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From: "Karl Roussin" <>
Subject: Re: [GERMAN-SURNAMES] the surname Schewe and Pilgar
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:08:24 -0600
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Cindy
Could not determine what was His birth date
However here are 15 August Schewe records

1. AUGUST FRIEDRICH SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Birth: 31 AUG 1840

2. AUGUST FRIEDRICH SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Christening: 13 SEP 1840 Bromberg Stadt, Posen, Preussen

3. AUGUST HEINRICH SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Birth: 05 SEP 1843

4. AUGUST HEINRICH SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Christening: 23 SEP 1843 Evangelisch, Hagen Hamm, Westfalen,
Preussen

5. AUGUST HEINRICH SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Christening: 23 SEP 1843 Evangelisch, Hagen Hamm, Westfalen,
Preussen

6. AUGUST JACOB SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Birth: 23 NOV 1851

7. AUGUST JACOB SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Christening: 21 DEC 1851 Bromberg Stadt, Posen, Preussen

8. AUGUST SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Birth: 03 MAR 1852

9. AUGUST SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Christening: 14 MAR 1852 Vandsburg, Westpreussen, Preussen

10. AUGUST FERDINAND SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Birth: 06 DEC 1853

11. AUGUST FERDINAND SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Christening: 11 DEC 1853 Heilige Geist, Stargard, Pommern,
Preussen

12. August Lebrecht Traugott Schewe - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Birth: 16 APR 1855 Kussow, Neustettin, Pommern, Preussen

13. AUGUST JULIUS FERDINAND SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Birth: 22 APR 1856

14. AUGUST JULIUS FERDINAND SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Christening: 04 MAY 1856 Heilige Geist, Stargard, Pommern,
Preussen

15. AUGUST SCHEWE - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Christening: 27 APR 1860 Evangelisch, Hagen Hamm, Westfalen,
Preussen

If You determine which is which , I can send the complete record.
Karl Roussin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob and Cindy" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:55 PM
Subject: [GERMAN-SURNAMES] the surname Schewe and Pilgar


> I'm searching for any Schewe ancestor that lived in Brandenburg in or
> around 1850 on....My great grandfather [August ] had family there, but
> very rarely spoke of them as he was on the run from the Prussian
guards..or
> so the story goes....He himself was also in the Prussian army and [ he
went
> to military school starting at the age of six] was an officer born to rank
> rather than earning it as some did....They lived on Unterden Lindenstrassa
> not far from the Brandenburg gates.... We were told the addresses was
number
> 27...We were told he had one younger brother named Fritz and at least 2 or
3
> older brothers that were part of the Prussian guards....and perhaps a
> married sister that went to Pennsylvania.. We were also told that when the
> scandal happened his father whisked him away to catch a ship to England [
> about the year 1888 as great grand father said he was in England during
the
> time of Jack the ripper] and then to the states to be with his
sister...The
> history goes that he stayed for a time and was a school teacher [we don't
> know where in Pennsylvania] ....he left and worked his way to wards Canada
> doing odd jobs till he got to Toronto....where he worked in a shoe shop of
> some statice....he did that for a time ...next we hear he has gotten a
fancy
> buggy watch and clothes and head to the small community of Commanda
> where he met and married Louisa Pilgar.... We believe he was quite a bit
> older than Louisa and that she was considered a spinster because she
wasn't
> married by 18...There he started a small farm and had at least 6 or 7
> children...In 1920 August lost most of his children and his wife to
typhoid
> fever...My grandfather William was the oldest and he was away at work at a
> blacksmith shop where he was apprenticing.......that is about all the
> history that I could get from family as many have now passed that new my
> grandfather and great grandfather directly....any one knowing of a
similar
> history let me know....as I've hit a brick wall in finding any other
> information......thanks in advance for any information you might
> have....till later have a great day all.....Cindy
>
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