Hi, I've recently looked up the manifest for Ellis Island for my great,great grandmother whom traveled from Apatin in 1913 at the age of 37 with three children. Her husband had come over to the USA several years earlier. I believe my father said he was an interpreter for people/fishermen traveling on the Danube. Their names were Terez and Stefan Engel. Would you happen to know anything about my family?
ovo je sada vrlo lep grad,koji vec ima sasvim dobar standard,mnogo lepih mesta i sadrzaja koje moze da pruzi mladom coveku,jednostavno je dobra klima u gradu...
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posted to Apatin. at Sat Jan 10 21:35:52 EST 2004.
Hello My Apatin Friend,
My husband's ancestors came from Apatin. I am interested in finding out more about your city. I believe you are on the Danube river. It must be beautiful. We live in Michigan where we are surrouned by many lakes. We have snow on the ground today. We are getting ready for Christmas. How are you?
You can find a lot of information about Apatin on folowing adresses
www.apatin.info
www.biblioso.org.yu
Apatin is a very beatifull town on Danube at North of Serbia and Montenegro.
My grandfather came to Mich for Apatin in 1921. I have found much family history on Apatin including all birth, death marriage records. What info do you have on Apatin or family. joe.reitman@luke.af.mil
My grandparents came to Saginaw, Michigan in 1910.
I have dates/names of Apatin ancestors back
to 1730's thanks to DVHH researcher.
Wrote Apatin Tourist Bureau for info. and map
in anticipation of trip. No reply.
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posted to apatin to mich. at Sun Mar 07 23:04:06 EST 2004.
Quite a few of my mother's family came from Apatin. Some worked on the Prairie Farm in St. Charles, then moved to Saginaw. Some settled in Pinconning, then on to Saginaw. My mom and I visited Germany,Austria and some of Hungary, but didn't get as far as Apatin. Areas on the rivers are beautiful.
Our family names: Gerhardt, Gerschbacher, Ballingash or Palinkas, Geiser, Hussle and Seifreid. Dates vary from 1901 to abt. 1908.
Do you have any other info. on the Palinkas family that you would like to share?
I found the ship record for Simon Potolski and his family. Also I found that Symon and Rosina lived at 625 Joslin, Saginaw in 1923 (check city directory). A Helen also lived there.
I wish I had some info to give you on "Palinkas" !! I did see that name on the
Apatin Church records (FHL), but at the time
I was tracking my grandparents' data and their parents' and so on. Have you tried the
Mormon church (FHL) records? Another avenue
might be to try to DVHH website, if you haven't tried it yet. The Lookup Volunteer
for Apatin provided me with info back to the
1730's on family names: Potolski, Seiler,
Kurschner, Fernbach, Kretzinger, Dienst, etc.
etc.
B.Martin
Beth,
Do you have an email address? I can send you some info on the Palinkas/Ballingash family if you would like. Do you have any more information on Rosina and Katherine Siler or is it spelled Seiler? I would be interested in finding out more about their parents, and other siblings.
I have recently talked to Ginny LaBelle (about Palinkas) and sent her all the info I had to see if she can add to it.
My email is: Ttiano245262MI@comcast.net
Thanks, Judy Tiano
I would love to know who helped you in Apatin research. I have been stuck for years. My Grandfather, Adam Schweitzer, was born in Apatin in 1882. He had a brother Franz, & George, and a sister Katherine. The only other info we have on his family is that his mother's name was Teresa. Don't know his dad's first name as he always said "Pa". Only one Aunt left and she can't help as she only knows the dad as Pa.
Margaret in Mesa, AZ, born and raised in Detroit. mjbuzaaz@cox.net
Hallo,
i i found your forefathers! If you are interested i will reconstruct your familytree til the midst of 18. century.
i would like to help you, naturally for free.
greetings from cologne/germany
herbert pfeifenroth
hallo,
the first schweitzer in apatin was johann schweitzer, he was a weaver and came from luxemburg,
in 1764 (the first taxlist) he owned:
1 joch (a joch is the ground one man can plough with one ox in one day) oats; 2 joch weat; 2 joch barley; 1 ox; 2 cows; 2 horses
greetings from germany
herbert pfeifenroth
posted to schweitzer. at Tue Apr 25 11:37:00 EDT 2006.
Hallo,
Brucker is a typicall southern german name, it means: A person who lifes near a bridge.
The first Brucker in Apatin was :JOHANN BRUCKER who died 19.11.1811 in the age of 80 years. he was married to a wife Barbara, her maiden name in unknown (that`s rether common in the 18. century!) who died 30.7.1777 in the age of 67 years.
this couple are the forefathers of all Bruckers in Apatin, I am sorry but there is no dokument, that proves where this couple originally came from in Germany
posted to please. at Sat Mar 19 12:57:32 EST 2005.
I am sorry, but the names Twipp, Wohlfahrt, Findrih did not exist in apatin,
I found 1 person with the familyname Schilling: Matthias Schilling died 19.4.1764 in the age of 40 years,
posted to please. at Sat Mar 19 13:10:24 EST 2005.
hallo,
i researched all cases of birth and death in apatin, no persons with the names findrih, zwipp ond wohlfahrt are registrated.
schillig only in two cases: Mathisa Schilling died 1764 age 40 and his sun Johann 1761age 1 year.
Brucker is a rather commen name, the first was Johann brucker who died 1811 age 80 he was twice married. if you like i can send you more infos
greetings from germany
herbert pfeifenroth
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posted to please. at Thu Mar 24 12:28:59 EST 2005.
hallo,
o own the published dates of birth, marriage and death in apatin schilling is noticed with ony two cases of death in 1761 and 1764, brucker is a rather commen name, i can send you the dates until the time of settlement, the other names, the other names you are looking for do not exist in apatin according to my documents.
i would like to help you natuallly for free.
greetings from cologne/germany
herbert pfeifenroth
(Posted by guest: pantaleon)
posted to please. at Thu Mar 24 13:28:35 EST 2005.
Helen is my father's aunt. My maiden name is Potolski. Would love to exchange any "Potolski" family history you are willing to share. Please write to Mikmix@aol.com
Please contact me if you and I share the above named ancestral families. I am also eager to learn all that I can about the connection that Anton Gerspacher maintained between Apatin and the Prairie Farm in Alicia. Stephen E. Ludwig
My Grandfather, Joseph Hussli, Grandmother Theresa Hussli came to US about 1912 from Apatin. Lived in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
As the name is rather unique is there any connection to our family
Hello Lawrence I'm doing research on the HERMAN family that came to Beaver Dam from Kolut in 1907. My Grandfather died in 1924 and in 1925 my Grandmother married a Andrew Hussli and the lived in Mayville. I know that Andrew Hussli came from Apatin. Let me know if Andrew is any relation to you.
waherman61@yahoo.com
The Hussli's from Mayville were related as far as I know. I think Andrew owned a grocery store if I'm not mistaken. Unfortunately that's about all I know
Hallo,
since 2000, all marriages, births and cases of death in "KOLUTH" are published in a book, I father`s family originally sattled in koluth in 1764 if you are interested, i will reconstruct your familytree (naturally for free)
Herbert pfeifenroth
Hallo,
since 2000, all marriages, births and cases of death in "KOLUTH" are published in a book, I father`s family originally sattled in koluth in 1764 if you are interested, i will reconstruct your familytree (naturally for free)
Herbert pfeifenroth
Hallo,
your grandparents must be Josef Hussli, son of Josef Hussli and Katharina Repitsch and his wife Therese Fekter who married in apatin 3.8.1909. She was the daughter of Franz Fekter and his wife Rosina Mayer.
Greetings
herbert pfeifenroth
hallo,
your familyname is writen in several diferent ways, so ballingasch, or palinkasch. the reason is simpel: your familyname is hungarian and must be prononced palinkasch (sch= sh in english), but in this multiethnic area the familynames were written in many ways.
the first palinkas in apatin was Martin palinkas who settled in 1769
herbert from cologne
posted to Palinkas. at Fri Jun 16 10:09:04 EDT 2006.
Oops,i just double posted,sorry,i have this habit
of hitting enter once i come to the end of the right side of a textbox;lol,and it registered as submit.Anyway,you can contact me at illxvrsa@sbcglobal.net,thanks.
Recently a distant cousin updated me on the family tree and way back in the middle 1800's there were Geiser's in our family in Apatin.
Mjbuzaaz@cox.net
Joe, I have just sent you an e-mail and
after that I noticed you were at Luke.
I am in peoria, Az. 20 minutes from Luke.
sumarwind@cs.com
Are you one of these guys who keep flying over
my house? Just wanted to let you, we call it
the sound of FREEDOM, keep it up, we love it.
GD
(Posted by guest: G. Deike)
posted to apatin to mich. at Thu May 13 10:38:53 EDT 2004.
Please remove these e-mail from the net, no one has contacted me and I prefer not to have
those e-mail posted. I did not return the
inquiry about Apatin to find myself on the
net. When I mentioned the sound of freedom, it was not for the world to see. It was directed to the individual in the air force. So please remove both e-mail. Thank You. GD
(Posted by guest: G. Deike )
posted to Apatin. at Sat Feb 19 08:34:16 EST 2005.
Hallo,
the correct name is Koluth, it is a small village 5 km from the hungarian border, Koluth was populised by german settlers since 1760.
since 2000 a book is published with all registrated births and cases of death in koluth, my fathers familiy (Pfeifenroth) originally sattled in koluth and moved to the better researched Apatin in 1848.
i have this book and i can send you the information you are interested in
greetings from germany
herbert pfeifenroth
(Posted by guest: konradwirkes@hotmail.com)
posted to militich. at Thu Mar 24 11:34:31 EST 2005.
Hallo,
Milititsch is a tiny village about 25 km south eastern of Apatin neah HODSCHAG
Koluth is about 25 km north of Apatin directly at the hunganrian border
greetings from germany
herbert pfeifenroth
(Posted by guest: Pantaleon)
posted to militich. at Thu Mar 24 16:58:10 EST 2005.
I just saw your post. It is strange, as I am in Mesa. My grandfather came to America in 1905. He was a fisherman on the Danube, came to America thru Ellis Island after marrying my grandmother in Dalj and I am researching the family with no luck.
Margaret
(Posted by guest: Margaret)
posted to apatin to mich. at Fri Oct 08 02:50:46 EDT 2004.
hallo margret,
if you are interested i will help you with your search, but i need a name.
my fathers forefathers were fishermen in apatin since 6 generation
herbert from cologne
Hello again from Margaret in Mesa. I now have my great grandmother's maiden name, names and birthdates of my grandfather's siblings except his brother George, and the addresses where he lived thanks to a new friend, Beth. I know that my GF had a brother, George, who was supposed to have been in the Navy and died at age 26. I was,also, told that he was a policeman in Apatin. I have pictures of him with the family taken prior to 1900. I am assuming that he died in WWI.
Margaret at mjbuzaaz@cox.net
(Posted by guest: Margaret)
posted to apatin to mich. at Tue Nov 16 00:41:27 EST 2004.
recently ,we myself and my wife Marta Kocis, we were on reunion of Apatiner from 1937-1945, which was held in Germany Francfurt.My wife best friend is from Apatin Elizabeth Schweitzer.Maybe you are relaited.For more info contact us in Montreal 514-488-9091 or on net sava@videotron.ca
Wenn Sie nähere Auskunft über ihre Familie brauchen, melden Sie sich bei mir, ich habe alle Daten von Apatin bewi mir im Hause, sowie eine CD Rom von den Tafen, Heiraten und Sterbefällen. Ebefalls Index wie in den Büchern von mir. mit freundlichen Grüßem Josef P. Schwend Frühlingstr 57 D-82110 Germering, Tel. 089/8413536 E-Mail josefpschwend@aol.com
My maiden name is "Potolski" I know my father's aunt Helen Potolski spent some time in Michigan ..... I was wondering if anyone would like to share "Potolski" info!
I was in contact with a "Potolski" and have since bought a new computer - would still like to keep in contact as I am sure we are very very distant relatives. If you would like to keep in touch please e-mail my new addy
mikecindy16@msn.com
I would be grateful if anyone could help me with my Schweitzer family reseach. I did find my grandfather at Ellis Island records and they recorded his name as Lohweitzer.
Margaret
mjbuzaaz@cox.net
hallo,
the first person named Rank was KOnrad Rank who died 20.5.2908 age 86 in apatin he was born in the village Koluth and married in apatin Rosina Klein.
the parents of this Konrad Rank were: Johann Rank and Magdalena Nopper.
if you like, i can send you more infos (surely for free)
greetings from germany
Herbert Pfeifenroth
Hi - I looking for some information on the Rankfamily. My grandfather's name was Ferencz Rank, born in Apatin. He married Rosina Ecergz. His father's name was Janos Rank. He had a brother Janos and a sister, Magdalena. He came to the US (Milwaukee) in 1912, and his wife and infant son followed in 1913. Do you have any information about the family? Does the Rank family still exist in Apatin? My e-mail address is jhaubner@wi.rr.com. Thanks you.
(Posted by guest: John)
posted to rank family. at Wed Mar 30 22:08:40 EST 2005.
the family rank originally settled in a village called koluth and not in apatin.
there are nearly no germans living in apatinn and the most of them have hungarian names.
greetings from germany
herbert pfeifenroth
posted to Rank Family. at Tue Apr 25 11:30:12 EDT 2006.
I think the story on mine (& Larry's) grandparents was there was a cousin who came over earlier than my grandfather... I'm not sure what year or what his name was....
Our last name was spelled Huszli on the Ellis Island records.
hallo,
since 2000 the cases of bith and death of german settlers in koluth are published in a book,
my fathers family (pfeifenroth) originally setlled in koluth and moved to apatin 1848.
because i research my familytree since 20 years, i bought this book, if you are interested, i can try to reconstruct your familytree(surely for free!)
greetings
herbert pfeifenroth from germany
I live in Beaver Dam, WI
My father came to the US in 1909 at the age of 2. His family settled in Mayville, WI.
We have never been able to trace our family back to Apatin.
I think my grandfather stayed with a cousin or something when he came over... I wonder if that would be your family?
Huszli was how the last name was spelled at Ellis Island.
Bill,
I could be related to you in some way if your family came from Apatin. I have been told that my Grandfather was given the surname Utri, which was his mother's surname. Our family's name apparently should be Hussli since that was the last name of my greatgrandfather.
hallo mister utrie,
i might help you to reconstruct your utri-family til the middst of the 18. century, when the family utri moved from the village GOLDSCHEUER (on the river rhine at the opposite side of french straßburg, nowadays a goldscher is a part of a city called kehl)
by my great grandmother i am a descendent of Utri, i would like to help you (surely for free)
greetings from germany
Herbert pfeifenroth
Zeleo bi samo da vam svima kazem da je Apatin Najlepsi grad na svetu i ljudi su fenomenalni. Nisam imao priliku da dodjem u Apatin vec 8 godina ali prva prilika koja dodje idem. Pogotovo na ribarske veceri. Pisem vam iz daleke Kanade (Niagara Falls). Ovde nas ima punoooooo (Apatinaca)
Zeleo bi da pozdravim sve moje Apatince u Apatinu i sirom sveta. Vidimo se uskoro
pozdrav
Zelim da te pozdravim i ako neznam kosi ali znam jednog Bojana koji je isto otiso prije mozda 8 godina kao i ti a on se preziva Guzvica.Ako si ti ta osoba na koju ja mislim da jeste e veruj onda da te nisu prijatelji zaboravili posto nisam ni ja a nismo bas neki prijatelji verujem da me i neznas ali zato znas mog brata iso je stobom u skolu osnovnu a njegov je nadimak igic ali ne onaj debeli ako ga znas vec onaj problematicni.Ja sam isto u Canadi i cak smo blizu u Windsoru sam.Toliko od mene i ako nisi onaj Bojan na kojeg ja mislim da jeste,ipak primi veliki pozdrav od mene i slazem se sa tobom da je Apatin naj lepsi grad.Mirjana
Poštovani Apatinci i ljubitelji ovoga lepog grada. Moje ime je Mašic Boris i direktor sam novoosnovane Turisticke organizacije Apatin. Cilj nam je da razvijemo Apatin kao atraktivnu turisticku destinaciju. Imamo velike planove a posebno na medijskom planu. Uskoro zapocinjemo sa izradom turisticke prezentacije na internetu. Ovaj grad ima puno toga da pruži. Povoljna klima u gradu nastala prodajom Apatinske pivare omogucila je da grad postane daleko najbogatiji u Srbiji. Milioni Evra se slilo u ruke gradana ovoga grada. Grad je u ekspanziji a nadam se da ce nam uspeti da razvijemo i turizam. Puno Vas pozdravljam u dalekom svetu. Adresa na kojoj nas možete dobiti je apatintours@neobee.net
Boris Mašic
Pošto ne znam engleski molim Vas da prenesete moje pozdrave gospodi Witzman. Godine 2003 u leto u Apatinu je boravila gospoda Rappa unuka izvesnog gospodine Witzmana koji je 1903 godine emigrirao iz Apatina. Ova porodica je bila poznata u Apatinu. Ako je interesuju podaci o precima neka nas kontaktira.
Zdravo Borise!
Evo jedan apatinac u budimpesti se raduje novom sajtu o gradu i cestitke.
Istovremeno,molim Te, prenesi pozdrave moje mame Suzane Cinkler tvojoj mami, Ingrid!
Sve najbolje!
Gyula
Zamolio bi vas ako ste u mogucnosti da mi pomognete treba la bi mi informacija,a cuo sm da u Budimpesti postoji regrutni centar za Legiju Stranaca pa da mi date samo adresu gde se nalazi u Budimpesti.UNAPRED ZAHVALAN.Moj mail: munja669@yahoo.com
With great proud I want to announce that we are making final steps toward finishing first serious web/internet project for Apatin. It will be a real web portal with web based email with addresses @apatinonline.net, @apatinonline.com, @apatin.info and @apatin.biz. Also it will start first wireless comunity network in Apatin. You will soon see the progress on these web sites:
www.kcs.co.yu
www.apatinonline.net
www.apatinonline.com
www.apatin.info
www.apatin.com
We will include large gallery of pictures from past and present Apatin, online forums for chat with people of Apatin, live webcams! from interesting locations here in Apatin, tourist locations, maps, reservations etc.
Please be kind to visit this sites in near future and track our progress. Also You can inform all people interested in finding more info about there relatives or contacting them to check this sites soon.
I want to invite all people to email us with their suggestions or to contribute this project with ideas or any interesting material for this websites.
Best regards,
Nikola Kiraly,CEO
www.kcs.co.yu
ZIVIO SAM U RIBARSKOJ ULICI UZ BENT I ZVALISMO NASU GRUPU PRIATELJA "IZ TRSKE"
SADA ZIVIM U WISCONSINU I ODRZAVAM CONTACT SA
PRIATELJUMA SA KOIMA SAM ODRASTAO ASADA ZIVE U CANADI.OSTALOJE JOS DOSTA PRIATELJA U APATINU SA KOIMA SAM IZGUBIO VEZU. GODINE SU UCHINILE SVOJE, ALI MOZDA IMA NEKO TKOJE TAMO SA COMPUTEROM I CHITA OVO DACHE ME SE SJETITI
NACHIN KONTACTA JE "IKEVO@OSIGROUP.COM"
(Posted by guest: IVAN KEVO)
posted to Apatin. at Mon Jul 05 22:49:29 EDT 2004.
nikad nisam bio u apatinu ,a volio bih.
Navodno je moja familija zivjela tamo,švabe,prezime bruker ili brucker ,navodno su još 1748 godine došli iz njemacke tamo i osnovali pivovaru,tako sam slušao baku a tko zna jel to istina.
imate dobar site www.apatin caffe na kojem mozete kontaktirati s bivšim sugradjanima
puno toplih pozdrava iz Zadra,Croatia
Pozdrav svima. Posetite prezentaciju grada Apatina. www.apatincafe.com
Na nasim forumima mozete kontaktirati Vase najdraze ma gde se oni nalazili.
Redovno dodajemo slike grada u nase galerije i sve vas pozivamo
Dobrodosli na www.apatincafe.com i slobodno nam se javite i podrzite nas.
apatin@apatincafe.com
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