adjacent to each other, and I assume the borders were > transparent. Maybe that is the reason.... they felt they were from "both" > towns"? > > Would it be as simple as maybe one town (Phalsbourg?) had a larger population > than the other (Lutzelbourg?), and here in the US, the town name Phalsbourg was > more recognizable? I can't find statistics that confirm this.... the > populations of each town around 1850 (he emigrated in 1855). Would anyone > know where I could find such population data? > > I believed my great grandfather was from Phlasbourg, but new information > strongly supports Lutzelbourg, and I'm curious as to why he might have said > "Phalsbourg" on a pension application here in the US. > > This is a very helpful email list and I appreciate any thoughts. > > > > > responses to: mlavins@optonline.net > -- > 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
he was born in one, a small village, and baptized in a larger town...and began using the name of the larger town........had a ggrandfather who did that....... -----Original Message----- From: curtw@comcast.net To: Mary Lavins <mlavins@optonline.net>; alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:11 am Subject: Re: [A-L] Lutzelbourg or Phalsbourg, Lorraine? Mary This is just a theory. He could have been born in one and emigrated from the other. Curt -------------- Original message -------------- From: Mary Lavins <mlavins@optonline.net> > Does anyone in the group have a theory as to why a person born in "Lutzelbourg" > and whose family (for at least 300 yrs) was from "Lutzelbourg" would have stated > "Phalsbourg" in a legal document in the US? > > I know those towns are adjacent to each other, and I assume the borders were > transparent. Maybe that is the reason.... they felt they were from "both" > towns"? > > Would it be as simple as maybe one town (Phalsbourg?) had a larger population > than the other (Lutzelbourg?), and here in the US, the town name Phalsbourg was > more recognizable? I can't find statistics that confirm this.... the > populations of each town around 1850 (he emigrated in 1855). Would anyone > know where I could find such population data? > > I believed my great grandfather was from Phlasbourg, but new information > strongly supports Lutzelbourg, and I'm curious as to why he might have said > "Phalsbourg" on a pension application here in the US. > > This is a very helpful email list and I appreciate any thoughts. > > > > > responses to: mlavins@optonline.net > -- > 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 ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com