JEAN JOSEPH ROHRER WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1812 (20 YRS OLD) SERVED UNTIL THE DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO IN 1815
FIRST MARRIAGE IN 1818 TO MARIE-ANNE DIDIO. SHE DIED APR. 21, 1823 - THEY HAD TWO SONS & A DAUGHTER WHO DIED YOUNG.
SECOND MARRIAGE IN 1824 TO MARIE ANNE HALTER - HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN. SIX LIVED TO COME TO AMERICA. MARY ANN (17 YEARS) DIED 17 SEP 1845 AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BURIALS AT ST JOHN'S CATHOLIC CEMETERY, SOMONAUK, IL
J.J. ROHRER SET FORTH WITH HIS FAMILY ON THE FIRST OF APRIL 1845 TRAVELING BY WAGON TO HAVRE DE GRACE WHERE THEY TOOK A SHIP FOR NEW ORLEANS REACHING THEIR DESTINATION AFTER A PASSAGE OF 61 DAYS. FROM NEW ORLEANS, THEY WENT FIRST TO ST. LOUIS, AND LATER TO PERU, ILLINOIS. UNABLE TO SPEAK THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BUT FULL OF CONFIDENCE, THEY SETTLED THEMSELVES SOUTH OF SOMONAUK, NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, LASALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS TO MAKE A HOME. THE COUNTRY AT THAT TIME WAS NEW, AND THE NEAREST MARKET WAS CHICAGO, TO WHICH CITY ROHRER WAS SOON ENGAGED IN HAULING GRAIN.
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FROM SHIPS RECORD
JULY 21, 1845 ENTER NEW ORLEANS
SHIP NAME: SWANTON
CAPTAIN: DUNCAN
PORT LEFT: LA HARVE
JEAN ROHRER 55 YRS FROM FRANCE
MARIANNE 44
MARIANNE 16
JEAN BAPTISTE 13
ROSALIE 11
LOUIS 9
CELESTINE 7
CONSTANTINE 3
FIRST MARRIAGE IN 1818 TO MARIE-ANNE DIDIO. SHE DIED APR. 21, 1823 - THEY HAD TWO SONS & A DAUGHTER WHO DIED YOUNG.
SECOND MARRIAGE IN 1824 TO MARIE ANNE HALTER - HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN. SIX LIVED TO COME TO AMERICA. MARY ANN (17 YEARS) DIED 17 SEP 1845 AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BURIALS AT ST JOHN'S CATHOLIC CEMETERY, SOMONAUK, IL
J.J. ROHRER SET FORTH WITH HIS FAMILY ON THE FIRST OF APRIL 1845 TRAVELING BY WAGON TO HAVRE DE GRACE WHERE THEY TOOK A SHIP FOR NEW ORLEANS REACHING THEIR DESTINATION AFTER A PASSAGE OF 61 DAYS. FROM NEW ORLEANS, THEY WENT FIRST TO ST. LOUIS, AND LATER TO PERU, ILLINOIS. UNABLE TO SPEAK THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BUT FULL OF CONFIDENCE, THEY SETTLED THEMSELVES SOUTH OF SOMONAUK, NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, LASALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS TO MAKE A HOME. THE COUNTRY AT THAT TIME WAS NEW, AND THE NEAREST MARKET WAS CHICAGO, TO WHICH CITY ROHRER WAS SOON ENGAGED IN HAULING GRAIN.
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FROM SHIPS RECORD
JULY 21, 1845 ENTER NEW ORLEANS
SHIP NAME: SWANTON
CAPTAIN: DUNCAN
PORT LEFT: LA HARVE
JEAN ROHRER 55 YRS FROM FRANCE
MARIANNE 44
MARIANNE 16
JEAN BAPTISTE 13
ROSALIE 11
LOUIS 9
CELESTINE 7
CONSTANTINE 3
JEAN JOSEPH ROHRER WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1812 (20 YRS OLD) SERVED UNTIL THE DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO IN 1815
FIRST MARRIAGE IN 1818 TO MARIE-ANNE DIDIO. SHE DIED APR. 21, 1823 - THEY HAD TWO SONS & A DAUGHTER WHO DIED YOUNG.
SECOND MARRIAGE IN 1824 TO MARIE ANNE HALTER - HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN. SIX LIVED TO COME TO AMERICA. MARY ANN (17 YEARS) DIED 17 SEP 1845 AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BURIALS AT ST JOHN'S CATHOLIC CEMETERY, SOMONAUK, IL
J.J. ROHRER SET FORTH WITH HIS FAMILY ON THE FIRST OF APRIL 1845 TRAVELING BY WAGON TO HAVRE DE GRACE WHERE THEY TOOK A SHIP FOR NEW ORLEANS REACHING THEIR DESTINATION AFTER A PASSAGE OF 61 DAYS. FROM NEW ORLEANS, THEY WENT FIRST TO ST. LOUIS, AND LATER TO PERU, ILLINOIS. UNABLE TO SPEAK THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BUT FULL OF CONFIDENCE, THEY SETTLED THEMSELVES SOUTH OF SOMONAUK, NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, LASALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS TO MAKE A HOME. THE COUNTRY AT THAT TIME WAS NEW, AND THE NEAREST MARKET WAS CHICAGO, TO WHICH CITY ROHRER WAS SOON ENGAGED IN HAULING GRAIN.
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FROM SHIPS RECORD
JULY 21, 1845 ENTER NEW ORLEANS
SHIP NAME: SWANTON
CAPTAIN: DUNCAN
PORT LEFT: LA HARVE
JEAN ROHRER 55 YRS FROM FRANCE
MARIANNE 44
MARIANNE 16
JEAN BAPTISTE 13
ROSALIE 11
LOUIS 9
CELESTINE 7
CONSTANTINE 3
FIRST MARRIAGE IN 1818 TO MARIE-ANNE DIDIO. SHE DIED APR. 21, 1823 - THEY HAD TWO SONS & A DAUGHTER WHO DIED YOUNG.
SECOND MARRIAGE IN 1824 TO MARIE ANNE HALTER - HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN. SIX LIVED TO COME TO AMERICA. MARY ANN (17 YEARS) DIED 17 SEP 1845 AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BURIALS AT ST JOHN'S CATHOLIC CEMETERY, SOMONAUK, IL
J.J. ROHRER SET FORTH WITH HIS FAMILY ON THE FIRST OF APRIL 1845 TRAVELING BY WAGON TO HAVRE DE GRACE WHERE THEY TOOK A SHIP FOR NEW ORLEANS REACHING THEIR DESTINATION AFTER A PASSAGE OF 61 DAYS. FROM NEW ORLEANS, THEY WENT FIRST TO ST. LOUIS, AND LATER TO PERU, ILLINOIS. UNABLE TO SPEAK THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BUT FULL OF CONFIDENCE, THEY SETTLED THEMSELVES SOUTH OF SOMONAUK, NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, LASALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS TO MAKE A HOME. THE COUNTRY AT THAT TIME WAS NEW, AND THE NEAREST MARKET WAS CHICAGO, TO WHICH CITY ROHRER WAS SOON ENGAGED IN HAULING GRAIN.
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FROM SHIPS RECORD
JULY 21, 1845 ENTER NEW ORLEANS
SHIP NAME: SWANTON
CAPTAIN: DUNCAN
PORT LEFT: LA HARVE
JEAN ROHRER 55 YRS FROM FRANCE
MARIANNE 44
MARIANNE 16
JEAN BAPTISTE 13
ROSALIE 11
LOUIS 9
CELESTINE 7
CONSTANTINE 3
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