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Date Posted: 12:35:40 10/01/05 Sat
Author: Dr. Norbert W. Schmidtke
Subject: Re: Looking for WITHUN family, from Germany or New Jersey
In reply to: Meg Baker 's message, "Looking for WITHUN family, from Germany or New Jersey" on 18:52:07 01/06/03 Mon

>My great-grandparents, Karl A. H. F. Withun and
>Wilhelmine (called Minna) Meisterknecht Withun, came
>over from around Angerburg Germany. He came over in
>1900-1906; she followed with their oldest child
>Charlotte, landing at Ellis Island on May 6, 1906.
>They settled in New Brunswick and had six more
>children: Bertha, Ernest, Esther, Lydia, Otto, and my
>grandmother. She remembers there was a steady stream
>of relatives being brought over, but she doesn't
>remember any names, even of her grandparents! The
>family moved to Highland Park around 1925. Any
>information would be great!

I sent you a more detailed email.

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Re: Looking for WITHUN family, from Germany or New Jersey -- Verena & Hans Dieter Meyer, 08:50:04 03/23/07 Fri