Regarding military age for WW1 Germany, I think you will find this article most informative... http://www.greatwar.com/scripts/openExtra.asp?extra=10 Pax Vobiscum, ...mark (Mark Rabideau) ManyRoads Family Genealogist (Rabideau-Henss Family); *Professional Genealogist * *Visit us at: http://many-roads.com <http://many-roads.com/> * *Snail mail at: *711 Nob Hill Trail - Franktown,CO USA - 80116-8717 *phone:*+1.303.660.9400 *fax:*+1.303.660.9217 *member:*Association of Professional Genealogists & National Genealogical Society _____________________________________________________________________ *"It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't."* Rabbit, Pooh's Little Instruction Book (Winnie the Pooh) On 02/08/2012 04:07 PM, Marsha Ensminger wrote: > If Frederick was 20 when he arrived in the US in 1880, he would have been 56 in 1916... seems a bit old for a soldier. Perhaps the record you found was for a cousin or nephew? > > Marsha L. Ensminger > > > --- On Mon, 2/6/12, jkolpack21@roadrunner.com<jkolpack21@roadrunner.com> wrote: > >> From: jkolpack21@roadrunner.com<jkolpack21@roadrunner.com> >> Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] German Military question >> To: PRUSSIA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com >> Date: Monday, February 6, 2012, 11:50 AM >> >> Hello, Louisa and Frederick Reh came to the US >> from Prussia in 1880. It seems that when WWI broke out >> Frederick headed back to Germany and died fighting for >> Germany. He was listed among the German war dead in 1916. >> Can anyone tell me why he would travel back to Germany to >> enter the war after living here for 30 >> years? Researching the Kolpack and Schmick >> families from Kreis Rosenberg. >> Thanks, Jeffrey Kolpack >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com >> 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 PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >