> > Can anyone suggest any other surname for Barbara? What about Tönnies (not so rare) or Tennies (really rare). See German Website for surname distribution based upon phone book entries from 2002 http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/v3/ Walter Wintjen > -----Original Message----- > From: nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyc-roots- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Loreen Wells > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 5:05 AM > To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] SEIBERT marriage > > Those two ffs could be SS. Those terminal SSs were sometimes written to > look like fs, especially on Germanic names. > Loreen Wells > > On 11-02-22 04:54 PM, j-appel@juno.com wrote: > > JOHN SEIBERT married CLARA (CAROLINE) HUDSON, Melrose Reformed > Church, > > Elton Ave. and 156th St. > > Married: July 19, 1885 > > Parents: WILLIAM SEIBERT and BARBARA FANNUFF?????? (originally > found > > Tunnief on a death certificate, not sure which is correct but the > Pastor > > may have been correct, it looks like an F not a T. > > > > PETER HUDSON and CATHERINE SCHULTZ (SCHUTZ) > > > > Can anyone suggest any other surname for Barbara? The two > ff's > > at the end are very clear. > > > > After marrying, they lived in MT. Vernon, NY and had 13 > > children. > > > > WILLIAM/WILHELM SEIBERT was born about 1823/24 in > > Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany > > > > BARBARA SEIBERT was born about 1826 in Hesse-Darmstadt, > > Germany > > > > They had 6 or 7 children: Mary, Anna E., William, John > Henry, > > Barbara, Peter Nicholas, Edward?? Edward I have not found on any of > their > > census'. He apparently was a concert violinist, possibly changed the > > spelling of Seibert and no one has any information about him other > than > > that, and supposedly a child of William and Barbara. > > > > I am especially interested in the family of Anna E. > Seibert > > who married WILLIAM MACK and they lived in Mt. Vernon, NY. They had > 7 > > children. William N., George Edward, Lena, Charles, Mabel ( married > > George Gibbs and had 10 children), Christina (Tina). 1910 census > showed > > a Gertrude (daughter in law of who?) living with the family. > > > > Jeanne Sedler Appel > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS- > 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 NYC-ROOTS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message