Andrew married Elizabeth Garring while they lived in Germany. A passenger list shows the couple leaving the Sailing Ship "Superb" in the month of August of 1828 at Philadelphia. The ship was filled with French and German emigrants.
PENNSYLVANIA
Andrew made a life-changing decision for he, his wife, and his four children after 16 years of life in Pennsylvania where he had plied his trade as a shoe maker.
TO THE FRONTIER
Andrew moved his family from there to the frontier of north eastern Missouri to help establish the Bethel Colony with Wilhelm Keil and other committed church members in 1844. Missouri was just being settled, and Keil, as leader and pastor; chose the place to plant his planned community.
BETHEL COLONY
The Bethel Colony [Bethel is a Hebrew word that means "house of God"] was a Christian society seeking to be self-supporting and independent. Members of the community had "all things in common", each contributing to the well being of the others by plying their trades, growing crops, and raising animals for food. There was a colony store where all colony members placed their home-made products or home-grown produce/meats, and in return could obtain those items necessary for their families.
Keil also initiated another such community in Oregon in 1856, named Aurora. He and his family are buried there, he having died in 1877. [Keil's memorial #17931036]
CHILDREN
Andrew and Elizabeth's children:
1. Andrew W. Grossman [1836] +Hanna Erich
2. Elizabeth [1839] +John Shriever
3. Mary Grossman [1841] +Henry Boehringer
4. Ausgang Grossman [1842] +Susan Shriever
OCCUPATION
Andrew was a shoemaker, a skill important to the Bethel community, and one he taught to son Andrew. He passed on before the 1850 census year.
RECORDS
1830 census Northern Liberties, Philadelphia PA
Grossman, Andrew head
[no family shown]
1840 census Franklin, Allegheny Co PA
Grossman, Andrew head
[no family shown]
1850 census Bethel, Shelby Co MO
[Andrew had passed]
Elizabeth Grossman F 45 Germany
Elizabeth Grossman F 11 Pennsylvania
Andrew Grossman M 14 Pennsylvania
Mary Grossman F 8 Pennsylvania
Ausgang Grossman M 6 Pennsylvania
[Andrew was the grandfather of my father's mother, Emma Grossman-Richards. HGR]
Andrew married Elizabeth Garring while they lived in Germany. A passenger list shows the couple leaving the Sailing Ship "Superb" in the month of August of 1828 at Philadelphia. The ship was filled with French and German emigrants.
PENNSYLVANIA
Andrew made a life-changing decision for he, his wife, and his four children after 16 years of life in Pennsylvania where he had plied his trade as a shoe maker.
TO THE FRONTIER
Andrew moved his family from there to the frontier of north eastern Missouri to help establish the Bethel Colony with Wilhelm Keil and other committed church members in 1844. Missouri was just being settled, and Keil, as leader and pastor; chose the place to plant his planned community.
BETHEL COLONY
The Bethel Colony [Bethel is a Hebrew word that means "house of God"] was a Christian society seeking to be self-supporting and independent. Members of the community had "all things in common", each contributing to the well being of the others by plying their trades, growing crops, and raising animals for food. There was a colony store where all colony members placed their home-made products or home-grown produce/meats, and in return could obtain those items necessary for their families.
Keil also initiated another such community in Oregon in 1856, named Aurora. He and his family are buried there, he having died in 1877. [Keil's memorial #17931036]
CHILDREN
Andrew and Elizabeth's children:
1. Andrew W. Grossman [1836] +Hanna Erich
2. Elizabeth [1839] +John Shriever
3. Mary Grossman [1841] +Henry Boehringer
4. Ausgang Grossman [1842] +Susan Shriever
OCCUPATION
Andrew was a shoemaker, a skill important to the Bethel community, and one he taught to son Andrew. He passed on before the 1850 census year.
RECORDS
1830 census Northern Liberties, Philadelphia PA
Grossman, Andrew head
[no family shown]
1840 census Franklin, Allegheny Co PA
Grossman, Andrew head
[no family shown]
1850 census Bethel, Shelby Co MO
[Andrew had passed]
Elizabeth Grossman F 45 Germany
Elizabeth Grossman F 11 Pennsylvania
Andrew Grossman M 14 Pennsylvania
Mary Grossman F 8 Pennsylvania
Ausgang Grossman M 6 Pennsylvania
[Andrew was the grandfather of my father's mother, Emma Grossman-Richards. HGR]
Family Members
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