My g-grandfather was Wilhelm Rohwold born in Linden, Hannover about 1840. His parents were Wilhelm Rohwold and Helene Heumann or Heimann. They were of Lutheran faith. This information comes from his marriage application. Wilhelm immigrated to the US about 1860 and married a Rebecca Armstrong in 1872. Wilhelm junior died in 1882 in New York City (info from death certificate).
I would like to find records of his birth and immigration. Did Wilhelm have any siblings? When did his parents die?
Any help on these questions would be appreciated.
Janet
Hi Janet,
Yours is a difficult search since there are a number of towns by the
name of Linden. Do you know which is the correct one?
If not, I offer this bit of reasoning. From the German telephone book, I
found 3 Rohwolds in the former kingdom of Hannover area: near Gifhorn, the
city of Hannover, and near Burgwedel.
You may know that there is a listing on the LDS site for a Rohwold:
William Fritz Rohwold 5 DEC 1863 Sankt Martin,Linden Stkr, Linden,
Hannover, Preussen
There is a town named Linden close to the center of the city of
Hannover. Then, on the LDS search for Place, I found this listing:
Linden (StKr. Linden)
Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Linden (StKr. Linden)
That is the same as the William Rohwold above.
There are quite a number of records on microfilm there (church
records, census, etc) If you are anywhere near a LDS center, you can order
the films and view them there. That should give you the information you are
searching for.
Good luck,
Barbara
Hi Janet,
I must have gotten off on the wrong thing and didn't answer what you
wanted to know. I was distracted and started off on a search for the
Rohwolds in Germany. I am sorry about that.
Here is the New York state genealogy page:
NYGenWeb: Your Gateway to New York Genealogy and History
There are many items there. However, many of them switch you to
Ancestry.com. There you have to sign up for a fee for most of the records
you may wish to find. Maybe someone on the list has a subscription to
Ancestry and could look for you. There was likely an obituary that may be
helpful.
The LDS site has two of the Rohwolds children listed:
www.familysearch.org You can just use the Rohwold as a search term.
Good luck,
Barbara