[gelöst] City/Town in Germany

[itsmemismelis]

Quelle bzw. Art des Textes: Ancestry.com
Jahr, aus dem der Text stammt: 1882
Ort/Gegend der Text-Herkunft: Valley City, North Dakota

Good Evening,
Can anyone make out the city/town in Germany where Michael Feske came from? It is circled in red. Thanks in advance for your help
Melissa Vigoren-Garcia

[Artsch]

Hello Melissa,

idea:
Verlustlisten 1. Weltkrieg: 6X Feske in Gr.(oß) Ehrenberg.
- 1945 Germany/ Neumark, heute Polen.
Groß Ehrenberg war ein Rittergut im Kreis Soldin.

Beste Grüße
Artsch

[itsmemismelis]

Hello Melissa,

idea:
Verlustlisten 1. Weltkrieg: 6X Feske in Gr.(oß) Ehrenberg.
- 1945 Germany/ Neumark, heute Polen.
Groß Ehrenberg war ein Rittergut im Kreis Soldin.

Beste Grüße
Artsch

Thank you! If it helps, we believe he was from Brandenburg.
Melissa

[animei]

Sure that this is a town name? I believe it states something like "Empire".

[itsmemismelis]

Sure that this is a town name? I believe it states something like "Empire".

I'm not 100% it is a town just thought it was because of how it is written. It could be Empire? Does anyone else have anyother thoughts? This is our only hope in finding the hometown in Brandenburg of our Feske's
Melissa

[Jürgen Wermich]

Sorry Melissa, I think it's indeed the Emperor of Germany, not the town where he comes from.

[renatehelene]

Hi Melissa,

do you have any notion when he was born???

[itsmemismelis]

Hi Melissa,

do you have any notion when he was born???

Everything else we have just shows Brandenburg, Prussia. We were hoping this was a town and not Empire.
Melissa

[renatehelene]

Hi Melissa,

you did not really answer my question did you?
What kind of info's do you have? Date of immigration? Did he travel alone?
Death certificate?

If you don't want this info's to be public write me a PN.

[animei]

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S1QZ-PDQ

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128456184

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9V8-56J

[StefOsi]

With the findagrave data you can find a pedigre resource file on familysearch. His parents are listed there as well, that might help in the search for his birth place.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S1QZ-PDQ

[StefOsi]

His brother (as mentioned in the familysearch tree), died in Helena Township, Griggs, ND - and the Griggs County History states:

John D. and Augusta A. Feske were married in Falkenstein, Prussia in 1864. They came to America in 1871 and settled in Michigan for 9 years. They then moved to Valley City for one year. At that time they moved to Griggs County and homesteaded near Sutton. John and Augusta Feske had 10 children.

http://www.webfamilytree.com/Griggs_County_Centennial/helena_township/feske_john_d.htm

So if he really was Michaels brother, the town of his marriage (Falkenstein) might help in a further search for the birth place.

P.S. So Falkenstein, Prussia might be the one in the former Friedeberg County (in the Neumark region of Brandenburg) - today its Sokólsko in Poland. - http://gov.genealogy.net/item/show/FALEINJO72RW

[Artsch]

Hallo,

Oneline-OFB Kreise Arnswalde und Friedeberg:

Unter anderen:

Michael Feske geb. um 1815 in Gurkowschbruch, Kreis Friedeberg

Berta Auguste Feske *15.1.1868 in Kranzin, Keis Arnswalde, +1942 in Curtice, Ohio, USA
(Vorname ? ihres Vaters Feske , geb. um 1838 in Groß Ehrenberg, Kreis Soldin, Death ?)
(Name der Mutter ?, geb. 1841 in Hitzdorf, Kreis Arnswalde, oo ?, Death ?)
Berta Auguste oo 16. 1. 1890 Wilhelm Haack (*2. 9. 1862 in Schwachenwalde, Kreis Arnswalde, + 10.5.1832 in USA)

Vielleicht passt etwas.

Beste Grüße
Artsch

[StefOsi]

Hello,

one more thing. Like David Feske (most likely the brother of Michael), Michael Feske lived in Michigan first and later moved to SD. So, in Michigan you can find several Feske's, like this one:

Carl F. Feske – Carl Ferdinand Feske died Tuesday morning after a lingering illness. Mr. Feske was born
July 19, 1832 at Schoenrade, Prussia and was married Nov. 17, 1862 to Miss Ernestine Werner, a n
ative of Liebenow, Prussia. The family came to America and settled in St. Clair in 1865.
Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mi...s1901-1939.pdf

Both mentioned villages are also located in the Friedeberg County...so one can start to see a pattern there.

Unfortunately, most of the churchbooks and other data for the Neumark region were lost in ww2, so its hard to put all these clues together and find real proof.

[itsmemismelis]

Hi Melissa,

you did not really answer my question did you?
What kind of info's do you have? Date of immigration? Did he travel alone?
Death certificate?

If you don't want this info's to be public write me a PN.

I'm sorry, I thought is said where not when. This is what I know:
His name is Michael A Feske/Fiske born September 26, 1836 in Brandenburg
(The actual date is from some documents we have and also on Findagrave.com)
He was born to John Feske and Elizabeth Bomen (these names are on his death certificate but no other documents have been found with their names)
He married Wilhelmina Unknown on July 28, 1865 before coming to the states.
He immigrated about 1867/68 first living in Michigane before making his forever home in North Dakota. (a ship record has never been found)
He had a brother, John David Feske-B: September 23, 1834, that also came to the States about 1871 with his wife Augusta Amelia Michaelis and 2 children, Bertha Mary Lizzie (Elizabeth?-1869), and John August Feske (1870).
They too lived in Michigan before setteling in North Dakota. We currently have a request in for John David Feske's death certificate to see if we can learn anything new. Thanks for your help
Melissa