tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post7151876145517896087..comments2024-02-23T03:17:22.061-06:00Comments on Destination: Austin Family: My Brick Wall Ancestor: Frances PressnerThomas MacEnteehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post-62835506992008902722009-01-08T21:19:00.000-06:002009-01-08T21:19:00.000-06:00Thanks Donna - you shed some new light on possible...Thanks Donna - you shed some new light on possible last names. And it is nice to have some German background what with all my New York Dutch and Rhode Island English!Thomas MacEnteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post-66066926210429490862009-01-08T19:28:00.000-06:002009-01-08T19:28:00.000-06:00I should have clarified #1...the reason you want h...I should have clarified #1...the reason you want her death cert is because it will have her SS# on it if she had one. Then, you can get her application.<BR/><BR/>DonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post-2218582717337957652009-01-08T18:20:00.000-06:002009-01-08T18:20:00.000-06:00Thomas,Some quick thoughts on it...1) Get her deat...Thomas,<BR/><BR/>Some quick thoughts on it...<BR/><BR/>1) Get her death record. If she died in 1960, there is a good chance she does have an SS-5 application, but it will not show up in any SSDI indexed the records for deaths beginning in 1962 (with some exceptions).<BR/><BR/>2) In German, the letter "P" tends to "sound" like the letter "B", so try that as an alternate spelling. Bressner would not come up in an Amercian soundex which is based on the first letter of the name only. Try taking out the "r" also (Pessner).<BR/><BR/>3) Get the marriage record. If you don't want to wait, use maps and other sources to determine what church it may have been. Do you have the husband in the 1910 census? You could try that neighborhood since you don't have her address. <BR/><BR/>4) If she immigrated in 1892, then she came as a baby with parents. She'd be on the 1900 and 1910 census somewhere.... I tried some search variations without success. Try neighboring states like CT or NJ. If you can get the death record (or marriage) you will know what father's name to look for.<BR/><BR/>5) I strongly encourage you to get the church baptismal record of the children, starting with the oldest. If they married and baptized their children in a German church, the record could likely contain her birthplace.<BR/><BR/>6) Was Richard Henneberg really born in NY as he says in the census, or in Germany as he says on the draft card? Do you have his birth record from NY? (I know, that has nothing to do with her, but...if he was German and was naturalized, you can get more on her through his record).<BR/><BR/>7) It's a long-shot, but in Germany a lot of women have Maria for a first name, and later use their "middle" name. Maybe that was the case with your Franziska.<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad you have a German immigrant for your "brick wall". Most of the genea-bloggers seem to have colonial American brickwalls, and I can not offer any useful advice at all! <BR/><BR/>Donna<BR/><A HREF="http://pastprologue.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">What's Past is Prologue</A>Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07793821469331830974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post-90963506087945889342009-01-08T11:23:00.000-06:002009-01-08T11:23:00.000-06:00I will order the marriage certificate but the back...I will order the marriage certificate but the backlog is almost five months - I thought there might be more cost effective ways to do this. I do have a death date (April, 1960) given to me by one of her grandsons.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your help!!Thomas MacEnteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post-34627121644543582232009-01-08T11:21:00.000-06:002009-01-08T11:21:00.000-06:00Thomas, you don't mention whether you've looked fo...Thomas, you don't mention whether you've looked for or been able to find death information. Her death certificate may state her birthplace and parents' names.<BR/><BR/>Is it possible to order her marriage license and marriage record from what you've found in the Grooms Index? I imagine that she could have had a family member or two act as witnesses.<BR/><BR/>I did some other searches in Ancestry and Footnote and will send you the results by e-mail.Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.com