Hi do any of you know of a Sophie Meyers who married Ferdinand Borchers back in Germany ? I have no dates for them or where in Germany they were located. Both of these are my greatgrandparents and their son was born March 13, 1891 in Germany but on his death certificate it only states Germany no town ,city, or village. It also states that his length of residence or stay in City of New York immediately prior to death was 10 years and this was June 17,1945 so I'm wondering if he was natualized when he died.His name was also Ferdinand Borchers and he married Matilide Wolf I think that was her maiden name . The problem I'm having is that their son Arthur married my mom and they divorced in 1946 and I never saw my grandmother again and my dad didn't mention about any details about her and I was dumb enough not to ask so I am up against a brick wall now. So any help would be deeply appreciated. Vicky Borchers Harkness

Frank & Vickie I have Borchers is my genealogy. You can check out this website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/6512/ The Borchers may have all come from the same area in Germany. Dorothy Swanson SOPHIE was born in Stroit, in the Duchy of Braunschweig on 22 Oct, 1830 (according to emigration records--Oct, 1829 by death certificate), daughter of HEINRICH CHRISTIAN BORCHERS (linen weaver) and SOPHIE MARIE HAARS. She immigrated to the United States sometime in ealy 1851. The Emigrant Index cards from the German archives have the note "Br.1.1851", which means Volume one of 1851. Three of her brothers came to America in 1854; they were: Friederich Wilhelm Borchers, born 26 Mar, 1818 in Stroit, also a linen weaver. Johann Ernst Conrad Borchers, born 27 Sep 1823 in Stroit. And finally, Heinrich Andreas Ludwig Borchers, born 24 Jun 1826 in Stroit. The younger two were not married, and their occupations were not listed. Friederich was married to Johanne Justine Caroline Steinhof in Stroit on 14 May 1843. Johanne was born 3 Jul 1821 in Groß Freden, daughter of Ilse Dorothee Steinhof. Friederich and Johanne had the following three children when they came to America: (1) Heinrich Christian Wilhelm, born 23 Jul 1847; (2) Engel Marie Dorothee, born 8 Dec 1849; and (3) Engel Sophie Caroline Auguste, born 12 Jul 1853. At this time it is not known where these three settled, but it should be noted that about this same time (mid-1850's) at least two Borchers men settled in a small community just west of the town of Crete, Indiana. They used these same family names over and over (Sophie, Engel, Dorothea, Conrad), but I haven't been able to check further into these families. In the 1850 census of the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin was listed a Frederick Borchers from Braunsweig--relationship to our Borchers is unknown. Sophie died 31 Mar 1899, while living with her daughter, Lena Meyer, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery there. Frank & Vicky Harkness wrote: > Hi do any of you know of a Sophie Meyers who married Ferdinand Borchers > back in Germany ? I have no dates for them or where in Germany they were > located. Both of these are my greatgrandparents and their son was born > March 13, 1891 in Germany but on his death certificate it only states > Germany no town ,city, or village. It also states that his length of > residence or stay in City of New York immediately prior to death was 10 > years and this was June 17,1945 so I'm wondering if he was natualized > when he died.His name was also Ferdinand Borchers and he married > Matilide Wolf I think that was her maiden name . The problem I'm having > is that their son Arthur married my mom and they divorced in 1946 and I > never saw my grandmother again and my dad didn't mention about any > details about her and I was dumb enough not to ask so I am up against a > brick wall now. So any help would be deeply appreciated. Vicky Borchers > Harkness > > ==== MEYER Mailing List ==== > To contact the list admin send an e-mail to: [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237