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  - Goldberg Evangelical Church Records, 
    1815-1864, Goldberg, Mecklenberg-Schwerin, Germany
    LDS FHL Microfilm 69125 
    
      - Baptism Record 
        
          - Born 21-Apr-1841
 
          - Baptized 24-Apr-1841
 
          - Name: Lisette Sophia Christina
 
          - Father: Carl LABORN
 
          - Mother: Lisette KUHRMANN
 
          - Sponsors: L.Sahr, S. Kuhlmann, C.Kuhn
 
        
       
      - Confirmation Record 
        
          - Date of confirmation: 13-May?-1855
 
          - Name in confirmation record: Lisette Sophie Christine Laborn
 
          - Date of birth: 21-Apr-1841
 
          - Father: Carl Laborn of Medow
 
        
       
    
   
  - FHL Microfilm 1324471 - Church records, 
    1859-1921 
    Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Niagara Falls, New York
    Item 6 - Deaths 
    
      - 09-Jan-1907 (p.10) - Elizabeth Mesker, age 60
 
    
   
  - 1880 U.S. Census  
    
      - Elisabeth Mesker, her husband Frank, and their five children are living 
        in Niagara, Niagara County, New York
 
      - Age: 39
 
      - Birth place: MECK
 
      - Birth place of father and mother: MECK
 
      - Occupation: K.H. (i.e., Keeping House, which could mean housewife)
 
    
   
  - Boarding List for the Sailing 
    Ship Rudolph, from Hamburg, 15-Sep-1857 
    
      - Name is Elise Labron
 
      - Age: 17
 
      - Place of Residence: Malow in the country Meichlburg
 
    
   
  - Newspaper article about the Rudolph "Poison 
    Ship" 
    
      - Place of birth: Mido, near Geldburg, in Alsace-Lorraine
 
    
   
  - Family History Sheets by William 
    E. Smith, 1981 and 1987 
    
  
 
  - Goldberg Evangelical Church Records, 
    1815-1864, Goldberg, Mecklenberg-Schwerin, Germany
    LDS FHL Microfilm 69125 
    
      - Baptism Record 
        
          - Born 01-Sep-1846
 
          - Baptized 05-Sep-1846
 
          - Name: Fridericke Dorothea Wilhelmine
 
          - Father: Carl Christian LABORN of Medow
 
          - Mother: Sophia Elisabeth KÖRMANN
 
          - Sponsors: Fridericke Stechert, Dorothea Johanna Baumgarten of Medow, 
            Wilhelm Carl Jackmann of Medow
 
        
       
    
   
  - 1880 U.S. Census  
    
      - Friedrike King, her husband George, and their three children are living 
        in Buffalo, Erie County, New York
 
      - Age: 34
 
      - Birth place: SCHWERIN
 
      - Birth place of father and mother: SCHWERIN
 
      - Occupation: Keeping House (which could mean housewife)
 
    
   
  - Boarding List for the Sailing 
    Ship Rudolph, from Hamburg, 15-Sep-1857 
    
      - Name is unreadable
 
      - Age: 10
 
      - Place of Residence: Malow in the country Meichlburg
 
    
   
  - Newspaper article about the Rudolph "Poison 
    Ship" 
    
      - Place of birth: Mido, near Geldburg, in Alsace-Lorraine
 
      - Birthday: 01-Sep
 
      - Age at time of sailing on 15-Sep-1857: 11
 
      - Upon arrival in the U.S., she went to live at the home of her uncle, 
        Mr. Westfall, of Niagara Falls
 
      - Married George King 27-Mar-1867 in the Congregation Church at Suspension 
        Bridge
 
      - George King died 35 years before the article was written
 
    
   
  - Family History Sheets by William 
    E. Smith, 1981 and 1987 
    
  
 
  - Goldberg Evangelical Church Records, 
    1815-1864, Goldberg, Mecklenberg-Schwerin, Germany
    LDS FHL Microfilm 69125 
    
      - Baptism Record 
        
          - Born 11-Dec-1843
 
          - Baptized 16-Dec-1843
 
          - Name: Sophia Christiane Dorothea
 
          - Father: Christian Carl LABORN of Medow
 
          - Mother: Elise Sophia KÜHRMANN
 
          - Sponsors: Frau Sophia Kührmann, Christiane Prestin, Frau Dorothea 
            Bumgard 
 
        
       
      - Confirmation Record 
        
          - Date of confirmation: 01-Sep-1857
 
          - Name in confirmation record: Sophia Christiane Dorothea Laborn
 
          - Date of birth: 11-Dec-1843
 
          - Father: Christian Carl Laborn of Medow
 
          - Sophia's confirmation record is unique, because hers is the only 
            one performed on this day. In all other cases, the confirmations involved 
            groups of children. 
 
