Henke Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 Hi all..Is there anyway you online can look for information about a man, Hauptmann Eduard Ludwig Kelters from Prussia and in active duty from about 1849 to about 1870?I would be very grateful for any information what so ever.Best RegardsHenke
Paul C Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 I checked my 1867 Prussian Army ranklist which lists all Prussian officers and I do not find that name.
Wild Card Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 Henke,I checked my 1870-1 Prussian rank list. Nothing there.On the possibility that he may have been one of the transferred Hannoverians who wound up in Prussian service, I checked the 1865 Hannoverian list - no Kelters anywhere. Sorry.Wild Card
kunsho Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 I checked my 1854 Prussian rank list. Also nothing there.
Guest Rick Research Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 So:as I always say--Post Scans Of What You Have.Saves time. Better results. :rolleyes:
KIR Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) Hi Henke, or asked the: Geheimen Staatsarchiv Preu?ischer Kulturbesitz (eMail: gsta.pk@gsta.spk-berlin.de): http://www.gsta.spk-berlin.de... and ask for: Offizierspersonalia / Kaas-Kleh, 18.-19.Jh. = IV.HA Rep.1 Nr.76from the: (IV. HA Kgl. Preu?ische Armee Rep.1 Geheime Kriegskanzlei Nr.71-95: Offiziers-Nomenklatur, von der Geheimen Kriegskanzlei gef?hrte Amtsbuchserie, 1750-1918)Good luck and best regards, Jensp.s.: on this page you will find some informations about the Staatsarchiv: http://home.foni.net/~adelsforschung/archiv17.htm Edited January 15, 2009 by KIR
Ulsterman Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) Try the Austrian archives. He was Austrian. Born 1830? Fought in the Danish war/Schleswig-Holstein/Danish war of 1848-51? Probably was a Schleswigian officer (is that a real adjective?), not a Prussian one.Immigrated to Brazil in the 1850s? Fought in the Paraguayan war for Imperial Brazil? Is this the man? Edited January 15, 2009 by Ulsterman
Henke Posted January 15, 2009 Author Posted January 15, 2009 Sorry all Im feeling kinda stupid now :/I dont know why I thought this guy was prussian. My collection has been resting for about 1 year now and I finally decided to pick it up again. And one of my ideas is to make a nice display of some things, one of the things beeing a bar from his person. Somewhere here I ended up thinking he was prussian, and I dont know why I did. I was just in a hurry when I wrote here and didnt think it over. Really sorry if I made you spend time because of my stupidity.Ulsterman youre information is the correct one. I thank you a lot for this.Once more Im really sorry for this and will not post more things before doing a better research myself, thank you all so much for your time.Best RegerdsHenke
Ulsterman Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 His emigration documents are available at diggerhistory.deHis Brazilain navel information might/should be available at the Brazilian Ministry of War.Apparently he was a mercenary, served with the rebels in the Schleswig-Holstein war of 1848-51 (Germans fought with the Prussians against the "oppressive" Danes and Swedes).
Henke Posted January 19, 2009 Author Posted January 19, 2009 Thank you so much Mr Ulsterman!Once more Im sorry for my bad start, great that you still could help me out.Best RegardsHenke
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