Would anyone have any information as to how I could find out more about my
great-grandfather Julius Koehler and his wife Maria Wolf? I don't have their birth
dates or places, but they had a daughter, Henrietta Koehler, born in 1863 in
Ostrede, Germany; and a son, Rudolph Koehler, born October 1875 in Koenigsberg, East
Prussia.
I have no idea when they left East Prussia, but in 1900, Julius Koehler
homesteaded in Cavalier Co., North Dakota and Rudolph homesteaded there in 1902. In
1905, they moved to Claresholm, Alberta, Canada, where they again homesteaded.
Maria Wolf died in Edmonton in 1918.
I can't find any information on Ostrede and am wondering if this could be either
Ostroda, now Poland, or Ostredek, now Czechoslovakia. Rudolph did have a cousin,
Salemka, whom I believe was from Czechoslovakia. From family members, I know that
they spoke Platdeutsch.
Where do I go from here?
Thanking you in advance,
Margaret Branscombe
re:
dates or places, but they had a daughter, Henrietta Koehler, born in 1863
in
Ostrede, Germany; and a son, Rudolph Koehler, born October 1875 in
Koenigsberg,
Adalbert Goertz responds >>>>>>>>>>>>
I would check the church books of Osterode.
Dear Adalbert,
Thank you for replying and for your advice about where to go next. Can I get
access to the Church books of Osterode through the FHC and the LDS? I plan to be in
Calgary, Alberta, next month and was hoping to be able to get some major research
done then.
I found your web site to be quite interesting with its many Prussian links; and
noticed how many Mennonite references there are. My source for Ostrede was the
family Bible of Henrietta Koehler's Mennonite husband, Gerhard Schellenberg Friesen
from Landskrone, Molotsch, Russia, whom she married in North Dakota in 1890; and I
am very glad for your guidance that I should look at Osterode.
Sincerely,
Margaret Branscombe
Adalbert Goertz wrote:
Yes, you can also access
and find out info on the Osterode records they have.
Hallo,
ich habe auf meiner Homepage
http://www.weiss-genealogie.de
eine Seite "Linkliste" eingerichtet und m�chte alle Genealogen einladen,
ihre Homepage dort (mit oder ohne Banner) einzutragen. So werden wir von
anderen Forschern besser gefunden.
Viele Gr��e
Georg
Liebe Listenteilnehmer,
seit einiger Zeit verfolge ich die interessanten Beitr�ge auf dieser Liste
und m�chte nun selbst eine Suchanfrage stellen. Mein Name ist R�diger
M�ller, 33 Jahre, ich wohne in Wesselburen, Dithmarschen.
Ich bin auf der Suche nach den Vorfahren meiner Urgro�mutter Anna Ernestine
Hennig. Leider wei� ich von ihr nur, da� sie 1888 geboren wurde, vermutlich
in Taplacken, Kreis Wehlau. Hat vielleicht jemand Informationen �ber eine
Familie Hennig in oder um Taplacken?
Viele Gr��e
R�diger M�ller