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« on: Tuesday 09 April 24 13:57 BST (UK) »
Hi Poppy,
I'd noticed that Ernest - despite his many travels - stayed registered with his family (Otto and "mum" Elise) in Bäckerstraße 20 during the 1870's and early 1880's.
In 1872 the brother of Caroline Elise Schindler died and a year later his probate mentioned that Elise's children would get some money. However, only Adolf, Christine, Valerie und Karoline Marno were mentioned and not Ernest and/or Otto. This had made me a bit suspicious and had wondered whether Elise might have been their stepmother, but could not confirm or deny this until those St. Stephan baptisms had turned up.