Brian and Karen, Herz Mela emigrated from Billigheim in 1854, he is in the emigration database. Okay, Salomon could be also a name for German Lutherans but Herz? - Wendelin On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:36:40 -0600 (CST) brian@amason.net wrote: > My wife's side of the tree has family members named Salomon and are > not Jewish, but Lutheran. They are also Swedish though. I do not > necessarily support the idea of setting presumptions of religious > affiliation solely upon names. But I also question the association of > the Melas as Mannles, because of the age of the elder Mennle. At 52, > I would have suspected him to be the head of the household. That is > not to say it never happened like this, but generally when I see a > family with a younger male as the apparent head of the family, the > elder male was the father-in-law. > > Brian > > On Sat, February 16, 2008 2:20 pm, Wendelin Irslinger wrote: > > Hello Karen, > > > > maybe Christian Männle and his wife were not born in the parish > > Nussbach but in a neighboring town. It's possible that his > > emigration record has any information when and where they were born. > > > > No, I do not belive the people below him were als Männle at least > > not all, I believe their given names are Jewish names: Herz, > > Hanchen, Salomon. > > > > - Wendelin