Dorothea (Schmidt) Henn (abt. 1779 - 1844)

Born about 1779 in Katzweiler, Kaiserslautern, Pfalz, Bayern

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1844 at about age 65 in West Fork, Hamilton, Ohio

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Biography

Dorothea was born in Germany and married Johann Henn in 1813. Dorothea emigrated to America with her husband and children, departing Le Havre, France and arriving in New York, New York on 12 August 1833.

Dorothea died on 8 August 1844 in West Fork, Hamilton, Ohio. She was initially buried at West Fork Cemetery and then reinterred at Spring Grove Cemetery sec 30 lot 91 on 26 October 1888 .^[1][1]

Research Notes

• Maiden name of Schmitt or Schmidt is from birth records in Katzweiler Germany for Maria Barabara and Elizabeth Magdalena Henn with father Johannes Henn. No other records on these children are yet documented.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Burial: Cemetery burial card for Doratha Henn at Spring Grove Cemetery. Image in posession of Kathy Webster. Accessed from www.springgrove.org 15 Jan 2009.

• "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4BY-SL4 : 13 July 2021), Dorothe Schmith in entry for Jean Henn, 1813.
• Passenger List: "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957"
  Year: 1833; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 18; List Number: 610
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  Ancestry Record 7488 #1043629398 ($, accessed 27 September 2022)
  Name: Dorotha Henn; Gender: Female; Age: 42; Birth Date: abt 1791; Departure Port: Le Havre, France; Arrival Date: 12 Aug 1833; Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA; Ship Name: Cyrus.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50956037/dorothea-henn: accessed 27 September 2022), memorial page for Dorothea Henn (1789–8 Aug 1844), Find A Grave: Memorial #50956037, citing Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Kathy W (contributor 47140810) .