GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main





MECHTHILDE RÜCKER

(1841-1874)


Variant name Mechthilde Gentil
Matilda Gentil
21 June 1841 Mechthilde is born in Stockstadt am Main as a daughter of Philipp Rückert (1808-1854) and Eva Nehr (1809-****).

Her godmother is Maria Anna Hoffmann, wife of the baker Christian Hoffmann,
15 October 1849 Mechthilde is godmother to her cousin Mechthilde Rückert, daughter of her father's brother Franz Matthäus.
Emigration to the US
Mechthilde marries Georg Gentil from Stockstadt am Main
1862 The son John is born.
1866 The daughter Cäcilia is born.
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
21 October 1887 The son John marries Emma Curtis (born abt 1866). Her parents are Thomas Curtis and Emma Henderson.
20 August 1874 Mechthilde dies in Posey, Indiana and is buried in St Philips Cemetery.

Source: Findagrave


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