Germany Town or City Name

[adenshillito]

It's general genealogy research, not a lot of information on the man in question, hoped the mysterious place name might help with narrowing census forms or other such data to a more exact geographical area.

[adenshillito]

Still trying to get some opinions, have had a lot of folk suggest useful things, the minister writing it was likely working phonetically from the words of a first generation German immigrant, so it might be 'the something' or another variation. It might also be a place now entirely gone or in another region, country or under a new name.

[adenshillito]

where is the best place to view census data for Germany?

I think Sami's suggestion  Ost Herne  might be closest, a few people have suggested a similar thing outside of Roots. The hand writing page was very useful also.

Thanks-

[adenshillito]

sorry, should have correctly acknowledged matthewj64 for the original Herne comment

[Regorian]

There is a town/village called Gothern(e) on the Baltic coast of Sweden.

This Link refers, but I can't get the translation.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9OdAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=gotherne+germany&source=bl&ots=BzRwugwwT2&sig=fIO0a0szJsH5NNqjQsishdjejro&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip0OWVu9_bAhXOe8AKHWMTAtwQ6AEIODAB.

Seems to be linked to Sweden, Denmark and Germany. 

[Winslass]

  I think it may be Osterne

 You can find the town (or village) on Google Maps.

 

 

[adenshillito]

Osterne sounds very likely. It could be misheard and then written Oathene or something like it I imagine.-thanks for the lead
it's not an option google maps offer in my original searches either.

[BushInn1746]

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

sami

Maybe Ost Herne?

Oettern?

Hello

In old handwriting that first letter was also similar to a capital "C".

So starting letter O or C?


I presume there is not another capital letter formed the same, on the whole document?


'G' is obviously formed in Germany and not the same.

If begining 'C' then the word looks in Engish to read:- Catharne / Cathame or Cothame / Cotharne or Cotherne

Köthen
Catham for Chatham

But I would like to hear a German pronunciation, that gives me that word as spelt in the country where it was written down (recorded).

Mark

[adenshillito]

It does look a little like Catherine when you first look at it.