Could you please give a little more iformation on your posting. What do you mean by "The name Hentschel (year 1369 Hensel-Pechmann in eng.bad luck man or unlucky man)." What are your soures for this information? Katharina Hines wrote: > Hi, > The name Hentschel (year 1369 Hensel-Pechmann in eng.bad luck man > or unlucky man). > Katharina > > > >The earliest Hentzschel thay exists in my background > >is from Doebeln, Saxony. It seems to be a name > >associated with the Saxony state. Margarethe > >Hentzschel * Jan 1562 in Obergoseln, + 20 Dec 1629 in > >Doebeln, oo Martin Peter Wetzig 16 Nov 1583 in > >Doebeln. > > > >--- Herbert Mahler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > To: Mary Ann, > > > Your posting is interesting to me as my great aunt > > > married a Theodor Hentschel on 23.iv.1872 in Muskau > > > on > > > the Neiße River. Muskau was located in > > > Niederschlesien (Lower Silesia) in the Kingdom of > > > Prussia near the border of the Kingdom of Saxony. > > > The > > > Hentschel brothers had a local department store > > > there > > > that was, I believe, later move to Hirschberg also > > > in > > > Niederschlesien. I have some pictures. These could > > > be > > > relatives of your Hentschels. > > > In regard to Graschwitz, I have located it on the > > > map > > > about 5 or 6 km south and just slightly west of > > > Bautzen. Bautzen was in the Kingdom of Saxony and > > > is > > > about 50 km south west of Muskau, which is now on > > > the > > > Polish border and is now included in the Free State > > > of > > > Saxony. > > > Regards, > > > Herbert Mahler > > > > > > > > > > > > --- [email protected] wrote: > > > > Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 22:48:00 -0700 > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [GERMANKING] HENTSCHEL > > > > > > > > Seeking information about ancestors and > > > descendants > > > > of Johann Gustav Hentshel, "b. 20 Feb 1848 in > > > > Gnaschwitz (alternatively recorded in family > > > > records as Graschwitz and Gnauschwitz) near > > > Bautzen, > > > > Saxony". Another family member says he might have > > > > been born in Goerlitz. Part of the confusion > > > > could be due to handwriting. > > > > > > > > Johann Gustav's father was Johann Carl Gottlieb > > > > Hentschel. His wife was Johanna Augusta > > > > Schuster-Boehme Hentschel, daughter of Fredericke > > > > Charlotte > > > > Schuster and adopted by her husband Mr. Boehme. > > > > > > > > --Mary Ann > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-KINGDOMS Mailing List ==== > > > Brother, > > > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > > > Ask me why..... mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > >===== > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > > > >==== GERMAN-KINGDOMS Mailing List ==== > >Brother, > >Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > >Ask me why..... mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ==== GERMAN-KINGDOMS Mailing List ==== > Brother, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > Ask me why..... mailto:[email protected]