German Birth Place Transcription

Jessica Fleck

The link to the 1880 census I'm trying to read: Illinois. Census Record Indexes

I'm trying to read the birth place of Mary Katherine Huneke (LHZ9-S46) and her parents. I can't read it. It should be in Germany, according to the birth places of her and her parents on her death certificate. It should be near Hoinkhausen, Lippstadt, Westfalen, Preußen, Deutschland, because I found a baptismal record matching her exact birth date in Germany with a dad that has a first name that starts with W. You can look at the original record but here's a screenshot. I don't think it says Westfalen?

Wesstraw? Wesshow? I put on her FamilySearch profile Wustrow, Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany, but that's nowhere near Westfalen. Is the baptismal record wrong? Huneke is a pretty uncommon name, and birth date being exactly the same as the death certificate is promising. What do you think?

Re Searching

@Jessica Fleck Just based on the screenshot, comparing the tail end of the word with the line below, and using that to examine the tail end in the left column, there is a fair chance that could end with 'r' or 'er' rather than what seems to be a 'w'

Can you describe the source and how much time had elapsed between her birth/baptism and the creation of this document ? If you factor in possible corruption of place name as transferred by mouth and written by a person who might not be used to the place names or accents, then the proper place might not actually be what appears to be written.

Jessica Fleck

@Re Searching Baptism was 1848 and census was 1880. This is the record:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D2XZ-97MM

Name	Maria Hunecke
Name	Birth Date	Maria Hunecke	2. Dezember 1848
Name	Father's Name	Maria Hunecke	Wilhelm Hunecke Or Badde
Name	Father's Sex	Maria Hunecke	Male
Name	Mother's Name	Maria Hunecke	Gertrud Buskühl
Name	Mother's Sex	Maria Hunecke	Female
Name	Event Type	Maria Hunecke	Baptism
Name	Event Date	Maria Hunecke	6. Dezember 1848
Name	Event Place	Maria Hunecke	Kreis Paderborn, Provinz Westfalen, Preußen, Deutschland
Name	Certificate Number	Maria Hunecke	31

Lars van Ravenzwaaij

It's Westereiden. See your Chat in FS.