Forwarding to list ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fran Matkovich <[email protected]> Date: 24 July 2017 at 15:33 Subject: RE: [DVHH] ECK & MERLE families from STEPHANSFELD To: Eve <[email protected]>, DVHH-L Administrator < [email protected]> Hi Stephanie, If recognize any of these they might give you the starting village for your search. You can also do a search here On Eck. The website is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~banatdata/DDB/HomePage.htm . Notice Zichydorf and Ernsthausen are also mentioned. MERLE Nikolaus -[M640]- Age: 17 -From: Zichydorf -DtAr: Tuesday, 6 Sep 1910 - To: St Paul, MN -Via: Rot/NY -Ship: Rotterdam -Note: Born in Zichydorf. Mother, Katharine Merle, lives in Stefansfeld. Going to join father, Mathias Merle. Last residence, Stefansfeld [*2 Jul 1893, son of Mathias Merle, ex Stefansfeld and Katharine Milesz, ex Stefansfeld]. MERLE Nikolaus -[M640]- Age: 19 -From: Stefansfeld -DtAr: Friday, 2 Oct 1903 - To: Wyandotte, MI -Via: Bre/Bal -Ship: Main MERLE Nikolaus -[M640]- Age: 33 -From: Sartscha -DtAr: Wednesday, 3 Jul 1907 - To: St Louis, MO -Via: Ant/NY -Ship: Vaderland -Note: Accompanied by wife, Marianna 28, both born in Sartscha. Brother, Jakob Merle, lives in Sartscha. Going to join bro-in-law, Nikolaus Bader. MERLE Nikolaus -[M640]- Age: 48 -From: Stefansfeld -DtAr: Sunday, 20 Mar 1910 - To: Wyandotte, MI -Via: Bre/NY -Ship: Oldenburg -Note: Accompanied by wife, Katharina 44 and kids, Nikolaus 15 and Margaret 11, all born in Stefansfeld. Brother, Karl Merle, lives in Stefansfeld. Going to join son-in-law, Nikolaus Barotle. MERLE Nikolaus -[M640]- Age: 62 -From: Stefansfeld -DtAr: Wednesday, 3 Jun 1914 - To: Detroit, MI -Via: Ham/NY -Ship: Imperator -Note: Born in Stefansfeld. Accompanied by wife, Katharine 57, born in Ernsthausen. Brother, K Merle, lives in Stefansfeld. Going to join son, J Merle.MERLE Nikolaus -[M640]- Age: 17 -From: Zichydorf -DtAr: Tuesday, 6 Sep 1910 - To: St Paul, MN -Via: Rot/NY -Ship: Rotterdam -Note: Born in Zichydorf. Mother, Katharine Merle, lives in Stefansfeld. Going to join father, Mathias Merle. Last residence, Stefansfeld [*2 Jul 1893, son of Mathias Merle, ex Stefansfeld and Katharine Milesz, ex Stefansfeld Fran Matkovich -----Original Message----- From: DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eve via DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 2:39 PM To: DVHH-L Administrator <[email protected]> Cc: DVHH Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DVHH] ECK & MERLE families from STEPHANSFELD I have replied to Stephanie and don't know how I can help her. This village is not part of my research and I have not done any research in Michigan as my family's and my husband's are outside of Michigan. So perhaps there is someone with info on the list of either this village or a good Michigan source of info. Eve On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 5:09 AM, DVHH-L Administrator via DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES <[email protected]> wrote: > Posting for Stephanie (Leach) Basar. > > Darlene > DVHH Email List Administrator > > > I am requesting help from Eva Brown because I am born and raised in MI > (Ann > Arbor) and so is my husband (Birmingham). We still live here. > > I just received a 'Stephansfeld Famillienbuch' CD which was very > helpful for our Merle genealogy but our Nicklaus Merle (b. 1861) was > married to Katherina Eck (b. 1856-1857) and I cannot find her or her > sister Elizabeth or their parents. Nicklaus and Katherina (Eck) Merle > came to Detroit area in early 1900's with a son Nicholas and daughter > Margareta. Margaret married Anton Frank and their daughter Marjorie b. > 1927 married George Basar b.1925 (Croatian) and they were my in laws. > > If there is information that would be helpful in finding the Eck side > of family I will appreciate it. The grand daughter of Katherina and > Nic Merle is still living at age almost 96 and sharp with > memory/history and can identify photos but doesn't know the parents > names of Katherina and Elizabeth. She thinks Elizabeth married a Jacob > Truitt and was in St. Louis Missouri at some time. > > I have run a DNA test through Ancestry.com for my husband and it has > been helpful in finding others related but only one has the Eck name > in their ancestry and are at a roadblock, too. > > Thank you for any assistance! - Stephanie (Leach) Basar > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Syrmia Regional Coordinator http://www.dvhh.org/syrmia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message