Hi Barbie,
Thanks for the suggestions. This is quite the strange deal. Henry
William Meyer was a business man in Appleton WI and we found a quite
extensive biography written after his death, telling all about him and
his accomplishments which seemed like a great find. It lists his parents
and a total history of dates etc. Since it said they came from Bossum
Hannover one would figure it would be easy to trace his back ground. Not
So!!! All I can figure is the persons accent led the writer astray.---Bob
Hello,
Pretty Geeky thing to suggest...
redirect to /world/GM/06/Herssum.html
Haven't looked at the scribe but also I think H's often look like
B;s.Warmest Regards,
Barbie
> To: hannover-l@genealogy.net
> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:20:58 -0600
> From: bobmarval@juno.com
> Subject: Re: [HN] Bossum
>
> Thanks Barbara,
>
> I have a feeling with a German accent Bassum could be mistaken
for
> Bossum. Would you agree?? I find Bassum below and near Bremen,
would that
> have been in Hannover kingdom in the early 1800's? Do you know if
Bassum
> has evangelical church records? Thanks Bob
>
> n Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:53:16 -0800 Barbara Stewart
<raybarbara@san.rr.com>
> writes:
> > Hello Bob,
> >
> > Maybe the name is Bassum. Look here:
> > http://meta.genealogy.net/
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Barbara
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > To the list,
> > >
> > > I am searching Germany for Henry William Meyer whos records
here
> > say he
> > > was born 3 Aug 1843 at Bossum Hannover. The record here states> > his
> > > parents as Arendt and Anna Meyer. I am having no luck finding> > Bossum. Is
> > > it possible there is no such place? Any one with help would
be
> > > appreciated. Could it be the spelling is wrong and maybe it is> > Bassum?
> > > Thanks---Bob
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