Hallo Egbert nochmal, Do you know the religion of your Kretschmann-line? Was it Catholic or Lutheran/Evangelian?
Milko. On Dec 27, 2007, at 11:35 PM, Milko Kretschmann wrote: > > On Dec 27, 2007, at 11:20 PM, eschroeer wrote: > >> --- In [email protected], Milko Kretschmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Milko, Hallo :-) >> >> know your webpage and a lot of your entries and researches etc. >> and sorry to be not clear: >> the Kretschmann line is from Elbing, Lemche from Kernei > > Ok. Then there may be closer connections, although I can't establish > them for now. > Apart from my ancestral line, the youngest generations are no younger > than uptil approx. 1860. > > BTW I made a mistake in regard to the birth place and year of Otto > Kretschmann. According to the article > he was born in 1861 in Wengeln (I presume the Wengeln in East- > Prussia, not Silezia). > The mistake is caused by the fact that, during my research in the > civil archives of Gdansk, I came across a family card mentioning > the name Otto Kretschmann, born ar. 1860 in Mehlsack. I then > immediately presumed it concerned Otto, der Zauberer, an assumption > now proved to be wrong:). > > Sincerely, > Milko Kretschmann. > >> >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> >> > > > > > 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/
