German Pork Butchers in Britain

[johnbhoy]

Hi All "German Pork Butcher" Fans,

I've added an occupations field to the SIT,
so if you all enter your Surnames there,
it will be easier to keep track of them all   

Topic: New possibilities in the SIT: Occupations
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,612580.0.html

regards,
Bob

Good idea Bob, have entered surname into the SIT as you suggested.
Next month, this thread will have been running for 3 years, and with over 40,000 views and nearly 400 replies, hopefully it will continue to assist others find their British and Irish butcher descendants who have German ancestry

Johnbhoy 

[johnbhoy]

Hi All

just come across this topic.....it is excellent and a quick search has prompted me to add the WAHLERS name to the subject....my gggf Hermann  Wahlers (born 1838 in Gross Sottrum, died 1915) married Anna Sophia Koch (born in Germany c 1836) in 1862 at St Nicholas Church in Liverpool.  They had 8 children.

Hermann Wahlers was a german pork butcher at 273 Athol Street for many years but had retired by 1898.  He supported the german church in Liverpool and, in his wisdom, was a subscriber to Everton Football Club.
I have never come across an old photograph of Athol Street....but it was a long street in the docklands area with over 300 houses and over 30 public houses!

There is a connection with the WAHLERS family name and sugarbakers, the White Star Line, lace export, Australia and New Zealand.

Regards

Alan Wahlers

Great post mate 

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi All,

following on from my last reply here, how about a database of german pork butchers ??

Topic: Possible database: German Pork Butchers
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,613454.0.html

please add your feedback there

thanks,
Bob

[Berlin-Bob]

Updated:
Topic: Possible database: German Pork Butchers
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,613454.msg4634669.html#msg4634669

regards,
Bob

[Berlin-Bob]

Updated:

Topic: Possible database: German Pork Butchers
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,613454.msg4653646.html#msg4653646

regards,
Bob

A "read-only" trial version of a database is now available 

regards,
Bob

[limehouse79]

Hi
Most of my german pork butcher ancestors came from Niedernhall or Backnang to London and Liverpool.  Does anyone have any ancestors from these places? 
Limehouse79

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Limehouse,

Welcome to RootsChat
and Welcome, too, to the Pork Butchers Topic

It's early days yet, but because I used the data from this topic to start a trial-run with the German Pork Butchers database, I can already use it to tell you that there are several researchers with ancestors from Niedernhall ...

See
http://surname.rootschat.com/lexicon/dbsig/GPB-quick-search.php?org_place=Niedernhall


Tip: To read this topic through, click on "Print" at the top or bottom of this topic.
(it won't print it, it just shows all replies in one printable page !!)
You can then use Control-F to search for "niedernhall".  Once you've checked out the others, you might like to add a few of your names here.

regards,
Bob

ps, no one from Backnang yet, but by coincidence, I shall be travelling to Waiblingen in a couple of weeks, which is just a few miles away 

[Histres]

Hello Berlin-Bob,

I realize you are on a really good way with your surname-based collection of data. However I think that you should also show the people's forenames right behind their family names. This makes clear whether the person is of male or female gender. This is important as many emigrants from the Hohenlohe area were young women who became employed by the German pork butchers in their households and their shops or even became their wives. This way users of the database can sort out at an early stage who they shall have to have a closer look at the more specifying data sheet in a second step.

Best wishes
Histres

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Histres,

Thanks.  It only looks like it is "surname based" because I used the data from previous topics where I had only collected the surnames. If you click on 'C' you will see three CUTTS^(*), with forenames. (These are not real people, I just "invented" them to test some different aspects of the database.  )

When we "go live" I can either initialise the database, so that everyone starts off fresh, or I can leave the existing records there, and members can add the missing data.

Regards,
Bob

^(*)
Updated: they changed their names to Schweinemetzger can now be found under 'S'