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Research in Other Countries => Europe => Topic started by: David Peters on Thursday 01 September 22 19:57 BST (UK)
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At the end of the 2nd world War, my grandfather (who was German by birth) befriended 2 German prisioners of war in the Uk, They made for my first birthday in 1947 a wooden train, made out of cotton reels and scraps of wood, after 75 years I still have this train.
they were: Franz Shimmal, of Asperg, Germany and Eric Sobejyek, who remained in the UK, any info on them or their German families would be very welcome
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Have you checked Ancestry to see if anybody has a tree for them?
See freebmd - there is a marriage in 1949 for an Erich A Sobesyk/Sobczyk
www.freebmd.org.uk
4 children - see freebmd but the names of living persons cannot be posted here
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Erich A Sobczyk was granted Naturalisation in 1955
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40431/page/1557
Tony
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2 children married in Gloucs 1969 & 1973
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Electoral registers for 2003/4 show wife in Devon
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Eric Alfred Sobczyk b 1925 died 2.5.2011 Devon
No death to 2020 for wife
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Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it
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Hi David,
Are you sure about the spelling of Shimmal? That would be very unusual for a German name.
Do you have a written note of this, or something noted phonetically?
The most likely candidate would be Schimmel.
Asperg is only a smallish place. You could try sending an E-Mail to the local council:
Stadtverwaltung Asperg
Marktplatz 1
71679 Asperg
E-Mail:
info@asperg.de
If you need help writing something in German, please let me know.
Alternatively, I can recommend the online translator deepl.com (there is a free version), which works extremely well for texts which are not extremely technical.
Best regards,
Karen
in Wolfenbüttel, N. Germany
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Hi karen,
The only reference I have to Franz Shimmal (or Schimmal) is their names and addresses handwritten on a piece of paper, that my late Aunt gave me. Thank you for the offer of help with the language, I will first try to email the council in german using the translator you mentioned. I will let you know the result.
Thank you once again
David
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You are very welcome!
Good luck, and/but if you do need help, just say the word. :)
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Hi David
let´s have a look at that piece of paper.
Post a clip
Dave
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this is the note my Aunt gave me
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This looks like Franz Schimmel to me!
Danzigerstrasse 24, Asperg.
Not much but maybe a start
Dave
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On Karen's suggestion I did email the Council in Asperg, 6 days ago, but have not received any reply up to today. I will keep you all posted if they reply.
Thank you everyone who replied, I really do appreciate the help from a great team.
I will be posting in a few days another request regarding 2 german ancestors.
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Hi karen,
I followed your advice, and emailed the addres you gave me, I used the online translator, but have had no reply at all.
it seems my search has reached a dead end. many thanks for your help.much appreciated
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Good evening,
Have you checked your spam file? I often find e-mails from unknown sources or senders not in my contacts go straight to spam.
John915