Re: TEWS and BARS Surnames Pomerania

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: : : I have very little information about my great grandfather Jacob J. TEWS. : : : Since then, I that you might be able to assist. : : : I'd like to eventually find the exact area of Prussia where my great-grandfather : : : and his wife were from. I suspect that they might be : : : from either the county of Cammin, Naugard or Greifenberg in Pomerania. : : : Some TEWS families who settled in Detroit at the turn of the 19th C when : : : my family settled there are from these counties. : : : I'd especially like dates of birth for my gr-grandfather Jacob TEWS and : : : his parents, and any information on his parents. : : : Here's the information I have: : : : Jacob J. TEWS (my maternal gr-grandfather) : : : Year of birth: 1865 : : : Jacob's occupation: carpenter : : : Place of birth: Pomerania, Prussia : : : Parents: Carl TEWS and Wilhelmina (BARS) TEWS : : : Jacob's first wife: Anna (LANG) TEWS dob Apr. 4, 1869, dod May 27, 1900. : : : Jacob's and Anna's daughter: Lydia Algrepina TEWS, dob Nov. 22, 1890 : : : Jacob and Anna's sons: Samuel: (dob?) Arthur (dob 1898 Detroit) : : : Left Prussia for US (Detroit, MI): between 1891 -1893 : : : Religion: attended both Free Methodist and German Second Baptist : : : Churches in US : : : Jacob's second wife: Carrie (Krigner) TEWS, married Feb. 5, 1901 : : : I understand that the TEWS name has its origins in the Netherlands among : : : Mennonites, some of whom settled in Prussia in the : : : 1600s. : : : 1.What about the surname BARS? Where does this name originate? : : : 2. As I understand it, my great grandparents were not Mennonites, nor : : : Catholic. I am not sure what relationship they might have had to the : : : Lutheran religion while in Prussia. : : : 3. What was the religious makeup of Pomerania in the 19th Century? : : : 4. Were there any particular areas of Pomerania where particular : : : religions concentrated? : : : 5. Were the TEWS or BARS known practise any religion, other than the : : : Mennonite religion, as far as you know? : : : 6. Were there any Baptist or Methodist churches in Pomerania or any : : : other part of Prussia in the 19th Century? : : : : : : I thank you for any help you might give me. : : : Beth Allen : : : Toronto, Ontario : : : CANADA : Beth, : My grandparents Herman and Auguste (Parpart)moved from the same area of Pommern about the same time. : My father William Tews was born in 1901 on a farm near Kennan, WI. They practiced the Lutheran faith. : Alvin Tews : Miami, FL, USA

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