she didn't die until the 50's and was born 1871schleswig holstein ,germany.Her parents were danish.Her name is maron(marion) jensen mandel.She died in america in philadelphia.Can anyone help?
2006-06-22 16:40:02 · 5 answers · asked by changeling 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
dark hair beauty-do mean that maybe she was a jensdatter
2006-06-22 16:51:01 · update #1
jensdatter means jensens daughter and hence shortened to jensen,mandel is her married name.I did geneoalogy on my family found her in the 1900,1910,1920,census but lost her inthe 1930
2006-06-23 03:06:25 · update #2
PIVIERREDORATO-her last name was Jensen
2006-06-24 00:31:51 · update #3
Yes..the reason you may not be able to find her name is because the immigration officials 'shortened' her last time to fit onto the documents (or so they could pronounce the names easier). This happened to my great grandfather. We always thought our name was "xxxx" but after careful research I realized that his real name was xxxxyyyyyyy. They chopped off the first syllable and made that his name. (I knew it was him because of the age, people who came with him, hair color...)I interviewed family members on this.
Also, I asked my history professor about this (that's what the project was for) and she confirmed that this was a very common practice.
My advice is look for the root word of your last name.
Are you sure her last name is Mandel? It could be a longer name and they shortened it.
I do not know what a 'jensdatter' is. I would lmaybe look for the name Jenson instead of Mandel if that is what you are asking.
2006-06-22 16:46:30 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
You are not the only one disappointed in Ancestry.com. I have many relatives that I cannot find on the 1930 census in several different states, either on line or on microfilm. I did find a gggrandfather on the 1850 census microfilm and have yet to find him in the Ancestry.com database. If the 1930 census-takers slacked off while working on this project, it is not the fault of Ancestry.com, but if I can find someone on the microfilm, why can't they?
2006-06-23 13:12:17 · answer #2 · answered by correrafan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived in Denmark for a while and I 've never heard Mandel as a last name; it means almond in Danish, so maybe it was something like Mandelson or Mandelsen in the beginning.
Try to check the list on this site: http://www.sadolins.com/genealogy, perhaps you can find some hints for your research.
Good luck!
2006-06-23 07:05:20 · answer #3 · answered by pivieredorato 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can look in the philadelphia census (like physically go look at a census record/archives in like the city hall there. They should have a record of her death at least in philadelphia. If not city hall, then there should be like a city records etc to look at.
2006-06-22 18:44:45 · answer #4 · answered by SharkPrincess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She probably still alive and hiding from you. I don't blame her.
2006-06-23 01:07:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