Ich bekam folgende Anfrage aus den USA. Vielleicht kann von den
Listenmitglieder jemand helfen. M�glicherweise stammen seine Vorfahren aber
auch aus
Birkenfeld bzw. Eutin.
Die email-Adresse von Robert Pohle ist d-rpohle@juno.com
Gerold Diers
'Your e-mail address was on a German Internet site, and I hope you
can point me in the right direction to find information about my
great-grandfather HERMANN POHLE.
The only thing I know is from his Declaration for Citizenship in
1854 filed in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, in which he renounced allegiance
to the Duke of Oldenburg. From that and his later USA Census records, I
estimate his birth date to be about 1831. Census does indicate his birth
country to be Germany.
I really don't think he was Catholic, but he did marry a Catholic
girl, so may have been. None of his offspring were Catholic, so I have
been assuming that he was Lutheran, but have no proof.
Have searched passenger records of ships to all USA ports at the
National Archives in Washington, DC.
In recent years I have posted inquiries on different rootsweb.com
mailing lists and message boards, but to no avail. Also searched the LDS
Internet site, but haven't found anything. Recently found his tombstone
in Kansas, with dates of 1831-1891.
I would be most grateful if you can give me any information on
where to start looking in German records, and of course am willing to pay
for expenses involved.
Thank You, Robert W. Pohle, Maryland USA'