Germany Town or City Name

[adenshillito]

From a marriage certificate of 1866, is certainly a place in Germany but could be a town or city or village which had since vanished or been renamed or rezoned, etc. Also could just be a mis-hearing or phonetic writing by the person writing out the form. Either way a friend who is good with old hand writing couldn't figure it out. For comparison, the 2, 3 and four words are 'Germany' 'Liverpool' and 'England'.
Any help appreicated.

[sami]

Wondered about Ostherne. But couldn't find anything like that in various town/place listings.

sami

[matthewj64]

Oettern?

[matthewj64]

Wondered about Ostherne. But couldn't find anything like that in various town/place listings.

sami

Maybe Ost Herne?

[sami]

Maybe Ost Herne?

That's an interesting idea. There is a Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia. If Ost is East then that sounds possible.

sami

[adenshillito]

Thanks-
Sounds like workable theory, as opposed to blank expression I have had so far trying to figure it out.


Aden

[sami]

Hi Aden:

Not sure where your research is, but perhaps you could get more information from census returns.

sami

[Peonie]

How about Dortmund?  Gommern?

Here is some help. http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Lese/Kanzlei2.htm  As you can see the first letter can be O, D, G or even S. Check it against places in : http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/ortsbuch39.html

Good luck,  Peonie

[CarolA3]

At first glance I see 'Catherine' but that's probably no help

Carol