Searching for Fuhrmann / Mardeman family

Can someone help please. I am searching for my grandmother's family, her mother, Ida Mardeman? (not sure of the spelling) was born in Szczecin (Stettin) around 1860. Ida married Henry (Henrech, Harry) Fuhrmann. There was a daughter Ida Johanna who was born in Schlawe (now Slawno) on June 20 1888 and a son Paul born November 20 1890. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks from Val in Australia.

First you need to make 100% sure about the correct spelling of the first/last name. Otherwise, you're going to waste a lot of time... :|

Tadek
Thanks for your comments - the main point of this exercise is to find out the correct spelling so that I can try to trace her. The only information I have is a typed copy of my grandmother's marriage certificate which has her mother as "Ida Mardeman" and then I have a scanned copy of a great aunt's marriage certificate which is very difficult to read (the writing, not the scan result) but looks like her mother could be "Ida Mademan". I know about the waste of time, you cannot imagine how much time I have wasted just to get this far, which is why I am asking for any help or suggestions as to where to try next. I am having no joy on the Fuhrmann side either. There is one document that suggests that Henry died in Berlin. I have different documents listing Henry as Harry and Henrech as well. Any suggestions???

Maybe you can try "Ida Mardemann" (two n's) -- I think German names like that generally have two n's...

Pit

Pit
Thanks but have tried that and no joy with the searching I have done. I am looking for some new ideas on where to try - can you help?

Guest
Pit and Tadek - Happy New Year to you. Can you think of anything that may guide me to finding my ancestors. I believe there were a few Fuhrmann families in Slawno. Please help me.

Fuhrmann might correspond to "furman". It is a valid word in Polish (means 'cart driver') and can be a surname.
As for Mardemann which read like Mademan in a document, the "r" perhaps was added to avoid pronunciation problems: "mard + man" sounds closer to mademan than "made + man".

I have found two parishes in S 2;awno together with their addresses and some telephones that you might use as a starting point for your searches. Do not expect the people there to speak English

S 2;awno
parafia pod wezwaniem Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
adres
ul. Rapackiego 24
76-100 S 2;awno
tel. (59) 810 70 39


S 2;awno
parafia pod wezwaniem św. Antoniego Padewskiego
adres
ul. Kościelna 12
76-100 S 2;awno
tel. (59) 810 49 52 -proboszcz, (59) 810 52 27 -wikariusz

Thank you dear "Guest"

Am myself looking for the birth certificate of my great grandmother
with the name Mademann Alwiene who was born in Wusterwitz

cannot find anything about it.
Mademann is a name with many people in Germany

Guest
Hello Guest - I know how you feel. I have hit a brick wall - cannot find anything about her family.... those who are left now in Australia don't know anything either except that her husband Henry was a grave digger in Berlin. Was Mademann your grandmother's maiden name or married name? Where is Wusterwitz?? Cheers Val

Guest
Hello again 'guest'. I now believe that my great grandmother - Ida Alvine (Alwine) Mathilde Mademan was born in Stemnitz in 1860. Is Stemnitz anywhere near Wusterwitz?
Val from Australia

wusterwiitz = Ostrowice
stemnitz = Staniewice

both are in the province whose capital is Szczecin (north-western Poland)