Katharina Tischhauser (1841)

Ancestors

Biography

Katharina, daughter of Gallus Tischhauser and Katharina Indermaur, was born in Sevelen, current-day St. Gallen, Switzerland on 19 October 1841 and christened the day after in the local Reformed church.

After a nearly three months journey, Katharina arrived at the port of New Orleans on 2 June 1845 aboard the 'Columbia' as part of the first 'group' migration from the village of Sevelen. She travelled with her parents and siblings Mathias, Gallus, Johannes, Anna, Gabriel, Hans Peter, Andreas and Ursula.^[1]

In 1850, she was living in Tete Des Morts township, Jackson county, Iowa and is enumerated with her mother Katharina, brothers John, Gabriel, Peter and Andrew as well as sister Josephine [Ursula].^[2]

In 1860, she lived in Jefferson Township, Dubuque, Iowa and was enumerated with her mother Catherine, and siblings Andreas and Ursula. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNP-MH6F: accessed 2 February 2023), Catharina Tischaurer, arrived 2 June 1845, Ship: Columbia; citing NARA microfilm publication M259 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ 1850 U. S. census, Jackson County, Iowa, population schedule, Tete Des Morts Township, p. 41, dwelling 297, family 297, line 28, entry for Catharine Fishouser; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ46-9F9: accessed 3 February 2023 ); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll Roll 184.
3. ↑ 1860 U. S. census, Dubuque County, Iowa, population schedule, Jefferson Township, p. 36, dwelling 277, family 266, line 2, entry for Catherina Tishauser; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M825-PNK: accessed 4 February 2023 ); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 320.

• Family Register Gallus Tischhauser 1796-: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche (Sevelen, St. Gallen, Switzerland), "Familienbuch Band I, 1822-1869 [S-Z]," unpaginated, No. 608, entry for Gallus Tischhauser 1796-; Pfarrbücher der Pfarrgemeinde Sevelen, 1637-1934, digital images, Staatsarchiv St. Gallen (http://staatsarchiv-sg.ch/index.php?bid=1811: accessed 2018).