Hello Baerbel and Ursula; thank you so much for your courtesy to reply; in answer to your question, Ursula, I did find a ‘death notice’ in the Cincinnati ‘Volksfreund’ paper. It is in German, which I don’t read, so I will print it here: Starb gestern, ben 25 Januar, nach langerer Krantheit, zu Newport, Ky., Gottfried Schrodt, im Alter von 62 Jahren, 2 Monaten, Die Beerbigung Anbet statt ain Freitag, Die trauernden Hinteibliebenen. Someone very kindly translated this as :”Died yesterday, the 25th of January, after a long illness, at Newport, Ky: Gottfried Schrodt, in the age of 62 years, 2 months. The burial is to be held on Friday. Signed: The mourning survivors.” The date on this paper was Jan. 26, 1888. I have a copy of the paper from the History /dept., Public Library of Cincinnati. I now know the place of burial, and have a picture of the monument at the cemetery. and so from this information I conclude that he was born in 1826. There was great confusion about the year of his birth previously; several other years could be inferred from other documents. Another reference I used for information was the Cincinnati City Directories, 1885, 1895, 1899, which were all that were available at the time, as I was looking for information about his children. I have used every variant of the spelling I could think of, but so far I have not been able to find him. To recap, these are the facts I now have: birth, 1826 locality: Hesse-Darmstadt citizenship record abstract: Schroth, Gottfried age 33 country of origin: Hesse-Darmstadt depart port: Bremen entry port: New York arrive date: 07/14/1851 dec. date: 05/27/1854 marriage date: 27 May, 1854, Hamilton County, Ohio (same date as declaration) source: Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 naturalization: 1 Nov. 1856, Meigs County, Ohio census: 1860, 1870, 1880 deed: 1860 death: 25 January, 1888 No other information is given on any of the documents I have about the locality of origin. I am also interested in finding out what he did and where he was between his arrival date in 1851 and the date of naturalization in Meigs County Ohio, in 1856. This, I don’t have the knowledge to find out. The changes in spelling of the surname are particularly irksome. Thank you both for your patience in helping me unravel this skein of threads. Ann in NC

That's a rampant problem with my immigrants, too - death certificates and obits give different birth dates than marriage documents, for instance. I guess knowing your birth date just wasn't as important to them or they didn't have the actual documents to remind them. All in all, I go with the dates given on the earliest records - marriage certificates or birth certificates for their earliest children - on the theory that the memory was fresher then. The generation that was born in the USA seemed to have no problem with date consistency. --- On Mon, 4/4/11, Ann Johnson <regjohnson@nc.rr.com> wrote: ...There was great confusion about the year of his birth previously; several other years could be inferred from other documents... Ann

Hello Ann, what was Susan Schrodt's maiden name? Ursula ____________________________________________________ There will come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Johnson" <regjohnson@nc.rr.com> To: GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 4, 2011 3:05:07 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Schroth-several questions Hello Baerbel and Ursula; thank you so much for your courtesy to reply; in answer to your question, Ursula, I did find a ‘death notice’ in the Cincinnati ‘Volksfreund’ paper. It is in German, which I don’t read, so I will print it here: Starb gestern, ben 25 Januar, nach langerer Krantheit, zu Newport, Ky., Gottfried Schrodt, im Alter von 62 Jahren, 2 Monaten, Die Beerbigung Anbet statt ain Freitag, Die trauernden Hinteibliebenen. Someone very kindly translated this as :”Died yesterday, the 25th of January, after a long illness, at Newport, Ky: Gottfried Schrodt, in the age of 62 years, 2 months. The burial is to be held on Friday. Signed: The mourning survivors.” The date on this paper was Jan. 26, 1888. I have a copy of the paper from the History /dept., Public Library of Cincinnati. I now know the place of burial, and have a picture of the monument at the cemetery. and so from this information I conclude that he was born in 1826. There was great confusion about the year of his birth previously; several other years could be inferred from other documents. Another reference I used for information was the Cincinnati City Directories, 1885, 1895, 1899, which were all that were available at ! the time, as I was looking for information about his children. I have used every variant of the spelling I could think of, but so far I have not been able to find him. To recap, these are the facts I now have: birth, 1826 locality: Hesse-Darmstadt citizenship record abstract: Schroth, Gottfried age 33 country of origin: Hesse-Darmstadt depart port: Bremen entry port: New York arrive date: 07/14/1851 dec. date: 05/27/1854 marriage date: 27 May, 1854, Hamilton County, Ohio (same date as declaration) source: Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 naturalization: 1 Nov. 1856, Meigs County, Ohio census: 1860, 1870, 1880 deed: 1860 death: 25 January, 1888 No other information is given on any of the documents I have about the locality of origin. I am also interested in finding out what he did and where he was between his arrival date in 1851 and the date of naturalization in Meigs County Ohio, in 1856. This, I don’t have the knowledge to find out. The changes in spelling of the surname are particularly irksome. Thank you both for your patience in helping me unravel this skein of threads. Ann in NC For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message