1. [Family History Sir Harry Luke / Zander] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry] Motherby, Helene / The Society of Genealogists / Aristocratic Research of Family de Zander / Family History Zandrowitsch – Zander/.

Collection of manuscript and printed materials regarding a genealogical research for the aristocratic Family ‘Zandrowitsch – Zander’. Sir Harry Luke who was related to the Zander family was assisted by a lady from Koenigsberg in Prussia. The lady in question,Genealogist Helene Motherby from Koenigsberg, writes in a letter from April 6th, 1910 to Luke’s posting in Sierra Leone and has some excellent news regarding her research of the Zander family. The letter includes a manuscript family tree of the Zander family (Carl Lazarus von Zander etc.) / In a second letter from 23rd of October1911, Helene Motherby requested information from a Heraldic Office in St.Petersburg. The original answer was written in Russian and a translation into german is accompanying the original document in which Helene Motherby was informed that information regarding an aristocratic family can only be granted if the requestor can proof his/her aristocratic ancestry connected to the family in question. The request was in detail answered by pointing to the relevant Genealogical Offices in Livland / Estland / Gouvernement Kiew. / Helene Motherby apologizes for the ‘meager’ result and urges Sir Harry Luke to become a member of ‘The Society of Genealogists’ in London. She encloses the first quarterly report of ‘The Society of Genealogists of London’ which also lists the members (among them Fraulein Helene Motherby) and also includes two prefilled application forms for Sir Harry that would allow him to join the Society (Helene Motherby has signed both papers as a guarantor). /

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Koenigsberg, 1910 / 1911. Octavo. 4 manuscript documents (incl. Manuscript postcard from Motherby to Luke and a manuscript family tree of the Zander family) / 2 signed applications for the ‘Society of Genealogists London’ / Ephemera Statutes of the Society of Genealogists of London / Original envelope. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

2. [Family History Sir Harry Luke / Zander] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry] de Zander / Louis de Zander / Casimoro Zander (Casimir Zander) / Samuel Zander.

Large Collection of original autographed and manuscript Material and Correspondence relating to the “de Zander / Zander Family”, which was intensely researched by Sir Harry Luke on his Genealogical Quest for Family Roots from both, his mothers side and his fathers side of the family. Luke determined, that his great-great-great-grandfather was Mayor Louis de Zander. The collection includes many original documents and also for example: Manuscript Letter Signed (MLS) and official documents from the Ministry of Religious Cults and Public Education in Warsaw (Poland) – transmitted through the Polish Consulate Jerusalem: The letter and documents are answers to Sir Harry Luke’s research into his family history and confirm that Luke’s ancestors were raised to nobility in the 18th century: Louis Zander, major in a regiment of militia, was raised to the nobility in 1790 in the Diet which had been convoked in Warsaw by the Confederation’ / The documents also mention Casimiro Zander and Samuel Zander and the Ennoblement of Louis de Zander.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Jerusalem / Warsaw, 1924. Octavo. 1 Manuscript letter with 7 pages from a contact to Luke in Jerusalem and 4 pages official documents / The collection includes an abundance of other materials, related to the de Zander Family, including correspondence between Luke and a Genealogical researcher (Helen Motherley), who corresponded with Luke while he was posted in Sierra Leone. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.