[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] searching Mitzllaff

[Gary Warner]

Margaret,

Finding census data is dependent on how well the census taker spelled, 
and also how well the extractor of the census read.  You have to be very 
inventive sometimes to find what you are looking for.

For your family for 1920- look in New York for Rheinhore Mitzeapf   Note 
that the grand-daughter is the 4 year old version of the 14 year old 
girl in 1930.  Note also that this census shows the year of immigration 
as 1875, and more importantly, the year of naturalization as 1880, place 
not listed, but possibly Ohio.   The naturalization application should 
show some good data.

For your family in 1910- look in New York for Wilhelmina Watmough.   
This looks like the correct family, but there are some new adult 
children.   Birth places of children are in Ohio and New York, however. 
Year of immigration is now 1876.

For your family in 1900- look in Suffolk County New York for William 
Mitzlaff as the wife of the family.   The same adult children are there 
also.

I have all of the above census images if you cannot otherwise  find them.

Gary Warner




Marlo50 wrote:
> I think I need some help.  My husbands great-aunt was
> Wilhelmine Lohroff born 1848 and married to Rheinhardt
> Mitzlaff born 1847. The first trace of them is in Ohio in the 1880 census with 3 small children.  No other place until
> 1930 in Lindenhurst Long Island NY.  Even the spelling of Metzlaff or Metzloff does not find them in this country.
> Someone tell me where to look for them?  Did they go back to Germany and I don't know where they came from.  On the 1930 census it says they came in 1873 but 
> have not been able to locate them.  I am now very curious as to where did they go?   Any help in finding these people over those years?
> Margaret
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