This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XBB.2ACE/1720 Message Board Post: My gg grandfather, John Henry Wellhausen (Johann Heinrich) was born in Germany in 1819 and came to America in the 30's. He arrived in New Orleans and lived there quite a few years. He eventually married and moved to St Helena Parish, Louisiana. If anyone knows anything about this family prior to coming to America I would love to hear from you. Thanks Charlene
Hi Charlene, I was wondering where in Germany your Wellhausen came from. This is not my family but my husband's family came from Germany. I have a book "We Will Go to a New Land - The Great East Frisian Migration to America, 1845-1895" by Robert H. Behrens. It is now out of print but there are a lot of Heinrich's mentioned in it. It seems most of these people came into the U.S. by the way of New Orleans. This book tells the struggles they encountered in their journey. My husband's family came by boat up the Mississippi River to Illinois. There are others who went to Texas and all the way to Minnesota. You might check with your library and see if you can get a copy of this book. Good luck! Betty Putnam ----- Original Message ----- From: <charlenemann@yahoo.com> To: <KYRUSSEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 3:22 PM Subject: [RUSSELL COUNTY, KY] Wellhausen, b 1819 in Germany > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XBB.2ACE/1720 > > Message Board Post: > > My gg grandfather, John Henry Wellhausen (Johann Heinrich) was born in Germany in 1819 and came to America in the 30's. He arrived in New Orleans and lived there quite a few years. He eventually married and moved to St Helena Parish, Louisiana. If anyone knows anything about this family prior to coming to America I would love to hear from you. > Thanks > Charlene > > > > ==== KYRUSSEL Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from KYRUSSEL-L, send mail to KYRUSSEL-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >