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Nov 18, 2011 •
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My great-grandfather was F.W. Edwin Brokowski, born in Memel 25 Aug 1842, son of Franz Brokowski and Mathilde Werner. I would like any help anyone can suggest as to how I might find records of his bir...
May 29, 2009 •
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The group I am seeking lived in Münsterappel, in Bavaria, Germany, in the 1813-1870 period. Maria Catherine Thamerus came to the US and settled in New York City, but (family legend says) she had broth...
May 29, 2009 •
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Also spelled Benvenuto. The family lived in Isola d'Istria, an island off the coast of present-day Slovenia, in the mid 1800's. They were Italian speaking, and moved to Trieste in the early 1900's.
May 29, 2009 •
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The name is Madoeri is common in Lausen, Basel-Land, Switzerland, in the 1700s and earlier It is sometimes spelled Madori, Madory, Madöri, or Madorin. I (Spangeh) am particularly interested in hans Ja...
May 29, 2009 •
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The family lived in Gelterkinden, in Basel-land, Switzerland, in the 1600's and 1700's.
Jan 15, 2009 •
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Wilhelm Edward Spangehl, my great-grandfather, came from Ragnit, near Tilset on the East Prussian-Luthianian border, where he was born in 1819. He married Dora Ernestina Heidenreich, who was from Dabe...
Jan 14, 2009 •
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My Bologna ancestor lived in Isola, on the Adriatic south of Trieste, about 1805 to at least 1866.
Jan 14, 2009 •
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I suspect "Spanghel" is just a misspelling of "Spangehl," which is the way my family has always spelled it. German names with a vowel + H to indicate the vowel is pronounced long are common: Fehr, Ge...