Hi,
My grandfathers' baptismal certificate was found in east-
prussia ( by a German researcher ) in Jedwabno, Poland;
formerly the German-Polish border. His name was Friedrich
Wilhelm Gorba geboren 1870 ; son of Mike Gorba and Anen
Jeske. He sent me a list of names and told me Gorba was
formerly Gurba.
Do you have any of these names in your family?
My grandfather married Wilhelmina Henrietta Hollmann in
Cambria County, Pa. in 1895. She was born in Troflinden,
Germany in 1874.
They came to America in 1893 and 1894 from Gelsenkirchen,
in Nordrhein-Westfalen area; along with her mother Henrietta
Wilhelmina Hollmann and her sister Bertha (Hollmann)Nelson,
husband Alfred Nelson and their son Fred Alfred Nelson.
Mike Gorba and his daughter Charlotte (who married Julius
Bodenschatz) then moved to Va. or W.Va. I am searching
for Mike Gorbas' burial place and information on all persons
mentioned above.
Some people who traveled with them returned to Germany.
Any help appreciated.
June (Gorba) Hermsdorfer (email)
2sparks@pennswoods.net