Thank you very much for taking a look. Some Pfisters may have gone to Cincinnati - the ones I had in mind went to Phillipsburg, NJ. Thanks again for looking. Elizabeth C Michael Wolf wrote: > Hi Elizabeth, > > I checked the documents. I can't find Wilhelmina Strobel and George Pfister. > > What I found is: some of a Pfister familie emigrated to Cincinnati / Ohio. > > kind regards > > Michael > > > *Von:* "Elizabeth Cunningham" <drybones@netreach.net> > *Gesendet:* 07.01.09 22:10:21 > *An:* baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com > *Betreff:* Re: [BW] Familien in Hechingen - Hohenzollern > > > > 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 > > >