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Anabaptists from Doubs area

Re: Anabaptists from Doubs area

Posted: 30 Jul 2008 12:42PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Steve,

To follow up on the previous message, there is a genealogy group in France which has transcribed many acts from the Haute Saône area in France. They are called Servanc'nautes and this is their website for research in the acts.

http://www.servancnaute.fr/actes/

Type in the name of GUEMANN (or any other name for those who read this message) and you will see a list of those with the name in all towns that have already been completed. Most of this list of the Guemann name is from Etobon. I did the transcription of these acts from Etobon and I have a CD with all of the acts if there is a name which interests you. However I see a couple of names from Héricourt, which might be the one that you are looking for. If if is, write to me at:

bethwood22@aol.com

and I will see if I am able to find a copy of the act for you. Obviously, all of this information is written in French. If someone needs help with translation, I would be able to help.

Beth Wood

Re: Anabaptists from Doubs area

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 5:32PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello-

I know this is an old thread but I just found it today. The surname you are looking for is also spelled Gehman or Gehmann. I am from PA and descended from Christian Gehman who left Switzerland in the 1700's. He went to Germany for a while near Heidleberg before some of his sons set sail from Rotterdam to Philadelphia around 1735. Currently I am on my lunch break at work so I don't have all the info. There were 3 Gehman brothers who came here with their families. Christian Gehman had at least 3 sons who sailed from Rotterdam and I am descended from his son also named Christian. There is a man in Michigan named Paul Gehman who has done extensive research on the Gehman name and he has traced the 3 brothers and was working on more when I last heard from him.

My husband was in the US Army and we were stationed in Germany. I ran into a young man in Mannheim (near Heidleberg) Germany with the last name Gehmann. I'm sure he is a distant relative but he did not speak English and I do not know enough German tell him that we were related without sounding insane.

Although you spell the name differently I believe we all originated from the Swiss family. In the book I have at home the name of the town is given along with the original spelling of the surname and some back history.

Please contact me if you want more info at bryn1240@hotmail.com

Re: Anabaptists from Doubs area

Posted: 28 Dec 2014 3:27AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: schindler Guemann
Not sure if this is yours, but I have a Johann Schindler who married Madeleine Guemann. Both born in Rothenbach, Switzerland. Moved to Montbeliard Doubs. He died and she remarried an Isaac Linder. She died in Courcelles, france. Her parents were Hans and Margaret (krayenbuhl).
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