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US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main





DOROTHEA THERESIA GEHRIG

(1878-1966)


Variant name Dora Gehrig
Dorothy Schnetter
12 June 1878 Dorothea is born in Stockstadt am Main.

Father: Nikolaus Gehrig (1841-1930)
Mother: Johanna Debor (1844-1901)

Godmother: Theresia Gehrig
6 January 1886 Dorothea and her family emigrate to the US.

Port: Antwerp
Ship: Pennland
Arrival: New York
Date: 6 January 1886

Family members:

Gehring Nicholas, male, head, 45, tailor
Gehring Jane, wife, 42 (= Johanna Debor)
Gehring Catherine, daughter, 12
Gehring Dorothea, daughter, 7
Gehring Emanuel, son, 6

Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
CENSUS 1900 Residence:
Dover Township, Pocahontas, Iowa

Family members:

Gehrig Nicholas, head, farmer, 59
Gehrig Jane, wife, 56 (= Johanna Debor)
Gehrig Dora, daughter, 21
Gehrig Emanuel, son, 19
11 October 1900 Dorothea marries Constantin Schnetter (1867-1944), the brother of her sister's husband Michael.
1902 The daughter Katherine is born.
1905 The son Nicholas is born.
CENSUS 1910 Residence:
Dover, Pocahontas, Iowa

Family members:

Schnetter Con, head, 42, farmer
Schnetter Dora, wife, 32
Schnetter Katie, daughter, 8
Schnetter Nicholas, son, 5
Schnetter Edward, son, 1


Source: United States Census 1910
1910 The son Edward is born.
1913 The son Michael is born.
1916 The son Anton is born.

Anton dies in 1919 and is buried in Saint Columbkilles Cemetery, Varina, Pocahontas, Iowa.
CENSUS 1920 Residence:
Dover, Pocahontas, Iowa

Family members:

Schnetter Constantine, head, 52, farmer
Schnetter Dora, wife, 42
Schnetter Katherine, daughter, 18
Schnetter Nicholas., son, 15
Schnetter Edward, son, 10
Schnetter Mike, son, 7

Source: United States Census 1920
CENSUS 1925 Residence:
Colfax-Laurens, Pocahontas, Iowa

Family members:

Schnetter Constantine, head, 58
Schnetter Dora, wife, 45
Schnetter Nicholas., son, 20
Schnetter Edward, son, 16
Schnetter Mike, son, 12

Source: Iowa State Census 1925
CENSUS 1940 Residence:
Dover Township, Pocahontas, Iowa

Family members:

Schnetter Con, head, 72
Schnetter Dora, wife, 60
Schnetter Mike, son, 27
Schnetter Harriet H, daughter-in-law

Next door:

Schnetter Nicholas, head, 35 (= Dorothea's son)
Schnetter Lillian A, wife, 32
Schnetter Robert, son, 7
Schnetter Darlene A, daughter, 5
Schnetter Edward A, son, 4
Schnetter James, son, 1

Source: United States Census 1940
1966 Dorothea dies in Pocahontas, Iowa

Burial:
Cemetery: Saint Columbkilles Cemetery, Pocahontas, Iowa

Source: Findagrave

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