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George Wilhelm Voelkel

George Wilhelm Voelkel

Male 1819 - 1866  (46 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 81 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name George Wilhelm Voelkel  [1, 2] 
    Birth 5 Jun 1819  Erndtebrück, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Category Texas Pioneers 
    Death 13 Mar 1866  Erndtebrück, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Dietrich Voelkel,   b. 1570, Erndtebrück, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1629, Erndtebrück, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)  (6 x Great Grandfather) 
    Johanitta,   b. 1544, Bad Laasphe-Holzhausen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1615, Bad Laasphe-Holzhausen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  (7 x Great Grandmother) 
    Notes 
    • Wilhelm came to America and sent for Katharina and the 2 children. The trip from Germany to Indinola, Tx. took eleven weeks (1868 or 1867). When they got there they learned the father and husband had been killed by Indians. Later Katharina married George Voelkel, a distant cousin to her first husband. They lived at Yorktown, Tx.

      New Homes in a New Land - German Immigration to Texas 1847 - 1861
      Page 84
      Humrighausen, Louise - Ruppershaven to Yorktown; Peter, Marie, Wilhelm; Fortuna 1860
    Person ID I45135  ktree
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Father Johan Jacob Voelkel,   b. 13 Oct 1786, Erndtebrück, Westfalen, Preußen Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1850, Shelby, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Other Partners: Maria Elisabeth Strohmann  m. 22 Jan 1809  
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anna Sophia Schmidt,   b. 16 Oct 1787, Erndtebrück, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1854, Erndtbrueck, Siegen-Wittgenstein Nordrhein-Westfalen Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 8 Mar 1815  Erndtbrueck, Siegen-Wittgenstein Nordrhein-Westfalen Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F33002  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Katharina Homrighausen,   b. 4 Feb 1828, Bad Laasphe-Rüppershausen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1902, Kilgore Community, Goliad, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Other Partners: Daniel George Voelkel  m. 11 Nov 1869 
    Marriage 11 Jul 1858  Evangelisch, Feudingen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Heinrich Voelkel,   b. Aug 1859, Erndtebrueck,Westfalen,Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1860, Erndtebrueck,Westfalen,Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Justina Voelkel,   b. 8 Oct 1860, Erndtebruck, Wittenstein, Retiehungegirt, Arnsbert, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1934, San Antonio, Bexar, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ Pantaleon (Pantleon) Jacob  m. 22 Nov 1880
     3. Wilhelmine Voelkel,   b. 5 Oct 1862, Erandtebuek, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1868, Erndtebrueck, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Henrich Voelkel,   b. 1865, Erndtebrück, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1865, Emdtebrueck, Westphalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Sophie Bertha Voelkel* Dreier,   b. 3 Jun 1867, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1942, Kilgore, Goliad, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ John William Dreier  m. 18 Nov 1886
    Family ID F16148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S237] Mary Priscilla (Edith) Coffey Jacobs, "Genealogical Records of the N.O. Jacob Family", (Name: Name: Family historical records and documentation;;).

    2. [S201] Leisure Guy, leisureguy@icloud.com, "KinshipTree - Historical Family Database", (Name: Name: http://kinshipcove.com Genealogy Research: Common Historical Roots In South Texas;;).



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