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Mary,
The Recktenwalds must have immigrated to
the United States at different times. When
did your family come to Iowa ? Another
group came to Buffalo, N.Y. A third group
came to Perkinsville, N.Y. which was a
German settlement. Even today most of the
families in Perkinsville have German names
and there are many graves with the name
Recktenwald. There was a farm by the road
to Dansville with the name of Recktenwald
on the mailbox. Some of the gravestones
at the cemetery are carved in Fraktur.
The main families in Hornell were large
and the two patriarchs were Charles and
Joseph Recktenwald. My father's aunt was
married to one of them. The Recktenwalds
in Perkinsville must have come to the
United States ahead of my family because
I am told that my family got off the train
in Hornellsville and intended settling
in Perkinsville but found work in
Hornellsville and stayed there. There is
a Joao Rechtenwald (note spelling) in
Brazil who is looking for information on
his lineage over this same service.
There are international family registries
available. I have the Brill family registry
for Brills all over the world. It gives
the addresses of all the Brills in
St. Wendel and Winterbach. There are many.
When my cousin visited St. Wendel she was
told that many of the Brills were into
banking in those towns. She didn't meet
any of them.
Maurice Brill
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