I know several living Trames in the Covington area. > [Original Message] > From: Carol Sanman <carolsanman@cinci.rr.com> > To: <KYKENTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/3/2006 3:01:52 PM > Subject: Re: [KYKENTON] The Vechta, Oldenburg and Hanover to Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana > > I have some Trame ancestors that are from Oldenburg. But no specific > town. The earliest one I can track is Bernard Trame b. 1836. He > emigrated to Cincinnati in 1847. (according to the 1900 Census). > Does the Trame name appear in your research? > > Carol Sanman > On Apr 3, 2006, at 12:07 PM, miriam wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone else had ancestors or families they were > > researching from the Vechta or the area immediately outside of it > > that went to the Cincinnati, Ohio, Auglaize, Ohio, Covington/ > > Newport, Kentucky and Oldenburg, Indiana areas. I have noticed in > > my research, a growing trend for people from this area. Here's > > some surnames with towns of origin that I have found so far (note: > > they may be in more small towns that I've identified as of yet, if > > you have additions, please do let me know): > > > > Behne - Steinfeld (Vechta) > > Beiderhacke - Holdorf (Vechta) > > Borges - Schwagstorf (Lower Saxony) > > Brames - Ostercappeln (Lower Saxony) > > Busse - Goldenstedt, Ellenstedt (both in Vechta) > > Fahrendorf - Salzbergen (Oldenburg, near border of NorthRhine- > > Westphalia) > > Franxmann - Ohrbeck (Lower Saxony) > > Fuehner - Lingen (Lower Saxony) > > Hartke - Schwagstorf (Lower Saxony) > > Heving - Ochtrup (North-Rhine-Westphalia - most northern part, > > bordering Oldenburg) > > Kroeger - Ellenstedt (Vechta) > > Meirose - Steinfeld, Damme, Holdorf (all in Vechta) > > Nienkamp/Neenkamp - Steinfeld (Vechta) > > Prieshoff - Fladderlohausen, Neuenkirchen (all in Vechta) > > Rabe - Steinfeld (Vechta) > > Schulte - Steinfeld (Vechta), Epe (Hanover) > > Stuntebeck - Steinfeld, Damme, Neuenkirchen (all in Vechta) > > Von Hoene - Bersenbrueck (Lower Saxony) > > Voss - Neuenkirchen (Vechta) > > Wieghaus - Neunkirchen (Vechta) > > > > Families I know are from Oldenburg but don't know town yet: > > Brokamp > > Kemphaus > > Kruempelbeck > > Meyer > > Thies or These > > Wehenpohl > > Wessendorf/Westendorf > > > > Families from Saxony: > > Dedden - Werdau > > Plaggenborg - Werdau > > > > Families that listed Hanover on census, but may be from nearby as > > they attended same church and intermarried: > > Bestermann > > Bohnen > > Borges > > Brink > > Bruns/Brungs > > Diehlmann > > Franxmann > > Gerke/Gerken - Pecitohl? > > Hoemann > > Meibers > > Mueller > > Peter > > Prieshoff > > Rowekamp > > Schriber > > Sprengelmeyer > > Thamann > > Wischer/Wisker > > Zumdick > > > > > > These are just families I have looked into. Most of them were on > > the Covington side, but a few of these can be found in Cincinnati. > > I also was looking through my Heving data (hope to have the family > > history out by mid May or early June) and noticed on the German > > Pioneer Society of Covington meeting sheets that many of the people > > listed were in fact listing Vechta or Oldenburg as their ancestral > > homelands! When looking through microfilmed church records in > > Covington I came upon many entries for individuals in Oldenburg, > > but if they weren't a family I was researching, I didn't take note > > of them. Online there is the Amt. Damme emigration index, which I > > have printed out. Many of the names I saw there, though not my > > own), I recognized from the Mother of God, St. Joseph, St. > > Augustine, and St. Mary's church records in Covington, Kentucky. > > It appears many people from the Vechta did follow a man by the name > > of Franz Stallo, who led his parishioners first to Cincinnati, then ! > > to Auglaize, Ohio. Apparently some people who originally came to > > the Cincinnati area with Stallo, did not follow him north to > > Auglaize, rather they stayed in Cincinnati or went across the river > > to Covington and Newport, Kentucky OR went west across the state > > line into Oldenburg, Indiana. I realize not all these people are > > from the exact same area, but there does appear to be atleast some > > of them that fit into a pattern. One of the days the list will > > grown, I still have many people in my PAF who are simply born in > > Germany. I don't doubt some of them are from the same area. > > > > If you have any contributions to this mini-research project of > > mine, please do let me know. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KYKENTON Mailing List ==== > > To contact the List Admin: mailto:KYKENTON-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to: KYKENTON-L-request@rootsweb.com > > (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe > > in the body of the message. > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ______________________________