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Research in Other Countries => Europe => Topic started by: Dof on Sunday 24 February 08 21:52 GMT (UK)
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I was hoping to get advice on how to find where these relatives came from. But having read the notice boards for French and German Immegrants I am doubting this will not be easy if not impossible
Philippe Maurer and his wife Madileine Muntce came from Alsace to New Luce, Wigtownshire. Their son Philippe may have been born in New Luce or
Alsace But did marry Elizabeth McDowall in New Luce on 2 Nov 1877 by which time his father was deceased
I don't suppose anyone has any connections with either side of this family on the continent?
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You could try contacting the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles at Guebwiller, which covers genealogy in Alsace: http://www.cdhf.net/fr/
Maurer is a fairly common name in Alsace, and apparently the family may have oriinally migrated there from Switzerland. The name means "mason".
Muntce looks to me like an anglicisation of Munz, or something similar, but that's just a guess....
Rambler
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Thanks for that I'll try and contact them though my franglaise is terrible
At the moment I'm getting bombarded with too much info for an old brain to take in at once. Ill need to stop asking questions
Thanks again Dof
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I've tried contacting CDHF and there are times when Google asks me if I want a Translation which I do, and other times it does not (Not so handy!!!!!!!!!!Can some one tell me how to obtain translations all the time?
What am I doing wrong?
Dof
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I've found out to do it and in case there is any one out there as slow as I am with this technology I'll explain:-
Go to "Google Language Tools" and then "Translate Web Page" and enter the site you want translated.
Dof
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I was hoping to get advice on how to find where these relatives came from. But having read the notice boards for French and German Immegrants I am doubting this will not be easy if not impossible
Philippe Maurer and his wife Madileine Muntce came from Alsace to New Luce, Wigtownshire. Their son Philippe may have been born in New Luce or
Alsace But did marry Elizabeth McDowall in New Luce on 2 Nov 1877 by which time his father was deceased
I don't suppose anyone has any connections with either side of this family on the continent?
Actually I am a Maurer, and i just learnt that my family is originated from Alsace do you know any Philippe Maurer which live in Charvenay, France?
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Hi Caro,
Dof will hopefully be notified that you have posted here. Do you believe you are related (e.g., did your Maurer's also move to Scotland?). If not, it might be best to split your message off to make a separate post.
I cannot find a place called Charvenay in Alsace - there are places with similar names, e.g. Chavenay in Yvelines.
The good news is that if we can locate the correct place, a lot of records are now online, including for both Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin (the two departments that make up Alsace).
jorose
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Hi,
When was Philipp Maurer (son) born? How old was he when he married in 1877?
Muntce is not an Alsatian name.
And where do you have this information about Charvenay (not in Alsace, I agree with Jorose).
Augustine
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You may be able to find some help by posting on www.genealogie.com - I have been greatly helped there.
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No Maurer is an Alsatian name, my name family name is Maurer, im from mauritius
A man wrote to my family years ago in 1998 i think, telling us that he is doing researches about his family who had been spread in different parts of the world and found us as descenders of the first Maurer in Alsace, and you, are you a Maurer too?
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Hi Jorose,
No M. Philipe Maurer who wrote to my family lives in France but not in Alsace. But i know that my ancestors originated from Alsace and they split in different countries like Switzerland or the United state. I live in Mauritius where some Maurer actually migrated. I actually think that I can be related to the Maurer who lives in Switzerland or France or United State as I am a Muarer too.
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Hi Dof,
You could try to contact the Cercle généalogique d'Alsace (http://www.alsace-genealogie.com/)
Do you know when Philipp (son) was born?
Augustine
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Hi Dof,
Are you always in search of the marriage Maurer-Muntce ?
Augustine
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Maurer is such a usual german name. :D
not easy to say who can be related..... :-\
in phonebook for Germany you get so many results, so it does not show without special search: http://www2.dastelefonbuch.de
in Austrian phonebook you get 3029 hits: http://www.herold.at/telefonbuch/maurer/
in Italy 62 results: http://www.infobel.com/it/world/teldir.aspx?ct=europe&co=italy&dn=infobel&url=http://www.infobel.com/italy
in Switzerland 14579 hist: http://tel.search.ch/?was=Maurer
in France 1882 hits: http://www.infobel.com/en/world/teldir.aspx?ct=europe&co=france&dn=infobel&url=http://www.infobel.com/france
not to forget that there also will be shown many hits for the business Maurer (occupation).
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Sorry for being away for so long ...Philippe R Maurer was born in 1853 and died 1920
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Yes any info on Muntz ..Muntce / Maurer marriage would be great ...the only info I have is that they came from Alsace