        
       
      - In the Goldberg Church records, the surname ROHLOFF frequently appears, 
        so perhaps this was the name of Sophia's husband
 
    
   
  - Boarding List for the Sailing 
    Ship Rudolph, from Hamburg, 15-Sep-1857 
    
      - Name is Sophie Labron
 
      - Age: 14
 
      - Place of Residence: Malow in the country Meichlburg
 
    
   
  - Newspaper article about the Rudolph "Poison 
    Ship" 
    
      - Place of birth: Mido, near Geldburg, in Alsace-Lorraine
 
    
   
  - Family History Sheets by William 
    E. Smith, 1981 and 1987 
    
      - Given name: Katherine
 
      - Married name: Ruhloff?
 
    
   
  - Correspondence from Marge 
    Thomas, Jan-2003 
    
      - b: December 27, 1908
 
      - d: January 28, 1982
 
    
   
  - Genealogy of Lucien Stab at http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/lstab 
    
      - LANG, Anne Catherine 
        
          - Daughter of Gaspard LANG and Anne-Marie BRENNER
 
          - Décès : 12 avril 1748 à Hottviller,57720,,Moselle,France
 
        
       
    
   
  - Genealogy of Lucien Stab at http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/lstab 
    
      - LANG, Véronique 
        
          - Daughter of Gaspard LANG and Anne-Marie BRENNER
 
          - Naissance : Hottviller,57720,,Moselle,France
 
          - Décès : 28 janvier 1740 à Hottviller,57720,,Moselle,France
           
        
       
    
   
  - Social Security Death Index 
    
      - LORAINE L MYERS
 
      - Residence: 93108 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
 
      -  Born 20 Nov 1908
 
      -  Died 5 Aug 2002 
 
    
   
  - Correspondence from Alice Staebell Smith, August 2002 
    
      - Died 05-Aug-2002 in Santa Barbara, Calif., at age 93
 
    
   
  - Conversation between Donald Voegele and Alice Staebell Smith, December 2000 
    
      - Second husband: Herbert(?) Myers
 
    
   
  - Correspondence from Marge 
    Thomas, Jan-2003 
    
      - d: July 02, 1967 in Pittsburgh, PA
 
    
   
  - Civil Records in the Ontario Archives 
     
    
      - SNIDER, Sarah Jane - death record 
        
          - MS935 R.181, vo. 26, death record #31386 of 1910 
 
          - Married
 
          - Died 26-Dec-1910 at Lot 8 Com 4 in Humberstone
 
          - Born 14-Jul-1833
 
          - Age 77y 5m 12d
 
          - Occupation: Housekeeper
 
          - Father: Jacob Learn, born Bertie
 
          - Mother: Penelope Buchner, born Crowland
 
          - Cause of death: Vascular lesion of heart
 
        
       
      - Jacob SCHNEIDER to Sarah Jane LEARN - marriage record 
        
          - MS932 reel 35, marriage record #011460
 
          - 19-Apr-1880 in Willoughby
 
          - Sarah Jane LEARN of Willoughby 
            
              - Age 46
 
              - "Spinster"
 
              - Parents: Jacob LEARN and Penelope BUCHNER
 
              - Place of birth: not noted
 
            
           
        
       
    
   
  - Church Records, St. Joseph's Catholic 
    Church in Snyder, Welland County, Ontario
    FHL Microfilm 1404211 
    
      - Marriage of Jacob Schneider and Sarah Joan Learn 
        
          - 19-Apr-1880 (p.128)
 
