Hello Blaine,
I'm not so sure that the name George is interchangeable with Gerhard.
George in German can be Georg or Jürgen. Gerhard is often spelled Gerard in
English. Of course, anybody can change a name to whatever they wish. Or he
could use his second name (or middle name) and may have been Johann Gerhard
as well and still goes by the name George.
To follow up on Werner's suggestion about Emsburen, here is the
Ortsfamilienbuch for Emsburen. There are many Feldmanns there, but not an
obvious match for your Feldman:
http://db.genealogy.net/ofb/famlist.php?ofb=emsbueren&b=F&modus=
Click on Feldmann and you will see quite a few names!
The LDS does not have records for Lingen Catholics. This is true of the
whole area near the Ems river. It makes the search rather difficult.
Do you know any other person's name who may have emigrated with your
Feldmann? There are a number of names in the Osnabruck archives, including
the name Gerhard. But it would be difficult to know you had the right one,
unless you could match it with others who may have traveled with him. You
can order records by using the code on the Archive page online. See what
you think about this list:
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PERS Feldmann s. a. Köhler 5485
PERS Feldmann s. a. Ricker 6463
PERS Feldmann, Anne Marie 17658
PERS Feldmann, Bernhard 3432
PERS Feldmann, Bernhard Heinrich 3431
PERS Feldmann, Bernhard Hermann 3431
PERS Feldmann, Bernhard Joseph 3431
PERS Feldmann, Carl Friedrich 19979
PERS Feldmann, Caspar Heinrich 19980
PERS Feldmann, Caspar Heinrich 19981
PERS Feldmann, Catharina Margaretha 6675
PERS Feldmann, Catharine Marie Elisabeth 23185
PERS Feldmann, Christian 23185
PERS Feldmann, Clemens Joseph Heinrich 19982
PERS Feldmann, Ferdinand Matthias 10363
PERS Feldmann, Friedrich Matthias 10364
PERS Feldmann, Gerard Johann 20438
PERS Feldmann, Gerhard 20439
PERS Feldmann, Gerhard Heinrich 3431
PERS Feldmann, Hanna 23185
PERS Feldmann, Heinrich 10365
PERS Feldmann, Heinrich 10366
PERS Feldmann, Heinrich 23185
PERS Feldmann, Hermann Friedrich Rudolph 10367
PERS Feldmann, Hermann Heinrich Karl 5485
PERS Feldmann, Johann Christian Alfred 1015
PERS Feldmann, Johann Gerhard Wilhelm 6672
PERS Feldmann, Johann Gerhard Wilhelm 6673
PERS Feldmann, Johann Heinrich 19983
PERS Feldmann, Johann Heinrich 21371
PERS Feldmann, Johann Heinrich 23186
PERS Feldmann, Johann Lambert 6674
PERS Feldmann, Johann Lambert 6675
PERS Feldmann, Joseph 6463
PERS Feldmann, Lambert Bernard Wilhelm 6674
PERS Feldmann, Lambert Bernhard Wilhelm 6675
PERS Feldmann, männl. 10370
PERS Feldmann, männl. 19979
PERS Feldmann, männl. 20437
PERS Feldmann, männl. 21371
PERS Feldmann, männl. + weibl. 6673
PERS Feldmann, Maria Adelheid 8162
PERS Feldmann, Marie Catharine 10368
PERS Feldmann, Marie Catharine Wilhelmine Charlotte 10369
PERS Feldmann, Marie Elisabeth 23186
PERS Feldmann, Marie Gertrud 26325
PERS Feldmann, Regine Wilhelmine 23155
PERS Feldmann, Rudolph Friedrich 10370
PERS Feldmann, Rudolph Friedrich 10371
PERS Feldmann, weibl 21371
PERS Feldmann, weibl. 20437
PERS Feldmann, weibl. 3431
PERS Feldmann, Willi 23185
If the code numbers are close or a duplicate, one can guess that they
traveled together.
Barbara