Castor List members:
HELP, PLEASE!
Recently found & joined the list, and am searching for some link to a
village in Hannover Kingdom for the following:
Johann Hermann Heinrich Koster(s) born c. 1798, Kingdom of Hannover, married
M. Gertrud Sommer, either in Hannover or Westfalia. They emigrated 1836
(with Hermann's father Johann 72, sister Elisabeth 33, and Hermann &
Gertrud's young son Henry 2) from Bremen into New Orleans, settling in St.
Charles Co., Mo. by 1837, where many of their descendants still live.
Have made contact through this list (!) with one possible connection whose
Kosters settled in Lincoln County (just next to St. Charles), which I
believe is a definite possibility, but this person also cannot trace them
back to a particular village in Hannover.
We have done all the other research we can think of, including
naturalization and citizenship papers, which state only Kingdom of Hannover;
we have checked all the census which state Hannover; we have poured over
Catholic church records, etc. (including some in Westfalia) to no avail.
Is there anyone else out there who can help us out on this line? Has this
particular line been traced by any other Castor List members or Society
members? Or can anyone point us in the right direction?
Many thanks for any possible assistance!
Mary Koelzer eesand(a)msn.com