Edwards Family from Danzig

Hi,

I am researching my great grandfather, Charles Edwards, he was born around 1839-1841 in Danzig Prussia, now Gdansk Poland.
He may have also been known as Carl Edvars or Edvards.

His father was apparently English and his mother German. I have no other details of them other than that the family were involved in the cotton industry.

He migrated to New Zealand around 1862 and arrived qualified as a master mariner.

Any help on this would be appreciated.

Ian

Hello Ian

You may find information regarding the family name linked on one of the
pages located or linked here:

http://many-roads.com/libraries/prussia-histories/

Pax Vobiscum,
...mark (Mark Rabideau)

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Ian,
Do you know any further information such as the religion of the family, and
whether they came from Danzig itself or surrounds? Have you been able to
find a shipping manifest?
Are you familiar with filmed records available at Family History Centres?
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localityhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&PLACE=gdansk&PARTOF=&prePLACE=gdansk&prePARTOF=
There are however a lot of churches in Danzig itself so you may have a huge
job ahead unless you can considerably narrow down the birth location.
Kind regards,
Bronwyn.