Searching for people who working with the Family name Knack(Knaack). My is coming from Germany/Poland

Question

My grandfather Otto Knack,may be born abort 1875-1895 in Germany ?/todays Poland ?

Probably in Prussia at that time.

 

Konrad

Answer 1

Otto Knack

United States Census, 1910

Name: Otto Knack

Event Type: Census

Event Year: 1910

Event Place: Akron Ward 5, Summit, Ohio, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 35

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Race (Original): White

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head

Birth Year (Estimated): 1875

Birthplace: Germany

Immigration Year: 1890

Father's Birthplace: Germany

Mother's Birthplace: Germany

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Otto Knack Head M 35 Germany

Addie Knack Wife F 35 Ohio

Dorthey Knack Daughter F 14 Ohio

Mabel Knack Daughter F 10 Illinois

Mildred Knack Daughter F 8 Illinois

District: 153 , Sheet Number and Letter: 17B , Household ID: 324 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M1283 , GS Film number: 1375246 , Digital Folder Number: 004450112 , Image Number: 00980

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"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLJ9-XG6 : accessed 5 April 2015), Otto Knack, Akron Ward 5, Summit, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 153, sheet 17B, family 324, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,246.

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IT is Probably wrong person, because he was in Prussia still in 1915. My father is born in Zempelburg,Prussia 1916. I don't know where he moved after that.

 

best regards

Konrad

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Here's an Otto Wilhelm Ludwig Knack born within the timeframe you state in your question 1875-1895.  familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N55G-6P1

Another within the timeframe: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHSG-2SB

Same person with children: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7SR-9N1

Again, some other children:  familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4W-MNM

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Many thanks. I will look at them,if them are free for me.

Regards

Konrad

Answer 2

The most likely port of departure for Eastern parts of Prussia would be Hamburg. The Hamburg passenger lists are available at Ancestry.com and may contain more information about origin.

Civil records in Prussia started in 1874, they are kept at the local level. It is, therefore, important to find the town of origin to get at those records. Most church records are also kept locally at the parish level with older (pre-1800) records often at diocese archives. Protestant church records are mostly in state archives. Again, one needs to know the town of origin.

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Civil records for Zempelburg after 1874 should be located at the Polish registrar's office:

 

Urząd Stanu Cywilnego

Kościuszki 11

89-400 Sępólno Krajeńskie

Poland

 

German records were transferred to the Polish authorities at the end of the war.

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Thanks Helmut

I will try to contact Sepolno Kr.

Regards

Konrad

Norway