          - Marriage of Jacobum SCHEIDER and Sara Joanna LEARN
 
          - Son of Petri SCHNEIDER and Barbarae KLEIN
 
          - Daughter of Jacobi LEARN and Penelope BANGNER
 
          - Sponsors: George MINNES and Maria Anna MINNES (nee BAUER)
 
          - This signed statement appears with the marriage record: 
            
              - "I Jane Learn testify hereby before God the Omnificent 
                and the witnesses here present and subscribed, that I shall never 
                and in no way hinder my future husband Jacob Schneider or his 
                children in the practice of his or their holy catholic faith, 
                and moreover that I shall rear all our ___? children of both sex 
                in the same catholic religion, even in the case that my husband 
                should die before me. New Germany, 19-Apr-1880 (signed) Sarah 
                Jane Learn
 
            
           
        
       
    
   
  - 1851 Canada Census 
    
      - Sarah Jane Learn, age 19, living in Willoughby Township with parents 
        Jacob and Penelope Learn 
        
          - The 1851 census of Willoughby tended to overstate ages by one year
 
        
       
    
   
  - 1891 Canada Census 
    
      - The family is living in Humberstone Township
 
      - Wife of Jacob is Jane, age 58
 
    
   
  - Probably married after 31-Mar-1783 and before 27-Aug-1784, based on how she is described as the godmother in the baptism records below.
 
  - Soufflenheim microfilm FHL # 740080 
    - Church records, 1743-1793
    Volume 1
    
      - 08-Jun-1765 (p.347) - Maria Bernarda Benedicta - parents: Jacobi LEMANN and Maria Anna SCHMITT
        
          - Patrinus (godfather): Ignatius SCHOFFTER, only son of Jacobi SCHOFFTER and Barbara KAPPLER?
 
          - Matrina (godmother): Maria Bernarda WAGNER, only daughter of Laurentÿ WAGNER and Margaretha MANINGER?
 
        
       
      - 10-Jan-1783 (p.750) - Maria Anna Fuchs
        
          - The godmother is Bernarda LEHMANN, the only daughter of Jacobi LEHMANN and deceased 
            Maria Anna Schmitt
 
        
       
    
   
  - Soufflenheim microfilm FHL # 740080 
    - Church records, 1743-1793
    Volume 2A - Baptisms, 1783-1791
  
    - 31-Mar-1783 (p. 5) - Bernharda Drechsler
      
        - The godmother is Bernharda LEHMANN, daughter of Jacobi LEHMANN and 
          deceased Maria Anna Schmitt
 
    
     
    - 27-Aug-1784 (p.36) - Bernarda Fuchs
      
        - The godmother is Bernarda LEHMANN, wife of Antonii MULLER
 
    
     
    - 06-Mar-1786 (p.77) - Maria Anna - parents: Antonii LEHMANN and Eva Arn
      
        - The godmother is Berarda [sic] MULLER, nata LEHMANN
 
      
     
  
   
  - From Soufflenheim Marriage Contracts collected by Robert Wideen:
    
      - ANTON MÜLLER & MARIA ANNA WILT, 1788
        
          - Marriage contract dated 10 January 1788
 
          - Anton Müller is the  widower of Bernarda Lehmann
 
        
       
    
   
  - Correspondence from Marge 
    Thomas, Jan-2003 
    
      - b: 1884 d: 1959
 
      - Sister of Nicholas Ferdinand Lehnerd
 
      - Wife of John F. Steibel
 
    
   
  - Correspondence from Marge 
    Thomas, Jan-2003 
    
      - b: 1876
 
      - Brother of Agnes Mary Lehnerd
 
      - Husband of Rose M. Steibel
 
 
  - Ancestry.com on-line database: Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 (available in the World Explorer Package)
    
      - Her name is given as "Susanna Levenig" in her 18-Nov-1820 marriage record in Hoinkhausen
 
      - Her name is given as "Susanna Levenig" in the baptism records of these children of hers in Hoinkhausen:
        
          - Caspar Joseph Baltasar, 15-Nov-1822
 
          - Franciscus Ludovicus Balthazar, 14-Jun-1824
 
          - Caspar Henrich Balthasar, 03-May-1827
 
          - Wilhelmus Bartholomee, 20-May-1829
 
          - Maria Theresia Balthasar, 09-Feb-1832
 
          - Franciscus Balthasar, 29-Jul-1834
 
        
       
