I'm looking for information on *John Wetjen* born in Hannover or Hamburg, Germany about 1834. He left Germany and came to New York City about 1850-51. His mother's name was *Katharina*. Anyone have a clue as to who his parents might be? It's a rather odd name. I hope that will make it easier to search. He was my great-great grandfather.
Thank you.
Dorine
www.castlegarden.org shows this:
Joh. Wetjen Occupation Bookbinder
Age 20
Sex M
Literacy U
Arrived 3 Sep 1850
Origin Hanover
Port Bremen
Last Residence U
Destination New York
Plan Unknown
Ship Erie
Passage Unknown
Hello Dorine,
I think there were a lot more Wetjens in Germany than there were
Jeffries!
On the LDS website, there is a listing for a John Wetjen born 1832 in
Germany marrying a Sabina Westgate in New York in about 1853. Is that who
you are looking for? That still does not indicate the specific birthplace
for John.
I'd suggest you'd use this website to search for Wetjen:
http://meta.genealogy.net/metasuche/index.jsp
It includes a number of Ortsfamilienbuchs (listings of people who lived in
one town) and other sources. There certainly are a lot of Wetjens in the
Bremen area. There are 297 listings for Wetjen in the German phone book.
If you have not already done so, you should collect all the
information on John Wetjen from records in the USA. That means marriage
records, birth records of his children, application for naturalization,
death records, etc. Birthplaces can be listed on any of those records.
Contact other relatives who may have such items.
Good luck,
Barbara
Thanks for your help.
Dorine
Werner Honkomp wrote:
Yes, that is my John Wetjen. I know a lot about him after her arrived in the US, but nothing yet from Germany - no birth records or information about his parents. I need to find German records. I'm really pleased with the response I've gotten so far, and it's only been one day! I will check the website you told me about.
Thank you.
Dorine
R&B Stewart wrote: