Hi Hans,
Thank you for your reply. What I have is an envelope where the Post Mark
clearly shows "Dortmund". This indicates that at least in 1925 there was a
Post Office with that name. I also have a funeral announcement dated 1925
that gives the name "Dartmund, Hannover". My mother's people came from
Germany in the mid 1850's. Their documents show they were from the "Kingdom
of Hannover". The letter I refer to above was to her father. Their name
was Wendt. The family who wrote the letter referred to above was "Mädel".
A woman wrote the letter and referred to my mother's father as "Uncle".
This indicates to me that she was a sister of my mother's father. Would it
be possible that a small village (Dortmund) could have been absorbed into
the city of Hannover sometime after 1925 and no longer exists? If that
would be the case how would I go about looking for records on it? I thank you
in advance. Bill Leichter
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Can someone inform me if the city of Hannover, Germany took over a
small
village called Dortmund? I am looking for ancestors who I believe came
from
the village since an address from 1925 shows "Dortmund, Hannover". Any
help on this would be very much appreciated. Thank you.
Bill Leichter
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Hi, Bill Leichter,
There was no kingdom Hanover any more in 1925, so I doubt if it is meant a
place Dortmund in Kingdom Hanover at this time. A possibilty one might
see, is that a street inside the city of Hannover is given, because of the
manor in which German Adresses are given: name, streetname and nr. and place
name. Unfortunately there is no street called "Dortmundweg. -straße oder
-gasse" today, the only similar streetname I can find is Dormannstraße. So.
if your adress is handwritten and not typed maybe there is some place for
an alternate reading.
If Province Hannover is meant and a place similar to "Dortmund" has to be
searched, one might come on "Dornum", which is nearby Emden in
Ostfriesland. Nothing else more closely available for the moment.
best wishes
Hans Peter Albers, Bienenbüttel