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Entries: 329 Updated: Sat May 18 08:28:25 2002 Contact: Robert Scheuer spelcheka@yahoo.com
The information regarding the lifespans of Conrad, Barbara, andJacob, as well as the names of Minnie and Barbara, comes from a Lutheranchurch cemetery in New York, most likely Rockville Centre. There are 16people buried in the plot.
On September 19, 1827, at 8 am, Jacob appeared before JohannesFinck, the mayor and registrar of the county and mayorality ofGodramstein, county and district Landau/Palatinate, Kingdom of Bavariawith the infant Conrad. The 36-year-old Godramstein baker declared hewas born at 4 am that day of his wife Christine, and that they would namehim Conrad. This process was witnessed by Heinrich Ness (?), a28-year-old teacher, and Johannes Buerger, a 66-year-old carpenter, bothlocal residents.
The family came to New York in 1857 from Godramstein, outside ofLandau in der Pfalz, in Germany. The family came to Godramstein around1764 and was originally from Edenkoben, where the Voelker name iscommon. Kienzlers still live in Godramstein, but the Voelker name hasdied out there. The family's Reformed Church in Godramstein has archivedrecords back to 1637, but the records are incomplete as the area was thesite of numerous wars. The earliest direct ancestor, located by Dr.Frederick Cassidy of Durham, NC, was Hans Velten Voelker (spelled with anumlaut) who married Anna Catharina Groh on May 22, 1677, in the ReformedChurch in Edenkoben. The Kienzler family was originally from Schonachand Schoenwald (again, umlaut) near Triburg in the Black Forest. Dr.Cassidy was in Godramstein in the mid 1980s when he located thisinformation. The old graves and gravestones have all been removedbecause German cemeteries are public and conserving space is veryimportant.
The family appears in a ship record (E D Peters) from Havre to NewYork, arriving May 28, 1857. Conrad, 29, and his wife Barbe, 28, bothBavarian and of unknown occupation, came with their children: Philippine7 F, Valentine 6 F (evidence that it's really a boy), Magareth 3 F, andConrad .06 M.
It's been said that the Voelkers lived in a house with 3 otherfamilies. I'm guessing 2 of those are the Wilds and the Wagners.
Conrad is the registered owner of Lot 2897 Map 4 of The LutheranCemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village NY 11379 (as of Sep26, 1980). The deed was dated May 23rd, 1873. Below is a list of theinterments:
Henry Voelker: age 27 years, died at 282 Grand Street, Williamsburg -buried March 6, 1873. (unknown relation)
Jacob Voelker: age 83 years 3 months, died at 30 Devoe Street,Williamsburg - buried June 17, 1874. (Conrad's father)
Charles Voelker: age 1 month 19 days, died at 310 Devoe Street, Brooklyn- buried July 27, 1874. (unknown relation - maybe a child of Conrad)
Mary Ann Voelker: age 9 months 1 day, died at 310 Devoe Street,Williamsburg - buried August 28, 1876. (unknown relation - maybe a childof Conrad)
Frank Wild: age 10 months 15 days, died at 310 Devoe Street, Brooklyn -buried August 3, 1883. (unknown relation)
Elizabeth Wagner: age 7 months 12 days, died at 384 Ewen Street,Brooklyn - buried October 12, 1884. (unknown relation)
Mary Kinzler: age 56 years, died at 310 Devoe Street, Brooklyn - buriedDecember 17, 1890. (unknown relation - maybe Barbara's sister)
Jacob Voelker: age 25 years 11 months, died at 310 Devoe Street,Brooklyn - buried January 12, 1895. (Conrad's son)
Conrad Voelker: age 70 years, 10 months, 4 days, died at 310 DevoeStreet, Brooklyn - buried August 12, 1898 (self)
Barbara Voelker: age 71 years, 11 months, 27 days, died at 310 DevoeStreet, Brooklyn - buried July 7, 1901 (Conrad's wife)
Jacob Wagner: age 23 years, 6 months, died at St. Nicholas Avenue &Myrtle Avenue, Ridgewood, Long Island - buried March 25, 1909 (unknownrelation
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1827 - 1898 (70 years)