Math Gilgenbach (abt. 1812 - 1889)

Born about 1812 in Retterath, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Mand) Gilgenbach — married 10 May 1842 in Retterath, Daun, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1889 at about age 77 in Platte County, Nebraska, United States of America

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Biography

Math was born about 1812. Math Gilgenbach ... He passed away in 1889. ^[1]

Mathias Gilgenbach arrived in the US on 8 Aug 1862 in New York City, New York, on the Austrian ship Cwilta, though I think the spelling is incorrect due to handwriting. He was 50 years old and accompanied by his four adult surviving children: Johan Nicolaus, Johan , Margaretha, and Susannah. His wife, Anna Mand, died earlier in 1862 in Germany.

It appears Math might have spent some time in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin but he died in 1889 in St Bernard, Platte, Nebraska, USA, where his daughter Margaretha lived. He is on the 1885 Nebraska State Census. His daughter Susannah was married in Fond du Lac in 1866.

There was another Gilgenbach family on the same passenger list, a Peter, his wife Anna, and four children. I believe this family settled in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. They has a son named Mathias.

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Sources

"Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR2N-R55 : 16 March 2018), Math. Gilgenbach in entry for Jos. Schmitz and Margar. Gilsenbach, 08 Apr 1875; citing , Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,266,976.

Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV2-KY5N : 13 December 2015), Mathias Gilgenbach, 1889; Burial, Lindsay, Platte, Nebraska, United States of America, Saint Bernard Cemetery; citing record ID 23120935, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Year: 1862; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 1; List Number: 811 Description: Ship or Roll Number: Cwilta

Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line].

• National Archives and Records Administration; Nebraska State Census; Year: 1885; Series/Record Group: M352; County: Platte; Township: St Bernard; Page: 6

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by William Shulstad, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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