Re: HABICHT; Wettges, DEU; 1849-1884 Norman: If you are sure about the town name of Wettges being correct then write to: Evangelische or Katholische Kirchengemeinde Wettges Wettges - Baden Wuerttenberg Germany if you are not sure about the town or its correct spelling, consult German maps to find out. The Black Forest area is in Baden-Wuerttenberg. Address your letter to the minister(Herr Pfarrer) and ask him to check the birth and marriage and death registry for Heinrich Habicht. Most ministers will oblige. Good Luck Roger M. Eckoldt(Dartmouth,Nova Scotia) ~ Normal wrote: > HABICHT; Wettges, DEU; 1849-1884 > > Hi, list! I've tried this before but it's been a while. If someone who > is multilingual would like to interpret, go ahead, I only speak English, > regrettably. I'll readily accept answers in German. > > I am searching for information on my g-grandfather. _____ Henry > (Heinrich) Habicht was born about 1849. He was living with his aunt in > Wettges, Germany in 1873 when he married Elizabeth Höll. They had 4 > children Margaret (died 3 days old), Matthew (died 4 yo), Anna and > Elizabeth. Elizabeth and Henry planned on coming to America in June > 1884. Henry decided to work for extra funds in the Black Forrest > cutting timber. While there he contracted pneumonia and died after > returning to Wettges in early March 1884. Elizabeth decided to come to > America anyway, as that was the plan. Leaving the graves of two > children and her husband she emigrated to a country, where she didn't > speak the language, with a 3 yo and a 1 yo. Until the day of her death > her husband's picture sat on her bedstead. She communicated with his > family through two World Wars. I remember her well even though she died > in 1954. I can smell her fresh scentwhen I close my eyes. Why can't I > find his family??? Well, I'm sure there is no one else interested in > Henry. It would just be by chance that someone building a one name > database would catch him. There are seven known living decendants. The > other six are hoping I can find something. > > Any information about Henry or his possible aunt would be > enthusiastically accepted. > -- > Norman Stephan > > ~ Normal <nstephan@earthlink.net> Roger Eckoldt <urchinholdings@ns.sympatico.ca>