There is a Jacob and Son Conrad / Konrad from DARMSTADT in the village of Weiher in the Municipality of Moerlenbach This Konrad Guckenberg seems to very closely resemble that of the Wisconsin Pioneer Family of Guckenbergers Conrad (Kurt/Curt) Guckenberger. I suspect He is likely one and the same as his disappearance from Germany also coincides with his arrival in NY and his birth date is very close to the same as well.
Moerlenbach is a municipality in the Kreis Bergstraße, in the Governmental district of DARMSTADT in Hesse, Germany. It is situated in the Odenwald, about 8 km southeast of Heppenheim, and about 22 km north of Heidelberg. "Weiher" a very small village is 1.9 miles S/E of the "Village" of Morlenbach / Moerlenbach / Mörlenbach.
www.moerlenbach.dehttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6rlenbach Its possible that Konrads father this Jacob Guckenberger came from Bayern, North Baden or Wuertemberg / Wurttemberg as the village of birth is unknown.
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Jakob Guckenberger b. About 1787 maybe in Weiher, Hessen? d. 26 MAY 1860 m. 11 APR 1815 Morlenbach, Starkenburg, Hessen
Eva Elisabetha Jost b. About 1787 maybe in Weiher, Hessen? d. 26 MAY 1860?
Children
1.Eva Elisabetha Guckenberger b. 01 JUN 1811 Weiher, Hessen d. 16 MAR 1814
2.Katharina Guckenberger b. 01 FEB 1815 Weiher, Hessen d. 07 APR 1815
3.Konrad Guckenberger b. 05 FEB 1816 Weiher, Hessend. after 1853
4.Margaretha Guckenberger b. 13 JAN 1819 Weiher, Hesse d. 24 MAR 1834
5.Johann Adam Guckenberger b. 10 JUN 1824 Weiher, Hessen d.29 MAY 1861
6.Johann Nikolaus Guckenberger b.16 APR 1828 Weiher, Hessen d.after 1869
7.Johann Guckenberger b. 02 OCT 1830 Weiher, , , Hessen
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Some of the Wisconsin family was living in Winnebago, Wisconsin in 1870. It wouldn't surprise me if the Migration of this "Conrad Guckenberger arrived 1853 family did a migration pattern like NY>OH>WI, NY>OH>ILL>WI or NY>PA>OH>ILL>WI remember Wisconsin was just being settled in many parts around 1850. So Conrad GUCKENBERGER may have stayed or died in a previous state. He also may have had other children in other states. The naming patterns of this family are also similar.
Did his brothers Johann Nikolaus Guckenberger and Johann Guckenberger come to the USA about 1850-1890?
Note Guckenberg VS Guckenberger in the census records......I imagine Guckenburg / Guckenburger and Guggenberger etc also apply when searching for this name.
Did brother Johann (Hans) Guckenberger also have a middle name?
Castle Garden also Lists
Christian Guckenberg age 22 arrived Aug 1868
John Simon Guckenberg age arrived 25 Sep 1837
and
Simon Guckenberger age 23 arrived 2 May 1860
Andrew Guckenberger age 42 arrived 11 Apr 1893
Joahnn Guckenberger age 16 arrived 26 Dec 1893
Maria Guckenberger age 27 arrived 19 Feb 1894
Wolfgang Guckenberger age 25 arrived 15 Jun 1868
I didn't check other spellings of the name........
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Conrad Guckenbergs family in Weiher......
Familienbuch Mörlenbach
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The LDS has on Microfilm the family book which contains this family in Weiher. (search spelling Morlenbach)
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermain..." Familienbuch Mörlenbach : mit den Ortsteilen Mörlenbach, Bonsweiher, Ober-Liebersbach, Ober-Mumbach, Vöckelsbach, Weiher by Wagner, Otto"
It also has the church records on film and is in there family search data base of course more information will be in the Church records. It would seem apparent that Jim Ball has researched these records and would be the one to contact first
http://jim.ball.net/gucka1.htm.
Ok I just found Conrads family in the LDS records
Konrad Guckenberger b. 05 FEB 1816 Weiher, Hessen m.02 MAR 1840 Morlenbach, Starkenburg, Hessen, Katharina Helferich b. 22 FEB 1818 Morlenbach, Starkenburg, Hessen d.After 1855 Father: Johann Michael Helferich Mother: Eva Elisabetha Flosser
Children
1.Sebastian Guckenberger b. 02 APR 1840 Weiher, Hessen
2.Peter Guckenberger b. 12 OCT 1842 Weiher, Hessen
3.Christian Guckenberger b. 02 NOV 1844 Weiher, Hessen d. After 1855
4.Elisabetha Guckenberger b. 19 MAY 1848 Weiher, Hessen d.01 JUL 1848
5.Guckenberger b. 23 MAY 1849 Weiher, Hessen d. 23 MAY 1849
6.Adam Guckenberger b. 22 AUG 1850 Weiher, Hessen
7.Andreas Guckenberger b.05 SEP 1853 Weiher, Hessen
As for his Uncles who knows?