Born Ladbergen Tecklenburg Prussia
Herman Heinrich and Anna Christina (Grotholtmann) Meckstroth, along with 2 daughters & their husbands, their youngest son, and two granddaughters, aged 2 and 4-5, set sail from Bremen, Germany and were on the high seas for over 9 weeks. They were from Ladbergen, Germany and came to America to join 2 older Meckstroth boys who had come in 1835 and settled at New Knoxville.
The immigrants landed at Baltimore on 12/9/1836. From there, they crossed the state of Pennsylvania in covered wagons to Wheeling, West Virginia. Enroute, the youngest granddaughter became sick and died, and they had to bury her along the wayside and travel on. At Wheeling, they boarded a riverboat on the Ohio River, bound for Cincinnati. At Cincinnati, they again took a covered wagon to Auglaize County. Upon their arrival, they first settled at New Knoxville with the 2 brothers. The long, rough voyage was too much for Mrs. Meckstroth and she died in January 1837, just weeks after arriving in America. There being no cemetery yet established in New Knoxville, she was buried in the cemetery "on the west side of Bremen". Mr. Meckstroth died 12/26/1841 & was buried in the New Knoxville cemetery.
(from "The Towpath" - October 2001)
Lucille Francis, Editor
New Bremen Historic Association
Spouse: Herman Heinrich Meckstroth
Herman Heinrich and Anna Christina (Grotholtmann) Meckstroth, along with 2 daughters & their husbands, their youngest son, and two granddaughters, aged 2 and 4-5, set sail from Bremen, Germany and were on the high seas for over 9 weeks. They were from Ladbergen, Germany and came to America to join 2 older Meckstroth boys who had come in 1835 and settled at New Knoxville.
The immigrants landed at Baltimore on 12/9/1836. From there, they crossed the state of Pennsylvania in covered wagons to Wheeling, West Virginia. Enroute, the youngest granddaughter became sick and died, and they had to bury her along the wayside and travel on. At Wheeling, they boarded a riverboat on the Ohio River, bound for Cincinnati. At Cincinnati, they again took a covered wagon to Auglaize County. Upon their arrival, they first settled at New Knoxville with the 2 brothers. The long, rough voyage was too much for Mrs. Meckstroth and she died in January 1837, just weeks after arriving in America. There being no cemetery yet established in New Knoxville, she was buried in the cemetery "on the west side of Bremen". Mr. Meckstroth died 12/26/1841 & was buried in the New Knoxville cemetery.
(from "The Towpath" - October 2001)
Lucille Francis, Editor
New Bremen Historic Association
Spouse: Herman Heinrich Meckstroth
Born Ladbergen Tecklenburg Prussia
Herman Heinrich and Anna Christina (Grotholtmann) Meckstroth, along with 2 daughters & their husbands, their youngest son, and two granddaughters, aged 2 and 4-5, set sail from Bremen, Germany and were on the high seas for over 9 weeks. They were from Ladbergen, Germany and came to America to join 2 older Meckstroth boys who had come in 1835 and settled at New Knoxville.
The immigrants landed at Baltimore on 12/9/1836. From there, they crossed the state of Pennsylvania in covered wagons to Wheeling, West Virginia. Enroute, the youngest granddaughter became sick and died, and they had to bury her along the wayside and travel on. At Wheeling, they boarded a riverboat on the Ohio River, bound for Cincinnati. At Cincinnati, they again took a covered wagon to Auglaize County. Upon their arrival, they first settled at New Knoxville with the 2 brothers. The long, rough voyage was too much for Mrs. Meckstroth and she died in January 1837, just weeks after arriving in America. There being no cemetery yet established in New Knoxville, she was buried in the cemetery "on the west side of Bremen". Mr. Meckstroth died 12/26/1841 & was buried in the New Knoxville cemetery.
(from "The Towpath" - October 2001)
Lucille Francis, Editor
New Bremen Historic Association
Spouse: Herman Heinrich Meckstroth
Herman Heinrich and Anna Christina (Grotholtmann) Meckstroth, along with 2 daughters & their husbands, their youngest son, and two granddaughters, aged 2 and 4-5, set sail from Bremen, Germany and were on the high seas for over 9 weeks. They were from Ladbergen, Germany and came to America to join 2 older Meckstroth boys who had come in 1835 and settled at New Knoxville.
The immigrants landed at Baltimore on 12/9/1836. From there, they crossed the state of Pennsylvania in covered wagons to Wheeling, West Virginia. Enroute, the youngest granddaughter became sick and died, and they had to bury her along the wayside and travel on. At Wheeling, they boarded a riverboat on the Ohio River, bound for Cincinnati. At Cincinnati, they again took a covered wagon to Auglaize County. Upon their arrival, they first settled at New Knoxville with the 2 brothers. The long, rough voyage was too much for Mrs. Meckstroth and she died in January 1837, just weeks after arriving in America. There being no cemetery yet established in New Knoxville, she was buried in the cemetery "on the west side of Bremen". Mr. Meckstroth died 12/26/1841 & was buried in the New Knoxville cemetery.
(from "The Towpath" - October 2001)
Lucille Francis, Editor
New Bremen Historic Association
Spouse: Herman Heinrich Meckstroth
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There being no cemetery yet established in New Knoxville, she was buried in the cemetery "on the west side of Bremen".
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