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SUHR OF SWITZERLAND
« on: Friday 25 September 20 10:50 BST (UK) »
Hi All, looking for the children & wife of LEOPOLD CHRISTIAN WILHELM SUHR b 1940 m around 1963 died 1992
also his brother CHRISTIAN M A SUHR b 1951 m UK 1973 died Chile 2018

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Re: SUHR OF SWITZERLAND
« Reply #1 on: Friday 25 September 20 13:36 BST (UK) »
are you aware that Suhr is a place name in Switzerland and has a coat of arms ??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhr,_Aargau
oakes,liverpool..neston..backford..poulton cum spittal(bebington)middlewich,cheshire......   sacht,helgoland  .......merrick,herefordshire adams,shropshire...tipping..ellis..  jones,garston,liverpool..hartley.dunham massey..barker. salford

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Re: SUHR OF SWITZERLAND
« Reply #2 on: Friday 25 September 20 14:19 BST (UK) »
there are 38 Suhr´s listed in the Swiss telephone book
https://tel.search.ch/?was=suhr&privat=1&pages=4
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Re: SUHR OF SWITZERLAND
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 26 September 20 08:21 BST (UK) »
Hi,
A couple of points.
The wife and children may be still alive, so finding them through this forum is against the rules.
You don’t say why you think they are Swiss, but the surname is German in origin.


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Re: SUHR OF SWITZERLAND
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 27 September 20 05:52 BST (UK) »
You don’t say why you think they are Swiss, but the surname is German in origin.

Spot on .. Their dad was born in Berlin

see also: https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=837533.0