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?
Alois Polster the cavalryman from the 1880s
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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.
AstridZuletzt geändert von assi.d; 14.05.2020, 20:17.
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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The photograph is from before mid 1886, because there ist a Raupenhelm (dragoon helmet) on the chair, that has been replaced by the Pickelhaube in 1886.
BasilZuletzt geändert von Basil; 14.05.2020, 20:14.Zimmer: Oberlausitz und Dresden; Stephanus: Zittau, Altenburg und Ronneburg
Raum Zittau: Heidrich, Rudolph
Erzgebirge: Uhlmann, Lieberwirth, Gläser, Herrmann
Burgenlandkreis: Wachtler, Landmann, Schrön
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Zitat von assi.d Beitrag anzeigenHi 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
The mentioned "Vettern und Basen" are male and female cousins ( first grade ), not nephews and nieces.
Regards,
ThomasFN Pein (Quickborn vor 1830), FN Hinsch (Poppenbüttel, Schenefeld), FN Holle (Hamburg, Lüchow?), FN Ludwig/Niesel (Frankenstein/Habelschwerdt) FN Tönnies (Meelva bei Karuse-Estland, später Hamburg), FN Lindloff (Altona, Lüneburg, Suderburg)
Ceterum censeo progeniem hominum esse deminuendam
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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.
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Zitat von Svenja Beitrag anzeigenHi
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.
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Svenja
Thanks, Svenja. It's a long shot but I can only deal with what I have. Donald
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Bitte Parallelthema beachten!
https://forum.ahnenforschung.net/sho...94#post1270694Viele Grüße .................................. .
Christine
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Wer sich das Alte noch einmal vor Augen führt, um das Neue zu erkennen, der kann anderen ein Lehrer sein.
(Konfuzius)
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Hi!
Zitat von Svenja Beitrag anzeigenThe 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.Gruß
gki
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Hi!
Zitat von Kasstor Beitrag anzeigenThe mentioned "Vettern und Basen" are male and female cousins ( first grade ), not nephews and nieces.Gruß
gki
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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. DonaldZuletzt geändert von donaldaskey; 29.05.2020, 16:09.
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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"?
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SvenjaZuletzt geändert von Svenja; 28.05.2020, 16:51.Meine Website über meine Vorfahren inkl. Linkliste:
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Zitat von gki Beitrag anzeigenShort translation "we won't do your research for you"
But stated so beautifully in German.
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Zitat von Svenja Beitrag anzeigenHi
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.
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