Harold- Glad to help! Good - the 1851 date matches the OSB. Angela's parents were Casp[er?] Preissinger and Barbara Pritz (ah, there's the Pritz connection!). There's no information on their parents. Casper Preissinger *1816-1820 [i.e. uncertain year, no location] +16 Jan 1852 in Billed at age 36 oo 31 Jan 1843 in Billed at age 23 for both Casper and Barbara Barbara Pritz *1820 [no location] Children: 1. Susanna *16 Dec 1843 Billed +25 Sep 1893 oo 25 Nov 1862 to Jac. Frey [entry F379 - they had 4 children] 2. Angela *15 Aug 1851 Billed oo 7 Jan 1889 to Joa. Pratsko [entry P551] The mismatch in Casper's ages at marriage and death are why the birth year is uncertain. Some other pieces of information. Joannes Pratsko was a widower when he married Angela. It looks like his first wife was Agnes Linye. There's no further data about her. Joannes's parents were Joan[nes] Pratsko and Marg[aretha] Sturm. In Gr. Jetscha, he lived in house #498. When he married Angela and when Antonius was born they lived in Billed house #499, and in #449 when Angela was born (assuming that's not a typo). --- Eric -----Original Message----- From: banat-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:banat-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harold Bratsko Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 6:55 PM To: Banat_List Subject: [BANAT-L] Pratsko/Preuszinger Eric, First of all I thank you for your time and effort very much ! The reason for the original query was to verify my ggreatgrandmothers age . When she and ggrandad came over in 1912 from Gilad her age was given as 36 which didn't add up. I believe this was a missprint. I have since found her tomb stone and it has her birthday as 1851. She died in 1927 in Trenton. There is a lot of tidbits in this family. Supposedly she had another child in 1903, a son named Georg . He is mentioned in her obit. I have no clue who he is. My father never mentioned him. This seems unlikely because she would have been 52 years old at the time ! Of course there is a lot my Father never mentioned ! This seems to be a common thing with people from the Banat areas and from that era. I have learned it takes a lot of time and effort to track down all available information. By the way, does it mention where Angela Preuszinger parents were from ? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again, Harold Bratsko