US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main
EDMUND GEHRIG
(1858-1933)
| 13 October 1858 | Edmund
Gehrig is born in Stockstadt am Main. Father: Matthäus Gehrig (1812-1901) Mother: Maria Eva Hegsdens (1817-1883) Godfather: Edmund Seitz |
| 13 February 1872 | Edmund is godfather to Edmund Seitz (1872-1941). |
| 26 October 1881 | Edmund marries Magdalena Thekla Schwind (1857-1907) from Schöllkrippen in Stockstadt am Main. |
| 6 November 1881 | The daughter Thekla is born. |
| 31 August 1883 | Edmund's mother dies in Stockstadt am Main from lung infection. |
| 13 April 1885 | Edmund and his family
emigrate to the US - together with his father Matthäus
Gehrig and his younger brother Emanuel
Gehrig with family. Port: Bremen Ship: Fulda Arrival: New York Date: 13 April 1885 Family members: Gehrig Edmund, male, 26 Gehrig Thekla, wife, 25 Gehrig Thekla, daughter, 4 Gehrig Matthäus, male, 72 (=Edmund's father) Gehrig Emanuel, male, 28 (=Edmund's brother) Gehrig Therese, wife, 25 Gehrig Franz, son, 9 months Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 |
| 6 January 1886 | Edmund's brother Nikolaus
and his family emigrate to the US. Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 |
| CENSUS 1900 | Residence: Dover & Marshall Townships, Pocahontas, Iowa Family members: Gehrig Edmund, head, farmer, 42 Gehrig Dehlia, wife, 43 (= Magdalena Thekla Schwind) Gehrig Thekla, daughter, 18 (= Thekla Gehrig) Gehrig Mathew, father, 89 Next door: Gehrig Nicholas, head, farmer, 59 (=Edmund's brother) Gehrig Jane, wife, 56 (= Johanna Debor) Gehrig Dora, daughter, 21 Gehrig Emanuel, son, 19 Schnetter Mike, head, 28, farmer (= Nicholas' son-in-law) Schnetter Catherine, wife, 25 (=Edmund's niece Katharina) Schnetter Alois, son, 5 Schnetter Dora, daughter, 4 Elsasser John, head, 25 Elsasser Hugo, brother, 20, (Edmund's future son-in-law, married Thekla Gehrig in 1901) Elsasser Emma, sister, 18 Source: United States Census 1900 |
| 16 June 1907 | Edmund's wife Thekla dies
in Varina. Burial: 18 June 1907 Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas, Iowa Source: Findagrave |
| 24 August 1908 | Edmund marries Julia Sernett-Shimon in Pocahontas, Iowa. |
| CENSUS 1910 | Residence: Pocahontas Center, Pocahontas County, Iowa Family members: Gehrig Edmund, head, 50, own income Gehrig Julia, wife, 37 (= 2nd wife Julia Sernett, marriage 1908) Shimon Albert J, stepson, 15 Shimon Lawrence, stepson, 12 Source: United States Census 1910 |
| 4 May 1914 | The daughter Eleanor Mary is born in Pocahontas, Iowa. |
| CENSUS 1920 | Residence: Pocahontas Center, Pocahontas County, Iowa Family members: Gehrig Edmund, head, 59 Gehrig Julia, wife, 47 (= 2nd wife Julia Sernett) Gehrig Eleanor M, daughter, 5 Shimon Albert J, stepson, 25 Shimon Lawrence, stepson, 22 Source: United States Census 1920 |
| 21 December 1933 | Edmund dies in Pocahontas,
Iowa. Burial: 23 December 1933 Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas, Iowa Source: Findagrave |