<DmRice@aol.com> schrieb:
I am searching for records on my families from "Hannover" and their
German ancestors.Is it possible that the surname "Seveus" might be a misreading of
"Sievers"?
According to a Centennial History of Ripley County Indiana, "Adeline
SEVEUS" (born around 1804 depending on whether she was adding or subtracting)
married John "Gerd" RIMSTIDT (Rhemenstedt?) of Bruchausen "in sight of Bremen".
Hello Barbara Feigel-Rice,
first: what was 1804 "in sight of Bremen" should nowadays be almost part of the very centre of the town of Bremen. Following this root I took a look into the telephone-book of Bremen. So I found two entries for REMSTÄDT and I think this should be the German form of the name RIMSTIDT is dirived of. The other name is more difficult: misreadings of the following existing names in Bremen might have led to
SEVEUS: SEVERIENS (3x), SEVERIN (27), SEVERS (6) and even SEVERLOH (6x) and SEVECKE (4x) have a slight similiarity.
There is given inside of Bremen a street named "BRUCHHAUSER STRASSE" with postcode no. 28277 . From the postcode-book I can see, that this part of town is situated just next to the quarter "Neustadt" which should be the centre on the left side of the river Weser. With help of a road plan one should be able to find out where the street leeds exactly to.
If you have got a scan of German or even old Ameri- can handwritten documents, I will try another reading, If you like me to.
Greetings Hans Peter Albers, Bienenbüttel