Books by "mrs. George William Godfrey"
7 books found
"The Gimm family in America can be traced to ... Johanna Elisabeth Gimm who emigrated [from Germany] to the United States with her five Children, one year after her husband in 1847"--Pref. Johanna Elisabeth Gimm, daughter of Tobias and Klara Susanna Roder Gimm " ... was born August 14, 1802 in Walterhausen, a village near Gotha in the duchy of Gotha. ... When she was twenty-one, she married Johann David Boehm ... who died early leaving his young widow with one delicate child "Maria Carolina". ... afterwards [she] married Johann Christoph Vogt of Muhlhausen in Thuringen. The marriage certificated says August 1, 1830, in St. Blassi which [is thought to be] a suburb of Muhlhausen."--Page 25. "Johann Christoph Voght ... known, and buried as George Christoph Voigt, was born May 28, 1798, in Muhlhausen, Thuringen, Germany."--Page 27. Leaving for America, he "sailed August 6, 1846 and landed in Baltimore, Md., October 2, 1846 ..."--P.25 He died 17 May 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Johanna " ... died September 16, 1873 in Philadelphia and was buried with her husband in Odd Fellows' Cemetery, 22nd and Diamond Streets."--P.26. As of the writing of this book (1909) "In America, all descendants of Johanna E. and J. Christoph Vogt are living in Philadelphia except four: two in New Jersey; one at Quakertown, Pennsylvania; one in Lincoln, Nebraska."--P.27
A Family History in Letters and Documents, 1667-1837, Concerning the Forefathers of Winthorp Sargent Gilman, and His Wife Abia Swift Lippincott
by Emily Hoffman Gilman Noyes (Mrs. Charles P. Noyes)
1919
This edition of Gateway to the West has been excerpted from the original numbers, consolidated, and reprinted in two volumes, with added Publisher's Note, Tables of Contents, and indexes, by Genealogical Publishing Co., SInc., Baltimore, MD.