Looking for information on Kadansky

[manukarik]

in the 1871 census he is listed as from LeBoeuf, Germany.

Could LeBoeuf be a mishearing of Lebendorf?

There are 2 villages by that name in Meyers Gazetteer:

https://s.meyersgaz.org/search?search=le*]https://s.meyersgaz.org/search?search=le*]https://s.meyersgaz.org/search?search=le*

https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/20036038

https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/20036039

[Karen McDonald]

Hi all,

Just to add my 2 penn'th  :

Seeing as Denmark seems to be playing a role, I was wondering if it should perhaps be Laboe? [laˈbøː]
It's up near Kiel on the Schleswig-Holstein coast, i.e. not far from Denmark. The history of Holstein (a sort of tug-of-war between Germany and Denmark) is interesting, and Laboe itself is a pretty little place with an impressive marine memorial, and a submarine on dry land. We went there a few years back. 

There is a very scant English WiKi site for Laboe:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboe

but if anyone is interested in reading the German version (or copy-&-pasting it into DeepL  ), there is a lot more info in it:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboe

The history of Holstein:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstein

[manukarik]

That looks much more likely, Karen McDonald!

[Karen McDonald]

@manukarik:

You never know which of these suggestions might prove helpful one day.

I was going to say that we will probably never find out, as the thread was started 18 years ago. But then I noticed that the UP was online here yesterday! So maybe we'll get an update! 

[BB2018]

Hello all,

Thank you for the helpful information and suggestions on possible origins, particularly on potential place names in Germany.  Unfortunately I've not been in a position to move things on and discover any more about A C Kadansky since the original post in 2005.  I plan to get back into research mode soon - after 18yrs, i'm hoping there is a lot more online (fingers crossed esp in Europe) than when I first started looking into this.

BB

[Karen McDonald]

Good luck with it, BB!
And if you need any help: You know where we are. 

Best regards,
Karen