Or the English spelling of Lawrence/Laurence. Sharon ----- Original Message ---- From: Evelyn Wicke <ewicke@gvec.net> To: Maggie Laurenz <mlaurenz@lakotanetwork.com>; germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2006 3:27:35 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] LAURENZ/LORENZ Maggie, have you tried "Lorance" or some other variant? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Laurenz" <mlaurenz@lakotanetwork.com> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:07 AM Subject: [G-P-L] LAURENZ/LORENZ > > > I am seeking immigration records for August Laurenz/Lorenz and his > family who immigrated to the United States in 1893 or 1894. I have > been told that they arrived through Ellis Island. It is my > understanding all those records were destroyed in a fire sometime > after 1900. I am hoping to locate the German Port of their departure > and the ship they traveled on. > > I am really interested in learning more about Regina POMMORIN. We > know her birth date is March of 1854 and that she was Polish. We > also know that she had a son Adolph Pommorin who was born in Ober, > East Prussia. He immigrated to the US on Nov 14th, 1898. The ship > was the Pretoria from Hamburg, Germany to port of NY. From the ships > manifest I learned that his birth date was Feb. 1874. His last > residence was Tattein. Ancestry.com has this information but nothing > on August Laurenz/Lorenz and family immigration. > > August Laurenz/Lorenz b July 1856/57 in Reuschendorf, Germany > > m Regina Pommorin b Mar. 1854 > > children at that time were > > Louise Laurenz/Lorenz b May 1881 > > Maria/Mary Laurenz/Lorenz b May 1885 > > August Ludwig Laurenz/Lorenz b Oct 1888 > > Franz/Frank b May 1892 in Wiersbinen, East Prussia > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com