Sunday, February 8, 2009

Einwohnerverzeichnis for Marienburg 1938/39

An Einwohnerverzeichnis is a list of inhabitants names and addresses in a town.

In the 1938/39 Einwohnerverzeichnis for Marienburg we find eight listing under Porsch. It's in the Gothic German print. So with the aid of a Gothic print sheet and a german translation site this is what I've come up with.


Porsch
FIRST NAME OCCUPATION ADDRESS
Bruno - Urb., Breussenster 47
Gust. - Schreibgeh / ?Scribe, Ulmenweg 10
Hilda - Um., Topfertor 7
Joh. - maurer/bricklayer, Gneisenastr 9
Johann - Urb., Gtr. 25
Julius - Zugfuhrer / Conductor Ulmenweg 109
Karl - hausdiener / hotel servant, Welsch Gart 11
Marie - Ww., Preussenstr 47


I'm not sure what Ww., Um. or Urb. stands for. Ww. might be Widower. I'm off to find out.
I note that Gust. and Julius both live on Ulmenweg, but it may be a way apart. It'll be interesting to find out how many are related to each other. Only time will tell.





























Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Porsch - Coat of Arms


The Porsch coat of arms is in the top right hand corner.
This illustration is from the Siebmachers Wappebuch who wrote two heraldic multivolume book series of armorial bearings or coats of arms of the nobility within the Holy Roman empire including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, etc.