Hanover ancestor
I have an ancestor from Hanover and she immigrated to the U.S. when she was 4 years old. I have reviewed the U.S. Census records and it told me in the 1920 census that she immigrated in 1844. In the timeline, it showed me that she entered through Newfoundland and went through Wisconsin and settled in Southeast Iowa, U.S. But I can't find who she traveled with, who her parents were, or port of entry. What was happening in Germany in 1839 that could explain why she immigrated without parents? Where could I search for Lutheran church records in the Hanover province to find a birth record/baptism?
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Do you have her birth date? How much information have you collected about her? Is the name you have for her an adoptive name or her birth name? Is there a familysearch ID for her? Who created the timeline for her? Ask them for their sources.
She would have traveled with her parents or with adopted parents or legal guardian. In order to find her birth records you will need to figure out in which town in the Kingdom of Hanover that she was born. You might find that in her emigration/immigration, confirmation, marriage or deaths records. You might also find it in birth or marriage records of her children.
Find every record for her that you can in the U.S. You should be able to find her in the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 census records. Several of these will have her year of immigration. It's pretty common for the dates to vary somewhat so you may end up with a range of years. They will also indicate if she was naturalized. If so, you'll want to try to find her naturalization records. The census records will also tell you where she lived so that you can look for other records.
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@JohnsonGreg her birthdate is December 11,1839,not sure on location, but on her timeline it says she was born in Langenhagen but there's no birth record attached to her profile. In the details section the reason said Gedcom data was standardized. I started a timeline and so far I have the census's for 1880,1910, and 1920 mapped out. I have yet to find census records for 1850,1860,1890,and 1900. I also have to map out the IA state census records yet. The spelling of her last name I'm on sure of,but in her one of her children's obituary it was spelled "Dietrich" not "Diedtrich." Her ID is LBBH-1K2.
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Church books for Langenhagen near Hannover (https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/20016064) can be found on Archion.de but you need to buy a 1-month-pass to access the films (https://www.archion.de/en/step-by-step/).
Diedtrich is a very unusual spelling, Dietrich or Diederich would be much more probable.
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@Ulrich Neitzel Thank you so much! I was thinking of the same thing with the last name. In one of her children's obituary it was spelled Dietrich,so I'm guessing that's how it was spelled.
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Her death certificate says that her fathers name was August Dietrich.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3B-JSML-7?i=352&cc=2531337
An August Dietrich b 1811 in Hanover is buried in the same cemetery as Christina. It's likely that he is her father:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30551639/august-dietrich
His Familysearch ID is LKBC-QSQ. He apparently remarried in the US so the wife listed likely isn't Christina's mother.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKBC-QSQ
I've also added the missing 1860 and 1900 census records to her record. The indexers had some trouble reading her last name.
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@JohnsonGreg Thank you so much!! That answers a lot of questions.
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