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Descendant of Julius Schwenke



by SandyW
on 2007-08-13 17:34:46
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Looking for Schwenke Ancestors from Germany. Julius Schwenke is my g.g.grandfather who was born I believe 8 Oct, 1830 in Hanover, Germany. His father's name was Karl Schwenke, born abt 1797 in ??, Germany. From what I've been told, Karl and wife and their son Julius traveled from Germany to New York when Julius was about 7 years old. When Julius was older, he traveled to Western Samoa and married my g.g.grandmother, Peleise Nanai. I am looking for any information on this German/Schwenke line. If Julius had any siblings? The name of the ship they boarded. Karl's wife's name and anything beyond....
Please let me know, if you know how I can obtain any information, records and so forth.

Thanks for reading,
Sandy

Surnames: Schwenke
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by allycat on 2007-08-13 17:51:39

Dear Sandy, Join up as a free member (keep same username in case anyone is looking for you) of RootsChat then goto their Emigrants to United States board. Cut 'n paste this journal into a new topic at rootschat and wait for some replies.

Tip: If you know of your Samoan ancestry, it would be helpful even to post it here as you may get some 'hits' from genealogists who are researching their genealogy on the internet.

Good luck.
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by SandyW on 2007-08-13 17:59:47

Thanks for the advice! I'll certainly do that!

Cheerio,
Sandy

by Punipuao on 2007-10-17 04:56:41

Dear Sandy, I am a descendant of Julius Schwenke he was my g.g.g.g.grandfather. Our family doesn't have any record's of any siblings, nor do we know the name of Karl's wife. But we do know that Karl's father was Christian Gottlip Schwenke, born: 30 Aug 1767, Died: 27 Oct 1822. My Family come from from Julius's son John Schwenke, my parents migrated from Samoa to NZ. If you have any questions feel free to ask and ill try my best to help.

Good luck.
Punipuao

by allycat on 2007-10-17 07:19:00

Sandy / Punipuao, I just checked GenesReunited website for SCHWENKE born worldwide, and did you know there are 9 pages of data or 175 search results?

In particular, one lady named Heather Schwenke (!) has ancestor Julius SCHWENKE born 1830 Hanover, Germany in her family tree. It is not a free website, membership costs under $20 Aussie dollars/year. It's a fantastic website. I have my tree there too.

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by maifala on 2008-02-28 14:36:02

Hi....I have all the information about John Schwenke,,,he's my great grandfather....and my mum has all the information about him...but i'm looking for some information about julius schwenke...if anyone has some information about him that would be great....looking forward to hear from some of you....

thanks...phyllis

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