Binz - Baden

Hello,

I am trying to verify if I am correct, and if not, need help finding information.

My great grandfather, Albert Binz, arrived in the US in 1893, and was soon naturalized as an American citizen shortly after. In his papers, he lists that he was from Baden, Germany. On other documents, he lists that his father's name was Steffen or Steffan. On his death certificate and gravestone, it lists his birth date at 20 Aug 1868. It lists that his mother is unknown.

In my searches, I do find a German birth record for an Albert Binz; however, the father's name listed is Stephan Binz and the birth date as 30 Aug 1968. The record lists Karolina Simon as the mother.

I am thinking that this is his record. I am under the impression that the German pronunciation for Stephan sounds like Steffan in English, and I am thinking that the day of birth only being ten days off is just a record keeping error.

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Also, I am unable to find any information on his wife, who traveled to the US prior to their marriage. Mary A Brumen is her name, and her parents are Herman Brumen and Anna Krommen. She was born 4 Jul 1873 and arrived in the US in 1892.

Thank you,

Mark

Edit: added the mother name that is found on the birth record for Albert Binz.

I've decided to post the record that I've found. It lists the birth as 29 Aug 1868 and the baptism as 30 Aug 1868.

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Name: Albert Binz
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 29 Aug 1868
Birth Place: Gündlingen, Baden, Germany
Baptism Date: 30 Aug 1868
Baptism Place: Gündlingen, Baden, Germany
Father: Stephan Binz
Mother: Karolina Simon
FHL Film Number: 871382
Reference ID: 2:55VK5D

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Ancestry.com. Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
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Anita,

Thank you so much!

On Mary's birthday, I did have June in my tree, but somehow I stated July.

It looks like on the record the last name would be spelled in German as Brüner, right?

Again, Thank you,

Mark

Anita,

I found a book that references Techtingen through a Google search. It references a place called Techtingen im Oberelsaß.

http://books.google.com/books?…page&q=Techtingen&f=false

And searching for Oberelsaß, I find this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberelsaß

Mark

Yes. It is possible that he was married to Magdalena Duerr, because she is not on the passenger list, she could have died and he remarried in the US (?). I got Mary's parent's names from her death certificate.

I think that you are right about Magdalena Duerr, and about German not remarrying. I am thinking about ordering the film, but I have no idea about it. It appears that I can only rent the film, and I have no idea about viewing it and my German is German 101, so I probably would not understand it. I think that I am going to go by what you say, it just makes too much sense to me.