US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main
THEKLA GEHRIG
(1881-1942)
| Variant name | Delia Gehrig Thekla Elsasser |
| 6 November 1881 | Thekla
Gehrig is born in Stockstadt am Main. Father: Edmund Gehrig (1858-1933) Mother: Magdalena Thekla Schwind (1857-1907), Schöllkrippen Godmother: Thekla Seitz |
| 13 April 1885 | Thekla and her family
emigrate to the US - together with her grandfather Matthäus
Gehrig and her uncle 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 | Thekla's uncle 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 (=Thekla's uncle) Gehrig Jane, wife, 56 (= Johanna Debor) Gehrig Dora, daughter, 21 Gehrig Emanuel, son, 19 Schnetter Mike, head, 28, farmer Schnetter Catherine, wife, 25 (=Thekla's cousin Katharina) Schnetter Alois, son, 5 Schnetter Dora, daughter, 4 Elsasser John, head, 25 Elsasser Hugo, brother, 20, (Thekla's future husband) Elsasser Emma, sister, 18 Source: United States Census 1900 |
| 3 September 1901 | Thekla marries Hugo Michael Elsasser (1879-1946) in Pocahontas, Iowa. |
| 18 August 1903 | Thekla's daughter Caroline is born in Dover, Pocahontas, Iowa. |
| 28 April 1906 | Thekla's daughter Agnes is born in Dover, Pocahontas, Iowa. |
| 16 June 1907 | Thekla's mother Thekla
dies in Varina, Pocahontas, Iowa. Burial: 18 June 1907 Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas, Iowa Source: Findagrave |
| 24 August 1908 | Thekla's father Edmund marries Julia Sernett-Shimon in Pocahontas, Iowa. |
| CENSUS 1910 | Residence: Dover Township, Pocahontas, Iowa Family members: Elsesser Hugo M., head, 30, farmer Elsesser Delia, wife, 28 Elsesser Caroline H, daughter, 6 Elsesser Agnes, daughter, 3 Next door: Elsesser John and family (=Hugo's brother) Schnetter Dora and family (=Delia's cousin) Source: United States Census 1910 |
| 4 May 1914 | Thekla's half sister Eleanor Mary is born in Pocahontas, Iowa. |
| 1917 | Thekla's daughter Leona is born. |
| CENSUS 1930 | Residence: Pocahontas Town, Pocahontas, Iowa Family members: Elsesser Hugo M., head, 50, farmer Elsesser Delia, wife, 48 Elsesser Caroline H, daughter, 26 Elsesser Agnes, daughter, 23 Elsesser Leona, daughter, 13 Source: United States Census 1930 |
| 21 December 1933 | Thekla's father Edmund
dies in Pocahontas, Iowa. Burial: 23 December 1933 Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas, Iowa Source: Findagrave |