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Major Rathbone's accomodation in Hannover
06-28-2013, 06:45 PM (This post was last modified: 06-28-2013 07:09 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Major Rathbone's accomodation in Hannover
(06-17-2013 03:50 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  After returning from Hannover I emailed the "Niedersãchsisches Landesarchiv" again, casting my doubts on their former statement and asking for documented evidence. By now I just got the formal answer they will double-check.

Today I received a letter from the director of the “Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv”, Dr. Rügge, saying:
”According to your additional request, I must, much to my regret, revise my staff’s previous statement and inform you that in 1882/1883 no US Consul is recorded in the ‘printed register of foreign consuls in the German Empire, record Hannover 122a, Nr.235.’ I can neither verify nor deny Mr Rathbone had already obtained such a title in the US before.”

To summarize:
-Rathbone is not mentioned in the records of the “Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv”
-in the records of 'assigned consuls to Hannover' filed in the “Stadtarchiv Hannover” the decisive pages (years 1882/1883) are completely missing
-in both, Clara’s and Henry’s, death reports and internment register entries Rathbone’s recorded profession is “Oberst a. D.” (=Major off duty).

I wonder what made him choose Hannover if he didn’t go there for duty. Carlsbad is far away (and Europe’s most interesting places, too). Did he know someone in Hannover?
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RE: Major Rathbone's accomodation in Hannover - Eva Elisabeth - 06-28-2013 06:45 PM
RE: Major Rathbone's accomodation in Hannover - Hess1865 - 06-05-2013, 08:48 PM
RE: Major Rathbone's accomodation in Hannover - Hess1865 - 10-05-2013, 06:18 PM

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