Family Migration

The article with this definition explains 12 Types of Migration (Human Geography Notes) (2025)

My family migration:

Maternal:

SCHULER, Johann Georg, b 1792 Endingen, Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, migrated to U.S.1833, died 1860 in Ohio, his descendants live in Lockport, Illinois today

ZIMMERMAN, Agnes, b 1787 Endingen, Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, migrated to U.S. in 1833 

VonGUNTEN, Anna, b1819 Canton Bern, Switzerland, migrated to U.S. in 1834, married in 1838 Wood County, Ohio, died 1887 in Lockport, Illinois

KEMPH, Magdalena VonGUNTEN, b 1812 Schwanden, Bern, Switzerland, married 1832 in Switzerland, migrated to U.S. in 1834, died1887 Lockport, Illinois, descendants live in Kansas, Montana and other western states

BAUMGARTEN, Lena, b 1842 Oldenburg, Saxony, Germany, migrated to U. S. in 1866, married 1864, raised family and died1916 in Lockport, Illinois

ARMSTRONG, Nathan Nelson, b 1831in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, migrated to New York then to Illinois, descendants migrated to Iowa and west coast, Washington, Oregon, California

Paternal:

KAMPE, Frederick, b 1826 in, Hanover, Germany, migrated to U.S. 1853 first to Mason County then to Will County, Illinois, died in 1908 in Will County, Illinois

ELSNER, Hans Caspar Friedrich “John”, b 1814 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, migrated to Frankfort, Will County, Illinois in 1863, died 1876 in Frankfort, Illinois, after the Civil War, several descendent families migrated together to Iowa KOERNER, LANGE (Long or Lang), ELSNER, late 1800s TENHOFF migrated from Iowa to Minnesota

Many other family surnames will be added to this list as I dig deeper and climb higher on my trees.

Relationship to me: both lineal and collateral ancestors on my maternal and paternal side

Family and friends help me to correct my paper mistakes and to add stories to the family. All of my research papers, photos and other “stuff” will be located in Alabama at a community college associated with a historical society. This collection is open to everyone. Online I am at MyHeritage and Ancestry aka RootsDigger or Roots_Digger.

 

Herrington family reunion in Brewton, Alabama

What do you do at a family reunion? Joey and Selma Blackmon attended the Herrington reunion at Elim Baptist Church, Brewton, Alabama, on Sunday, 24 June 2012.

Fellowship, renew acquaintances, and meet new family members.

Visit and revisit cemeteries.

Visit more cemeteries and take photographs.

In the book Descendants of John Parker (1740-1793) and His Wife Sarah Gordy (1743-1825) of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Georgia, Ima Zylks-Adcox documents that Matilda Giddens Parker applied for a military pension. On page 524, the author states that on the pension application Matilda declares that John, Elisha and George volunteered at the same time and place for six months service in the War of 1812. Georgia is the place of enlistment. They served under Captain Joseph Howard's Company, Georgia Militia.. Matilda is the second wife of John Parker. See photo above.