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Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] RE: Prussian measures
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 21:56:25 -0400

Bob,

My Brunswick ancestor, Daniel Engelcke, is listed in von Riedesel's Order Book as 5 Zoll and 0 Strich. Does this mean that he was 5'5" tall (as I've thought)?

Thank you
Bill Smith

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Brooks <>
Date: Saturday, April 9, 2005 8:52 pm
Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] RE: Prussian measures

> In German, a Fuß is a Foot and a Zoll is an Inch. Try multiplying
> 2.62 x
> 12. The Prussian system is 3.15% larger than the English system.
>
> In Hessian and Brunswick military records I have examined, a man's
> height
> (Maas) is only listed in Zoll and Strich with a basic 5 Fuß
> understood. A
> man who stands 5 foot (Fuß) 0 inch (Zoll) by the Prusian system
> would be 5 f
> oot 1.9 inches by the English system.

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