Johann Peter Gross, son of Johann Peter Gross and Catharine Maria Stötzer, was born in the town of Miehlen and was baptized and confirmed in the Evangelische (Lutheran) Kirche of Miehlen. On March 15, 1835, he married Anna Maria Aulmann, the daughter of Johann Adam Aulmann and Maria Susanna Sauwer.
On July 27, 1852, Johann Peter Gross, together with his wife, Anna Maria (Aulmann) Gross, and their children, Johann David (16), Maria Philippine (14), Philipp Peter (12), Philipp Heinrich (7), Philipp Christian (4), and Heinrich Christian (1), left their home in Miehlen in the Duchy of Nassau, Germany and traveled to the port of Antwerp, Belgium, to board the Caroline and Mary Clark bound for America. On September 21, the Gross family – including Johann Peter's younger brother Johann David Gross and his family – arrived at the bustling port of New Orleans, Louisiana. Both families then traveled up the Mississippi river settling in Marion County, Missouri whose countryside looked very much like their homeland in the rolling hills along the Rhine.
As to why he would leave his homeland, because of German inheritance laws of primogeniture, only the eldest son could inherit the family land upon the death of the father. Johann Peter and his brother Johann David were the second and fourth sons in line of succession. In addition, there had been an increase in taxation and significant political instability in Germany. In addition, Johann Peter's younger sister, Elizabetha Christiana Gross, who married Johann Jacob Mai in Miehlen, had already been in America for several years and most certainly wrote letters home to her brother telling him of the opportunities in the new land.
In his native Germany, Johann Peter was a millwright. He began his American career as a "chair wright" in Marion County, Missouri and continued his carpentry skills as a "bedstead maker" in Quincy, Illinois.
In his Last Will & Testament, in addition to the property he owned on Monroe Street between 7th and 8th, Johann Peter Gross left his beds, bedding, and bedstead to the "child with whom I shall die" with the exception of "two feather pillows and one feather tick that I give and bequeath to my grand daughter, Julia Gross, daughter of John David Gross."
On July 27, 1852, Johann Peter Gross, together with his wife, Anna Maria (Aulmann) Gross, and their children, Johann David (16), Maria Philippine (14), Philipp Peter (12), Philipp Heinrich (7), Philipp Christian (4), and Heinrich Christian (1), left their home in Miehlen in the Duchy of Nassau, Germany and traveled to the port of Antwerp, Belgium, to board the Caroline and Mary Clark bound for America. On September 21, the Gross family – including Johann Peter's younger brother Johann David Gross and his family – arrived at the bustling port of New Orleans, Louisiana. Both families then traveled up the Mississippi river settling in Marion County, Missouri whose countryside looked very much like their homeland in the rolling hills along the Rhine.
As to why he would leave his homeland, because of German inheritance laws of primogeniture, only the eldest son could inherit the family land upon the death of the father. Johann Peter and his brother Johann David were the second and fourth sons in line of succession. In addition, there had been an increase in taxation and significant political instability in Germany. In addition, Johann Peter's younger sister, Elizabetha Christiana Gross, who married Johann Jacob Mai in Miehlen, had already been in America for several years and most certainly wrote letters home to her brother telling him of the opportunities in the new land.
In his native Germany, Johann Peter was a millwright. He began his American career as a "chair wright" in Marion County, Missouri and continued his carpentry skills as a "bedstead maker" in Quincy, Illinois.
In his Last Will & Testament, in addition to the property he owned on Monroe Street between 7th and 8th, Johann Peter Gross left his beds, bedding, and bedstead to the "child with whom I shall die" with the exception of "two feather pillows and one feather tick that I give and bequeath to my grand daughter, Julia Gross, daughter of John David Gross."
Johann Peter Gross, son of Johann Peter Gross and Catharine Maria Stötzer, was born in the town of Miehlen and was baptized and confirmed in the Evangelische (Lutheran) Kirche of Miehlen. On March 15, 1835, he married Anna Maria Aulmann, the daughter of Johann Adam Aulmann and Maria Susanna Sauwer.
On July 27, 1852, Johann Peter Gross, together with his wife, Anna Maria (Aulmann) Gross, and their children, Johann David (16), Maria Philippine (14), Philipp Peter (12), Philipp Heinrich (7), Philipp Christian (4), and Heinrich Christian (1), left their home in Miehlen in the Duchy of Nassau, Germany and traveled to the port of Antwerp, Belgium, to board the Caroline and Mary Clark bound for America. On September 21, the Gross family – including Johann Peter's younger brother Johann David Gross and his family – arrived at the bustling port of New Orleans, Louisiana. Both families then traveled up the Mississippi river settling in Marion County, Missouri whose countryside looked very much like their homeland in the rolling hills along the Rhine.
As to why he would leave his homeland, because of German inheritance laws of primogeniture, only the eldest son could inherit the family land upon the death of the father. Johann Peter and his brother Johann David were the second and fourth sons in line of succession. In addition, there had been an increase in taxation and significant political instability in Germany. In addition, Johann Peter's younger sister, Elizabetha Christiana Gross, who married Johann Jacob Mai in Miehlen, had already been in America for several years and most certainly wrote letters home to her brother telling him of the opportunities in the new land.
In his native Germany, Johann Peter was a millwright. He began his American career as a "chair wright" in Marion County, Missouri and continued his carpentry skills as a "bedstead maker" in Quincy, Illinois.
In his Last Will & Testament, in addition to the property he owned on Monroe Street between 7th and 8th, Johann Peter Gross left his beds, bedding, and bedstead to the "child with whom I shall die" with the exception of "two feather pillows and one feather tick that I give and bequeath to my grand daughter, Julia Gross, daughter of John David Gross."
On July 27, 1852, Johann Peter Gross, together with his wife, Anna Maria (Aulmann) Gross, and their children, Johann David (16), Maria Philippine (14), Philipp Peter (12), Philipp Heinrich (7), Philipp Christian (4), and Heinrich Christian (1), left their home in Miehlen in the Duchy of Nassau, Germany and traveled to the port of Antwerp, Belgium, to board the Caroline and Mary Clark bound for America. On September 21, the Gross family – including Johann Peter's younger brother Johann David Gross and his family – arrived at the bustling port of New Orleans, Louisiana. Both families then traveled up the Mississippi river settling in Marion County, Missouri whose countryside looked very much like their homeland in the rolling hills along the Rhine.
As to why he would leave his homeland, because of German inheritance laws of primogeniture, only the eldest son could inherit the family land upon the death of the father. Johann Peter and his brother Johann David were the second and fourth sons in line of succession. In addition, there had been an increase in taxation and significant political instability in Germany. In addition, Johann Peter's younger sister, Elizabetha Christiana Gross, who married Johann Jacob Mai in Miehlen, had already been in America for several years and most certainly wrote letters home to her brother telling him of the opportunities in the new land.
In his native Germany, Johann Peter was a millwright. He began his American career as a "chair wright" in Marion County, Missouri and continued his carpentry skills as a "bedstead maker" in Quincy, Illinois.
In his Last Will & Testament, in addition to the property he owned on Monroe Street between 7th and 8th, Johann Peter Gross left his beds, bedding, and bedstead to the "child with whom I shall die" with the exception of "two feather pillows and one feather tick that I give and bequeath to my grand daughter, Julia Gross, daughter of John David Gross."
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