Thank you, Margot. I will look into this area to see what sources might
help me.
Carol
In a message dated 1/3/2013 1:13:29 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
madikork@kabelbw.de writes:
Hi Carol,
there is a Vierden bei Rotenburg (Wümme), Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, between
Hamburg and Bremen.
Greetings,
Margot (Dierenfeld)
Von: famnord-bounces@genealogy.net
[mailto:famnord-bounces@genealogy.net]
Im
Auftrag von CABWEBB@aol.com
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. Januar 2013 21:34
An: famnord@genealogy.net
Betreff: Re: [FamNord] Ich habe eine FrageThank you for replying to my question in English.
I have my great-grandmother, Charlotte (Van Norden or Macke) born on 15
July 1868/9 in
Verden, Hanover, Prussia. The surnames may have many spelling
derivations. Also, there is
a town in Hanover called Vierden which is similar to Verden only it is
located further north
closer to Bremerhaven on the map.
I have already ruled out Verden as the birthplace because I hired a man
who looked in all
the churches for a name close to the ones I mentioned above.
No results. He suggested that I look in the Hanover records in case she
was born
illegitimately. I have not done this since I am unfamiliar with the name
and address of this
department.
Besides her birth date, I have her death date as 16 October 1934 in Long
Beach, Los
Angeles, CA. She was married twice: l.) Charles Pithie/Pithey/Pitchie
(from Scotland) in
1888; 2.) Alonzo Gardiner Simmons (US citizen from
Oregon) 1906. She immigrated to the US between 1883-1885 and lived in
Bronx, New
York City, NY from 1889 until 1905. She had 3 children, Charlotte Mackay
(my
grandmother) and 2 boys, Charles and George in NY. They all came to CA
at
the beginning
of the 1900's.
Her parents were listed on her death certificate as an "unknown" Mucklay
(her father) and
Catherine Van Norden (her mother). Both of them were born in Germany but
were of
Dutch heritage. Nothing else is known about them.
I would like to know who to contact in Vierden, Germany that could check
the church