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Help reading German passport book
« on: Thursday 17 January 13 00:52 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
  I have a picture of my gr-gr grandfather Anton Neuhauser passport book, I believe?
I can't read German and am very interested to find out what it says.
In the book it shows that he traveled to lots of interesting places.
It looks like there is a lot of valuable information that I can use.
Can anyone help?
I have attached a picture of the first page of his book.

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Re: Help reading German passport book
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 17 January 13 07:32 GMT (UK) »
Name                                                          Anton Neuhäuser
Geburtsort (Place of Birth)                          Stadt (city) Friedland
Kreis (district)                                          Bunzlauer
Land oder Provinz (Coutry or Province)          Böhmen (Bohemia)
Ortsobrigkeit (Local Authority)                  Magistrat (Magistracy)
Pfarre (Parish)                                          Friedland
Alter (age)                                                  17 Jahre (years) geb[oren] (born) 1824
Wohnort (Place of Residence)                  Stadt (city) Friedland
Profession                                                  Tischler (cabinet maker)
Statur                                                  mittel, schwach (medium, weak)
Gesicht (Face)                                          oval, klein (oval, small)
Haare (Hair)                                          blond
Augen (Eyes)                                          blau (blue)
Nase (Nose)                                          klein, stumpf (small, snub)
Besondere Kennzeichen (Special Marks)          keine (none)
Namensfertigung (Signature)

An old German text describes Friedland Castle as being situated '15 miles from Prague, 9 miles from Jung-Bunzlau (Mlada Boleslav), 2 miles from the city of Zittau in Saxony and one mile from the border'.

This must be the modern Czech city of Frydlant, close to the German and Polish borders.

Wikipedia tells us that 1 Bohemian Meile equals 11,300m, i.e. about 7 standard miles.

Justin

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Re: Help reading German passport book
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 17 January 13 10:48 GMT (UK) »
Justin,
Thank you so much for your help!
This is wonderful!!
I did not know where my gr-gr grandfather Anton Neuhauser can from.
Now with your help I can find him.

                                                        Debbie

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Re: Help reading German passport book
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 15 February 17 18:43 GMT (UK) »
Hallo, Debbie,
I have found your post recently, and I wonder if you have some more information on Anton Neuhauser from Friedland. Part of my family comes from this area (and I work there nowadays), Julian Neuhauser (1816 - 1889) was my grand-grand-grandfather and I have some photos of him and his family by Anton Neuhauser Photoatelier in Friedland. So, I think, they might be relatives?
Some pictures: , ,
Can we mail? (*) Greetings from Friedland!


Hi,
  I have a picture of my gr-gr grandfather Anton Neuhauser passport book, I believe?
I can't read German and am very interested to find out what it says.
In the book it shows that he traveled to lots of interesting places.
It looks like there is a lot of valuable information that I can use.
Can anyone help?
I have attached a picture of the first page of his book.



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