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From: "Miriam CW Hall-Hansen" <>
Subject: Re: [ALS-LOR] Alsace and German/Austrian Ancestry
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 11:29:42 -0600
References: <C07BDB21.7BA3%Etienne.Herrbach@wanadoo.fr> <005301c66d31$3381fda0$e97e88d8@johnphvj76c5f8>


It seems that everyone is on the Prussia deal,. but the real question is did
some of the people
come from Tyrol to the Pfalz Saarland . Yes- there were glassmakers,
papermakers, fabric
makers and weavers, iron & steel makers, lace makers brought in from the
late 1500's into the
1600's. When the land was stripped of trees and fuel was of short supply,
the businesses shut down.
Many people stayed and others moved to where they could support their
families, and work
at their trades. Two of my ancestors came- one from Austria and one from
Tyrol- it made me
curious so I did some research and, yes, they were as was recorded.
Miriam Hall-Hansen


Miriam CW Hall-Hansen

"The point is that they lived"...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dianne Erickson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [ALS-LOR] Alsace and German/Austrian Ancestry


I am finding origins of more than one of my ancestors in Alsace as "the
Tyrol." Some others came from Saarland and Prussia. Then they all
intermarried with the French.

Were immigrants from the Tyrol a significant part of the Alsace population?
The families came in the late or mid-sixteen hundreds. Mine from this area
are: Veit (later Feit or Feith), Brucker, and Michel, and I am looking at
Horig--only because I see that "ig" ending on surnames from my Austrian
ancestors.

Thanks.

Dianne


----- Original Message -----
From: "Etienne Herrbach" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [ALS-LOR] Jacob/Jakob/Jacques Alexander


> Hello all,
>
> Alsace was *never* part of historical Prussia (capital Berlin). However,
> the "second Reich" (1871-1918) was ruled by the Prussian King, who became
> the German Emperor, and it was often called the "Prussian Empire".
> Therefore many considered that Alsace was Prussian, just like all other
> parts of the Empire. Let's add that many true Prussians settles then in
> Alsace and held public functions. So, the "administration" was, so to
> say,
> Prussian.
>
> Etienne
> Alsace
>
>
>> De :
>> Date : Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:55:31 EDT
>>
>> In a message dated 4/30/2006 9:50:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> writes:
>> Hi Carolyn and Ellen,
>>
>> Sometimes parts of Alsace were regarded by the "German" inhabitants as
>> Prussia. My g-grandfather listed Prussia as his homeland in a few
>> censuses
>> here in the states, but was from Scheibenhard, Alsace.
>> Helene Gilroy
>> Hi Helene,
>>
>> According to this map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prussiamap.gif
>> it
>> appears that Alsace was indeed considered part of Prussia from 1871-1918.
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> Ellen Alexander
>
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