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Edward Probst

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:20AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 22 Aug 2012 4:15PM GMT
Surnames: Probst, Turner
Please help.. My g.g.gf is Frederick William probst b. 22.mar.1867 at 45 killing ton street Westminster london. His father is listed as Edward probst, and mother Alice probst nee turner b.1841 Stockton Yorkshire. I have traced Frederick and Alice, but have absolutely nothing on Edward probst, does anyone have any information on Edward probst at all? I am desperate to find which probst family I belong to, I cannot find a marriage certificate for Alice and edward, nor can I find anything else on Edward in Westminster London during this time period! Please help

Re: Edward Probst

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 9:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Sarah
Frederick is not related to any of my Probst ancestors. 1867 mine were in Germany, and comparing names none of them had any relations that came to UK before that. My gf anglisised his German name Johann to John.
Sorry I can not help.
Have you tried the Brobst/Probst registry?
All the best
Pete Probst Cornwall UK

Re: Edward Probst

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:07PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thank you Peter, it looks like we have traced Edward to theodore probst d. 1871 but I still can't find his origins so it's on with the search. Thank you anyway

Re: Edward Probst

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 12:49AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Sarah
Ive been tracing this family for my sons partner and have gathered some info.
Search censuses for P E E Probst or Peter Everard Probst he is in London in 1871 onwards.
Edward is on the 1871 census with his parents etc and the 1911 census in Hoddesdon with Alice and his daughter Eileen. I think they married in China which is where Eileen was born.
The family all appear to be merchants ( i think his father could be cotton or sugar and Edward is china). His brother Arthur O emigrated to the US and married there. I was looking at a younger brother Albert P as an ancestor for my sons partner but the only one I can find in later censuses is Paul Albert who says hes from Switzerland but he appears to have a very large house in the Knightsbridge area of London but married a domestic servant so Im not sure whether its Albert P or not - if he is he could be the black sheep if the family !
All the info I found is on Ancestry.
Good luck let me know how you get on
Regards Sheila
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