Meier from Minden

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Hello group members,

My great great grandmother, Sophie Louise Meier was born in 1849. Per her
obituary in the Fort Wayne, Indiana newspaper, Louise was born in Jessen,
Preuss-Minden, Westphalia. I googled the word Preuss and a few sites
describe Preuss as Prussia.

I am going in circles finding nothing about Jessen being located in Minden,
Prussia, Westfalen

How is Jessen connected to Preußen-Minden, Westfalen??

I am finding history of Preußen-Minden, Westfalen. However, I find nothing
about Jessen and how it is a part of Preußen-Minden, Westfalen.

I am hoping a group member can help me determine where Louise birth place is
located.

Thank you,

Tanya Kolitsch-Whitaker

Researching Meier family of Jessen, Minden-Preuss, Westfalen

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Jessen in Sachsen
Jessen in Brandenburg.
go in Sachsen-List and Brandenburg List for help
Harald

-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----

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Hi Tonya

The Prussia you are seeking is the Kingdom/ Nation of Prussia not the provinces of East & West Prussia (which is what this list is about).

The province you seek is Westfalen (Westphalia in English); see:

Westphalia - Wikipedia.

The town you are looking for could be Jena. The Jessen I find is enumerated here:

The primary Jessen (in Germany) is some 400km East of Westfalen (and if she was from Westfahlen, she would not be from this Jessen; all the Jessens I find are outside of Westfalen.)

Minden, on the other hand, is an actual town/city in Westfalen see:

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany,_Westfalen,_Minden_Citizen_Lists_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)

I hope this helps.
Pax vobiscum,

Pax vobiscum,
...mark

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Mark,

Thank you so very much for this important information to save efforts. I have been spinning my wheels for hours on this already.

Very much appreciate this.

I think I may have found just at this exact moment a christening on family search.org of my great grandfather, Dietrich Nahrwold at this website and the place of christening is: Windheim, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany

Dietrich Friedrich Wilhelm Nahrwold

Germany Births and Baptisms

Name:

Dietrich Friedrich Wilhelm Nahrwold

Gender:

Male

Christening Date:

01 Aug 1869

Christening Place:

Windheim, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany

Birth Date:

14 Jul 1869

Father's Name:

<FamilySearch.org; Dietrich Heinr. Wilhelm Nahrwold

Mother's Name:

<FamilySearch.org; Sophie Louise Wilhelm. Meier

I need to take time with your finds as well to hopefully tie in the above christening with where this family above lived in hopefully Jena at the link you shared below, Mark.

Thanks again!!

Tanya

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You are welcome Tanya.
Pax vobiscum,

Pax vobiscum,
...mark

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Hello,

possibly there was a typing mistake and it is the town Essen near Minden, now called Bad Essen.
http://www.badessen.de/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=36&topmenu=35
Hope, this can help you!

Regards
Petra Ballmann

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I doubt that, Petra. Jessen is most likely identical with J�ssen. Why? The German umlaut � is the rounded version of the German e-sound (as � is the rounded version of the i-sound). In the East and West Prussian German dialects, � and � were generally pronounced e und i. This goes also for speakers of Slave languages in the area.

Regards
Rolf-Peter

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Hi Rolf-Peter, Petra and others who have responded to my question pertaining
to Meier from Minden.

Just an update so no one will work on this request any longer. It did end
up being Jössen where Sophie Louise was born.

A cousin has found me by me writing this email, so a happy ending!

Even though I found the incorrect group to ask my question about my x2
great grandmother's birth location being listed in the local Indiana
newspaper as Jessen, Minden-Prussia, Westphalia and I have the wrong group,
I was still able to find a cousin. Accidents like this turn out rosy
sometimes.

Thanks again everyone for offering your generous assistance.

I will remove myself from your group and join the one (s) that pertain to
Jössen, Minden-Lubbecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Tanya Kolitsch-Whitaker
Researching Kolitsch/Jenisch of Bärringen, Germany (Pernink, Czech Republic)
Sudetenland and Maedler of Lomnice, West Bohemia, Czech Republic, Meyer of
Frestorf, Nienburg, Lower Saxony, Germany and Meier/Nahrwold of Jössen,
Minden-Lubbecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany