Re: Bill & Lisa Rickert
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In reply to:
Bill & Lisa Rickert
7/27/98
MY FATHER WAS BORN IN PORT HARBOUR NEWFOUNDLAND (NOW A PÂRT OF CANADA))ON MARCH 4 1903. HIS FATHER'S NAME WAS ALSO JAMES BUT I THINK THAT HIS FIRST NAME WAS PROBABLY CHANGED WHEN HE CAME TO AMERICA.I REMEMBER MY FATHER TELLING ME THAT HIS DAD WAS BORN IN DANZIG,
EAST PRUSSIA WHICH IS NOW GDANSK POLAND.UP TO THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN DANZIG WAS GERMAN.MY GRANDMOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME WAS MARY WALSH
AND SHE WAS BORN IN IRELAND....I THINK IT WAS BELFASTBUT I AM NOT SURE.