I have a Johan Fromke Frohmke Frahmke 1776-1827 d Trennewurth, Dith, Germany. Rowland Smuck/Schmuck of Roseburg, OR 97470 VISIT MY WEB SITE www.schmuckname.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] What does this say on passport -Hoben ber Rendsburg? > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: BPetura > Surnames: Frahm > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.ceeurope.germany.schleswig.general/6203.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I agree with cwtize that it looks like Hohen bei Rendsburg, and Hohen > means high I think. Not sure how this would translate to English. > > More interesting, however, is that he said on his passport application > that he was born about 31 December 1873 and he arrived about 15 November > 1889 from Hamburg on a ship that seems to be Normanne. > > Using the immigration records, there is a Johann Frahm, age 16, who > arrived 17 Nov 1890 from Prussia on the ship Normannia. The ship's record > shows where the passengers hailed from or started from, and Johann is > recorded as from Dellstedt. > > And Dellstedt is described [Wikipedia, German version] as a village north > of highway 203 between Heide and Rendsburg in Dithmarschen, Holstein, > Germany. > > On this map, see Rendsburg to the east, Heide to the west and Dellstedt > exactly as described, north of highway 203: > http://www.geoco.org/germany/Dellstedt/en_54.23_9.37.php > > Some of my ancestors are from just NE of Heide. > > I think this is likely to be your John Frahm. > > Let us know what you think. > > Barbara > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > ------------------------------- > 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 >