I am researching the LICHTER and ERBER family from Rengersdorf, Beutengrund and Kunzendorf areas in Schlesien, Germany who before World War II were dispersed to many areas of Germany and Canada. Henry Lichter immigrated to Big Beaver, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1923 and his wife, Anna Erber and 4 children, Hedwig, Fred, Alphonse and George, followed in 1926. Geneology information was assembled by my sister, Hedwig Lichter Andersen, and before she died she had requested that it be continued by me. I am amazed at the number of Lichter families in America, and have found quite a number listed through searches on the internet. In particular, I am searching for the ancestors of my grandfather, August Lichter, who was born July 10, 1856, at Habelschwerdt, Schlesien, Germany. Also searching for ancestors of my grandmother, Maria Lichter, nee Hellman or Hellmann, born on November 1, 1857 in Marienthal, Kreis Habelschwerdt. They were married in 1879 in Habelschwerdt, Germany. Apparently August Lichter had a 1/2 brother by the name of Josef Kanitschka. Any information about this family will be greatly appreciated. Members of my sister Hedwig Andersen's husband's families from Denmark are also included in this family tree.
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