Alois Polster the cavalryman from the 1880s

[donaldaskey]

What does this postcard tell us? Who is Alois Polster? Does his uniform reveal his military unit? The relatives he wrote this card (sometime in the late 1880s) to are Forsters and Rauchs, who came from Weihern (Pfreimd) in 1849 and now live in Buffalo, New York. The exact relationship is not known; he is apparently a nephew or cousin of the Forsters. And Leutenbach? Which Leutenbach could that be? Do either the photo or the inscription on the back give us an clue as to the identity of this chap?

[didirich]

hallo donaldaskey
ich habe einen Alois Polster gefunden !
geboren : 29, 9, 1884 in Bayern
ob das der richtige ist ??
Gruß aus dem Schwabenland
von didirich

[assi.d]

Hi Donald,

he wrote this in Leutenbach at the day of his mothers funeral. Leutenbach and Pfreimd are not so far away.

He signed the card with "soldier" and with "Cavallerie", at that time in Augsburg. He mentioned his "beloved nieces and nephews" in Buffalo.

Astrid

[Basil]

Hello,

the back of the card only tells me that Alois was in the military in Augsburg and his mother was buried that day he sent the card. His military unit was the Königlich Bayerisches Chevaulegers-Regiment "König" Nr. 4 (4th Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "King") based in Augsburg.

The photograph is from before mid 1886, because there ist a Raupenhelm (dragoon helmet) on the chair, that has been replaced by the Pickelhaube in 1886.

Basil

[Kasstor]

Hi Donald,

he wrote this in Leutenbach at the day of his mothers funeral. Leutenbach and Pfreimd are not so far away.

He signed the card with "soldier" and with "Cavallerie", at that time in Augsburg. He mentioned his "beloved nieces and nephews" in Buffalo.

Astrid

Hi,

The mentioned "Vettern und Basen" are male and female cousins ( first grade ), not nephews and nieces.


Regards,


Thomas

[Svenja]

Hi

The photo-postcard was made by Conrad Stichaner, he made other postcards in the 1870ies and 1880ies. So I'll search for Alois Polster in the Lists of the War of 1870/71. By the way the surname Rauch is also an interest of my own researches.

Regards
Svenja

[donaldaskey]

Hi

The photo-postcard was made by Conrad Stichaner, he made other postcards in the 1870ies and 1880ies. So I'll search for Alois Polster in the Lists of the War of 1870/71. By the way the surname Rauch is also an interest of my own researches.

Regards
Svenja

Thanks, Svenja. It's a long shot but I can only deal with what I have. Donald

[Xtine]

Bitte Parallelthema beachten!
https://forum.ahnenforschung.net/sho...94#post1270694

[gki]

Hi!

The photo-postcard was made by Conrad Stichaner, he made other postcards in the 1870ies and 1880ies. So I'll search for Alois Polster in the Lists of the War of 1870/71. By the way the surname Rauch is also an interest of my own researches.

If he was a simple cavalryman in 1886/7 he is unlikely to have been fighting 1870/71, He would have made vice-corporal at least.

[gki]

Hi!

The mentioned "Vettern und Basen" are male and female cousins ( first grade ), not nephews and nieces.

I would not be so sure of this. At least earlier (pre 1800) "Vetter" could be anything from Uncle to Cousin to Nephew.

[donaldaskey]

Response from the Bavarian Royal Archives

Thank you all for trying to help decode this postcard and help identify the soldier. I followed Basil's suggstion and contacted the Bavarian Royal Archives to determine whether any soldier in its records matched my guy. The response is attached. Disappointing, but I am grateful for the effort. Donald

[gki]

Short translation "we won't do your research for you"

[Svenja]

Hi

They are not able to do a research only with a name, they need to know his unit.
To be honest that's no surprise for me.

Did you wrote to the archives that he probably was in the
"Königlich Bayerisches Chevaulegers-Regiment "König" Nr. 4"?

Regards
Svenja

[donaldaskey]

Short translation "we won't do your research for you"

But stated so beautifully in German.

[donaldaskey]

Hi

They are not able to do a research only with a name, they need to know his unit.
To be honest that's no surprise for me.

Did you wrote to the archives that he probably was in the
"Königlich Bayerisches Chevaulegers-Regiment "König" Nr. 4"?

Regards
Svenja

I did not mention the unit. I suppose it doesn't hurt to write the archive back and cite the unit. I should have mentioned the unit initially. Thanks.