[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Massa Family

[Gary Warner]

Was this family Lutheran?

Gary Warner

On 8/10/2012 5:57 AM, Jerry Frank wrote:
> Out of all the possible events described, I can only find the birth of Julianne Mutscher in our database in 1879.
>
> Our Master Pedigree Database shows the birth of a Karl Traugott Mutscher in 1831 in Lodz, Russian Poland but there is no way to verify at this time if this is the same person and he is not in your direct lineage anyway.
>
> The other events such as marriages between the various people must have occurred prior to their arrival in Volhynia.  I do not know why there is no 1881 marriage record Emilia and August.
>
> An alternative spelling to consider for Mass/e is Maas but I found no connection there either.
>
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Massey <uqaqti at shaw.ca>
> Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012 9:32 pm
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Massa Family
> To: Jerry Frank <FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca>
> Cc: German Mailing List <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
>
>> Hello all. I got this information today: Emelia Hoffmann
>> May 18, 1863  was the daughter of Johann Hoffman (1835-
>> 1865) and Franziska Kern (b. 1840)
>> And not Alexander Hoffmann and Julianne Baumann as previously
>> suspected.
>>
>> Johann Hoffman dies at age 30 and Franziska who was then 25
>> married a Karl Traugott MUTSCHER  and the two Hoffman
>> children Emilia and Maria became step daughters of Karl Traugott
>> Mutscher.
>> Karl Traugott Mutscher and Franziska (nee Kern, nee Hoffman) had
>> 3 boys and 1 daughter Karl Mutscher, Eduard Mutscher, and August
>> Mutscher and Julianne Mutscher.
>>   
>> The step daughters Emilia Hoffman and Maria Hoffman got married.
>> Maria married  Ludwig Janke
>> and Emilia married August Massey in Tutschin in 1881.
>>   
>> Other notes say
>>   
>> (Name spelled MASSIE on the death record)- married in 1881, in
>> Tutschin, AUGUST MASSE, born 15 August 1846 in Pomerania, Germany
>>
>> This might make connections easier.
>>
>>
>> Sent from Steve's iPhone
>>
>> (_E=mc2_)
>>
>> On 2012-08-09, at 10:12 AM, Jerry Frank
>> <FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> I cannot help much with the Massa family.  We have a few
>> entries for Mass and Masse but it appears that your family may
>> have arrived in Volhynia after our readily available records stop.
>>> However, there is lots of info for your Hoffmann / Baumann
>> family which you can search at
>> http://www.sggee.org/research/StPeteBirth.html   This
>> page also has links to the death and marriage records for the
>> same region.  You will find your g.g.grandmother's birth
>> recorded there under Emelia.
>>>
>>> Jerry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Steve Massey <uqaqti at shaw.ca>
>>> Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012 6:30 pm
>>> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Massa Family
>>> To: German Mailing List <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone. First time.
>>>>
>>>> I have hit a dead end in my family research. By great great
>>>> grandfather, August Massa came to Canada from Volhynia in
>> 1896.
>>>> His birthday is believed to be in 1857  Traveling with
>> him
>>>> was his wife, Amelie (Emily, Emelia, 1861?) and their son
>>>> Frederick. Her maiden name was Hoffmann and her parents were
>>>> (unconfirmed) Alexander and Julianne (née Baumann). I cannot
>>>> find any other link to relatives there. I don't have any
>> record
>>>> of siblings or parents. I believe they were from the
>> Rozyszcze
>>>> parish. I found a Jacob Massa from Galicia who bears an
>>>> incredible resemblance to my grandfather but no way to link
>> the
>>>> two families.
>>>>
>>>> I'm new at this and don't know where to start.
>> Any
>>>> help would be great.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve Massey
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from Steve's iPhone
>>>>
>>>> (_E=mc2_)
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