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Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,377 Send Message	Maddie	Report	23 Nov 2017 12:27
	New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Immigration & Travel View Image Name: Rosita Schenker Departure: Bremerhaven, Germany Arrival: 9 Jan 1956 - New York, New York U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2013 Schools, Directories & Church Histories View Image Name: Rosita Schenker Birth: abt 1942 Residence: 1958 - Normal, Illinois, USA U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2013 Schools, Directories & Church Histories View Image Name: Rosita Schenker Birth: abt 1943 Residence: 1959 - Normal, Illinois, USA U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2013 Schools, Directories & Church Histories View Image Name: Rosita Schenker Birth: abt 1943 Residence: 1959 - Normal, Illinois, USA U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Schools, Directories & Church Histories View Image Name: Rosita Schenker Residence: 1960 - Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,377 Send Message	Maddie	Report	23 Nov 2017 12:22
	Frieda Schenker Name: Frieda Schenker Arrival Date: 9 Jan 1956 Ethnicity/ Nationality: German Port of Departure: Bremerhaven, Germany Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: General W C Langfitt Search Ship Database: Search for the General W C Langfitt in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database traveling with Gerhard, Rosita and Elvera
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 25,006 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	22 Nov 2017 20:05
	A tree on Ancestry says that the daughter Frieda married Gerhard F Schenker (1916–1970), 19 Aug 1939 • Berlin, Germany. In 1960 she was living in Bloomington, Illinois. in 1993 she was in Normal, Illinois. She died 24 Mar 1999 • Heritage Manor,700 E Walnut, Bloomington, Illinois. Burial 27 Mar 1999 • East Lawn Mem, Bloomington, McLean County,Illinois Frieda E Schenker in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Name: Frieda E Schenker SSN: 341-32-2224 BORN: 16 Dec 1916 Died: 24 Mar 1999 State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (1955-1957) According to the tree, they had two children - names kept private.
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: July 2011 Posts: 73 Send Message	Jo1015	Report	22 Nov 2017 18:50
Member Since: July 2011 Posts: 73 Send Message	Austin Q you are really good! nice work
Member Since: September 2015 Posts: 5,278 Send Message	AustinQ	Report	22 Nov 2017 14:43
	New York Passenger Lists & Arrivals Transcription First name(s) Ernst Last name Menz Sex Male Age 37 Birth year 1889 Birth place Germany Arrival year 1926 Arrival city New York Arrival state New York Arrival country United States Ship name Columbus Country United States Nearest relative: Wife, Anna Menz, Steinbach I. Hessen Nassau Occupation: Locks Last residence: Steinbach. Ernest's wife Anna, travelled to the States with the children in 1927 ------------------------------------------- 1930 US Census Transcription Germany Earnest Menz Head Male 40 1890 Married Germany Anna Menz Wife Female 38 1892 Married Germany Richard Menz Son Male 16 1914 Single Germany Frieda Menz Daughter Female 14 1916 Single Germany Frieda Wagner Sister-in-law Female 43 1887 Married Germany Minna Richman Sister-in-law Female 30 1900 Single City/township Manhattan County New York State New York Ernest works at Fish market. Year of immigration 1926 --------------------------------------- Ernest's death: Name Ernest Menz Event Type Death Event Date 31 Oct 1932 Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States Gender Male Age 43 Marital Status Unknown Birth Year (Estimated) 1889 Father's Name Johann Menz Mother's Name Mathilda Klep
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,448 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	22 Nov 2017 09:28
	Try looking in members trees to see if anyone has him listed You can then try to make contact by clicking on the find out more box and sending a message
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: August 2012 Posts: 51 Send Message	Linda	Report	22 Nov 2017 07:48
Member Since: August 2012 Posts: 51 Send Message	Ernest Menz born in Germany Steinbach - Hallenberg in 1889 to parents Johannes Menz and Mathilde Kleb moved to New York in 193231 Oct Can anyone help me trace the family of them so I can contact them about the Menz family tree as we could are related Thanking you for your help in advance I live in the UK Linda Jackson

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