Hello/Hallo Egbert, As a Kretschmann with ancestors from Elbing I - needless to say - more than welcome you to the group :). I take the opportunity to tell you my story in short: My great great grandfather Emil Franz Kretschmann was born 1856 in Elbing. Around 1878 he emigrated to the Netherlands. Emil-Franz had one older brother called Gustav Adolph. But since you say 'your' Kretschmann-line is from Kernei there is probably no direct connection to my family. However - in regard to the first name Otto there is one thing I would like to tell you. Have you ever heard of "Otto Kretschmann - Der Zauberer von Elbing"? See: http://www.elbing.de/982_45-46.pdf. Now this Otto Kretschmann - born 1860 in Mehlsack - is probably not the Otto you mention, but it is a entertaining story. It would be interesting to see in what degree we are all related.
More info on my family: http://kretschmann.nl Sincerely, Milko Kretschmann. BTW Do you know: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Certainly worthwhile. On Dec 27, 2007, at 8:07 PM, eschroeer wrote: > New to the Group I would like to say "Hello out there" > > Running a search on Elbing brought me up to this group and I thought > it might be interesting to see what is going on here. > The ancestor of my wife were born/lived in Elbing and after years of > researching the ancestor of her father -my father in law- which are > coming from Kernei I started now the genealogic research of the > family Kretschmann from Elbing. > What I know so far is the following: > Grandfather Erich Kretschmann, son of Otto Kretschman, born December > 15th 1908 grew up with 10 brohters ans sisters (we know about Fritz, > Paul, Heinz, Erich). His wife is Ida Hoog, born November 21th 1907 > > Name of wife of Otto Kretschman is unknown, but after he died she > married again and had now the surename Quentin. Searching all > database I found no entries with this dates. Any idea? I totally > stuck and any help is more then welcome! > > Kind Regards > > Egbert Schröer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elbing-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elbing-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
