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Descendants of Frederich J. Marhanka

Generation No. 1

1. FREDERICH J.¹ MARHANKA was born July 04, 1829 in Germany, and died March 04, 1868 in Tampico, IN. He married LUCINDA OTTA. She was born October 18, 1824 in Germany, and died January 08, 1898.

Notes for FREDERICH J. MARHANKA:
Marhenke, Friedericke
Passenger Lists: Germans to America, 1850-1874
Family Archive #355

The name, Friedericke Marhenke, appears in the Passenger and Immigration Lists: Germans to America Archive. This Family Archive contains listings of approximately 2 million individuals who arrived in United States between 1850 and 1874. The information was compiled from the original ship manifest schedules filed by all vessels entering United States ports in accordance with the Act of Congress of 1819.

You may be able to find the following information about your ancestor:
*Name, age, and gender
*Occupation
*Village or town of origin
*Destination in the United States
*Port of embarkation
*Name of the ship on which that person sailed
*The name of the ship's Captain

With this information, you should be able to determine a quite comprehensive account of your ancestor's arrival in the United States.

You can obtain this information on Family Archive #355. This CD is available in some libraries or for purchase from Genealogy.com. Click the To Order button, or visit www.familytreemaker.com/facds.html.

The Soundex code for the last name Marhenke is M652. Soundex codes identify names by their sounds, allowing you to find clues to your ancestors even if the spelling of the family name has changed over the years. There may be more than one person named Friedericke Marhenke in Family Archive #355. The information you find on the Family Archive may help you distinguish your ancestor from others with the same name.

WHAT TO DO WITH THE INFORMATION ON FAMILY ARCHIVE #355

Passenger Lists Archives are a stepping-stone to more information about your family. If a Friedericke Marhenke listed on CD #355 is your relative you can:

*Add information to your family tree -- The information on Passenger Lists Archives can supplement the information on your ancestors. Fill in the dates, locations, and names of individuals participating in important family events, such as immigration.

*Use the information to get copies of the original source document - Original source documents may contain more information than is available on the Family Archive CD and can help confirm your relationship to ancestors. You can contact archives, libraries, and customshouses to locate these records.

*Research a new branch of your family tree -- The location and dates listed are starting places to search for other records containing the individual's name, such as marriage records, land records, or family histories.

More About FREDERICH J. MARHANKA:
Burial: March 06, 1868, Sturgeon Cemetery, Near Tampico, IN
Census: 1860, Family in the Jackson County, IN census of 1860
Immigration: Abt. 1845, Fred Came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Germany. Moved to Indiana about 1850
Military service: 1866, During the Civil War served in the Indiana Volenteers Infantry
Occupation: Shoe Repair in Tampico, IN
Spelling: Abt. 1845, Name spelling changed from "Marheinke"

More About LUCINDA OTTA:
Burial: January 10, 1898, Sturgeon Cemetery, Near Tampico, IN

Children of FREDERICH MARHANKA and LUCINDA OTTA are:

	i.	CAROLINE² MARHANKA, b. 1850; m. JOHN RITCHEY, June 07, 1868.
2.	ii.	HENRY F. MARHANKA, b. 1853.
	iii.	RACHEL MARHANKA, b. 1854; m. WILLIAM B. MORGAN, February 15, 1872, Brownstown, IN.
3.	iv.	JOHN FREDERICH MARHANKA, b. April 17, 1857, Tampico, Jackson County, IN; d. August 24, 1940, 111 West Main St., Crothersville, IN.
	v.	MARY MARHANKA, b. 1859.
	vi.	CHARLOTTE MARHANKA, b. 1861.
4.	vii.	LUCINDA MARHANKA, b. 1866, Tampico, IN.