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From: "Carole M. Bethke Wright" <>
Subject: Re: [GERMAN-SURNAMES] WELP
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:31:03 -0700
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Hello Joel, I too am searching for my Welp line, however in the other
direction ( in Germany/Prussia)! I have no proof that any of my Welps came
to the U.S. If they did they most likely would have gone to Illinois or
Wisconsin. My Gesina (Rosalie) Welp was a second wife to Johann Bernard Putz
(with umlat). First wife was a Welberg and they had 5 children. Gesina
Welp's father was Joan Herman Welp and mother -Anna Maria Lohring (with
umlat). My Welp family all came from Allstatte, Westfalen. My grandmother
said she was HollandDutch and I heard Allstatte is right on the western
border of Germany and Holland -not really that far from Bielefeld.

Interesting that one of your lines has a surname, Wiele. My mother's great
grandparents came from a town of the Catholic parish of Wiele (Wielle) near
Przytarnia, Chojnice, Bydgoszcz, Poland/Prussia. About 75 miles south of
Danzig.

Probably no connections here but I hopeful we could maybe help each other.
Carole (Utah)

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From: "Joel S. Russell" <>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:50 AM
To: <>
Subject: [GERMAN-SURNAMES] WELP

> I'm interested in corresponding with anyone researching the surname
> WELP. My ancestor, Herman Heinrich Welp (1833-1902), settled in St.
> Louis, MO around 1854. He was from the Bielefeld area, but I've not
> found him in records in Germany yet. The surname is fairly uncommon
> in the U.S. with most either settling in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and
> Indiana. I'm currently trying to research each of these families to
> see if there are any interconnections.
>
> Joel
> http://www.rafert.org/home
>
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