{"id":1426,"date":"2015-11-21T15:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T15:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2015-11-22T02:17:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T02:17:53","slug":"the-trautvetters-are-coming-the-trautvetters-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=1426","title":{"rendered":"The Trautvetters are Coming&#8230;The Trautvetters are Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/george-trautvetter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1432 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/george-trautvetter-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"george-trautvetter\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/george-trautvetter-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/george-trautvetter.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Sometimes just a few years in our ancestor&#8217;s lives can shed the most details on their entire life and their entire family. I&#8217;m starting to think that I need to concentrate more on the first few years one of my immigrant families was in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Three documents really helped me on my 19th century immigrant Trautvetter family:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the declaration of intention for John George Trautvetter in Hancock County, Illinois in 1855<\/li>\n<li>the passenger manifest for John George and his family arriving in Baltimore in 1853<\/li>\n<li>the intestate probate settlement for John George&#8217;s brother Michael which confirmed the sibling relationship between contemporary Trautvetters in Hancock County, Illinois<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was fortunate Trautvetter&#8217;s declaration of intention is extant and that his brother died intestate with no descendants. I&#8217;ve been fortunate to locate records on the family in Germany and to track down roughly two-thirds of the family into the early 20th century era. However there are a few branches of the family who remain mysteries and whose existence is only documented by a mention in the estate settlement of Michael Trautvetter.<\/p>\n<p>Michael&#8217;s estate does not mention the residence of many\u00a0of his heirs&#8211;just whether or not they are alive or dead. The only heir whose residence is mentioned is his niece Wilhelmina Rothweiler of St. Louis. Michael&#8217;s estate was settled in the 1860-1870 era and my initial attempts to locate family members concentrated on the 1870 and later censuses.<\/p>\n<p>That was a mistake&#8211;or at least misdirected. It was time to do a little thinking. John George Trautvetter came from the following family of siblings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>John George Trautvetter<\/strong>, born in 1798, immigrated in 1853&#8211;settled almost immediately in Hancock County, Illinois. He returned to Germany in about 1869 where he died. His family remained in Hancock County, Illinois. Four children:\n<ul>\n<li>George Adolph<\/li>\n<li>Theodore Frederick<\/li>\n<li>John Michael<\/li>\n<li>Anna Elizabeth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adam Trautvetter<\/strong>, settled in the 1850s in Hancock County. Died before Michael. Never married.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Trautvetter<\/strong>, died in 1869 in Hancock County. No children.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Henry Trautvetter<\/strong>, died 1869\/1870, probably in Hancock County. Three children who left descendants:\n<ul>\n<li>Christian Troutfetter<\/li>\n<li>Adam Trautvetter<\/li>\n<li>Ernestine Mathis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wilhelmina Kraft<\/strong>. Died in 1870s in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ernestine Hess<\/strong>. Died before Michael Trautvetter. May or may not have immigrated. Three children:\n<ul>\n<li>Wilhelmina Rothweiler&#8211;of St. Louis, Missouri.<\/li>\n<li>William Hess<\/li>\n<li>Valentine Hess<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Michael, Adam, Henry, and Ernestine Mathis are known to have spent time in Campbell County, Kentucky, before settling in Hancock County. Michael also spent time in St. Louis with Wilhelmina Rothweiler as well. I&#8217;ve researched rather extensively for these people in Illinois, but the St. Louis and Campbell County connections need to be explored further.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I&#8217;ve never really done is tried to find all of them in passenger manifests. Only two family groups have been located far: those of John George Trautvetter and Ernestine Mathis. I looked diligently for John George because he&#8217;s my direct line. Ernestine was located because she and her husband were on the same boat as John George. \u00a0None of the others have been located.<\/p>\n<p>And that could be part of my problem. With the exception of Ernestine (Trautvetter) Hess (who may have never left Germany), all the individuals were immigrants. Counting spouses, that&#8217;s eleven people I have not located in passenger lists.<\/p>\n<p>And there may be some answers resting in those records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes just a few years in our ancestor&#8217;s lives can shed the most details on their entire life and their entire family. I&#8217;m starting to think that I need to concentrate more on the first few years one of my immigrant families was in the United States. 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