Marquardt and Markwart are interchangeable names, and German. Rose. > Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 20:04:49 -0500 > From: "Elaine O'Neill" > > I sent to Michigan for my Great-grandmother's death certificate. > Rather than it answering some questions it's only creating more. > Partly because of the handwriting on the original record, and partly > because of conflicting information. > > I was hoping for a definite birth location, but only got "Germany". > On well. Could be worse I guess. > > But the big questions are regarding names. On my grandfather's > marriage record from Windsor, Ontario he gives his mother's maiden > name as BRUCHESCI. I assumed there may have been a spelling error but > that the correct name would at least be something similar. But no! On > her death record her husband gives her father's name as John KUSC, and > her mother's maiden name as Tesia (?) MARQUADT. Is MARQUADT a German > name? It almost sounds a bit French to me. And how does one get > BRUCHESCI from KUSC? I have to assume that the information on the > death record is more accurate because it was provided by her husband, > rather than one of her children. > > Thanks for any input or advice. > > Elaine O'. > in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks >