tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32142781.post4461667685346150824..comments2009-04-07T14:50:01.009+02:00Henk van Kampenhttps://profiles.google.com/117421366347077283536noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32142781.post-5472113868261696612009-04-07T14:37:00.000+02:002009-04-07T14:37:00.000+02:00Dear Blog-Monitor (what a title!), Please respond to my email of yesterday to the posted address, bundy@cvip.net. I neglected to check that box as an appropriate method for correspondence.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/>H. BundyHBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05448520439209285257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32142781.post-45628503644435601542009-04-07T06:23:00.000+02:002009-04-07T06:23:00.000+02:00Hello, <BR/>My 2x great-grandmother was born on a ship that was located off of the coast of Holland on 14 Aug 1817 and lived to be 98-years old. In the words of Catherine BUMGARDNER Raudebaugh, the ship "April" was "blowed off course". <BR/><BR/>Well, I came upon the amazing story of the ship HOPE. Connecting dots, I speculated that the words HOEPEL and APRIL sound the same, the suspected dates are the same, and the conditions of going off course are the same. Many years ago, Mr. Ronald Gase of the Netherlands replied to an email query of mine that Jacob Baumgartner was listed as a head-of-household on the ship HOPE. <BR/><BR/>Mr. Gase suggested researching Johan Lodewijk Baumgartner, a Lutheran, who married in Amsterdam in 1796 AND checking the baptismal records for Amsterdam 1564-1811. <BR/><BR/>Can anyone help me with this research to identify my 3x great grandparents and to find Catherine’s birth record? Would this birth have been recorded in Holland? It's interesting that Catherine considered herself Dutch; although her father's surname is German. <BR/><BR/>Back then, what legally denoted a nationality -- country of birth or ethnicity of parents? Perhaps she could have been the first recorded hyphenated national -- German-Dutch??? AND why would Mr. Gase suggest Johan? Although he would have been of correct age, isn't the Johan moniker the same as JOHN in English -- not Jacob??? <BR/><BR/>Thank you for any assistance. H. Bundy; bundy@cvip.net; Clovis, CaliforniaHBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05448520439209285257noreply@blogger.com