Hey, Brenda< -- I have ancestors (WALLAUER) from Simmern and the area back in the 1700s/1800s, and back to Kreuznach in the 1500s. We had a most enjoyable time there last spring. There's still a Wallauer Bakery in Simmern. Dave Ross Denver

Jack's story is excellent and correct! And by the way, The name "Schinderhannes" means "Hannes, the son of a knacker" (I hope everybody knows what a knacker is) _________________________ Heinz L. Zulauf Flotowstrasse 9 D-64287 Darmstadt Germany e-mail: [email protected] Visit my Private Homepage "The Classical Music Site" http://myweb.vector.ch/zulauf _________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Schinderhannes aka Johannes Bückler. > Hey, Brenda< -- I have ancestors (WALLAUER) from Simmern and the area back in > the 1700s/1800s, and back to Kreuznach in the 1500s. We had a most enjoyable > time there last spring. There's still a Wallauer Bakery in Simmern. > > Dave Ross > Denver > >

"Heinz L. Zulauf" wrote: > > Jack's story is excellent and correct! And by the way, The name > "Schinderhannes" means "Hannes, the son of a knacker" (I hope everybody > knows what a knacker is) > > My Merriam-Webster 7th says it's a buyer of worn-out or dead animals for use as fertilizer or animal food. In Great Britain, they say, it's a buyer of old structures for their constituent materials.