Helen, The ages are perfect for two of the girls: Departed London and Arrived NY on 31 July 1851, ship Prime Albert (Prince Albert?) Margareta Shombach, 23, servant, b. Darmstadt. Catharine Shombach, 25, b. Darmstadt. Possibly yours? Susan Sent from my iPhone On Mar 20, 2011, at 7:18 PM, Helen Sanders <landhsanders@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Susan, > > Hi and thank you for your thought. It may be possible that records are under the Roehrig name. The man who researches for me picked up the 2nd marriage and is very good at finding the unexpected. He didn't mention any adoption, but I would hope that any other records might indicate that. Members of the DORN family (the mother's brothers and father) eventually emigrated, and I even thought the girls might have accompanied them, but so far have found no record of that either. > > I've been trying to think (as they say) outside the box! There will be another trip to Salt Lake City the end of the summer and I'm thinking of reserving a fair amount of time for extra research. I wish I could read German! > > Again, many thanks for answering. > > Helen > >> From: noshowclc@aol.com >> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:23:05 -0700 >> To: hesse@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [HESSE] Schambach Estate or Guardianship papers in 1837? >> >> Is it possible the young children took the step-father's surname? Or adopted by him? I've seen that in a case or two. Has your friend tried looking for marriage records under step-father's name? Just a thought as another way to look, I'm sure you'll get better advise. >> >> Susan >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Mar 20, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Helen Sanders <landhsanders@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi.....another question about my SCHAMBACH family of Bensheim, Hesse. >>> >>> When Johann Theobald SCHAMBACH (b 1798) died in Bensheim on 14 February, 1837 of pneumonia he left his wife, Katharina (nee DORN), b 1794, with 5 daughters and 2 sons. I'm mostly interested right now in what eventually happened to the daughters: >>> Christina, b 13 Oct, 1822 >>> Katharina, b 25 March, 1826 >>> Margarethe, b 27 Jan, 1828 >>> Sophia, b 21 Aug 1831 and >>> Maria Anna, b 3 Sept, 1833, d 1840. >>> The 2 sons were Georg, b 23 Sept, 1824 and >>> Franz Jacob, b 10 Sept, 1835. The 2 sons emigrated to America as adults. >>> >>> I wonder if there was time to write a will? After his death would it be necessary to have a document giving financial guardianship to someone for those children? Where would I write or email for help about those documents? >>> >>> I do know that the mother, Katharina,(nee DORN) was remarried on 21 Nov, 1837 to Christoph Roehrig. He took on quite a ready made family! If she remarried would it be unnecessary for guardianship or considered more necessary because of the father's estate? >>> >>> The daughters are being difficult to track down later in their lives. A German speaking friend has been reading LDS films for marriages and deaths for me, but has found nothing on the daughters so far. >>> >>> Any suggestions will be appreciated >>> >>> Helen >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message