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From: Tom Osborne 3296 e-mail him

Would you please add the name Asbrandt to you list? My G.G. Grandfather Bernhart Vilhelm Asbrandt was a master mariner who came here from Prussia in the early 1800's and had business interest in Poole, Dorset also St Helier, Jersey.C.I. He married my G.G.Grandmother Elizabeth Pike in Poole parish church in 1806 and became anglisised changing his name to Bernard William Osborne. I have been trying for some years to trace his roots without success.

From: Steve Henser e-mail him

Our family is searching for information on our ancestor Philip HÜSER (variant spellings of surname: HEUSER, HUSER, HENSER or HOUSER), who is believed to have emigrated from Germany to the United Kingdom in the period 1835 - 1859. Philip Hüser was born in Gemany c. 1835, was a tailor by trade, and eventually settled in the East End of London, in an area called "St. George-in-the-East" (now Whitechapel/Stepney) at that time. One account of Philip Hüser's motive for emigration was to avoid military conscription in his home state, which would argue for an emigration date after his reaching the minimum draft age (18?), making his departure for the UK fall somewhere between 1853 and 1859. Philip Hüser married (13/06/1859) a British subject, possibly of German ancestry, by the name of Caroline Hagman, whose father, John Hagman, was a sugar baker by trade. According to Philip Hüser's marriage certificate, his own father also had exactly the same name, Philip Hüser, and was also a tailor. The family often spelled our surname as Heuser down to c. 1914 (although the 1901 Census returns show it as Huser without the umlaut), and adopted the form Henser during WWI, perhaps due to anti-German public sentiments. Messages welcome from anyone able to supply any or all of the following information:

Home address in Germany for Philip Hüser

Original spelling of the surname (Hüser, Huser, Heuser, Henser or Houser)

Name of ship on which Philip Hüser sailed to the United Kingdom, and date of sailing

The circumstances which prompted Philip Hüser to immigrate to the United Kingdom

Details of Philip Hüser's family (living or dead) in Germany, including location of family records (births, marriages, deaths), census records and contact details of living descendants.

Any other information pertinent to our understanding of Philip Hüser, his family and/or background.

Please address replies to one of the following addresses

English messages with links to English-language databases:
to Steve Henser at this e-mail address

German messages, or English messages containing links to German-language databases:
to Christine Um-Mongkol at this e-mail address

From: Edna Howells e-mail her

I have a family name of Hoffman on my Mum's side , Conrad Hoffman born 1775 Germany. Conrad the son born 1811 Germany wife Elizabeth born Germany. I do not know where in Germany and at this stage I am unsure how to proceed, the only clue I seem to have is the son Conrad was a Musician in Manchester on the 1841 census, I am at present presuming the family were members of a travelling band as they had children born in Bridgnorth Shropshire and Liverpool.If you could point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it. There was a Conrad Hoffman in London but he is not mine.
Regards Edna Howells 3428

From: Susan Dennis e-mail her

BOOR; Gt Grandfather Matthew b Germany abt 1847, father Peter BOOR, farmer. Matthew first appears in Darlington 1873 when he married my gt grandmother, Mary Ann Alice Parkinson. He is described as a steam engine fitter/engineer. The family name was changed, probably around the time of W War 1, to Bower or Parkinson.
Any information about the surname BOOR or Engine fitters in Darlington/Liverpool/Manchester areas gratefully received. Sue Dennis (nee Bower)

From: Steve Eyres e-mail him

I am interested in a certain Carl Eggert . Born in Konigsberg, East Prussia. By his marriage Cert. of 1915, he was born in 1864 . His father was also a Carl (a pianoforte maker ).

Carl Eggert came over to England, I would think before 1914. He was a picture frame moulder and a widower.

On the 12th. June 1915 he married my Great grandmother, Emma Amelia Mead, at Camberwell London.
By this time he would already have been registered as an enemy alien.

Eventually he was interned at Alexandra Palace. My G.Grandmother was knitting socks for her brother who was fighting at 'The Front' and her husband who was locked up by the British.
Carl was eventually repatriated, his wife was issued with an identity book in 1918 as an enemy alien ( she wasn't sent away with her husband because she was British by birth )

Carl came back to England "half starved and wearing a ' paper suite' ". Even after the war, when ever they moved home they had to report to the police station in the area they were moving from and again to the station in the area they were moving to.
I have yet to find Carls birth & death certificates.

From: Jean 3519 e-mail her

Simon/Henry Lehmann

1881 - census there is a Henrich SIMON - may be?? ours.
1882 - marries Emily Watson as Simon Lehmann says his father is Leopold a wine merchant
1884 - has son - father down as Simon Henry Lehmann
1885 - has son - father down as Simon Lehmann
1886- has daughter father down as Simon Lehmann
1889 - has son - father down as Henry Lehmann
1891 - census found the family under the name of Marfors - he born Baden Germany
1901 - census in the German Hospital there is a Henrich Lehmann - correct age and occupation
1916 - wife dies says she is the widow of Henry Simon Lehmann
1917 - on (1889 son's) marriage cert. father is down as deceased
1936 - death cert. of Henry Simon Lehmann (just found it)

Can anyone help, please?