Hello Marsha, if you want to i would forward your query to the Hessenliste. Greetings Ruediger Am 23.02.2011 16:34, schrieb brian@amason.net: > I think that was supposed to be 1813, > or else how would he immigrate and have 2 children by 1855? > also, not that Marie looks very much life wife #2 or greater. > > At 1813 he'd have been ~31 and ~36 where Marie would have been 14& 19. > Possible but improbable. > > It's unlikely either child was Marie's. > > And it's likely this marriage happened 1850-1854 in Hanau. > > There for searching Hanau for deaths in the 1849-1854 range would be > probably a good place to start. Also looking for the marriage in that time > frame. Which should give a closer approximation to the immigration date, > and there, might even be a note about them immigrating. > > My suggestions for Parish is to start in the US, in the church they were > members of. Look for baptisms and marriages of the two children. In a > German > Reformed Church you will probably find a place of birth listed in any such > events. > > Brian > > > On Wed, February 23, 2011 8:46 am, Fred H Held wrote: >> Marsha, >> >> Please clarify your query. How can the husband be born on 31 May 1913 >> and his wife on 02 Dec 1830? Where did they live in America? >> >> At 02:00 AM 2/23/2011, you wrote: >>> From: Marsha<mstesdal@verizon.net> >>> Subject: [HESSE] KIESLING in HANAU, HESSE >>> To: HESSE@rootsweb.com >>> >>> Hoping to find Parish records for birth, death and marriage dates for >>> the family members of Andreas Kiesling, b. 31 May 1913 and his wife, >>> Marie Seifert Kiesling b. 02 Dec 1830 in Hanau, Hesse. >>> Emigrated to USA: Before 1855 with two children. >>> Children: >>> Frederick Kiesling, b. Abt 1844 in Hanau, Hesse, Germany. Emigrated >>> to USA with parents. >>> Catharine Kiesling, b. Abt 1849 in Hanau, Hesse, Germany. Emigrated >>> to USA with parents >>> >>> Suggestions for locating the parish-Family attended German Reform >>> Church in USA. >>> >>> M. Tesdal >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Dermatologists Hate Her >> Local Mom Reveals $5 Trick to Erase Wrinkles. Shocking Results Exposed >> http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4d651dad3d3be4369d6st06duc >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> HESSE-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 HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >