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Gesche Witte (Ehlers)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fahrendahl, Gnarrenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death: December 23, 1899 (82)
Morgan Co, Mo
Place of Burial: Stover, Missouri
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Anton Witwer Ehlers and Maria Ehlers
Wife of Bernhard (Behrend) Witte
Mother of Christopher Witte; Anton Witte; Maria Witte; Gesche Witte; Henry Witte and 2 others
Sister of Johann Ehlers
Half sister of Anton A. Ehlers, Sr.; Gebke Ehlers; Infant Ehlers; Claus Ehlers and Heinrich Henry Ehlers

Managed by: Brandon Keith Gregory
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About Gesche Witte

Immigrated in 1853 on the "Von Gagern". it took them 57 days on a sailboat, arriving in New Orleans on 4 Oct 1853. They came up the Mississippi River to Boonville and then the trip from Boonville to Pyrmont was made by ox-team and a homemade wagon. The Anton Ehlers, his wife's parents who came to America in 1845 met the Witte family of eight at Boonville.

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Gesche Witte's Timeline

1817
October 8, 1817
Fahrendahl, Gnarrenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
1839
October 8, 1839
Fahrendahl, Gnarrenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
1841
September 13, 1841
Gnarrenburg, Hanover
1843
December 7, 1843
Fahrendahl, Hanover
1845
September 12, 1845
Fahrendal, Hanover
1849
March 1, 1849
Fahrendahl, Hanover
1851
November 20, 1851
Fahrendahl, Hanover
1854
September 29, 1854
Morgan Co, Mo
1899
December 23, 1899
Age 82
Morgan Co, Mo