Needing Help (Brick Wall)

betsyemhuff1960

Hello,

i have a brick wall, I am needing help with. I am trying to find the birth parents of one of my 2nd great-grandmother’s; Dora Kölling. Dora was born December 25, 1837, in Germany. Her Family Search ID number is LKGL-1MT. She married William Weir February 3, 1857, in Ripley County, Indiana. Dora died January 13, 1931, in Bartholomew County, Indiana. They had 3 children: Elizabeth A. Weir, who was born about 1859 in Ripley County, Indiana, and died March 1932 in Jackson County, Indiana. They also had two infant children. Not much is known about her husband, William. I have estimated his birth date to be about 1832, and his death date to be about 1858. Their is a family story that says he died in a drowning accident. I have been playing around with his name on Family Search. His ID number is LTR7-B7B. 

After William died, Dora married Henrich/Henry Bloom on June 7, 1861, in Ripley County, Indiana. Variations of the surname Bloom are Blume and Bluhm. Henry’s Family Search ID is LXGL-1MS. Henry was born February 12, 1841, in Hanover, Prussia, Germany, and died February 16, 1904, in Waymansville, Bartholomew County, Indiana. Together they had 10 children. I have found Henry with his family in the 1850 and the 1860 Census living in Ripley County, Indiana. I can’t find Dora anywhere in the 1850 or the 1860 Census. Her daughter Elizabeth should show up in the 1860 Census. Henry and Dora were in Bartholomew County in 1870, and she is listed as Mattie, which is probably a nickname, (probably for her middle name). 

Throwing in another “wrench” is this: On her daughter, Elizabeth’s death certificate it lists her Father as William Weir and her Mother as Dora Tebbe. Another variation of Tebbe is Tebby. Where does that surname come into play?

Hope someone can help me solve this.

Thanks!

Carla Tobler

@betsyemhuff1960

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betsyemhuff1960

I shall do that! Thanks!