    
   
  - Immigration: Ship Constitution, arriving 04-Sep-1837 in New York
    
      - In the  passenger list, her age is 36
 
    
   
  - Family History of Evelyn M. Schaefer, 
    2000
    
      - Name: Suzanna Lobenicht
 
      - Died: prior to 1855
 
      - Wife of Christopher Balthasar
 
    
   
  - Message posted to www.familyhistory.com Ludwig Surname Message Board by 
    Marie Schu, 24-Oct-1999: 
    
      - "Margaretha Ludwig b. Germany, d. 19 Apr. 1874, Lancaster, Erie, 
        NY, m. Anton Nuwer b. Germany, d. 4 Dec. 1857, Lancaster, Erie. NY."
 
    
   
  - Letter from Dr. Donald C. Nuwer to Brian Smith, Dec-2000: 
    
      - "Antoine Nubere (that name is on grave marker), and Margaretha 
        Ludwig Nubere markers still stand (though toppling) at the top of the 
        hill [in St. Mary's Cemetery, Lancaster] near large tree, not far from 
        Jos. Voegele [1788-1868] the first."
 
    
   
  - Soufflenheim microfilm FHL # 740028 
    - Civil records, marriages, 1793-1832 
    
      - Marriage record of Antoine Nuber and Marguerite Ludwig, 11-Apr-1818 
        
          - Marguerite born 02-Nivose-y.4 (3-Dec-1795) in Soufflenheim
 
          - Marguerite's parents: 
            
              - Joseph Ludwig, present
 
              - Catherine Messner, present
 
            
           
        
       
    
   
  - Family History Report contributed by Germaine Stenger, March, 2005 
    
      - LUTZENBURGER Anne Marie Barbe 
        
          -  naissance circa 1687
 
          -  mort 17.10.1715 
 
        
       
    
   
  - Genealogy of Lucien Stab at http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/lstab 
    
      - LUTZENBURGER, Anne Barbe 
        
          - Naissance : vers 1687 à Nousseviller,57720,,Moselle,France 
          
 
          - Décès : 17 octobre 1715 à Nousseviller,57720,,Moselle,France
 
        
       
    
   
  - From the website of Didier 
    Ott at http://ott.fr 
    
      - Husband of Anne Marie JUCHS
 
      - Son of Jean Henri LUX and Anne-Marie ENNESSER 
 
      - Birth: 1710, Oberbetschdorf,,Bas-Rhin
 
      - Occupation: forgeron 
 
      - Death: 10 MAY 1790, Surbourg
 
    
   
  - Second wife: Anna Ursula Henrica HECK 
    
      - Marriage: 17 JUL 1780, Surbourg 
        
          - No known children from this second marriage
 
        
       
    
   
  - From the website of Didier 
    Ott at http://ott.fr 
    
      - Birth: 1679, Oberbetschdorf,Bas-Rhin
 
      - Death: 1753, Surbourg
 
      - Married Anne-Marie ENNESSER
 
    
   
  - Kutzenhausen civil records 
    from Bas-Rhin Online Records 
    
      - LUX, Madelaine (death) 
        
          - Kutzenhausen 1817 D (deaths), page 2 of 13, record # 4
 
          - Died 09-Mar-1817
 
          - Age 78
 
          - Born in Kutzenhausen
           
          - Widow of Nicolas WEBER
 
          - Lived in Kutzenhausen
 
          - Parents not named
 
          - Witnesses: 
            
              - Michel WOLFF, age 48
 
              - Jean WEBER, age 52
 
            
           
        
       
    
   
  - From the website of Didier 
    Ott at http://ott.fr and from e-mail correspondence 
    with Didier Ott in Apr-2007 
    
      - Wife of Nicolas WEBER
 
      - Daughter of Jean Adam LUX and Anne Marie JUCHS
 
      - Birth: 22 OCT 1739, Surbourg,67250,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE
 
      - Death: 9 MAR 1817, Kutzenhausen,67250,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE