[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] surname Schmalz, Ehmann ( Eimann ) place Plotzk

[Jerry Frank]

At 11:36 AM 24/02/2005, Klaus-Guenter Leiss wrote:
>I'm looking for Information about my Greatgrandparents.
>
>August Wilhelm Schmalz
>Born approx. 1849 according to ship records in New-York
>arriving on January 04, 1908 he did give his age as 59.
>The same record gives his place of birth as Brezinitz in
>Russia. According to my Grandparents Stammblatt from
>the EWZ he was born in Plotzk ( no year of birth given ).
>Does anybody know a village named Brezinitz near Plotzk.
>His religion is given as lutheran.
>In a russian purchase contract from Lutzk, his name is
>given as August Wilhelm Bogumilow Schmalz. I think this
>would mean that his fathers given name was Bogumil or
>more likely Gottlieb.
>
>His wife
>
>Christine Ehmann ( Eman, Eimann )
>In the certificate of birth of her daughter ( written in Polish )
>her name is given as Krystyny Eman. In a later translation to
>german her name is written as Christine Eman.
>In the certificate of marriage of her daughter her name is
>written Christine Ehmann.
>In my  Grandparents Stammblatt from the EWZ her name
>was given as Christine Eimann born in Plotzk. There was
>also no year of birth given for her. Her religion is given as
>lutheran.
>
>When they lived near Kovel their church was
>Evangelisch-Augsburgisch.
>
>In the St. Pete records on the web, I found three children from
>them. Is it likely that there are more information in the original
>records than in the summary on the web.



I could not find a place like Brezinitz.  My best guess is that the correct 
spelling would be Brzeznice or Brzezniec but there is nothing like that in 
the Plock region.

SGGEE databases indicate that there were a couple of Ehman / Ehmann 
families in the Plock parish including a Kristine born about 1840.  I only 
found one Schmalz in the Plock region but there were several families just 
south of the river from there in the Gostynin parish.

Since there seems to be a fairly firm and definite connection to the Plock 
parish, I would suggest you research microfilms from there as listed at 
http://sggee.org/Films/PlockLutFilms

About the only thing you will find on the original St. Pete record that is 
not on the extraction are the names of the godparents and perhaps the 
occupation of the father.  However, because this is an extraction, we 
recommend that you always get an original copy to verify the information 
which could have errors.




Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca