Hello To Every one, My brick wall is my Huguenot, Laux JENTER born circa 1580 in France, escaped into Germany and settled in Heselwangen, BW, Germany. His son was Laux Richter JENTER, born 1633, I know not where. His son was Laux JENTER born 17 Oct 1654 in Heselwangen. I have church records from the Heselwangen Evangelisch Church in Heselwangen for him, born 1654, onward, all the way to myself. My Great Great grandfather Christian JENTER came to the USA at age 27 in 1854. Church records in Germany, from the Heselwangen Evangelisch and then from the Zillhausen Evangelisch, where my great great great great grandfather Johann Martin JENTER moved to from Heselwangen Germany, show that all the male line of JENTERS were weavers, most probably silk weavers. The towns of Heselwangen and Zillhausen Germany are about 3 miles apart. >From another HWE listers researching a surname similar to JENTER, the name she is researching is YENTER, she found some evidence that the JENTERS might have come from the town of Herbsheim, France, which is in Alsace Lorraine. This town over the many, many years has belong to both Germany and France, with many changing border lines. She also indicated the the name JENTER might have also been spelled JENDRE. A check with the LDS records show that Catholic church records for Herbsheim only go back to the 1600's. There are several postings on the IGI for the JENTER name in the United Kingdom. One Francis JENTER was christened 22 Feb 1559 at St Andrew Undershaft, London. The location of St Andrew on maps of London shows it crosses Threadneedle St, a know area of Huguenot Silk Weavers. A few other records of JENTERS on the IGI in the United Kingdon show that the early JENTER name also appear in areas also know to have been places where Huguenots lived. It is possible that these early JENTERS in the IGI in the United Kingdon, were relatives of my Germany JENTER ancestors. I have found several surnames silimar to JENTER also on the IGI from the UK, in areas where Huguenots were know to have lived. They include JENDRE, GENDER, GENDRE, also a possible spelling might have been YENTER. In Germany the name JENTER is pronounced as if the first letter was Y instead of a J. In the USA the name JENTER is pronounced with the first letter as J. Please excuse this long message, but anyone with ideas or suggestions in helping me over my brick wall would be most appreciated. Thank you in advance. Karen JENTER Michigan USA

Hi - I read these messages about ancestors from abroad, and wonder what clues have been followed to find them? Is there a source I could seek to give me an idea? Like many, I suspect some of my south coast rellies may have come from France etc,. but how to find out? Any help much appreciated. Peter Killow, Oxfordshire. -----Original Message----- From: JenterKar@aol.com [mailto:JenterKar@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:50 PM To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HWE] Brick Wall-JENTER Family Hello To Every one, My brick wall is my Huguenot, Laux JENTER born circa 1580 in France, escaped into Germany and settled in Heselwangen, BW, Germany. His son was Laux Richter JENTER, born 1633, I know not where. His son was Laux JENTER born 17 Oct 1654 in Heselwangen. I have church records from the Heselwangen Evangelisch Church in Heselwangen for him, born 1654, onward, all the way to myself. My Great Great grandfather Christian JENTER came to the USA at age 27 in 1854. Church records in Germany, from the Heselwangen Evangelisch and then from the Zillhausen Evangelisch, where my great great great great grandfather Johann Martin JENTER moved to from Heselwangen Germany, show that all the male line of JENTERS were weavers, most probably silk weavers. The towns of Heselwangen and Zillhausen Germany are about 3 miles apart. >From another HWE listers researching a surname similar to JENTER, the name she is researching is YENTER, she found some evidence that the JENTERS might have come from the town of Herbsheim, France, which is in Alsace Lorraine. This town over the many, many years has belong to both Germany and France, with many changing border lines. She also indicated the the name JENTER might have also been spelled JENDRE. A check with the LDS records show that Catholic church records for Herbsheim only go back to the 1600's. There are several postings on the IGI for the JENTER name in the United Kingdom. One Francis JENTER was christened 22 Feb 1559 at St Andrew Undershaft, London. The location of St Andrew on maps of London shows it crosses Threadneedle St, a know area of Huguenot Silk Weavers. A few other records of JENTERS on the IGI in the United Kingdon show that the early JENTER name also appear in areas also know to have been places where Huguenots lived. It is possible that these early JENTERS in the IGI in the United Kingdon, were relatives of my Germany JENTER ancestors. I have found several surnames silimar to JENTER also on the IGI from the UK, in areas where Huguenots were know to have lived. They include JENDRE, GENDER, GENDRE, also a possible spelling might have been YENTER. In Germany the name JENTER is pronounced as if the first letter was Y instead of a J. In the USA the name JENTER is pronounced with the first letter as J. Please excuse this long message, but anyone with ideas or suggestions in helping me over my brick wall would be most appreciated. Thank you in advance. Karen JENTER Michigan USA ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== To access list archives: go to URL's below for 1)threaded or 2)keyword 1) http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/huguenots-walloons-europe 2) http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2