Grossburlo

[Fred C. Forst]

A great-great aunt, Christina Lensing, gave her place of birth as
Grossburlo, Westphalia. I know where Burlo, Westphalia was and as far as I
can tell that is where she was born, so what does "gross" mean in this
context.

[Henning Boettcher]

Post by Fred C. Forst
A great-great aunt, Christina Lensing, gave her place of birth as
Grossburlo, Westphalia. I know where Burlo, Westphalia was and as far as I
can tell that is where she was born, so what does "gross" mean in this
context.

'Gross' means big, large and 'Klein' means little.
I think in former times there have been two small villages close
together, near each other. One of these villages was called
'Gross-Burlo' the other one was called 'Klein-Burlo'. Now they have
unified and the name of the unified village is Burlo. - Or one of
the villages has disappeared and the other one is now Burlo.

--
Kind regards
Henning Boettcher
Switzerland
http://homepage.sunrise.ch/homepage/boettche/
(universally applicable hints/German language only/ last review:
Apr. 2005)

[Familienforschung-Buedding]

Hallo in die Runde,
"Burlo" ist jetzt ein Stadtteil der Stadt Borken in Westfalen. Weitere
Informationen erhält man über das genealogische Ortsverzeichnis
http://gov.genealogy.net/index.jsp
Gruß
Hans-Hermann Büdding
http://familienforschung-buedding.de.ms

[Willem Meijerman]

Gross Burlo ist ein kleines Dorf nord-westlich von der Stadt Borken gleich
an die Grenze mit den Niederlanden (Achterhoek).
Anders gesagt: halbwegs zwischen Borken in Westfalen und Winterswijk in den
Niederlanden.

Gross Burlo ist bekannt wegen das Kloster Burlo.
Sehe u.a. www.borken.de

Grüsse

Willem Meyerman

Post by Fred C. Forst
A great-great aunt, Christina Lensing, gave her place of birth as
Grossburlo, Westphalia. I know where Burlo, Westphalia was and as far as I
can tell that is where she was born, so what does "gross" mean in this
context.