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