http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldeck,_Hesse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldeck_(state) Hope this helps!   On of my great great grandfathers came from there, last name of Eufinger. >________________________________ > From: Dawn Webb <dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au> >To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 10:01 PM >Subject: [BW] Duchy of Waldock > > >This appears as a birth place on the 1851 English census.  The man it >applies to (John Bernard) is with a man born in Prussia.  They are both >bakers, or apprentice bakers. > > > >Now then, I am well able to believe it is something like the English person >heard as Waldock.  Any clues, anyone?  I know nothing about the states and >duchies of what was to become Germany and even Alsace Lorraine. > > > >It might be my gg grandfather, John or Johann Fredrick BERNHARDT .  Might >not, too, but..  my man was always apart from this some sort of artist or >magic lantern maker, artist,  etc etc.  My man might not even be in England >at the time, but this is the right sort of age for him to be well left his >foster parents in Germany according to the family stories.  My gg >grandfather said he was born Prussia and Wurttemberg and maybe Marburg on >various things.  Writing is never easy to read for his records!  Family >story on a "half" side is, he (or his son) went comparatively often / were >connected to a farm in Alsace Lorraine. > > > >Dawn (Melbourne Australia) > > > >--- >This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. >http://www.avast.com > >------------------------------- >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 > > >

Well thank you all for the speed things came - seems that Prussia and Waldeck are not mutually exclusive at least, not round the right time for this. Dawn -----Original Message----- From: baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ronald and Laura Sent: Sunday, 30 March 2014 2:17 PM To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BW] Duchy of Waldock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldeck,_Hesse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldeck_(state) Hope this helps!   On of my great great grandfathers came from there, last name of Eufinger. >________________________________ > From: Dawn Webb <dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au> >To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 10:01 PM >Subject: [BW] Duchy of Waldock > > >This appears as a birth place on the 1851 English census.  The man it >applies to (John Bernard) is with a man born in Prussia.  They are both >bakers, or apprentice bakers. > > > >Now then, I am well able to believe it is something like the English person >heard as Waldock.  Any clues, anyone?  I know nothing about the states and >duchies of what was to become Germany and even Alsace Lorraine. > > > >It might be my gg grandfather, John or Johann Fredrick BERNHARDT .  Might >not, too, but..  my man was always apart from this some sort of artist or >magic lantern maker, artist,  etc etc.  My man might not even be in England >at the time, but this is the right sort of age for him to be well left his >foster parents in Germany according to the family stories.  My gg >grandfather said he was born Prussia and Wurttemberg and maybe Marburg on >various things.  Writing is never easy to read for his records!  Family >story on a "half" side is, he (or his son) went comparatively often / were >connected to a farm in Alsace Lorraine. > > > >Dawn (Melbourne Australia) > > > >--- >This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. >http://www.avast.com > >------------------------------- >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 > > > ------------------------------- 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com