[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Heffels, from Dobrinka (Russia) to Argentina and the US

[Joanne Johnson]

My ancestors last name is Leffel. I would be interested in close matches to 
Heffel.
Joanne Redman Johnson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "joepessarra" <joepessarra at suddenlink.net>
To: "'Karina V. Heffel'" <karinaheffel at yahoo.com>; 
<ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Heffels,from Dobrinka (Russia) to 
Argentina and the US


> The US white pages at http://www.whitepages.com/ has 155 Heffel listings.
>
> Ellis Island records at http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ has 8 Heffel
> listings, 1 from Dobrinka, Russia.  Here is the listing; ignore the makeup
> of the info, it doesn't copy and paste well.  I thinkyou can understand 
> it.
>
>  Exact Matches (8)
>  Name of Passenger Residence Arrived Age on Arrival Passenger Record Ship
> Manifest Ship Image
> 1. Alexander Heffel    Dobrinka, Russia    1913  20  View View View
> 2. Alexander Heffel    Werchnjoya, Russia    1912  1  View View View
> 3. Anna Heffel    Werchnjoya, Russia    1912  25  View View View
> 4. Gottfried Heffel    Werchnjoya, Russia    1912  24  View View View
> 5. Mary Heffel        1903  30  View View View
> 6. Mary Heffel        1910  65  View View View
> 7. Mary Heffel    Newark    1906  55  View View View
> 8. Mary Heffel    West Meath    1903  30
>
> You might take a look at the site yourself, to see the details on the
> passenger manifest.
>
> If you do the search for close matches, you get 40 listings with slightly
> different spellings.
>
> Good luck on your search.
>
> Joe in Georgetown, Texas
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
> [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Karina
> V. Heffel
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:33 PM
> To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Heffels, from Dobrinka (Russia) to 
> Argentina
> and the US
>
> Greetings to all list members!
>
> My name is Karina Heffel and I'm originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina;
> although I currently live in Texas.
>
> I'm researching the surname Heffel, originally from the Sachsen Provinz in
> Germany, later on settled in the Dobrinka village in Russia.
>
> My great-grandfather was George Heffel, born in Dobrinka Sept 22 1866, 
> died
> Apr 13 1943 in Entre Rios, Argentina. He was married to Katharina Block
> (born Jan 12 1872 in Alt-Galka, Saratov) she died on 23 Apr 1939 in Entre
> Rios as well.
>
> George and Katharina moved to Argentina from Russia in 1905 with their
> children at the time. I know nothing about my g-grandfather George 
> Heffel's
> parents or siblings; only that at least one of his brothers moved to the
> United States instead, and he might have fathered a son who later on 
> became
> a high rank officer in the US Navy, and a well known veteran from WWII or
> the Korean War who was awarded a medal for his accomplishment on a risky
> mission (that was on an Argentine newspaper clipping my granfather 
> Benjamin
> had when my dad was little).
>
> I'm hoping I can connect with those relatives on my g-grandfather Heffel's
> side to exchange information and learn about each other's past.
>
> For all those interested, here's the link to the page I created on the
> internet for the Heffels and Blocks in Argentina with all othe information
> we currently have, pictures, etc. Unfortunately it's in Spanish; but I'll 
> be
> more than happy to translate to English to those interested,
>
> http://groups.msn.com/FamiliaHeffelBlockenArgentina/yourwebpage.msnw
>
> All best,
>
> Karina V. Heffel
>  karinaheffel at yahoo.com
>  karinaheffel at gmail.com
>
>  Researching our family tree since 1986: Volga Germans, Germans from
> Russia; Heffel & Block from Germany (Sachsen Provinz / Lieblos/ Darmstadt)
> to
>  Dobrinka & Alt-Galka (Saratov, Russia) between 1763/1768; to Argentina in
> 1905, and to the United States around the same time.
>
>
>
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