George -- You are correct... there are a lot of SCHWICKERATH's in Iowa, but I believe these folk come from a SCHWICKERATH family that came from Greimerath, Germany. Greimerath is about 30 km straight south of Trier, Germany, thus about 70 km south of Orsfeld. Charles Anton SCHWICKERATH Jr. of Sapulpa, Oklahoma has prepared a nice website documenting this family (see: http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Schwickerath/default/) for details. Unfortunately, the site does not include the brothers that Karl-Heinz is interested in, nor does it contain my people. It is a hint on ancestors, though, for both of us, and may be a possibility for the descendants that Karl-Heinz is interested in. Thanks for the thought, Tom Steichen ----- Original Message ----- From: George Hill <papa@cybcon.com> To: Steichen <steichen@bellsouth.net> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Orsfeld > A check of the White Pages shows a LOT of these folks > living in Iowa today. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steichen <steichen@bellsouth.net> > To: TRIER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <TRIER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, October 04, 1999 6:57 PM > Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Orsfeld > > > >> the following immigrants from Orsfeld, Germany, to the U.S.A. were > >relatives on > >> my mother's side : > >> > >> Jakob Brand, born December 1, 1837 > >> Matthias Schwickerath, born January 29, 1844 > >> Michael Schwickerath, born March 2, 1847 > >> Johann Grün (later John Green), born August 13, 1852 > >> > >> Jakob Brand, Matthias Schwickerath and his brother Michael arrived at > >Baltimore > >> on April 8, 1870. Jakob Brand was cousin to the Schwickerath brothers. > >> Johann Grün arrived at New York on July 7, 1880. > >> > >> I have no information on where they settled in the U.S.A. Would like > >to contact > >> descendants. Any hints will be appreciated. Thank you very much. > > > > Karl-Heinz -- > > > >I can't help you with where these people settled in the U.S., but I > >think it is possible that we have common relatives. My great-great > >grandfather, Matthias ZWILLING of Wallenborn, married Eva Catherina > >SCHWICKERATH on Jul 15, 1865 in Wallenborn, and they had 5 children. > >She was the daughter of Nicolai SCHWICKERATH and Elisabeth SCHMITZ. > >After Matthias died, she married Johann Frederico PFLÜGER on Sep 24, > >1881 and had 3 more children. > > > >So far, I have not found Eva Catherina's birth date or birth location, > >as neither appear in the Wallenborn church records during the > >appropriate time period. If I have my geography correct, Orsfeld is > >near Bitburg and Wallenborn is less than 20 km further up Bundesstraße > >257. Do you recognize these people? If not, do the SCHWICKERATH's have > >a long history in Orsfeld? Any information would be greatly > >appreciated. > > > >Tom Steichen > >Winston-Salem, NC USA