Johann Christoph Ludwig Körber (1803 - aft. 1860)

Born 29 Aug 1803 in Nürtingen, Württemberg, Germany, Holy Roman Empire

Husband of Charlotte Frederike (Hirschmann) Körber — married 19 Sep 1830 in Lößburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation

Died after 1860 after age 56 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Loßburg, Baden-Württemberg One Place Study.

Johann Christoph Ludwig (Louis) was born at Nürtingen in 1803, son of Johann Christoph Körber and Rosina Sophia Laux, married Charlotte in 1830 and soon after left for America by way of LeHavre, France, and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, in September 1833. By November 1837 the were in New York, when he applied for naturalization as an American citizen. He and his family were living in Williamsburg in Brooklyn in 1850 and still there in 1860. Ludwig/Louis was a weaver by trade in Germany and America. He passed away after 1860.

Sources

• Ehebuch (Marriage Register) Evangelische Lößburg, 1825-1844, in Familienbuch (Family Register), Lößburg und Röt, 1628-1904. FHL microfilm #1884551. Digital image #956 at Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61023/images/1884551-00955?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Oph2035&_phstart=successSource&pId=16877975 (upper left side).
• Baltimore Passenger lists, 1820-1964, for years, 1833-34, National Archives microfilm #M696, roll #2, image #531 at Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8679/images/33128_b068191-00530?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&pId=1648012 (middle of page).
• Unites States Naturalization Records Indexes, 1792--1906, National Archives microfilm roll 137, K560-K620, image #3734 at Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1629/images/31194_120977-03837?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Oph2059&_phstart=successSource&pId=6316437
• United States Census, 1850, New York, Kings County (Brooklyn), Williamsburg, family #1304, p. 218A. Digital image at Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4197495-00166?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.83303574.1436334052.1603321352-1043151889.1593996198&_gac=1.26756815.1604091157.CjwKCAjw8-78BRA0EiwAFUw8LHCqJ4u1ctCkCkEqm3_Y8Aq15xJ_81UyP8eKsuDAJbtwx9DyWQ04nBoCdfAQAvD_BwE&pId=6997743
• United States Census 1860, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn), Williamsburg, Dist. 3, p. 518, family #687.