Hi all: Perhaps someone has an idea I haven't tried: Please! Six BECKERICH brothers left Parish Garnich, Luxembourg about 1690 and went to Parish Bitche in Alsace. Parish Garnich church records show one BECKERICH, Elizabeth. But no males, nor is the mother, Gertrude GUNGLER listed. Nor can the names be found in the records of the village of Beckerich. What else can I try? bob
Hi all: Perhaps someone has an idea I haven't tried: Please! Six BECKERICH brothers left Parish Garnich, Luxembourg about 1690 and went to Parish Bitche in Alsace. Parish Garnich church records show one BECKERICH, Elizabeth. But no males, nor is the mother, Gertrude GUNGLER listed. Nor can the names be found in the records of the village of Beckerich. What else can I try? bob
Hi all: New approach, I hope. Six Beckerich brothers are supposed to have left Parish Garnich in Luxembourg before 1700. Church records show one Beckerich, Elizabeth. There is a village of Beckerich! The mother was Gertrude Gungler. Where else might you suggest I look? Bob
I am searching for any information on the Kamesch, Wilwer, Milhalek, or Dewar families. John and Annalissa Kamesch emigrated from Luxembourg circa 1900. Any information would be useful. Thanks, Art
I want to thank everyone who was kind enough to assist me in locating towns, etc., that I could not find. Expedia was extremely helpful. Thanks especially to Werner Lichter, who once again came to my rescue. Werner, how did you find Hof Faitz? I can't find it on any map -- but that must be the location of my Great, Great Grandmother Margareta Julia OBERTREIS's birth on June 30, 1850. What do you know about the farm Hof Faitz? Again, thanks to all who helped. Everyone is SO NICE! Valerie Hoff vkhoff@aol.com
Thank you all for your help with the town Hellenhausen Florence
How can I find out info about BIEVER FAMILIES that came from the city of TRIER?? FRANCIS BEIVER AND JOHANN OR JOHN BEIVER COULD BE BEVER BIBER BEIVER BIEVER BEAVER OR BIVER SPELLING HAVE A HAPPY DAY BEEVES
Someone listed Failz as the name of a town that they were unable to find in the area. You may try "Fels" as a name used for Larochette Luxembourg. Just a thought. Frank Ziegele, looking for Johann Ziegele Larochette (Fels) Luxembourg.
I have a baptismal record in Chicago 1870 showing the parents as follows : Leonard Schomer -Eichweiler Borrasia Louisa Testor - Holzhausen - Borrasia I could not find Eichweiler , but I found Eschweiler & Elchweiler and Holzhausen I know the person writing the certificate could have made a mistake but maybe there was an Eichweiler back thenabout 1818, I assume Borrasia is Prussia . The parents had another son Henry who was born in Eshfeld according to a baptismal record for one of Henry's children Any help would be appreciated . Thanks Mike Schummer
Anyone have any recipes that are popular/native in the Trier region? Angie
Hello, yes now I am shure: Hellenhausen and not Wellenhausen is corect. The town of Hellenhausen got a part of Eyweiler and now writtwen as Eiweiler. Eiweiler and Hellenhausen got a part of Heusweiler. The registry office of Heusweiler will have all the birth,death,marriages of the towns like Hellenhausen since 1798 up to 1999. They are able to make normal copies of the entries for I think 8 US-$. Their address is: Standesamt Heusweiler Saarbruecker Str. 35 D-66265 Heusweiler (Saarland) Germany/Deutschland phone: Germany-6806-911-0 I will ask the burgomaster for more information if wanted from you. sincerely Werner in Germany -------------------- Florence Notch schrieb: > > I have record of my ggrandfather born in Niedersaubach, Saalouis. Godparents > from Hellenhausen or Wellenhausen ( can't make out if H or W ). The only > Wellenhausen I found on expedia maps was in Bayern. I can't imagine > godparents traveling such a distant. Could there have been a town with that > name in 1829 and no longer exist? > Thank you > Florence > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Brother, > Can you spare $10 for Rootsweb? > Ask me why ... mailto:dsam@wasatch.com
Dear Mrs. Notch, the town of Hellenhausen is a part of the parish of Eyweiler and was located only 450 meter from the parish town away. Today it is a part of Eyweiler in the district of Saarbruecken and Saarlouis. In 1905 it had only 91 roman catholic inhabitans, the town Eyweiler had 638. The other town in the parish was Kirchhof with 142 inhabitans. So the whole parish had 3 towns with 871 roman catholic people and 6 protestants in Eyweiler. Perhaps these towns are today a part of the city of Saarbruecken, the capital city of the Saarland,Germany ? I will look for more information. Werner in Germany Florence Notch schrieb: > > I have record of my ggrandfather born in Niedersaubach, Saalouis. Godparents > from Hellenhausen or Wellenhausen ( can't make out if H or W ). The only > Wellenhausen I found on expedia maps was in Bayern. I can't imagine > godparents traveling such a distant. Could there have been a town with that > name in 1829 and no longer exist? > Thank you > Florence > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Brother, > Can you spare $10 for Rootsweb? > Ask me why ... mailto:dsam@wasatch.com
