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- Nymphenburg, 15 Jan 1836: Maria was maid for Isaak Augsburger at Laufzorn in the court district of Munich.
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“Marie Birki, a husband, and children are found as emigrants from Gern in Friedrich Blendinger's Die Auswanderung nach Nordamerika aus dem Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern in den Jahren 1846-1852. Farmer/small landowner (Ger. Gütner) Georg Kettner left Bavaria and came to Illinois in 1851; Marie may have died shortly before or after. Blendinger's account from Munich records says he brought seven children, one illegitimate child, four illegitimate grandchildren, and 1,562 florins. A passenger list has not been identified; Kettner may have traveled with Valentine and Marie's brother Christian, whose passenger list has also not been identified. A George Kettner was naturalized in Tazewell County, and purportedly stated on the form that he was 39 when he arrived at New York in 1851. He may have been a son. He was living with Anna Elizabeth Haas at Pekin in 1860; the census describes the household of laborer George Kidner, 43, Bavaria; Anna, 37, Bavaria; John Bohn,4, Illinois; Frederic Smelzer, 24, Bavaria; and Cartroon, 23, Prussia. Anna had apparently brought a 2-year-old son John to her marriage with John Bohn Sr. in Tazewell County June 25, 1858, and John Sr. had died before 1860. The 1870 census of Pekin's Third Ward describes laborer George Keltner, 54, Bavaria; Anna, 46, Bavaria; and John Bohn, 14, Illinois. Although no entries for Kettner children were found on county censuses, the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index shows an obvious pattern. Four Tazewell County marriages took place in 1851-52 (spellings as found): Susannah Kitner married Jacob Zitler June 23, 1851; Saphrona Kitner married Joseph 'Kaughman' Aug. 17, 1851; Elizabeth Kitner married Casper Overmire Dec. 27, 1851; and Jackobina Kittner married Christian 'Renkenburger' March 14, 1852 (see the supplemental genealogy SCHRAGS AND SCHROCKS for more on Christian Ringenberger).” [1, 5]
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