Johanna Dorothea Mueller

Female 1820 - 1863  (42 years)


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  • Name Johanna Dorothea Mueller 
    Nickname Dorthy 
    Born 6 Aug 1820  Hanover, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 8 Febr 1863 
    Buried Riverside Cemetery Seguin, Guadalupe, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I624  Martin Ancestry
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2007 

    Family 1 Juergen Georg Knigge,   b. 1811,   d. 1850  (Age 39 years) 
    Immigrated 1845  TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Ship: Everhard
    Departed: Platendorf, Hanover, Germany 
    Census 3 Sep 1850  New Braunfels, Comal, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • From Nelleene Froboese:
      The two came to America aboard the Everhard in 1845 from Platendorf, Hanover, Germany. They had two children, Johann Heinrich Daniel Knigge, Born May 20, 1847 & Johanna Susanna Dorothea Knigge, Born March 13, 1851,both born in New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas. The 1860 census has them
      has Forshage's.

      The only info I can find on Johann Knigge is on the Guadalupe County Probate Index Records. He died on May 20, 1885, then it has (lunatic).
    Children 
     1. Doroty Knigge,   b. 1843, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Johann Heinrich Daniel Knigge,   b. May 20, 1847, New Braunfels, Comal, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Johanna Susanna Dorothea Knigge,   b. 13 Mar 1851, New Braunfels, Comal, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2007 
    Family ID F226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Christian Heinrich August Forshage,   b. 1821, Waldeck, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1884, Guadalupe, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)  [5
    Married 5 Oct 1851  Guadalupe, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Census 7 Aug 1860  New Braunfels, Comal, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Sophie Forshage,   b. 1853, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Christian Forshage,   b. 1855, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Theodore Forshage,   b. 1855, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1921  (Age 66 years)
     4. Ferdinand Forshage,   b. 1859, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Otto Forshage,   b. 1863, Guadalupe, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Photos
    Marriage License No 220
Christian Forshage to Johanna Krugge (Widow)
October 3, 1851
Guadalupe, TX, USA
    Marriage License No 220 Christian Forshage to Johanna Krugge (Widow) October 3, 1851 Guadalupe, TX, USA
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2007 
    Family ID F211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Married once before Christian. See marriage license of Chr Forshage.

      Is Knigge previous married or maiden name?
    • JFM TODO:

      From Nelleene Froboese:
      Johanna Dorothea Mueller Knigge Born August 6, 1820 in Hannover, Germany. Died February 8, 1863 in Guadalupe County, Buried in Riverside Cemetery.I have the Riverside Cemetery Records.

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Immigration: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Ancestry.com).
      Name: Juergen Knigge
      Year: 1845
      Place: Texas
      Family Members: Wife Dor Mueller; Child Ludwig; Child Dor; Child Sophie; Child Henriette
      Source Publication Code: 2484
      Primary Immigrant: Knigge, Juergen
      Annotation: Names 7,000 immigrants, giving European home place, ship taken, and usually birth and death dates. See no. 2504, Geue, for the years 1847-1861.
      Source Bibliography: GEUE, CHESTER W., and ETHEL HANDER GEUE, compilers. A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas 1844-1847. 1966. New and enlarged ed. Waco [Texas]: Texian Press, 1972. 178p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1982.
      Page: 110

    2. [S32] Immigration: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Ancestry.com).
      Name: Jurgen Knigge
      Year: 1840-1850
      Place: Texas
      Family Members: Wife Dorothea Muller; Child Ludwig; Child Henriette; Child Dorothea
      Source Publication Code: 409
      Primary Immigrant: Knigge, Jurgen
      Annotation: Primarily lists German immigrants who settled in and around New Braunfels, Texas.
      Source Bibliography: BATTAGLIA, MRS. R.B., contributor "Ship Lists (Ships Arriving in Texas in the 1840s)." In Our Heritage. vol. 13:2 (Jan. 1972), pp. 76-81.
      Page: 107

    3. [S32] Immigration: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Ancestry.com).
      Name: Jurgen Knigge
      Year: 1845-1846
      Place: Texas
      Family Members: Wife Dorothea Muller; Child Ludwig; Child Dorothea; Child Henriette
      Source Publication Code: 5012.11
      Primary Immigrant: Knigge, Jurgen
      Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Name of ship and, often, place of origin also provided. Name on cover is Comal County, Texas, and New Braunfels German Immigration Ships, 1845-1845.
      Source Bibliography: McMANUS, J. Comal County, Texas, and New Braunfels, Texas, Germans, 1845-1846. St. Louis, MO: Ingmire (Frances T. Ingmire, 10166 Clairmont Drive, St. Louis 63136), 1985. 58p.
      Page: 30

    4. [S7] 1850 US Federal Census, New Braunfels, Comal, TX, USA.
      Dwelling #66
      Family #66
      Jorgon Knigge, 39, M, Laborer, Ger
      Doroty ", 30, F, , "
      Doroty ", 7, F, , "
      John ", 3, F, , "


    5. [S43] Texas Scholastics 1854-1855, GEN 929.3764 WHI., 60, 16 Aug 2007.
      Guadalupe County 1855
      List of the free white population between the ages of six and sixteen years in the County of Guadalupe for the year A.D. 1855.

      District No. 1

      Names of Parents or Guardians: Christian Forsheaga
      Names of Children: Doritha Forsheaga (Female)
      Total Parents:

      Names of Parents or Guardians: ""
      Names of Children: John Forsheaga (Male)
      Total Parents: 1

      * Children Doritha and John are the step-children of Christian from Johanna's previous marriage.

    6. [S37] Marriage: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 .
      Name: Christ Forshage
      Gender: male
      Birth Place: Gr
      Birth Year: 1820
      Spouse Name: Johanne Hannover
      Number Pages: 1
      Source Citation: Source number: 6758.001; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .

    7. [S42] Marriage: Comal, TX, USA (1846 - 1853), 220.
      Groom: Forchage, Chris.
      Bride: Knugge, J.
      Marriage Date: Oct 05 1851
      Page Number: 220
      Wanda Qualls was kind enough to post the scanned marriage license on Comal County's RootsWeb website. After further inspection of the image, I've found the following details:
      * Marriage License No 220
      * Mr. Christian Forshage
      * Mrs. Johanna Krugge (Widow)
      * Both Living in Guadalupe County
      * Issued October 3, 1851
      * Recorded October 10, 1851
      * Guadalupe County, Texas
      * Christian is abbreviated as Chr.
      * Recorded by the County Court of New Braunfels
      * County Clerk C. Leabaugh?
      * Celebrated October 5th. by the minister
      * Signed October the 6th 1851 by the "minister of the gospel"

    8. [S8] 1860 US Federal Census, New Braunfels, Comal, TX, USA: Pages 53-54.
      Dwelling #430
      Christ. Forshagen, 40, M, , Famer, 900, 1020, Waldeck
      Johanne ", 39, F, , , , , Hanover
      Johann ", 13, M, , , , , Texas, , school
      Johanne ", 9, F, , , , , Texas, , school
      Sophie ", 7, F, , , , , Texas
      Christian ", 5, M, , , , , Texas
      Theodor Forshagen, 3, M, , , , , Texas
      Ferdinand ", 1, M, , , , , Texas