In "Members of Holy Cross Parish - A genealogy of the Parishioners of Pfeifer, Kansas 1876 - 1993", Michael Jacobs' nickname is listed as "Oddels Michel". Is this German for "the other Michael"? -- Have a great day :-) Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net ---- frank jacobs <fjacobs@cox.net> wrote: ============= As Michael Jacob was trying to bring his family to Topeka, Ks in 1878, at Bremen his ship was diverted without prior notice to Argentina, without the knowledge or agreement of captive passengers. After eight years and assisting in the founding of San Francisco (Pfeifer), Entre Rios, Argentina, Michael and his family worked their way back toward kinsmen in Pfeifer, Kansas, where they were known as "the other Michael Jacobs family". After several years of largely unsuccessful struggle as a farmer, Michael set out some 180 miles on foot, to find assistance from relatives in St Mary, Kansas. There they worked for 11 cents per hour for the railroad. (Today, most cash registers in stores have a small container to collect unwanted pennies left over after tax, available for the next customer who wanted them for the odd sales tax on their purchases. What trivial trinkets struggled for with much pain in bygone eras!) I have the obituary of Michael's brother Joseph Jacobs and a property plat map of Joseph's farm which I found at the Kansas Historical Society. I also have pictures of their village and cemetery in Argentina, if you want me to mail them to you. I talk to Michael's grandson , Raymond and Eva Jacobs in Denver. They are getting quite old. Frank Jacobs ----- Original Message ----- From: <smcginness1@cox.net> To: <GER-VOLGA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 4:48 PM Subject: [GV] Surnames Heim & Schmidt, Village of Pfeifer > My great-grandmother was Magdalena (Heim) Jacob; her parents were Simon > Heim and Klara Schmidt. All I know about them is that they lived in > Pfeifer, Russia. Can anyone help me out here? > -- > Have a great day :-) > > Sharon McGinness > smcginness1@cox.net