Occasionally I scan the Internet searching for new information about individuals in our family tree.  Last week I tried using the Ask search engine because they have been running TV ads about their new and improved search.  One of the entries of interest was an article about Karl Kreh in a series of biographies on RootsWeb.  I don't believe Karl fits into our family tree, but represents another branch that immigrated from Germany in the 1800's.  I'm posting the entry here for future reference.

1. Peter Kreh's farm
2. Christian Kreh's farm
3. William Loosmore's farm
4. Peter Durst's farm
5. Sebringville Cemetery

Henry McIntyre Wilson was born in Paisley Scotland on January 11, 1861. He was the ninth child of ten children born to William Wilson and Elizabeth McIntyre. All ten children were born in Scotland. Henry's older sisters came to the United States to work for the Clark Thread Company as thread spinners in East Newark, New Jersey. CastleGarden.org lists their arrival in New York on June 16, 1886 aboard the S/S Hibernia. Apparently, the entire family came together on the same voyage, not separately as we previously thought. Henry was five years old when he came to the United States in 1866. Henry's father built a house at 132 Fourth Ave., Newark, NJ. Later several family members, including Henry, moved west to Colorado.

Anna Magdalene Oldenburg was born July 8th, 1866 in Christiania (now Oslo) Norway to Johannes Oldenburg and Oselle Johanne. It is believed that she was an orphan when she came to the United States in 1882 to live with an aunt in Denver. This was quite a feat for a sixteen-year-old girl to come to America without family, travelling by boat and then perhaps train to Denver. Her aunt was Mrs. Adolph Levin. Her emigration is documented in the Norwegian Digital Archive <here>.  She left Christiania on September 16th, 1882 aboard the Kong Ring of the Kopperud Line headed for Hamburg, Germany.  Norway-Heritage has information and a picture of the S/S Kong Ring <here>.

According to CastleGarden, Anna Oldenburg, age 16, arrived in the US on October 5th, 1882 aboard the ship Hermann.  Norway-Heritage lists the steamship S/S Hermann leaving Bremen and arriving in Baltimore on November 19th, probably after stopping in New York City.  Norway-Heritage has information and a pictures of the S/S Hermann <here>.

The Levin's names are listed in the 1900 and 1920 Colorado censuses. Adolph was born in June, 1844 in Sweden. Both of his parents were born in Sweden. He came to the United States in 1864 and became a naturalized citizen 1894. He was an inventor. His wife, Caroline, was born in August, 1851 in Norway. Her parents were also born in Norway. After she came to the United States she became a naturalized citizen. Their address in the 1900 Denver city directory was 1257 Race. In the 1905 directory, it was 2235 York. In the 1923 city directory the listing is for Caroline Levin (widow of Adolph L.) at 2235 York. The city directories for 1931, 1933, and 1934 listed her name as Carrie Levin at 2235 York. Then in 1935 lists Henry Wilson (Anna O.) at the 2235 York address.

Nicolaus Kreh was born May 1822 in Spitz-Altheim, Kreis Dieburg, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, died April 7, 1903 in Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan, and was buried in Sebringville Cemetery, Downie Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. He married Elizabeth D. in 1843 in Germany. She was born March 12, 1822, died August 4, 1886 in Ontario, and is buried in the Sebringville Cemetery.

Jeanne Rhodes found the following list of children in Herb Kreh's Bible.

BIRTHDAYS ACCORDING TO MOTHER'S OLD BIBLE ARE AS FOLLOWS
Christian November 11, 1843
Elisabeth February 18, 1845
Margaret September 16, 1846
Catherine August 1848
Daniel April 13, 1850
Jacob May 11, 1852
Henry August 19, 1853
William April 19, 1855
Samuel May 26, 1857
Sarah April 17, 1860

Peter Kreh was born 1793/94 in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.  He married Margarethe Kapp (or Knapp or Krapp) 1824 in Germany.  She was born 1793/94 in Germany.