Immigrated from Germany at the age of 29.
Destination: United States
Transit and travel compartment:
Manifest#: 30607
She married dr. Hendrikus (Henry) Keinekorte in Clinton Germantown IL. in 1855. She did have 1 child and that was Eugenia Wilhelmina, who was born in 1860 in Germantown. Eugenia married my grand-grandfather Muskens who visited his uncle, a priest, in Germantown. he lived in Gennep, Holland. As a 16 year old bride Eugenia came to Holland and she got 17 children! After a few years, her mother Catharine Otke followed her to Europe, Holland, Gennep.
The story says...and I wonder if that is true...: Catharina Otke had this child Eugenia with her thirth husband dr. Kleinekorte. My grandmother told me that she had two husbands , who died, before.....Catharina came to the USA by sailboat and came back by steamer?
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Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...