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Thanks for that suggestion, Maddie. There are some other "possibles" I'm looking at at the moment. I'll see where I get with those first.

sandra
try changing you thread to american look uo
might attract more attention

Thanks for that. It could be him as the birth is probably about the right time. Is anyone able to check the census for Portland, Maine to see if he appears on that, please?

Sandra

Hello, I have found a record which may help -

Name John Limbeck
Birth 1831
Residence United States
Arrival 28 Mar 1866, Portland, Maine
Departure Liverpool, England

If this is a match, it would prove the theory that he left the country!

Thanks for that, but I think I discounted that one earlier as she was married and Limbach by 1861. Also her birth seems to have been about1833 according to the later censuses. I rather suspect that when she remarried, in 1865, she wasn't a widow as Johann hadn't died, but left the country!!

Sandra

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Catherine Hofman
England and Wales Census, 1861

birth: 1840 —Germany
residence: 1861 —Huddersfield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
census: 1861 —Huddersfield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

record title: England and Wales Census, 1861
name: Catherine Hofman
event: Census
event date: 1861
gender: Female
age: 21
relationship to head of household: Boarder
birthplace: Germany
record type: Household
registration district: Huddersfield
sub-district: 9 Huddersfield
ecclesiastical parish: Parish Church Huddersfield
civil parish: Huddersfield
county: Yorkshire (West Riding)

Thank you Iainie 39, but Louis survived till 1937. Also had a son called Louis!

alviegal, there may be a connection as Wuerttemberg was given on one of censuses as Catharine's place of birth, but if this one died within a few days, it can't be him.

Sandra

???

Name: Johann Ludwig Peter Limbach
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 27 Feb 1827
Baptism/Christening Place: EVANGELISCH, UNTERREGENBACH, JAGSTKREIS, WUERTTEMBERG
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1827
Birthplace: OBERREGENBACH
Death Date: 28 Feb 1827
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Johann Georg Limbach
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Maria Barbara
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C92116-1
System Origin: Germany-EASy
Source Film Number: 1340116

No, haven't got marriage cert. Assume he was German. Catharine was and second marriage was to a German. Yes, he could have been a sailor, but there seems to have been a lot of Germans in Hull around that time.

Sandra

Found marriage on BMD Dec quarter 1860, Hull

Could he have been a mariner?

jax

Hello Sandra - where did you get your info from regarding Johann?

What nationality was he?

Have you got the marriage certificate for his age, occupation and father's details?

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1860
Hoffman Catharine Magdalene Hull 9d 470
Limbach Johann Ludwig Hull 9d 470

I have a Johann Ludwig Limbach, who married a Catharine (Catharina) Magdalene Hoffmann in Hull in 1860. She was in Bradford by 1863 when son Louis was born. In 1865, she was a widow and married again, this time in Bradford, Yorks, to a Carl Ferdinand Metke Jessen (a widower) Although I can track Catharine & Carl after their marriage, I can find no death for Johann L Limbach or any evidence of him in the censuses. Any help would be appreciated!

Sandra