Subject: Looking for my paternal Grandfather and Paternal Great Grandmother

Ich habe erst kürzlich durch 23 & Me DNA entdeckt, dass meine
Urgroßmutter Bennewitz heißt.

Ich würde annehmen, dass sie um 1860 irgendwo in Deutschland geboren wurde.
In meinen 35 Jahren Forschung, ich bin jetzt 90 Jahre alt, konnte ich
meinen Großvater, Augustus Adolph Fingados Geburtsstadt, nie finden.

Jede Unterstützung wäre sehr dankbar.

Vielen Dank für Ihre Zeit.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Mildred A. Fingado--Hubbard
Cupertino, CA 95014

Hallo Mildred, (wenn ich es aus deiner Mail herausgelesen habe)

dein Großvater war "Augustus Adolph Fingado", und anscheinend war seine Mutter eine geborene "Bennewitz"?

Was weißt du von deinem Großvater, wo hat er gelebt, wo geheiratet, wo wurden die Kinder geboren (dein Vater?), wo starb er?

Sind dir Namensvarianten bekannt?

In der Zwischenzeit habe ich noch einige Datenbanken durchstöbert. Es gibt nicht viele "Fingado"-Namensträger. Auf einer alten Telefonbuch-CD waren es 24 Nennungen.

Viele Grüße Günter (Bassen)

Auch von mir ein Herzliches Hallo aus Deutschland
Interessante noch ob Geschwister vorhanden waren. Jede kleinste Erinnerung kann helfen. Gebäude, Auswanderung. Anekdoten. Einfach alles. Briefe..etc.Wir schauen alles durch..LGImke Berbig

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Gunther - Thank you for your response.

Augustus Adolph Fingado was born 6 December 1855.

I do not know what city he was born in Germany.

My DNA results indicate that my Great Grandmother was Maria Sophia
Bennewitz and no indication where she was born, other than Germany.

Augustus Adolph Fingado lived in Denver, Colorado, USA in 1880 when he
traveled to Fordham, (Westchester County) New York to marry Barbara
Schaaf who immigrated from Leimersheim three years earlier. I think
they must have known each other previously for him to go all that many
miles to New York to marry Barbara.

The story I was told by my father and uncles was that Augustus
(Gustin) use to come down the Rhine River on a barge and visited with
Barbara Schaaf.

I have their Certificate of Marriage, State of New York. Augustus
used his nickname of GUSTIN A. Fingado and they were married by the
Mayor of Westchester, NY on 16 May 1883. Augustus was 21 years old
and immigrated in 1869.

He died 25 January 1958 in Anaheim, CAlifornia, USA.

His headstone is at the Anaheim Cemetery in Anaheim, California USA.

His Declaration of Intent to become a US Citizen is dated 13 March
1899 in Colorado.

He always indicated his occupation was Brewer.

He was Lutheran although his wife, Barbara Schaaf was Catholice. They
sent their 5 boys to a Catholic where they lived in Colorado until the
boys had a dispute with one of the priests. They were then enrolled
in a public school which I contacted and they did not keep records at
the time they were going to that school.

In 1905 they moved from Denver, Colorado to San Francisco, California
and he was working in a Brewery. I could never find which brewery he
was employed in. The Earthquake happened in 1906 and they lost
everything they had. Bricks fell on the rooming house they were
living in and Barbara Schaaf Fingado was hit on the head by a falling
brick and really never recovered, I was told. They then moved to
Hemet, California and he became a Farmer growing peaches. When he
could no longer take care of Barbara, they moved to their oldest son's
house in Long Beach, California and that is where she died 27
September 1917.

They had 5 living sons: August Otto, William Henry, Edward Adolph,
Albert Ernest (my Father) and Alfred George Fingado. Two sons died
and are buried at Riverside Cemetery in Denver, Colorado in paupers
graves.

From all records I have obtained over the years they were very poor

and sometimes were on record as receiving assistance from the County
Poor House.

Thank you - Mildred A. Fingado-Hubbard

Dear Mildred,

I found a German web page that shows several people with the name
"Findago" that emigrated from the area of Lahr/Schwarzwald (Black
Forrest) to North America:

<Auswanderer aus Lahr-Schwarzwald - Detailseite - LEO-BW;

The list includere an Adolf Fingado
<Auswanderer Recherche LEO-BW - Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg;
and also an August Fingado
<Auswanderer Recherche LEO-BW - Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg;
Please note that the years listed are the years of emmigration, not the
birth year.

I don't know about the region of Black Forrest but the main society for
genealogy in that area seems to be this one:
<https://www.vfkbw.de/index.php&gt;
You may contact Mr. Raimund Pantel <raimund.pantel@vfkbw.de> which may
be able to help you with further information.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,

Juergen (Drees)