Hello Jenny T. More of Moritz Nathan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morris Nathan Pedigree Male Family -------------------------------------------------------------------- Event(s): Birth: , , Germany Christening: Death: Burial: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parents: Father: Herman Nathan Family Mother: Dinah Lehman -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriages: Spouse: Rachel Sommerfeld Family Marriage: 01 APR 1906 Manhattan, New York, New York -------------------------------------------------------------------- Messages: Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: M001705 The parents records now , may show more records. The name of the town , that They came from is really needed to check the FHC microfilms. Karl Roussin ============================================ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny T" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:44 PM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Moritz Nathan and Rachel Sommerfeld > Hello Herb, Karl and Maureen > > Thank you all for your help and research. > > I have passed all three pieces of research on to my friend and from her > memory it seems that Karl and Maureen have struck the famlies. Herb thank > you for your input one can never have too much information and there may > be a connection later down the track. > > Given that I now know the names of Rachel Sommerfeld's parents I guess > that I should look for a death certificate for them. Will I be able to do > much tracing using the English language and text. I feel way out of my > depth. > > Many thanks again for all the help > > Jenny T > > <<Karl Roussin wrote: > Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:23:52 -0500 > Jenny T. > The only record that I could find of Them is of the marriage of Rachel > Sommerfeld as follows; > > Rachel Sommerfeld Pedigree Female Family > Event(s): > Birth: , , Germany > Christening: > Death: > Burial: > Parents: Father: Abraham Sommerfeld Family > Mother: Bertha Baer > Marriages: > Spouse: Morris Nathan Family > Marriage: 01 APR 1906 Manhattan, New > York, New York > There are records of 3 Moritz Nathan's , however I would need His birth > date. Karl Roussin > > <<Maureen wrote: > Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:00:24 EDT > Jenny - it looks like there were a number of Moritz Nathan's - Herb found > one of them. > I found one too, (on Ancestry) indicating a Moritz Nathan, occupation > jeweler, filed a Petition for Citizenship in the District Court of the > United > States for the Southern District of New York on 1 August 1901, renouncing > sovereignty to the Emperor of Germany. > The witness attesting to the truth of his Petition is Mortz Cassier (?) > says Nathan was a resident of 70 E. 20th Street - Borough - ? illegible, > NY. > > Nathan was born on 13 May 1876 and emigrated to the US on 30 Oct 1893. > That's a 10 year difference from the Moritz Nathan which Herb found - > sooooo - it looks like you will need to track several people with the same > name. And Castle Garden was kaput by 1893. I chose this one because he > is a jeweler, as you stated. > > The person writing this document was carried away with his penmanship, > difficult to read - but a tidbit for you. > > You can check out city directories and censuses and death records, and see > if this one is your friend's. > Maureen > > <<Jenny T wrote: > Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:00:24 EDT > > Hello List > I am new to this list, to Prussia/German Genealogy, I live in Australia > and I am doing research on behalf of a close friend. > > We have the following information for my friend's paternal great > grandparents > > Moritz NATHAN born Germany he had his own business selling jewelry married > Rachel SOMMERFELD and it is thought that her family line had established > the town Sommerfeld. > > Moritz and Rachel NATHAN came to New York America by boat in the year > 1883. > > This is all the information we have to date as my friend came to Australia > from America to marry and live during the 1960s and has no family > documentation to work through. > > Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated. > > Kind regards > Jenny T > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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