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From: "Joseph Miller" <>
Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Thielen or Thiel Losheim
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:16:59 +0100
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Doug,

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From: "Doug Urbanus" <>
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Subject: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Thielen or Thiel Losheim


> I went thru the early 2000 archives posted by Linda Franks on both
> catholic church records and civil records (1839-1852, LDS FHL 1051904).
> Apparently she found an abundance of Thiel, but no Thielen. My ggg grd
> mth, Maria Thielen, came from Losheim in 1868 and was born in 1851.
> Her catholic church marriage certificate in Chicago in 1872 in fact says
> "Losheim Borusia". Question: Is it possible that Theilen is a name
> variation on Thiel? Question: I really haven't found Borusia; is there
> any connection to Losheim?
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I am not looking at any maps right as I type this, so if anything is not
correct, please accept my apologies.

Borussia is the Latin name for Prussia - which is east of modern day
Germany - it is where modern day Latvia Estonia and Lithuania are. It was
often used incorrectly when describing Prussian occupied Rheinland, the
geographical area served by this list and a part of southwestern modern day
Germany, where the population is subtantially entirely Catholic.

I would believe Thielen to be a variation of Thiel, and this may or may not
have anything to do with it, but there is also the name Thelen which you may
want consider in your search as well. It is a city as well as a family name
and i believe is located in either the northern Rheinland or southern
Westphalia.

I'm probably not helping you out any, but the proverbial fuel for thought.

Best wishes.

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