Theresa, The New York Times published 12 Aug. 1880 states that Henriette RENAUT died one day ago and that she was a "native of the Department of Meurthe". The cited daughter in the above article, Clementine RENAUT, was born 23 Feb. 1868 in Manhattan (his father was Victor RENAUT who married Henriette in March 1857). If Henriette originated really in the Department of Meurthe, this department is now the département of Moselle, in the region Lorraine. According to the site www. geopatronyme.com, the name THEURET was present in Moselle, between 1891-1915, in the following towns ranked by number of births: 1. Imling (Moselle, Lorraine) 2. Ogy 3. Conthil A search in these towns would be a good starting point. Hope this helps Ewald -------------------------------------------------- From: <denchief@earthlink.net> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 8:26 AM To: <Alsace-Lorraine@rootsweb.com> Subject: [A-L] Look-ups > I seem to have missed the original post, so please forgive me if I am > overstepping or doing this incorrectly, but I have three names I would > very much appreciate a look-up for in the emmigration book. > > The first one I am certain is from Alsace-Lorraine - where exactly I do > not know. She is Henriette THEUR(R?)ET (I have a number of different > spellings for her name, but that seems the most likely to be closest. I > think I may have found her coming in to the states between 1854 adn 1857. > She was born circa 1838, give or take as one usually does with dates > derived from the census. W ebleive she was married in March of 1857 in NY > to Jean Joseph Victor RENAUT > > The next two may or may not be from the region. > > Jean (John) Joseph Victor RENAUT born about 1828 if we can go by the > census, again a year or two in either direction... He was a carpenter, > and was in NY by March of 1857 if the other info I have is correct. > > Amedee BIGOT (I have no idea if this was the original spelling) turner > (Other form of carpenter?) He was a friend of the first two, so probably > near them in age, so maybe somwhere between 1825-1845? He was in NY in > or before 1865, but I do not know how much before. > > I do not know anything about whether these people came with friends or > family members, more specifically where they were from or anything like > that, so any tiny bit of information there may be would be received with > gratitude. > > Also, as I said, I may be doing this incorrectly/asking too much - in > either of those cases, I beg forgiveness. > > Theresa > > denchief@earthlink.net > EarthLink Revolves Around You.