Miottel Family Research – Where did they come from?

Listed in Theodor Miottel’s death certificate is a birth location of Lauenburg, Germany.

Close up of Theodor’s Death Certificate
Illinois, Clerk’s Office, Certificate of Death, no. 29491, Theodore Miottel, died 2 November 1941, Cook County.

The village of Viterese and Pommeran is also mentioned in some of the Miottel family paperwork. Utilizing a gazetteer and the clues of Viterese, Lauenburg, and Pommern, I located the following:

Lauenburg Pomm (Lauenburg, Köslin, Preussen)

Current location is Lebork, Poland.

County seat is Kreisstadt

RB Köslin – The Regierungsbezirk for Lauenburg is Kölsin. This is the government district between the State and Kreis level.

LG Stolp – The Landgericht (District Court) is located in Stolp.

Military records for the area is Bezirkskommando is Stolp.

Lower district court – Amtsgericht – is located at Lauenburg Pomm.

Civil Records are located in Lauenburg.

Lauenburg is in the kingdom of Preusssen.

Lauenburg is marked. Historical overlay of Kindom of Preussen on top of current map of Poland and area.

Current location of Lauenburg – Lebork, Poland

Theodor Miottel arrived in the United States twice. Each trip he entered utilizing the Baltimore, Maryland port. He first arrived on 25 April 1880 via the Strassburg at age 19 and second on 18 April 1886 via the ship Leipzig at the age of 25.

The 1880 arrival included his father August, age 53, mother Henriette, age 49, Wilhelm, age 22, Theodor 19, and Reinhold 9.

Tools for research:

Meyers Gazetteer https://www.meyersgaz.org/

Kartenmeister http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp

FamilySearch.org:

Zivilstandsregister, 1874-1884

Germany, Prussia, Pomerania Church Records, 1544-1945 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1874205

Ancestry:

All Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany, Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60749/?name=_miottel&count=50&name_x=_1