Thanks Elizabeth... --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Elizabeth Cunningham <drybones@netreach.net> wrote: > From: Elizabeth Cunningham <drybones@netreach.net> > Subject: Re: [BW] Familien in Hechingen - Hohenzollern > To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 1:10 PM > My mother's aunt was Hannah Mingel (or Minkel) Pfister, > born 1848, in > Prussia. She was married to George Pfister, born 1846 in > Wuerttemberg. > They emigrated in 1867 to Phillipsburg, New Jersey. I am > not sure the > German localities are correct - they are copied from other > documents and > I think everyone was confused about German states at the > time. Hannah's > sister, my great-grandmother, married Johannes Fuehrer, > from Hessen, and > they came over later to join the Pfisters. (I am sure about > the Hessen - > they came from Oelshausen, according to a baptismal > certificate). > > My father's mother was Wilhelmina Strobel, born 1864, > 1867 or 1868, > depending on the document you read. She emigrated in 1883. > On the > marriage record for her second marriage (to my grandfather) > the pastor > noted she was from Mohringen, in Wuerttemberg-Baden. She > also spent > some time in an orphanage in Switzerland. Her English was > never good, > and she died the year I was born, so I do not know much > more than this. > > Thank you very much for any help you can give. > > Elizabeth C > > Michael Wolf wrote: > > Dear Elizabeth, > > > > could you give me more details? > > > > There are so much papers and these are wrote in old > german like sütterlin or current. > > > > Michael > > > > > > *Von:* "Elizabeth Cunningham" > <drybones@netreach.net> > > *Gesendet:* 06.01.09 17:02:52 > > *An:* baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com > > *Betreff:* Re: [BW] Familien in Hechingen - > Hohenzollern > > > > > > > > I have a Pfister and a Strobel, so I would also > appreciate information. > > > > Elizabeth C > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

i have many Mingel"s in the family tree early Rochester NY settlers frank consler