Hello, St. Vith is today a part of Belguim in the german language region of east Belgium just some miles north of the northern Luxembourg border. It is a nice city. The people there speak Luxembourgian as their language, they speak german and french, too. It is a european city. They do have good connections to the Trier area, specially to Pruem and Bitburg. And not far away from Bitburg are the towns of Orenhofen, the farm calle Hof Faitz,... sincerely Werner in Germany > Subject: > Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Help with Location of Towns > Date: > Fri, 06 Aug 1999 00:20:56 -0700 > From: > Joan Born <joanb5@earthlink.net> > To: > Vkhoff@aol.com > References: > 1 > > St Vith is in Belgium in the south near Luxemburg. I have ancestors in > Manderfeld which is north east of there. That area was part of RH > Prussia until 1920 when it became part of Belgium. I'm not sure if St > Vith was in Prussia, but I assume it was--in the Rheinland. > > Joan > > -- > > Joan Schneider Born > > Researching Surnames: > > Austria-Bohemia: BENESCH, HUNA, LENG, LIEBL, SCHNEIDER, YOUNG (YUNG) > Germany: BORN, HERRMAN > Buellingen & Manderfeld area of Belgium....which before 1920 was in > RH Prussia: BRAND, CHRISTEN, DROMMER, GROSJEAN, HAMMES, > HUPERTZ, KLINKERS, KNOTT, LAMBY, MURGES, ROSS, > TURBES > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Sister, > Can you spare $10 for Rootsweb? > Ask me why ... mailto:dsam@wasatch.com
I have record of my ggrandfather born in Niedersaubach, Saalouis. Godparents from Hellenhausen or Wellenhausen ( can't make out if H or W ). The only Wellenhausen I found on expedia maps was in Bayern. I can't imagine godparents traveling such a distant. Could there have been a town with that name in 1829 and no longer exist? Thank you Florence
correction the site for maps is www.expediamaps .com
Hello Joan, No I don't know what ship my ggrandfather left in. I know that he did travel all the way around the Cape and into Mexico before he ended up in Indiana. I'm not sure why he ended up in Indiana or how he arrived there either. I haven't been able to find out any thing more about him before he came to America or about his family in Trier, Germany. His name was Charles A. Meyer and his parents were Ludwig Meyer and ? Bernasco. At 12:23 PM -0700 8/6/99, Joan Born wrote: >Perhaps that is why my ggrandparents and children left RH Prussia in 1857!! Do >you know where yours sailed from? I have been trying to find the ship my >TURBES >family sailed on and from what port. > >Joan > >Diana Meyer wrote: > >> Angie, My great grandfather had to leave Germany in 1857 at the age of 15 >> or he would have been conscripted into the army. He was not a peasant >> either, his father >> was a doctor in Trier, Ludwig Von Meyer. So it may have been more common >> then you think! > > > > >==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Sister, >Can you spare $10 for Rootsweb? >Ask me why ... mailto:dsam@wasatch.com
Perhaps that is why my ggrandparents and children left RH Prussia in 1857!! Do you know where yours sailed from? I have been trying to find the ship my TURBES family sailed on and from what port. Joan Diana Meyer wrote: > Angie, My great grandfather had to leave Germany in 1857 at the age of 15 > or he would have been conscripted into the army. He was not a peasant > either, his father > was a doctor in Trier, Ludwig Von Meyer. So it may have been more common > then you think!
Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Help with Location of Towns Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 00:20:56 -0700 From: Joan Born <joanb5@earthlink.net> To: Vkhoff@aol.com References: 1 St Vith is in Belgium in the south near Luxemburg. I have ancestors in Manderfeld which is north east of there. That area was part of RH Prussia until 1920 when it became part of Belgium. I'm not sure if St Vith was in Prussia, but I assume it was--in the Rheinland. Joan -- Joan Schneider Born Researching Surnames: Austria-Bohemia: BENESCH, HUNA, LENG, LIEBL, SCHNEIDER, YOUNG (YUNG) Germany: BORN, HERRMAN Buellingen & Manderfeld area of Belgium....which before 1920 was in RH Prussia: BRAND, CHRISTEN, DROMMER, GROSJEAN, HAMMES, HUPERTZ, KLINKERS, KNOTT, LAMBY, MURGES, ROSS, TURBES
Angie, My great grandfather had to leave Germany in 1857 at the age of 15 or he would have been conscripted into the army. He was not a peasant either, his father was a doctor in Trier, Ludwig Von Meyer. So it may have been more common then you think! At 11:20 AM +0000 8/6/99, Angelia M Pfeifer wrote: >Hi Everyone! > >I am looking for information on the occupation of my family members before >they left Germany. I just learned an interesting story about my 4x great >grandfather who was drafted into the Prussian army against his will in >1848. According to the story, service in the Prussian army was so abhorrent >at that time that it was sarcastically referred to as "becoming a >Prussian." My grandfather, already unhappy to be in the army, was driven >too hard by an officer and threw his gun (bayonet attached) at the man. The >bayonet caused a huge gash in the officer's face. Unable to speak, the >commander was taken to the hospital. My grandfather managed to convince >authorities that the gun had been "fairly resulted from his grasp" but >believed court-martial was eminent as soon as the officer was able to speak >his side. So grandpa escaped into the German frontier, where he met a >"shrewd young woman" (whatever that means) who introduced him to a mounted >guard who in turn helped grandpa across the French border and then into >Italy with out a pass. Grandpa then fought for the Papal Guard before >immigrating to the US in 1856 where is finally settled down as a farmer in >Minnesota. > >I have read that conscription was not universal at that time in Prussia. I >know that most Junkers and their peasants were exempt from the draft. That >means grandpa's family must have been some sort of free peasantry or >members of some lower craft. Grandpa's name was John Pfeifer and he was >born in 1828. His father was Johannes Pfeifer born in 1787. Both were from >Rappweiler, Konfeld, Trier. John was christened at St. John the Baptist. >Can anyone guide me as to how to find their occupation? > >Thanks! > >Angie >APFEIFER@prodigy.net > > >==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the >Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html