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From: "grothenwell" <>
Subject: Re: GEN-DE Grothenwell
Date: 20 Feb 2007 00:59:28 -0800
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On 19 Feb, 21:49, "Henning Boettcher" <> wrote:
> "grothenwell" <> schrieb
> On Feb 18, 11:12?pm, Lutz Engelhardt <> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > > Hat irgend jemand nhere Informationen ber diesen Namen?
> > > Es ist der Nachname meines Ur-Ur-Grovaters (John Frederick). Er
> hat
> > > in Aberdeen, Schottland in 1820 geheiratet.
> > > Ich habe erfahren, da er Seemann war. Leider kann ich keine
> weiteren
> > > Informationen oder die Staatsangehrigkeit ber ihn in Erfahrung
> > > bringen. Einige vermuten da sein Nachname deutsch gewesen sein
> > > k nnte
> > > (Grothen) und da er bei seiner Einb rgerung in Grobritannien
> > > "Angliziert" wurde.
>
> > May be you should look for the German name Grothewohl or (less
> probably
> > but still possible) Grothenwohl.
>
> > Just the name will not be able to lead you furtheron. You have to
> know
> > the place, where your ancestor was living, even better where he
> was born.
>
> > Good luck,
>
> > Lutz Engelhardt
>
> > --
> > Ancestors from Germany?www.lutz-genealogy.de
>
> Thank you Lutz,
>
> Unfortunately that is all the information I have that was posted.
> Someone did say that there had been an DDR politician named
> Grothenwell, but I think they must have been mistaken.
>
> The name of the DDR politician was Otto Grotewohl.
>
> In 2001 there were
> 24 Grotewohl
> in the German phone directory.
>
> You can find the actual German phone directory athttp://www.tao.dastelefonbuch.de/
> --
> Kind regards
> Henning Boettcher
> Switzerland
> http://homepage.sunrise.ch/homepage/boettche/
> (universally applicable hints/German language only/ last review:
> Aug. 2005)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hi Henning,

Thank you for the information.

Unfortunately the link to the directory doesn't appear to work for me.
I am sure if there had been any Grothenwells listed you'd ahve
mentioned it.

It would be good to know if the name ever really existed, before dying
out; or if indeed it was an anglisised version, of say Grote(n)wohl.
On his 1850 burial record he is named Grottenwell, but that is the
only recording of a different spelling.

Best wishes,

John


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