I would try and get a copy of his death notice that might of been in a newspaper, and if a funeral home was used I would contact them and see if they have any different info. Kathy in NJ In a message dated 8/2/2009 10:45:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Shiela: He was naturalized in Boston. He died in 1908 in Brockton, MA. I have checked all censi and records here in MA. All that I have ascertained is the information I have mentioned in my posts. I am really looking for how to find information about him in Prussia, e.g., where would be a good place to look for records if I think he was born in Stettin? What if I do not find the name Wormell in any records, could it have sounded like Wormell but be spelled differantly? Basically, I have exhausted all leads on this side of the Atlantic and need help of how to resume the search, based on the information I do have, from the sources here. Thanks JIm On Aug 2, 2009, at 9:54 PM, Sheila Kapella wrote: > Jim: Where was he naturalized? Do you know where and when he > died? Have > you found him in all available census records? Sheila K. > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > >> According to my great grandfather's naturalization papers, he arrived >> in Boston, from Prussia, on 29 FEB 1856. He was 15 years old. Family >> story says he worked his way over from Germany as a cabin boy on a >> ship. He never spoke about the "old country". My father said he >> thought his grandfather came from Essen or Stettin. In looking at a >> map of Prussia of 1850, Essen was not part of Prussia so it appears >> that Stettin, now Szczecin, Poland, is possibly a starting point for >> my research. >> >> This is my last line and brick wall of my tree which I have been >> researching for 40 years. I have only come across WORMELL as an >> English name and any records I have seen for Germany/Prussia do not >> show the name. >> >> If anyone can point me in the right direction as to where to start >> based on this information, it would be greatly appreciated. I have >> gone so far as taking a long shot and joining the Germany DNA group >> to >> have have my DNA tested, in hopes that there might be a match. No 37 >> marker matches. >> >> Interestlingly, the both witnesses on his naturalization papers were >> from Denmark. Both worked in shipping industry...one as a captain, >> the >> other as the owner of a "employment agency" for the shipping >> industry. >> Both also lived near him in East Boston. My great grandfather was a >> sea captain. >> >> Thank you, Jim Wormelle ("e" added on early 1900's) >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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 **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115)