GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main





KATHARINA FECHER

(1850-1891)

Variant name Catherine Wolf
15 October 1850 Katharina Fecher is born in Stockstadt am Main.

Father: Johann Konrad Fecher (1822-1888)
Mother: Theresia Bauer (1824-1857)

Godmother: Katharina Lederer, daughter of the farmer Joseph Lederer
21 November 1872 Katharina marries Friedrich Wolf (1848-1908).
24 September 1873 The daughter Theresia Wolf (1873-1888) is born.
17 December 1874 The son Alois Wolf (1874-1952) is born.
5 March 1875 Katharina is godmother to Katharina Wolf, a niece of her husband and daughter of Johann Wolf.
16 May 1876 The son Johann is born. He dies on 28 June 1876.
25 July 1877 The son Johann is born. He dies on 8 December 1879.
15 May 1880 The son August Wolf (1880-1949) is born.
1881Katharina's brother-in-law Gabriel Wolf (1853-1909) and his family emigrate to the United States.
2 November 1882 The son Jakob Wolf (1882-1976) is born.
24 December 1884 The daughter Josepha Wolf (1884-1977) is born.
EMIGRATION

1887
The family emigrates to the US.

Ship: S.S. Fulda
Port: Bremen
Arrival: New York
Date: 22 March 1887

Family members:

Wolf Friedrich, farmer, 38
Wolf Catherine, wife, 36 (= Fecher Katharina)
Wolf Alois, son, 13
Wolf Theresia, daughter, 14
Wolf August, son, 6
Wolf Jacob, son, 3
Wolf Josef, son, 9 months

(Please note: The list of children does not correspond with the church records. The last child born in Stockstadt is a girl named Josepha and should have been two years old in 1887.)

Passengers from Stockstadt am Main
traveling on the same ship:

Seitz Johann Ulrich, farmer, 38
Seitz Eleonore, wife, 38 (= Oberle Eleonora)
Seitz Margarethe, daughter, 8
Seitz Eleonore, daughter, 7
Seitz Gabriel, son, 6
Seitz Marie, daughter, 4
Seitz Theresia, daughter, 3
Seitz Barbara, daughter, 2

Bauer Raimund, farmer, 48 (= Bauer Reinhard)
Bauer Anna Maria, wife, 46
Bauer Michael, son, 8
Bauer Margarethe, daughter, 7

Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 (children: next page)
17 August 1887The son John Wolf (1887-1966) is born.
1888Katharina's brother-in-law  Johann Wolf (1842-1922) and his family emigrate to the U.S.
1 June 1888 The daughter Theresa dies in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, and is buried in in Saint Benedicts Cemetery, Crary, Ramsey, North Dakota.

Source: Findagrave
26 April 1891 At the age of 41, Katharina dies in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, and is buried in Saint Benedicts Cemetery, Crary, Ramsey, North Dakota.

Source: Findagrave
CENSUS

1900
Her family lives in Ontario Township, Ramsey, North Dakota.

Family members:

Wolf Fred, 51, widower, farmer
Wolf Louis, 26, son, farm laborer (= Alois)
Wolf August, 20, son, farm laborer
Wolf Jacob, 16, son, farm laborer
Wolf Josephine, 14, daughter (= Josepha)
Wolf John, 12, son, at school (born in North Dakota)

Source: United States Census 1900
1908 Friedrich dies in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, and is buried in Saint Benedicts Cemetery, Crary.

Source: Findagrave

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