Sorry doesn't match my search -----Original Message----- From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of sandra_joy@sbcglobal.net Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:16 AM To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Ancestor named Temke Do you know this person? Her search looks similar to yours. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.temke/8.9 Good luck! Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Friskney" <g.friskney@ntlworld.com> To: <GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:50 AM Subject: [G-P-L] Ancestor named Temke > Hi, > > I've added the name I'm searching for to your list, but don't know if it > will do any good. My family have been searching for any trace my great > grandfather. As it is with many other family, I suppose, a lot of what we > know has come down the family and been embelished and change in the > retelling. What we think we know is that he was called Carl Albert George > Temke. He turned up in the North East of England in the 1890s. He married > my great grandmother in 1898 and went on to have a large family, most of > whom were given Germanic names. He was interned during WW1 (of which there > is no record). He turns up on the census in 1901 as Temp (my great > grandmother was illiterate), place of birth Germany. We have found his > marriage certificate that states he was a widow. What family legand says > is that he was born in Heligoland in 1852. He left there to escape the > Kaiser (legand has is that he caused much trouble and was against the > Kaiser), became a seaman of some sort on a ship which w! > as shipwrecked of the coast of Hartlepool. He and his crew were in the > fever hospital which is where he met my grandmother. As I say, how much is > true I don't know. We have seacrhed records via the internet etc for > years, but it doesn't seem to have been a common name. Apparently he also > spoke fluent Yiddish! I think I'm getting a bit deperante, but when I saw > the words Germany Passenger Lists, I thought it might be worth a go. > > I'm sure that you'll probably tell me you can't help, but that's fine I'm > used to it. Thank you for reading my ramblings anyway! > > Cheers, > > Gail Friskney > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message