Re: Gottlieb Schubel/Michigan @1850-1880?
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Re: Gottlieb Schubel/Michigan @1850-1880?
11/02/00
I descend from the Binder line here.My understanding is that Frederika and Catherine are actually the same person.When John Christian Binder and his wife Magdalena Schweyer came over to America on the ship Finland from Havre to New York and arrived 23 April 1853, they brought the following children: Frederike (female)age 13, Christian age 9, Wilhelm age 7, Ludwig age 4, and Louis age 4. Many of these people went by their middle name rather than their given first name.First example was the father John Christian Binder, he went by Christian for awhile and later changed back to John.
In other German records I have used, many named all their sons Johann first and then with a different middle name.The men used their middle names--makes it difficult when searching records though.