Hello listmembers! Someone has sent me an entry from an 1869 city
directory that I believe refers to my great-grandfather, Maximilien
Langer. It's in the old style script, but I believe it says this:
*Langer, Max, Arbtsm., Leher Chaussee 92 *
I interpret the third word as "Arbeitsmann," correct? A worker of some
kind? (Family history tells me he was a Schornsteinfager.) Does "Leher
Chausee 92" confirm that he did indeed live in Lehe, near Bremerhaven?
Is there any way I can use this as a springboard to other things? I see on
Google Maps that there is a "Leher Landstrasse" in Langen (not Lehe), near
Bremerhaven, and it's only 5.7 km from where my mother was born, so that
seems promising, doesn't it? Google Maps doesn't have a street view for
me, unfortunately, but it looks like it's right next to a Burger King
If I could establish the church the family attended in the 1880's, would
that be helpful? I cannot find it at the moment, but I've seen a photo of
my grandmother and her two sisters in the 1960's standing in front of the
church they attended at it's 100th anniversary (I think). If I could
figure out what church that was, then I could go farther, right? This is
the first little clue I've come upon, so I'm excited.
Elise