Hello Group,
I am looking for information for a cousin on Bastian Tyschow who was born in Germany about 1705. Bastian Tyschow showed in Maryland married in a Quaker marriage 1730-37
to Elizabeth Hebron. Later the name was spelled Tissue.
Thank you
Heather Knight
Hi Heather,
Perhaps the name was spelled Tischow? Or Tischoff? Using geogen, current name distribution seems to be from around Dresden, Saxony. Perhaps others have more information. Of course you know that in 1705, there was no nation of Germany. This of course is the Pfalz mailing list. Do you have emigration information about your ancestor and if so does it give any clues as to where they came from? Also it would seem that your ancestor may have emigrated during the so-called Palatine Migration. Not all of those people were actually from the Palatine or Pfalz. But you likely know that already
Maybe another list member can provide more information.
Kind regards,
Kelly Dazet
Hello Kelly and Heather,
in Germany names with -ow , off -endings are more likely found in the
eastern parts of Germany. They are of slavic origin, which means, that
Heather is right. This "cousin" does not come from the Palatinate (Pfalz)
but from former slavic regions like nowadays Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt,
Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern or former (now Poland)
East-/Westprussia. (
)
You would find more help in contacting the corresponding lists like
Sachsen-L,/ Sachsen-Anhalt-L,/ OW-Preussen-L etc.
Another hint:
This sub-forum specializes in questions of emigration . Registration is
free
Best regards
Dietmar (Blum)
Dear Ms. Knight,
Tyschow is a strange name for the emigration regions in the early 18th century. Maybe it was different over here, something like Dirschau.
Do you know the following book by Dorothee Hermanne Braithwait (N 1507 Glenn Road, Spokane, WA 99206): The Tyson Migration. 1989. It deals with a similar event, one Tyner Tyson, a quaker, who emigrated to Germantown in 1683.
How do you know that Bastian Tyschow was born in Germany, or rather, in the German-speaking area? Germany did not exist at that time. The political entity was the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation.
Sincerely yours, Friedrich R. Wollmershäuser