Margaretha Bencker and her daughter Margaretha Dietel/Diedel lived in the area of Münchberg and Zell during the 30-year-war and the difficult years following the Westfalian Peace.
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WECHSLER’s WITH A “CH”
Family lore at its best: “ch” stands for Christian, hence Wechsler’s with a “ch” were Christian. So why are some “ch” Wechslers Jewish?
THE GERMAN SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA
The Protestant German School in Alexandria, Egypt was founded in 1884. The aim was to provide for a german school education from Kindergarten to 10th Grade.
POLE POSITION
“Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you, ” as Sarah Dessen says and the Wechsler family is the best proof of that.
SOWING OATES WITH RHODES IN SICILY
How completely British families ended up in the far South explained. And yes, they were from Sheffield …
HELP FROM THE PAST: THE GOLLER LIST
Margarete Diedel or Dietel’s origins were almost impossible to retrace, until the AL Goller, a list of families from the Münchberg region turned up. The list was compiled around the 1970s or even earlier.
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