searching for Gehrs, Oetgen, Winston, Kelley
My family roots lead me to Franklin (Raleigh NC), Hanover VA, Charleston SC and Savannah Georgia.
I am searching for parents of OA (Oliver Asbury) Kelley whose parents died in a pandemic in Savannah Georgia leaving him orphaned and living with maternal relatives. I would like to make the Irish connection and discover his mother's name who was listed on a census as being born in VA. My greatgrandmother, Caroline Louise Gehrs, came to Charleston, SC from Germany as a house helper at the age of 16 in 1859 from Bramstedt, Germany. I would love to know which ship she arrived on and who her parents were in Germany. October 19, 2011
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My mother, Clarice Geraldine Collings Grettum, was from Beardstown, Ill. Her mother was Inez OETGEN Collings.
Check out the name Hansmeyer or Hansmier. There is also an Oetgen cemetery in Beardstown, Ill, Cass County.
Julie Grettum Perlingiere
I have since posted a under journals a lot of Oetgen information.