I am researching Clemens Griese who came to America aboard the Westphalia
Dec. 1843 at New Orleans. With him were his father H.H., mother Lena
Adelheit (Reimers) and siblings. After residing in the Covington,
Kentucky, area for several years, Clemens with wife and family moved to
Ellis County, Kansas. In the 1870 US Census he gives Oldenburg as his
birth (about 1828) place. In ensuing census records he gives Germany. In
a local history of Ellis County, Kansas, he is referred to as an
"Oldenburger." Is he from Oldenburg of Niedersachen, Lower Saxony, or I
believe there is another place named Oldenburg in Germany? The family was
Catholic.
Also, do you have any general knowledge from which area of German the
surname Wobb would be found?
I greatly appreciate your assistance.
Patricia A. Adams