Hello Every one,
My name is Linda and I live in France. I have been researching my family for
a long time. It is very complicated because I have ancestors across Europe!
I have joined this group because on my mothers side I have many names from
East Prussia. At the moment I am trying to find information about *Elisabeth
Cochanski, geborene Borowski, *my Great, great, great Grandmother. This is
what I have so far. (I hope I have got the generations correctly listed! It
has been quite confusing! Can any one help me find the missing information,
or suggest where to look?
*Elizabeth Cochanski, geborene Borowski*
* This is my Gt, Gt, Gt Grandmother.*
*Birth:* ? somewhere between 1823/4
*Death: * 08/01/1909 in Goldap
*Marriage: *?
*Her parents*
*Father : **Borowski - no first name known*
*Birth*
*Marriage*
*Death*
*Last known residence:* Schippenbeil
* *
*Mother: *? No name known
*Birth*
*Marriage*
*Death*
*Last known residence :* Goldap**
*Husband*
*Gottlieb Cochanski*
*Birth :* ?
*Death:* Between 1861 and 8/01/1909 in Klesöwen, Kreises Oletzko
*Marriage:* ?
Profession : Krugerpaechter
*Children of Elizabeth and Gottlieb*
* *
*Bertha Agatha Cochanski* (My Great Grandmother)
*Birth :* 7* (17) December 1859 in Regellen
*Baptised :* 27th December 1859*
*Marriage* to Friederich Julius Hoffmann 3rd August 1886 in Goldap
*Death ?*
* *
* *
*Carl Gottlieb Cochanski**
*Birth :* 7th June 1861*
*Baptised:* 29th June 1861*
*Sources*
1. Sterbkunde ( copy made on 20 Feb. 1940) in Goldap
2.* Gurnen churchbook; Nr. 168/1859; Nr. 66/1861
The *Sterbekunde* is incomplete, and simply states ' weitere Angaben können
nicht gemacht werden'. I wonder why this is? Were records lost or destroyed
during the period leading up to the 1940s?