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Research in Other Countries => Europe => Topic started by: FRUITSNUTS on Wednesday 20 April 11 22:16 BST (UK)
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I was so excited to find in my ancestor's obit that he was from Baden, Germany. It says that "he was one of the patriots that were forced to leave the fatherland after the troubles on 1848". I am now looking for any kind of emigration list or some other reference that might tell me more.
His name: Englebert Boness born 1822, his wife Margeter Foxlanger born 1826, married in 1840.
Any ideas?
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Where did they marry ??...in Germany ? ...also what country did they emigrate to ?
www.geneanet.org has
81 family trees for Boness ...about 35 of these are in Germany ...but none in Baden
6 family trees for Foxlanger ...all in USA
have a look for yourself.....allan
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According to census records I have they married in Germany around 1840 and emigrated to Ontario, Canada. Canadian immigration records for this time period are almost non-existant so I thought I would try from the Germany end. I will check out the website you sent - I think they may have had some family in Wisconsin that came at a later date.
Thanks for the help.
Cindy
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Hi FRUITSNUTS (I think your name is Cindy from some of your posts that I've come accross),
My name is Chris and I live in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. I've recently had handed down to me an old piece of furniture that I believe was made by your ancestor, Englebert Bones. I have tried to attach a couple of photos of the sideboard, but couldn't get it to work on this site. I would be happy to share them, as well as what I know about the piece's history and what I have discovered about Englebert. I'd be interested to know what you have learned about him. I see that you haven't been on rootchat.com for a while so I hope that you receive this message. I can be emailed at (*)
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Hi Chris - yes, my name is Cindy. The Boness family is the one branch that I can't trace back before Englebert. I do have quite a bit of information about him after he emmigrated to Canada, but nothing before. It seems that Roots Chat has a policy of deleting your personal email for privacy reasons and not allowing attachments so I can't contact you directly but I would really like to see pictures of the cabinet you have and would like to share information as well. Not sure where to go from here but here is my email - we'll see if it gets to you or not. cindy.marie@roadrunner.com