Möglicherweise Kandelstadt oder etwas Ähnliches! Ich habe gesehen, viele deutschen churchbooks in den letzten 20 Jahren aber habe nicht diesen Namen gesehen. Maybe Kandelstadt or something like that! I have seen a lot of German churchbooks over the last 20 years but have not seen that name. Steven Wehling ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:27 PM Subject: [OHHAMILT] A German surname? > Greetings, All; > > This year in Salt Lake City, I found the marriage record in 1902 for > August > MEYER to Mary SIEVE. This is definitely the couple I was looking for. > > Have never seen the names of his parents before and on this record, they > were listed as August MEYER and Dora KANDELDAD, both born in Germany. > > Would like some input on that surname -- "Kandeldad". I've done a lot > of > German research and it does not look right to me at all. It is written > very > clearly, so is either some kind of transcription error, or the writer > simply > did not hear it correctly. > > I have occasionally run across names similar to "Kandel", but that "dad" > on > the end totally throws me. > > Anyone have any ideas? I have searched references in Germany and in > the > US. I do not know whether August (Jr.)' s parents ever came to the US > or > not, but he immigrated about 1880-1882. One US census gave his > birthplace in > Germany as "Nurenburg". > > Thanks for your input. > > Ann Bergelt > Florida > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > > > To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: [email protected] > > Did you miss a message? You can find it in the list's archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ > > Don't forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton County: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.hamilton/mb.ashx > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >