US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main
GEORG GENTIL
(1835-1908)
| Variant name | George Shantill |
| 4 December 1835 | Georg
is born in Stockstadt am Main. Father: Johann Gentil (1804-****) Mother: Elisabeth Flügel (1802-1860) Godfather: Georg May |
| 16 January 1849 | Georg is godfather to Georg Reising. |
| 21 February 1851 | Georg is godfather to Georg Schmitt. |
| EMIGRATION 1861 |
Emigration
to America Port: Bremen Ship: Ernestine Arrival: Baltimore Date: 16 July 1861 Passengers: Franz Elisabeth Hoffmann Karl Nehr Eva (married Rückert) Rückert Charitas Rückert Mechthilde (his future wife) Rückert Johann Zang Anna Maria Source: Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948 |
| 1861 | Georg marries Mechtilde Rückert from Stockstadt am Main |
| 1862 | The son
John Gentil is born. On 27 October 1887 he marries Emma Curtis, daughter of Thomas Curtis and Emma Henderson. They have several children (August, Rosie, George, John, Tillie...) John dies on 30 April 1916 and is buried at Mount Vernon, Posey, Indiana. Source: Indiana Death Index Source: Findagrave |
| 1866 | The daughter Cäcilia
Gentil is born. (Ancestry.com shows a marriage between Caecelia B Gentil and George B Smith on 22 May 1888 in Perryville, Perry, Missouri. Not clear if this is her.) |
| abt 1868 | Georg's sister Barbara Gentil and her daughter Elisabeth Gentil emigrate to the U.S. |
| 1870 | Residence: Marrs Township, Posey, Indiana Family members: George Shantill, head, 34, farmer Matilda (= Mechthilde) Shantill, wife, 28 John Shantill, son, 8 Setsillia (Cäcilia) Shantill, daughter, 3 Source: United States Census 1870 |
| June 1883 | Georg's nephew Michael Anton Depp (1857-1935), son of his sister Elisabeth, emigrates to the US and lives in New York. |
| 20 August 1874 | Georg's wife Mechthilde dies in Posey, Indiana and is
buried at St Philips Cemetery. Source: Findagrave |
| 1900 | Georg lives in the household of his son John. Residence: Black Township (west & south part excl. Mt. Vernon city), Posey, Indiana Family members: John Shantill, head, 37, farmer Emma Shantill, wife, 33 August Shantill, son, 7 Henrietta Shantill, daughter, 4 George Shantill, son, 2 Baby Shantill, son, 1 month old George Shantill, father, 63, widowed Ellis William, male servant, 38 Source: United States Census 1900 |
| 8 March 1908 | At
the age of 83, George dies in Black Township, Posey,
Indiana, from pneumonia and is buried at Saint Matthews Cemetery, Mount Vernon. Source: Findagrave Source: Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920 Ancestry-Source: Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011, for George Gentil |
| Please note! | Gentil is "Schandil" in the regional dialect. Therefore we find the surname "Shantill" or "Shantel" in census reports. The descendants later changed their name back to GENTIL! |