NameCatharina Maria Sophia Koch
Birth14 Sep 1809, Alt Pokrent, Mecklenburg, Germany
Baptism15 Sep 1809, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pokrent, Mecklenburg, Germany
Death9 Nov 1857, Neuendorf, Mecklenburg, Germany
Burial12 Nov 1857, Pokrent, Mecklenburg, Germany
Spouses
BirthGross Medewege?, Mecklenburg, Germany
DeathGross Medewege, Mecklenburg, Germany
Birth3 May 1814, Ganzow, Mecklenburg, Germany
Baptism5 May 1814, St. Jacob and St. Dionysius Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gadebusch, Mecklenburg
DeathUnited States of America
OccupationArbeitman (workman)
Marriage23 Oct 1837, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pokrent, Mecklenburg, Germany
Notes for Catharina Maria Sophia Koch
Source: Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pokrent, Mecklenburg.
Her baptismal sponsors were Maria Eggers of Krembz, Sophia Elisabeth Koch of Alt Pokrent, and Maria Henrietta Koch of Gross Salitz, all in Mecklenburg.
In her baptismal record her father was described as a Knecht--a farm servant--in Alt Pokrent. However her wedding record said she was from Niendorf, and that her father was a day laborer from Niendorf [Neuendorf].
Her death record said that she was the wife of a day laborer from Neuendorf and that she had been born in Alt Pokrent. It also said that her father was a day laborer from Neuendorf.
She died of apoplexy--a stroke.
Notes for Franz Joachim (Spouse 1)
Source: Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pokrent, Germany.
He was living in Gross Medewege, north of Schwerin, when he fathered the child of Katharine Maria Sophie Koch in 1854.
Notes for Hans Jochim Ludwig (Spouse 2)
Source of the information about his life before he married: Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Gadebusch, Mecklenburg. Source of the information from the time of his first marriage to when he emigrated: Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pokrent, Germany.
His baptismal sponsors were Detloff Ludwig Buhr, Hans Christian Koerner, and [his uncle] Jochen Heinrich Koehn, all workmen from Ganzow.
He was confirmed in 1828 in Gadebusch.
At the time of his marriage in 1837 he was described as a day laborer in Alt Pokrent who lived in Niendorf [Neuendorf].
When his daughter Catharina Maria Elisabeth was born in 1848, he was described as a day laborer from Schlagfort.
He was a baptismal sponsor in 1859 for Hans Jochim Heinrich Koch, the son of his stepdaughter Catharine Maria Dorothea Koch of Neuendorf.
His marriage in 1858 required a dispensation that was received from Schwerin on 8 February 1858.
He and his second wife emigrated to the United States leaving from Hamburg on the "Prinz Albert" on Nov. 1 or 2, 1862, and arriving in New York on Dec. 29, 1862. The record of the ship’s arrival in New York is missing from the microfilm at the National Archives in Washington, DC.