FAMILY
HISTORy
The Ancestors and Descendants
of Milton J. Hellmers and Juanita C. Neff
of New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans in 1851
From a panorama drawn by J. Bachman
From a panorama drawn by J. Bachman
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| HELLMERS FAMILY HISTORy The Ancestors and Descendants of Milton J. Hellmers and Juanita C. Neff of New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans in 1851
From a panorama drawn by J. Bachman |
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Hinrich Hellmers the son of Arend Hellmers and Adelheid Timm, was born on 13 July 1828 in Rekum in what was then the Kingdom of Hannover. He was a merchant seaman. In 1852, he deserted the ship he was serving on, the Olbers, and stayed in New Orleans. |
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Alvina Jürgensen was born in Friedrichstadt in the Duchy of Schleswig on 10 November 1840. She was the daughter of Gustav Jürgensen and Maria Petersen. She came with her parents to New Orleans on the ship Adonis in June 1854, when she was 13. |
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Philipp Geeck was born on 28 January 1836 to Johannes Geeck and Catharina Brod in Rheinzabern, Rheinbayern (a province of the Kingdom of Bavaria). He was 18 years old in December 1854 when he arrived with his family in New Orleans on the ship Suffolk. |
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Sophie
Lange the daughter of Friedrich Lange and Johanne Heitefuss was born in Ortshausen in the Duchy of Braunschweig on 6 February 1830. She came from a family of farmers. In 1852 they emigrated from their home to New Orleans. |
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Philipp
Neff the son of Wilhelm Neff and Elisabetha Straub, was born on 8 June 1832 in the tiny village of Dusenbach in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. His parents were farmers. He sailed on the ship Globe to New Orleans, arriving on 7 November 1853. |
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Carolina
Leonhard was born in Jettenbach in Rheinbayern (a province of the Kingdom of Bavaria) on 31 December 1843. She was the daughter of Ludwig Leonhard and Louisa Göttel. Her parents and their three young children emigrated to New Orleans in about 1846. |
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Heinrich Landwehr was born on 3 January 1847 to Johann Landwehr and Marie Hildebrandt in Lechterke in the Kingdom of Hannover. Heinrich sailed from Bremen on the ship Arracan in 1866, joining an older brother and sister already in New Orleans. |
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Caroline
Feige the daughter of Heinrich Feige and Anna Hoffmeister was born in Escherode, but moved with her family to Bentheim, both places then in the Kingdom of Hannover. She traveled alone to New Orleans on the ship Christel, arriving on 26 October 1868. |
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| Sources Genealogical relationships and data on individuals must be supported by evidence, which is provided by a variety of sources. These sources include church and civil records of births, marriages, and deaths, cemetery records, obituaries, censuses, city directories, ship passenger lists, and similar records. All of the records that I have MAY eventually be found here. Names A few notes on German given names are here. |
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| This project will
always be a work in
progress. Additions and corrections are welcomed. If the information is used elsewhere, please acknowledge the author, Norman Hellmers. To contact with comments or suggestions, send email in care of: norm.hellmers (at) gmail.com Return to Hellmers Family History opening page |
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