Philippina Voehringer Wollenweber was my husband’s paternal 2x-great-grandmother, the grandmother of his grandmother, Matilda Davey Gorrell. I am lucky that I found Philippina in the IGI very early in my research and have since found the church records of her family in the German state of Württemberg. Let us cover her timeline first, and then search for more documents in Full-text search and in newspaper search. 1834. May 26/28 Philippina Margaretha Vöhringer was born to Adam Vöhringer and Maria Agnes Reiff. She was baptized in the presence of Johan Reiff and two others, who are too difficult to read. [1] 1857. Sept. 1. She arrived in New York aboard the SS Gebhard . She was listed as 30 years old and no occupation. [2] COMMENT: The age is off, as age 30 woul...
My Trails into the Past
Researching: Davey, Gleeson, Gorrell, Hork, Hutson, Johnston, Jones, Lundquist, Nilsen, Selman, Sievert, Sullivan, Tierney, & Wollenweber.