Katherina (Trollau) was born in Flehde, Dithmarschen, Holstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She may have been born in March, but according to the dates on the headstone, it would be April.
Her first husband was Juergen Heinrich Oetjens, with whom she had 3 children: Margareta Dorothea, Johann Jacob, and Juergen Heinrich "Henry" Oetjens.
Wife of Peter Schierholz, mother of Amalia Schierholz Bentschneider.
ARRIVAL IN AMERICA: April 16, 1863: Departure from Hamburg Germany, on same ship with daughter Margareta Oetjens Barkenquast, her family, and with her husband Peter Schierholtz, daughters Christine and Amelie. Ship Name: Prinz Albert Captain: Platz Shipping Line: Rob. M. Sloman Shipping Clerk: Donati & Co.
1870 and 1880 lived in Ida, Monroe County, MI for both census years.
Her first husband was Juergen Heinrich Oetjens, with whom she had 3 children: Margareta Dorothea, Johann Jacob, and Juergen Heinrich "Henry" Oetjens.
Wife of Peter Schierholz, mother of Amalia Schierholz Bentschneider.
ARRIVAL IN AMERICA: April 16, 1863: Departure from Hamburg Germany, on same ship with daughter Margareta Oetjens Barkenquast, her family, and with her husband Peter Schierholtz, daughters Christine and Amelie. Ship Name: Prinz Albert Captain: Platz Shipping Line: Rob. M. Sloman Shipping Clerk: Donati & Co.
1870 and 1880 lived in Ida, Monroe County, MI for both census years.
Katherina (Trollau) was born in Flehde, Dithmarschen, Holstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She may have been born in March, but according to the dates on the headstone, it would be April.
Her first husband was Juergen Heinrich Oetjens, with whom she had 3 children: Margareta Dorothea, Johann Jacob, and Juergen Heinrich "Henry" Oetjens.
Wife of Peter Schierholz, mother of Amalia Schierholz Bentschneider.
ARRIVAL IN AMERICA: April 16, 1863: Departure from Hamburg Germany, on same ship with daughter Margareta Oetjens Barkenquast, her family, and with her husband Peter Schierholtz, daughters Christine and Amelie. Ship Name: Prinz Albert Captain: Platz Shipping Line: Rob. M. Sloman Shipping Clerk: Donati & Co.
1870 and 1880 lived in Ida, Monroe County, MI for both census years.
Her first husband was Juergen Heinrich Oetjens, with whom she had 3 children: Margareta Dorothea, Johann Jacob, and Juergen Heinrich "Henry" Oetjens.
Wife of Peter Schierholz, mother of Amalia Schierholz Bentschneider.
ARRIVAL IN AMERICA: April 16, 1863: Departure from Hamburg Germany, on same ship with daughter Margareta Oetjens Barkenquast, her family, and with her husband Peter Schierholtz, daughters Christine and Amelie. Ship Name: Prinz Albert Captain: Platz Shipping Line: Rob. M. Sloman Shipping Clerk: Donati & Co.
1870 and 1880 lived in Ida, Monroe County, MI for both census years.
Inscription
Catharine
Gatten von married to
Peter Schierholz
Gest. 'gestern' = died
17. Oct. 1886
Alter Age
78 Jahre 6 Mo. 78 years 6 months
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