Re: Bits of Research Info., Including 3 Bibles
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Bits of Research Info., Including 3 Bibles
Craig Davis 8/08/04
Craig asks to be written to directly, but I don't know how to find his email address.
Help!
My question for him is:
Do you (or anyone) know which "Benken" the Sparrs lived in?There seems to be at least three Benkens.One, on the German/Swiss boarder is not that near Basel.The one near Basel, is not near the boarder.I am going to Europe on Sunday, Oct 3, 2004, and would like to visit the ancestral home.
Also, I cannot find Putgiga in either Germany or Switzerland.Does anyone know where it is?
John Ulrich Spahr IIMMIGRATION: From Benken, Canton of Basil, Switzerland, 30 Aug 1749.Parish Records, Benken, Switzerland,Family lived on the Rhine River near Basil, in an area frequently disputed between Germany and Switzerland. They immigrated to America as German speaking Swiss. From the book "The Spahr Family History" by Herman G. Spahr, 1994. John Spahr, a son of John Ulrich, writes "I was born June 15th, 1742 in Germany, in a small village named Putmiga, within two miles of the City of Basil, which lies on the Rhine; and emigrated to America with parents when seven years of age". Although born on the German side of the Rhine, all records were filed in the Canton of Basil and the family immigrated as German-speaking Swiss.