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What surnames are you interested in researching?: Muir, Grubbs, Euhlenberg, Meents, McAbee, Welshon

What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?: Germany, Scotland

What is your level of genealogy knowledge?: Intermediate Family History Researcher

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looking for info on John Henry Ehlenberg, from Venne, Germany

Posted on July 25, 2014 at 3:41pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Both of my parents lived somewhat east of Pittsburgh. My mother's g-grandfather was John Henry Uhlenberg, who was born in 1822 in Hanover, and sailed from Bremen, arriving in Baltimore on 25 May 1840. He indicated his place of origin was Venne, Germany, but he was the only person of that name on that voyage, so I'm not sure that I would find any information about him in Udo Thoerner's Venne book. Mr. Euhlenberg had at least one daughter, Mary Eva, who was born in Wexford PA in 1847. One of…

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