Friederike Rickchen Wetterhahn

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Friederike Rickchen Wetterhahn (Sommer)

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Birthplace: Hungen, Giessen, Hesse, Germany
Death: January 05, 1966 (96)
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Feist Sommer and Bertha Sommer
Wife of David Wetterhahn
Mother of Ludwig Wetterhahn; Bertold Wetterhahn and Private
Sister of Adelheit Adler; Nathan Sommer; Sophie Fuld; Aberham Sommer; Selma Sommer and 1 other

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About Friederike Rickchen Wetterhahn

  • Date of birth in record of her marriage to David Wetterhahn; see Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv; Wiesbaden, Deutschland; Bestand: 921; Laufende Nummer: 188/Source Information: Ancestry.com. Hesse, Germany, Marriages, 1849-1930 [database on-line]
  • Identified as daughter of Feist Sommer I and Bertha (née Jakob) Sommer in Hanno Müller, Juden in Pohlheim, Garbenteich, Grüningen, Holzheim, Walzenborn-Steinberg, (Lich 2015), p. 97
  • Identified as wife of David Wetterhahn in record of their marriage on 31 October 1894 in Crainfeld, Hesse in marriage record cited above.
  • Identified as mother of Alfred, Berthold, and Ludwig Wetterhahn in records of their births in Ancestry.com. Hesse, Germany, Births, 1851-1901 [database on-line] and in their profiles.
  • On 7 June 1938, Friedericke Wetterhahn obtained her visa to enter the United States; on 14 July 1938, she left Hamburg with her daughter-in-law, Paula, and grandchildren for the United States. (Source: Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line].)
  • She settled in Hartford, Connecticut, living with her son Berthold and his family; see 1940 USA Federal Census. Her son Ludwig, who had escaped to England in 1939, arrived in the United States in May 1940. He too lived in Hartford, Connecticut.
  • Date/place of death, and place of burial, in JewishGen, comp. JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) [database on-line]
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Friederike Rickchen Wetterhahn's Timeline

1869
January 22, 1869
Hungen, Giessen, Hesse, Germany
1895
September 7, 1895
Obbornhofen, nr Giessen, Hesse, Germany
1900
May 16, 1900
Utphe, Hesse, Germany
1966
January 5, 1966
Age 96
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States