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One Name Studies: H to M / Re: HARRIS From Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England
« on: Friday 06 December 19 01:39 GMT (UK)  »
I'm a grandson of a Thomas William Harris from Buckinghamshire.
23 July 1863 - 18 Aug 1940.
I've done a DNA test & would love to find out if we are connected.
I haven't been able to find his ancestors to date.
Cheers
Bruce

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Other Countries / Re: Carl Gotthelf Hofmann & Charlotte Alvina Shafer
« on: Thursday 28 November 19 21:39 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks also for the instructions :)
Works fine now I know how to use the address book.
Cheers
Bruce

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Other Countries / Re: Carl Gotthelf Hofmann & Charlotte Alvina Shafer
« on: Thursday 28 November 19 21:17 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks very much for the information Dave.
The CG Hofmann you kindly found in Zwickau is not the same address my relative has (I don't have access to that address as yet), but she believes the address you found is possibly the father of "my" Carl Gotthelf Hofmann.
I'm also told that many records before 1875 in Zwickau have still not been digitised, so I guess one really needs to go there to delve further into family connections...provided you have a good understanding of German, which sadly I don't.
So frustrating....

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Other Countries / Re: Carl Gotthelf Hofmann & Charlotte Alvina Shafer
« on: Wednesday 27 November 19 21:11 GMT (UK)  »
Davecapps...
Could you please send me the URL to those entries?
I looked on the address book & could only find Buttner at that address.
I'd really like copies of those original jpgs you posted
Must confess that I'm not overly profficient on how to use the address book  :(
Thanks
Bruce

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Other Countries / Re: Carl Gotthelf Hofmann & Charlotte Alvina Shafer
« on: Wednesday 27 November 19 20:42 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you so much Davecapps.
You have hit the jackpot so to speak!
I have heard of the documentation you have kindly posted, but never seen it....nor did I know where to look for it.
Really grateful for your response!
If only I could find where they lived prior to Zwickau.

The only other possible lead I have is that they were connected with "Eisenhauer" family at some earlier stage, but this is a bit of a long shot  :(

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Other Countries / Re: Carl Gotthelf Hofmann & Charlotte Alvina Shafer
« on: Thursday 21 November 19 22:41 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks so much for all the information, some of which I had, and some of which I didn't.
I had noticed incidents of Charlottes first & second names being reversed, and changes in spelling of Shafer and Schafer.....makes searching so much more difficult. On the naturalisation certificates the name is Hoffmann, but the signatures are Hofmann.
Hofmanns married into the Forster family here in Tasmania, and a (Forster) relative has travelled to Zwickau in Saxony to research both Forster & Hofmann families, but found very little information, thus concluding that Hofmanns had spent little time in Zwickau, and were probably from somewhere else in Germany originally.
Also have the place name Zwikien Saxony on one of the naturalisation certificates, but can't locate Zwikien on a German map.
The other Children: Richard died early. Max never married. Charles married & had a daughter Vera Belle Hofmann. He died in a quarry accident. Alma married Thomas William Harris, my grandfather. Agnes (Maria) married into the Eiszele family. The rest I'm still looking for. I have copies of naturalisation certificates for all the boys, but not the girls.

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Other Countries / Re: Carl Gotthelf Hofmann & Charlotte Alvina Shafer
« on: Thursday 21 November 19 05:20 GMT (UK)  »
Adelaide should be Adeline, daughter of the Cleavers, Bothwell Tasmania.
Apart from Zwickau, I also have Zwikien in Saxony...not sure if they are the same place or not as I haven't found a Zwikien, but certainly Zwickau exists.

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Other Countries / Re: Carl Gotthelf Hofmann & Charlotte Alvina Shafer
« on: Thursday 21 November 19 05:07 GMT (UK)  »
WOW!
Such a quick response...thank you.
Much appreciated :-)
Carl And Charlotte both died in Southern Tasmania:
Carl died 29 September 1922

Charlotte died  23 Nov 1914 in believe at New Norfolk Tasmania.

Can I ask where you found this information, and do you have any further info on Carl or Charlottes ancestors, where they lived (I believe Zwickau, but I think they lived elsewhere in Germany before Zwickau). etc?
They were my great grandparents, their daughter Alma being my grandmother.
Diference in spelling makes things difficult....Carl & Charlotte both spelt Hofmann with 1x"f" and 2x "NN".

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Other Countries / Carl Gotthelf Hofmann & Charlotte Alvina Shafer
« on: Thursday 21 November 19 04:16 GMT (UK)  »
Looking for parents & siblings (lf any) of Carl Gotthelf Hofman born 19 November 1842 possibly in Zwickau, Saxony, and his wife Charlotte Alvina Shafer born 15 June 1840.
Emigrated to Melbourne Australia on the Liguria around 1880 / 1883.
Any info very much appreciated as I've hit the proverbial brick wall!

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