The surname of ELFENBEIN

[tupney]

Can anyone out there help me find out more about my ancestor Johann Christian Elfenbein?  He was baptised in 1794 in Danzig, and then he married in 1817 in Shoreditch, London.  I can not find when he came to London.  It seems that he came alone, as no other of the same surname are on any of the census's, only his later children.  Any help would be great!

Moderator comment: capitals amended for you 

[KGarrad]

Welcome to RootsChat!

Danzig, in those days, was a part of Prussia.
These days it is called Gdansk, and is part of POland.

Any records will probably be in Poland?

There are no shipping records of travelers entering the UK from Europe.
Maybe, if you're lucky, there will be Naturalisation or Citizenship papers?http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/naturalisation-british-citizenship/


P.S. Using all capital letters is netiquette for shouting!

[tupney]

sorry to all about the capital letters, never again!

[tupney]

I knew about danzig, in a later census of 1871, he puts where was born as 'berlin'. I have tried to find his death, but, his surname was spelt so many different ways, but, i WILL keep going!

[carinthiangirl]

Elfenbein is to find at Jewish names of Galicia:
http://www.avotaynu.com/books/DJSGNames.htm

Galicia, former Austrian-Hungarian Crownland - after 1919 divided between Poland and Ukraine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_(Eastern_Europe)

[tupney]

I know the later elfenbein name were all jewish, they emigrated from germany ca 1945 to america.
My elfenbein was 'evangelical lutheran' when he came to london . The family over here were all c-of-e
or to the other end not believing in anything!.I will keep going, never give up, the truth is out there somewhere!?!.
Tupney.

[carinthiangirl]

Not to forget, that many Jews often converted.