Sometimes names don't always fit either. I don't know what other research has been done on the Maennle family, but it looks like evidence is growing to support the Mela names might be Maennles, but I think perhaps still more research is necessary. Brian On Sat, February 23, 2008 11:49 am, djweber wrote: > Karen, > > Sometimes numbers do not fit. > > I have several records which identify that my Sauer family emigrated from > Baden with all eleven members. In reality there were only the parents and > six children, a total of eight. > > As the family was shipped at Town expense to America, my guess has been > that > the other three children, little Mathilda, Sibilla and Hironiums (spelling > as per a couple of the records), belonged to one of the other families > being > shipped and for some passage-rate reason were applied to a second family. > > Maybe you didn't have as large a family as suggested? > > djweber > djwdjw@ix.netcom.com > ------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Querna" <Karen@qualitypumps.com> > To: <deu-bad-ortenau@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:32 PM > Subject: [Ortenau] Maennle family > > > Dear Wendelin and all! > below is my translation from the Bottenau book. I am curious just what > area did it cover? This might help me narrow down a birth > place for Christian. This is the second document which mentions 9 > members. I wish I could find where they ended up if they were not on the > ship with Christian. > I am also curious what would a gulden be worth in US dollars today? > > > I have recently found on Family Search, and am wondering if perhaps this > could be a link - my Christian states that he was born on Oct. 15, > 1815. Looks like I need to order the Durbach films. Or am I chasing a > "John Smith" > Christian <Maennle> > Birth: > 21 OCT 1815 > Durbach, Offenburg, Baden > Father: > Christian Maennle > Mother: > Dorothea Haisch > > > *The 9 members of the family Christian Maennle, which had likewise lost > its fortune by foreclosure sale, was pushed away with municipality > support 1853. The entire passage cost the municipality with provisions > 600 guldens, had 350 guldens to to it-put > * > Thank you for everyones thoughts on this. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEU-BAD-ORTENAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >