Obviously he didn't go far from home. Have you tried census records? Wouldn't give you anything on his military history, but it may help you with some family names.

Did you try the local VFW post or American Legion?

Parkersburg 1092 Engineer Combat Battalion Corps 1500 Blizzard Drive, Parkersburg, WV 26101

Parkersburg Blennerhassett VFW Post 1212 & Ladies Auxiliary, 1603 Garfield Avenue, Parkersburg, WV 26101

Parkersburg VFW Post 1212, 1630 Garfield Avenue, Parkersburg, WV 26101

VFW Post 1212 - 1630 Garfield Ave, Parkersburg - (304) 422-6519

VFW Post - 8127 Route 16, Parkersburg - (304) 295-8648

American Legion Club Roy Johnson Post No 104

814 Avery St, Parkersburg - (304) 428-9091

American Legion - 2505 Ohio Ave, Parkersburg - (304) 485-5891

Thank you for the information.

I will try some of the addresses you gave here.

Erwin

Erwin,

Did you know that there is a Baker Eyth House listed in Parkersburg? If you google it, an address comes up. Eyth is not a real common name. I tried to find an Inn keepers name, but couldnt find one. Perhaps they are relatives. Or could tell you who they bought the inn from.

Would make a nice honeymoon visit for visiting Europeans....Near some Civil War Battlefields, great Southern food, Lovely scenery.

Thank you for your help too.

I'll follow that up as well.

Maybe they are relatives, I might find out.

Erwin

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I'll follow that up as well.

Maybe they are relatives, I might find out.

 

Erwin

Hello Erwin,

Even though this post is a bit older I am very much hoping that you will reply to this.

We are looking for relatives that have emigrated to the States and we stumbled across these forum entries when doing a google search. We believe that Cecelia Goetz is a relative of my great great grandfather Joseph Goetz who had a grocery shop in Dettingen (near Diessen).

I am hoping that you might have found some relatives of Conrad and Joseph Eyth following your exchanges in this forum. I really would appreciate if you could update us on your results in this search as we are facing calling several hundreds of Eyths in and around Parkersburg WV in order to get further. If you were successful this would save us a lot of time.

We assume that there must be relatives as Joseph Eyth sent x-mas cards etc. to my great grandparents after WWII and signed them "the Eyth family".

Thanks for your assistance!

Susi

Hello Susi,

I just sent you a reply.

The Baker Eyth house mentioned here might be a good lead.

My buddy checked it out and it appears that the owners are indeed related to Mr. Conrad Eyth.

If I can help you with something, feel free to ask.

I'll try to help or ask my buddy.

Erwin