Marvin, I have come up with the possibility that my Mathias Schlageter was from Zell im Wiesental . His BD may be Feb 23, 1825.Are there any listed from that town? Thanks. Judy On Jan 5, 2009, at 1:35 PM, Marvin Hoerig wrote: > > Judy Eggers, > > There were 25 Schlageter/Schlagetter/Sahlageders held in Fort A of the > Rastatt Prison during the 1848/49 Revolution. Unfortunately, they > are from > nearly that many different towns. It would have been nice to find > most from > the same town, giving you a good place to search for your Mathias. > Information on all 25 is very limited - - there are even three that > have no > given names listed. > > > > There is one Mathä Schlageter (male) listed from Lienheim, Waldshut, > Baden > but there is no age given in his record. No occupation listed > either but it > says he was incarcerated in 1848 for "highly treasonous activities". > > > > Is it possible that your Mathias, (who named one of his sons Joseph) > could > have had a brother Joseph or perhaps his father was a Joseph. There > are > three Josef Schlageters listed and again, no ages for any of them. > Do you > have any other given names that I might check for you ? I find that > the > vast majority of the 32,000 prisoners were, (when ages were listed) > in their > 20 so that makes your Mathias a good candidate for a visit to the > stockade. > > > > Nearly all these 25 Schlageters were from small towns fairly close > to a line > between Frieburg and Waldshut. I doubt that this is much help but it > narrows down the search area in Baden. If you like, I can send you > a list > of the towns of residence listed for all these Schlageters. > > > > Marvin Hoerig > > > [BW] Schlageter emigration > J. Eggers Msgene@mac.com