His father died before 1853, The Bock family then decided to go to America.
Ferdinand G. came to America in 1854 on the ship "Roland" Along with his mother, Catherine, and three siblings. Some others came later. He married Mary Wilhelmina Heidbreder in Mo. in 1859. The settled near New Woollam, Mo.
They raised Eleven Children. The photo is taken from two paintings of Ferd and wife Mary...Gattin Von before the name just means spouse of..not part of their name
Owensville, Mo.
OBITUARY
HERMAN ADVERTISER-COURIER AUGUST 19, 1903 PG. 3 COL. 3--FERDINAND BOCK, AND OLD AND RESPECTED CITIZEN, RESIDING AT WOOLAM, DIED AUGUST 9TH 1903, AGED 73 YEARS. HE HAS TWO SONS, FRANK AND HERMAN BOCK, LIVING IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
Ship records
Migrated to US 1854 on the ship Roland from Bremen, Germany
to New Orleans...landed Dec. 18, 1854
family consisted of...
Ferd Bock age 26
Catherine age 52
Augusta age 19
Henriette age 14
Gustuf age 11
They lived in Lauenburg, Prussia Germany
His father died before 1853, The Bock family then decided to go to America.
Ferdinand G. came to America in 1854 on the ship "Roland" Along with his mother, Catherine, and three siblings. Some others came later. He married Mary Wilhelmina Heidbreder in Mo. in 1859. The settled near New Woollam, Mo.
They raised Eleven Children. The photo is taken from two paintings of Ferd and wife Mary...Gattin Von before the name just means spouse of..not part of their name
Owensville, Mo.
OBITUARY
HERMAN ADVERTISER-COURIER AUGUST 19, 1903 PG. 3 COL. 3--FERDINAND BOCK, AND OLD AND RESPECTED CITIZEN, RESIDING AT WOOLAM, DIED AUGUST 9TH 1903, AGED 73 YEARS. HE HAS TWO SONS, FRANK AND HERMAN BOCK, LIVING IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
Ship records
Migrated to US 1854 on the ship Roland from Bremen, Germany
to New Orleans...landed Dec. 18, 1854
family consisted of...
Ferd Bock age 26
Catherine age 52
Augusta age 19
Henriette age 14
Gustuf age 11
They lived in Lauenburg, Prussia Germany
Family Members
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Amelia Anna Bock Hartwig
1859–1931
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Marie Louise Bock Sassmann
1861–1941
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Henry C. Bock
1862–1946
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Herman Ferdinand Bock
1865–1948
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Augusta Mathilda Bock Christopher
1866–1927
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Albert Johann Bock
1867–1948
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August William Bock
1869–1946
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Frank Henry Bock
1873–1936
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Gustav Ferdinand Fritz Bock
1875–1953
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Martha Ann Bock Hoener
1880–1917