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From: "AMANN Charles" <>
Subject: Re: [ALS-LOR] Alexander/Alexandre
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:29:54 +0200
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Hi

Metz is in Lorraine not in Alsace Lorraine
Charles

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Subject: Re: [ALS-LOR] Alexander/Alexandre


>I do know that my relatives from Metz in Alsace-Lorraine departed from
> Antwerp Belgium to come to US. Your relative most likely was from
> France.
> Maria
>
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> From:
> To:
> Sent: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:33:09 EDT
> Subject: [ALS-LOR] Alexander/Alexandre
>
> Dear Listers,
>
> I would appreciate any opinions on the following: My husband's
> grandfather,
> Jacques (Jacob) ALEXANDER was from France according to his census
> information.
> His son said he thought the family came from "somewhere in Alsace, in
> or
> near Strasbourg." Through the 1900 and 1910 census reports we know
> that Jacob
> arrived in the US around 1880 and lived in Manhattan, NYC, New York
> The family
> was thought to have been Jewish.
>
> I have found a Jacob ALEXANDER on the Castle Garden website who
> possibly fits
> the age profile (about 8 yrs.old). This child came from Prussia with
> his
> parents and seven siblings. Their port of departure was Antwerp,
> Belgium and
> their arrival date at Castle Gardens was 14 May 1880. The father of
> this child
> was Joseph Alexander, naturalized in 1888 and his papers say he was
> from
> Germany.
>
> Recently I became aware of another "Strasburg" (now Brodnica in Poland)
> which
> was part of West Prussia around 1873. From what little information
> I've
> given above (and below), does anyone think it is possible that this
> Strasburg is
>
> actually where I should be doing research? Or, does the fact that
> Jacob
> referred to himself as being from France preclude this?
>
> We know the date and place of Jacob's death but filing for a death
> certificate brought no results. Apparently the death was not reported.
> Since
> he
> apparently arrived in the US as a child, there would not be any
> naturalization
> information. Jacob married Minnie Eisner in Manhattan in either 1996 or
> 1997. I
>
> sent for a copy of his marriage certificate months ago hoping that it
> would
> provide some clues and have not had a response from the state of New
> York.
> Minnie
> was from Vienna, Austria and had been in the US for about seven years
> according to the 1900 census. We think that she was Jewish and that she
> may have
> had a
> brother who was a rabbi. After their marriage they lived on 48th St. in
> Manhattan and later moved to Jersey City, New Jersey.
>
> My father-in-law has Jacob's date of birth recorded as 13 December 1874
> and
> Minnie's as 25 November 1872. On the 1900 census report, these dates
> are given
> as Dec. 1873 and June 1873 respectively so I can't vouch for their
> accuracy.
>
> Any opinions and suggestions as to how I should proceed will be most
> welcome
> and greatly appreciated.
>
> Ellen Alexander
> Jacksonville, FL
>
>
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