Please respond directly rather than to the list... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick M. Lofft" <pmlofft@comcast.net> To: <cjandrle@verizon.net> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 5:21 PM Subject: Buffalo Volksfreund Obituaries - George Meidenbauer > Please forward the following message to your members. Thanks, Patrick M. > Lofft > > Fellow researchers, > > I seek to connect with a researcher, who is familiar with the resources of > the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library and reads the German newspaper > typeset. I am prepared to compensate for reasonable time and expenses or > comparable research in the San Francisco bay area of California. > > My research task is to identify the Bavarian town or village from which my > late wife's maternal ancestors migrated to Buffalo. I hope that the > family > placed a death notice or obituary in the Buffalo Volksfreund. > > Buffalo Volksfreund, is on microfilm and available at the Central branch > of > the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library: 1891-1969 in German. Death > notices and obituaries are scattered through out the paper. Watch for Die > Todeschiene ("List of Death Certificates Issued") or Todesanzeige > ("Obituaries") or Entschlafen ("Eternal Rest"). I already did the easiest > research fragment of verifying through the research librarian that the > microfilm includes the months of Sept. 1911, May 1916 and Sept. 1919. > > George Meidenbauer was born in Germany 8 July 1844. He died 16 September > 1919 at 19 Persia St. He was buried from Holy Name church at Pine Hill > Cemetery on 20 September 1919. > > He married Margaret Daut in 1870 in Germany. > > Margaret was born Feb 1850 in Germany. She died 19 September 1911 at 1227 > Genesee Street, Buffalo NY. She was buried from Mary of Sorrows church at > Pine Hill Cemetery. > > When George was age 27 and Margaret Daut was age 21 they became the > parents > of Jacob Meidenbauer September 1871 in Germany. Jacob died 7 May 1916 at > Erie County Hospital. He was buried from Mary of Sorrows church at Pine > Hill Cemetery on 9 May 1916. > > George migrated to USA in 1882. George declared his intention to become a > citizen of the United States 13 October 1884 in Erie County Court in > Buffalo, Erie Co., NY. George was employed as a Tailor. > > He was listed as a resident in the census report 19 June 1900 in 1092 > Genesee St, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, USA. > > Their American born son, Frank Meidenbauer, identified his parents' > birthplace as Bavaria on the 1920 census. > > If any researchers are willing to undertake the above tasks, please > contact > me through email at pmlofft@comcast.net <mailto:pmlofft@comcast.net> . > > Sincerely, Patrick M. Lofft > If calling 925-462-2545, please leave a message. > >