Do you have any information about these names? Thank you. Zelda Zeuge Dubel in USA, rvdubel@msn.com
Ballethen is very close to Kleinpreussenbruch, but in a different Kreis (district).
My ancestors were:
1st generation: Wilhelmine Bublitz, born circa 1810 Kreis Angerapp? or Kreis Gumbinnen?, East Prussia. A researcher said Wilhelmine's daughter grew up in Kleinpreussenbruch (Klein Pruschillen ) (Stolbovoe), Kreis Gumbinnen.
She married circa 1830 to Ferdinand Strauss. He was born circa 1810 in Kreis Angerapp? or Kreis Gumbinnen?, East Prussia. He was a "free man" (Losmann). He was a common laborer.
2nd generation: Amalie Strauss, born Ballethen (Baletken) (Sadovoye), Kreis Angerapp, East Prussia 28 Apr 1835, and died 1906 in Allenstein, Kreis Olsztynski, East Prussia.
She married circa 1859 in Ballethen? to Johann Friedrich Kamar, born 3 Apr 1828 in Bronisze (Bronischen) (Wittichsfelde), Kreis Goldap, East Prussia, son of Johann Camar and Karoline Kassing, died in Kreis Goldap?
3rd generation: Ernestine Wilhelmine Kamar, born 8 Aug 1864 in Scherrewischken, East Prussia 8 Aug 1864, died 1937 in USA.
She married 12 Apr 1887 in Bad Bramstedt, Holstein, Germany to Friedrich Wilhelm Zeuge, born 20 Nov 1857 in Neu-Maedewitz, Brandenburg, Prussia, died 1940 in USA. They emigrated to USA in 1924. They are my grandparents.