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From: CLaekamp <>
Subject: Re : FIMEYER-ELS,FRA
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 05:13:16 -0400

Dans l'article <>, "Kathryn A. Smith"
<> crit :

>Hi! I'm looking for background on my gg grandfather, Jacob Fimeyer b.
>1814 in Alcase-Lorraine area. At the time he was born, it must have been
>France, but his name sounds German. I don't know when he immigrated to
>the U.S. He married Marie Justine Melard. They are both buried in Ohio.

You are right, his name is German, which means he probably comes from an
old Alsacian family. However, his wife's maiden-name is French.
There aren't many Fimeyers left in Alsace nowadays (4 in the phone
directory).
A good guess for the immigration year would be 1870/71.

--Carsten L"akamp
Strasbourg, Alsace, France, EU
Strasbourg, Alsace, France, UE
Strassburg, Elsass, Frankreich, EU
Estrasburgo, Alsacia, Francia, UE
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