Dorothea Catherine Rosswag

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Dorothea Catherine Rosswag       2nd great grand mother
b. 25 January 1831, d. 11 December 1876, #2461
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Father   Philipp Jacob Rosswag b. 1802 - 1843
Mother Dorothea Hascher  1807-1846

No date on photo but was taken in Morrison, Illinois.

Name Variation Dorothea Catherine Rosswag was also found as Dorothea Rosway.1and as Dorothea Roseway.2   The name appears as Roßwag is Germany data.
Birth 25 Jan1831 Dorothea Catherina was born on 25 January 1831 at Nussbaum, Baden, Germany.3,4,5,16
From a letter from CINDY KING MORIN relaying info told her by Edith Fehrenbach Morin, granddaughter of this woman, Edith  believed that the ROSEWAG FAMILY came to the US in a small boat that took 30 days to cross the Atlantic. Whether before or after the birth of Dorothea is not stated.6  Addition information has come to light in recent years that somewhat  supports this.  Her parents died between 1843 and 1846.  Dorothea came to this county with her sister's Rosina and Barbara.  Brother Philipp came later.  It took the Ship Carolus a bit more than 30 days to cross.  George Henry Feldman was also on this ship. He left his home town in March and the ship left LeHarve in    arriving in New York 9 August 1854.



Their is also a "family legend" that  Dorothea Rosewag and George Henry Feldman came to this country together. George Henry came about 1854.7  Dorothea Roßwag arrived in the United States at the port of New York on 9 Aug 1854  aboard the Carolus Magnus out of LeHarve, France.  She is listed as 24 years old and from Baden, Germany.  George Henry Feldman appears on the manifest just before Dorothea!!!!  There is also a Barbara Roßway, the next entry.  Barbara is 15 years old.  She is a sister of Dorothea  This ship had let some passengers off in Boston before arrival in New York.  Why is Sister  Rosina not listed on this manifest and yet shows on the emmigration list from Germany???  





 
Rosa K. Feldman, a daughter of Dorothea,  says her mother was born in Philadelphia and her father born in Germany. IF she was born in 1831 then her people had to arrive in the United States before 1831.8  THIS IS PATENTLY INCORRECT!!  The 1870 census does not agree with this.  Dorothea claims to have been born in Germany on that census.
Joan Schmits thinks that she may belong to the family of Augustine Rosswag and his father Michael who came to this county in 1840 from Engingen, Baden, Germany. They went to Rock Island and Quincy, Illinois.9  Bears investigation.
Marriage 29 Jan 1855 Dorothea Rose Rosewag, 23 years old, married George Henry Feldman, who was 28 years old, son of Jacob Feldman and Salome Argast, September 1854 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.3,4,1  A date for this marriage has been Sept of 1854 but the records of Saint Michaels and Zion church in Philadelphia indicate that this marriage occurred on 29 Jan 1855.


Digital copy of church record supplied by Jan Hart from Ancestry.com.

 
Did women have to become citizens also..or did they carry the citizenship of their fathers or husbands?

Cen1870 8 Sept 1870 Dorothea Rose Rosewag appears on the 1870 census taken on 8 September 1870 in Morrison, Whiteside county, Illinois Georg Henry is a 44 years old farmer, born in Baden Germany but a citizen of the United States. Dorothea gives age as 40 years old in Sept 1870. She was born in Baden, Germany. Child Rosie is 15, born in Pennsylvania and daughter Flora is 6 and son George, 4 were born in Illinois. Therefore we can assume that they moved from Pennsylvania to Illinois between 1855 and 1866.

He has $4000 of real estate and $1500 of personal property. They are living next door to brother John.11,12,13,14

Death 11 Dec 1876 Dorothea Rose died on 11 December 1876 at Mt. Pleasant, at Whiteside county, at Illinois at age 45. Family lore tells us that she died of TB.3,4,5,1,7
Burial 13 Dec 1876
Dorothea was buried at Lot 65, Blk E, Grove Hill cemetery in Morrison, Illinois. Age at death given as 45-10-16.11,5


Religion Husband George Henry's funeral was held at the Universalist church by the IOOF so we can assume that he was at least. "associated" with this congregation if not a member and possibly Dorothea also.1

Family **George Henry Feldman   b. 11 May 1826, d. 27 January 1883
Children  1. Rosa K Feldman+ b. 19 Feb 1855, d. 16 May 1920
  2. Flora Katherine Feldman+ b. 2 Feb 1864, d. 23 Mar 1944
  3. George Henry Feldman+ b. 17 Oct 1866, d. 22 Dec 1925
  4. **Augusta Christine Feldman+ b. 10 Jun 1872, d. 9 Oct 1918

Citations
  1. [S227] Obit GeoHenryFeldman.
  2. [S1211] Letter, Jan Hart to Pomala M. Black, May 1997, List of Births from Iowa with addresses from 1934.
  3. [S41] Charles Hall of SLC, "Feldman FGS".
  4. [S76] Grant or Bonnie Feldman, "Grant/Feldman story",.
  5. [S115] Morrison Illinois Ceme Book 1.
  6. [S437] Letter, Cindy King Morin to Pomala M. Black, 1960ish.
  7. [S433] Letter, Edith M. Fehrenbach Morin to Pomala M. Black, No date.
  8. [S434] Letter, Rosa K Feldman Wohrley to Edith Morin, not dated.
  9. [S603] "Letter to Pat Haslam from Joan Schmits in 1971.".
  10. [S826] "Photo with no name on the back. Since it was taken in Morrison and the dress appears to be earlier than other Feldman photos, I am going to assume that this is a photo of Dorothea Roswag, wife of George Henry Feldman.".
  11. [S47] Fehrenbach family, Personal notes, 1990 Written by Pat Haslam.
  12. [S105] Letter, Pat Haslam to Pomala M.Black, 6 Nov 1970.
  13. [S122] 1870 US census, for Pleasant twp Whiteside co Ill .
  14. [S624] "U.S. Census 1870 for Whiteside co ILL. Done in September, Film #545789".
  15. [S1209] Letter, unknown author to unknown recipient.
  16. Jan Hart's work on Ancestry.com  http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nypl&h=1122439&ti=
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