Translation help concerning Andrew and Barbara Susong (Sauesanger)
Thank you for any help. I am trying to locate a marriage record for an eighteenth century couple from Alsace-Lorraine, suspected locale is Strasbourg, timeframe, 1756-1762. The husband's name was Andreas Sauesanger. He emigrated to America by 1765, via Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and fought in the American war for independence. In America, he wrote his name as Andrew Susong and/or Susang. His wife's given name was Barbara (Barbel), but I do not have her maiden surname or parentage or natal home. Any suggestion to further my research is much appreciated!
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Hi,
This might be very hard to find because the place of the marriage is not known.
Just two very uninformed questions:
Do you know whether the family was catholic?
Is it possible the original name was "Sanseigne"?
Regards, Christine
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Sometimes Revolutionary War Pension applications can provide a place of birth:
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2015/summer/rev-war-pensions.html
Many of the records for the area around Strasbourg are available online here:
But they aren't indexed and there are many towns in the area. A wintertime project could be to make a list of the towns and go through each towns marriage records from 1756-1762. This would be a very difficult grind, especially without being certain of the correct surname.
Can you find any other families with similar surnames living near Andreas in the colonies? If a potential sibling can be identified, sometimes more information can be obtained from their records which can lead back to a hometown.
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Thank you very much for your kind reply. I will definitely follow through on your suggestions. Many thanks again.
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