Looking for Carl Theodore Ziegeler from Hamburg Germany

By fran08 May 17, 2008 1959 views 9 comments
Related Surnames:
ELSEBYE ZIEGELER

Comments (9)

fran08

Carl Theodore ZIEGELER married Amy Amanda SCHULTZ in Mackay, Queensland, Australia in 1884. His parents were George Daniel ZIEGELER and Annie ELSEBYE (from Denmark?). We have the Australian descendants, and are trying to find the German side, if anyone can help.

allycat

Try a few postings at the Germany Genealogy Forum

Editor.

allycat

Fran,

Did you know surname/s were also spelled differently as ZEIGLER and SCHUTZ within some death registrations of children at the Queensland Historical Indexes online?

Al.

fran08

Yes, Ally, we've discovered this, but there's only the one family of us, spelt ZiegEler and SchuLtz.

allycat

Hmmm. Keep digging at your roots, you will find them.

fran08

My cousins and I are tearing our hair out here. We're just about convinced the gg's parents were dropped off by aliens on their way past. And now we've also found that the name Elsebye is a girl's name in Denmark, not a surname.

allycat

Yikes.

fran08

A friend in Canada has done some digging for us, and has come across the address book for Hamburg in 1847. There's a George Daniel Ziegeler listed as living in St. Paulli, and he was a milchhandler. Does this mean he was the local milkman, or owned a dairy farm - or both?

fran08

How do I attach a photo of great-grandfather to this journal?