Hello
On the tombstone in Min, of a Germany immigrant, is the name of Klingner, on
the line below is the word "Ruhe" and the next line is "Sanft". When I
translate on Alta-Vista German to English I get - peace or silence for the first
word and gentle for the second word?
Seems strange to put on a tombstone. The cemetery said they do not have any
town that he comes from in Germany. One more thing, at the top of the
tombstone it had " I.O.O.F."
Wilma
I.O.O.F. would indicate that the person was a member of the Odd Fellows.
Maybe someone else can help you with the German.
I don't speak German, but it would seem to me that it might mean something like our rest in peace.
To find out where he was from, you might need to look at death certificates, naturalization papers, census records-that sort of thing. You didn't give a date, but a newspaper obit might be another option.
I've found a lot of help on county gen web sites, personally.
Cecelia in Texas
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WMack7@aol.com schrieb:
Hello
On the tombstone in Min, of a Germany immigrant, is the name of Klingner, on the line below is the word "Ruhe" and the next line is "Sanft". When I translate on Alta-Vista German to English I get - peace or silence for the first word and gentle for the second word?
"Ruhe sanft" is "rest in peace"
Hello Wilma,
someone already sorted the 'I.O.O.F.' for you.
Hello
On the tombstone in Min, of a Germany immigrant, is the name of
Klingner, on the line below is the word "Ruhe" and the next line is
"Sanft". When I translate on Alta-Vista German to English I get -
peace or silence for the first word and gentle for the second word?
This translation is correct, but 'Ruhe' also means rest, Sanft - gently.
Seems strange to put on a tombstone.
Not if you translate 'Ruhe' as rest. 'Rest gently' sounds alright to me
and is commonly used in Germany, even more than on gravestones on
the ribbons that are wound round a wreath at the funeral.
Ingrid