I am seeking info on my Greatgrandfather Richard Eduoard BLUMENSCHEID. He was born June 1879 in Germany - no place given in Germany. When he emigrated to the US in December 1892 his hometown was given as Tilsit. I have found this as Sovetsk, Russia now. Richard shows up in Newark, NJ in the City Directory in 1895 and marries Louise P. Fellmuth on 08 September 1895. Copy of marriage record states parents as: Karl BLUMENSCHEID and Louise A or W EHILENSTEIN(sp?). Record is handwritten and even with help from Salt Lake FHL, mother's surname is questionabIe. I can not find Richard listed in New York or anywhere in New Jersey between 1892 and 1894. Richard and Louise had as a witness to their marriage Ida BLUMENSCHEID. I can find no reference to this person any other place. Richard was a shoemaker living on Monroe Street on the 1900 US Census. Richard and Louise had 2 children Arthur and Florence. By 1910 US Census surname spelling had changed to BLUMENSCHIEN and by 1920 US Census spelling was BLUMENSCHINE. 1940 Death certificate for Richard gives birthplace of himself and his parents as Russia and surname spelling as BLUMENSCHINE.
Would any one on this list have these persons listed in their families? I have been at an empasse for more than a year.
Theresa Calgary Canada