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Help with German Ancestry - ELFENBEIN
« on: Monday 11 June 07 02:11 BST (UK) »
I am hoping that someone will be able to help me find information on one of my ancestors. His details are:-

Charles Frederick Henry Elfenbein or his German equivalent who was allegedly born on a ship in Hamburg Harbour 1825. His father was supposedly the Master of the ship he was born on. He came to Australia in 1855 on the "Europa" as a crewman.

In 1875 he obtained his Australian Naturalization which stated that he was a native of Wollin, Prussia.

Any help would be appreciated

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Re: Help with German Ancestry - ELFENBEIN
« Reply #1 on: Monday 18 June 07 09:53 BST (UK) »
The LDS catalogue shows they have microfilms of church records for Wollin, Sachsen, Preußen, 1794-1874.

Elfenbein means 'Ivory' in German. Smiley
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Re: Help with German Ancestry - ELFENBEIN
« Reply #2 on: Monday 18 June 07 10:35 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the info Jorose, I'll try the LDS for info. I and other family researchers have come to a dead end.  We have all the info on his arrival to Australia but now must try to find the Family in Germany.


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Re: Help with German Ancestry - ELFENBEIN
« Reply #3 on: Monday 18 June 07 18:21 BST (UK) »
Sorry, I can't find any Elfenbeins, but here's a bit about Pomerania (for background material):
http://mitglied.lycos.de/Pomerania2/hist_maps/pomerania_m/pomerania.html

Wollin, Prussia is actually Wollin, Pomerania and is now in Poland.

This is the present-day website for Wollin. In german, unfortunately, but the pictures look nice  Smiley
http://www.insel-usedom-wollin.de/

Everything else keeps coming up in german, maybe you will have more luck with an "english speaking" search machine.  Smiley

Bob
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Re: Help with German Ancestry - ELFENBEIN
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 19 June 07 05:37 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the info Bob. The Wolin in Poland and the Wollin in Germany had me confused, but seeing that Charle's father was a mariner and so was he, the Polish Wolin seems the most likely place. Are there any sites to search for mariners from this area searching around 1800-1830. Perhaps home ports for shipping mainly the 'Europa', 1855+- 5 years.

Also wanting to know how I would go about finding his birth in Hamburg in 1825?

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