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- “We were very surprised to get a copy of Jacob J. Sann's death certificate from Nebraska and found that his mother's maiden name was "Birkey"!
It is now my belief that Jacob Sann (Sr.) probably worked on one of the two Gern estates of Heinrich Stalter, as did Valentine Birkey. Jacob probably married a daughter of Valentine who then gave birth to a son, Jacob J. in January of 1842. She died shortly after, either in Bavaria, on the trip over in late 1842 to 1843, or after arriving in America but before 1849.
The reason I think this "Birkey" may be the previously unidentified daughter of Valentine and Elisabeth is by process of elimination. Of the four Birkey brothers in the area of Munich, André and Jean emigrated well before 1840. Christian's family is VERY well documented. That, coupled with the ties between the family of Heinrich Stalter and Valentine Birkey as a result of their working situation at Gern make me believe this to be true.
I STRONGLY suspect that there is a missing ship passenger list in New Orleans from December of 1842 or January of 1843 that would include the names of Heinrich Stalter and his family members, Jacob Sann and family, and Christian Harry Birkey and his wife, Marie Stalter and their two children. I have gone through EVERY passenger list from 1842 to March 1843 and have found nothing. We have anecedotal information that the families came through New Orleans between those dates. The absence of any passenger information on ANY of these families makes me think they may have traveled together and the list showing their passage is missing from the published record.” [1]
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