MARIA KATHERINA FRANK HISTORY: Born: March 4, 1824 in Hassloch, Pfalz, Germany, daughter of Kilian Frank/Franck and Eva Elisabeth Weber (parents died in Haßloch; don't know her siblings). Married: #1 ---- Hoffmann (married in Germany or US?). Married: #2 Heinrich Kemp on September 11, 1849 in Waterloo, Monroe Co., Ill. Died: January 5, 1900 Shiloh, St. Clair County, Illinois. Buried: Shiloh Valley Cemetery., Shiloh, St. Clair Co., Illinois (1) LDS microfilm 488,292 Hassloch Lutheran Church (including families in Böhl, Meckenheim, and Iggelheim). Many family records of her ancestors (Franck and Weber). (2) LDS microfilm 488,291 Hassloch Reformed Church. Many family records of her ancestors (Franck and Weber). Note: John A. Frank in 1840 Census: Monroe Co., Illinois (a relative?) ---------------------------- Germany Research 8) Concordia Historical Institute, St. Louis, Missouri; Microfilm # 1628. Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Wartburg, Monroe Co., Illinois. Gottfried Benjamin Hoffman born in Webers in Frankenburg behind Wittena--, died about Aug. 29, 1843 (possibly her first husband?). (9) Family Register-St. Paul Lutheran Church, Columbus, Illinois; LDS Library Microfilm #1006420: Wilhelm Hoffmann, born Mar 1816 Pfalz (more info about him here). (10) GenWeb Project: Illinois/Monroe County (checked all their sites and records as of 9/2005) (11) Prot.-Kirchengemeinde Martin Luther Strasse 6733 Hassloch, Rheinland-Pfalz (don't have older records) (12) Hauptstaatarchiv Stuttgart Konrad-Adenauer Str. 4 D-7000 Stuttgart 1 (no record) (13) Archiv Der Evangelische Kirch Der Pfalz Grosse Himmelgasse D 6720 Speyer (don't keep church records of Hassloch here). (14) Bistumsarchiv Engelsgasse D 6720 Speyer (only diocese records). (15) Landesarchiv Postfach 16 08 D 6720 Speyer (no records) (16) Gemeindeverwaltung Postfach 360 6733 Hassloch, Pfalz www.hassloch.de gemeinde@hassloch.de (asked for emmigration, sibling, Hoffmann info; 9/10/2005) ¦ Have birth record of Maria Katherina Frank. (17) Fred Krebs www.krebs-onl.de/pfalz/ fred@krebs-onl.de (asked for emmigration record 9/10/2005) ¦ (18) Heimatstelle Pfalz Benzinoring 6 D 6750 Kaiserlautern Emmigration record. (no record) (19) Staatsarchiv Koblenz Karmeliterstrasse 1-3 5400 Koblenz (no record) (20) Institute für Pfälzische Geschichte und Volkskunde Volkskunde D 676657 Kaiserlautern (emmigration records for Palatine from 1700 onward) (need to check) ¦ (21) O'Fallon Public Library 101 West State Street O'Fallon, Illinois 62269-1197 www.ofallonlibrary.org (Ask Librarian email: ofareference@lds.org) Obituary. (no record) (22) Belleville Public Library 121 East Wahington St. Belleville, Illinois 62222 www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/BPL.htm Obituary index of newspapers (1840-1940) in progress 9/2005. (need to check) ¦ Obituary. (no record:1995) (23) St. Louis Public Library/Microfilm Dept. 1301 Olive Street St. Louis, Missouri 63103 Obituary. (no record) (24) St. Louis Archival Library City Hall 12th & Market Streets St. Louis, Missouri 63103 (need to check) ¦ (25) Vital Records Service City of St. Louis 6134 North Grand Blvd. P.O. Box 14702 St. Louis, Missouri 63178 (birth records begin in 1870). (need to check) ¦ (26) Immigration Office St. Louis, Missouri 63100 Naturalization record. (need to know court where it happened) (27) St. Louis Genealogical Society 1695 S. Brentwood Blvd., Suite 203 (28) United Church of Christ Missouri Conference 461 East Lockwood Ave. St. Louis, Missouri 63119 (need to know name of church, and must no longer be in existence). St. Louis, Missouri 63144 (29) IRAD c/o Special Collections Morris Library Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois 62901 (618) 453-3014 Naturalization records. (need to check) ¦ (30) Illinois State Historical Library Springfield, Illinois 62756 (no research for those who are out-of-state). (31) Morrison-Talbot Library 219 Park Street Waterloo, Illinois 62298 (need to check) ¦ (32) Office of Immigration and Naturalization Records Monroe County Courthouse Waterloo, Illinois 62298 (records after 1860). (33) Monroe County Clerk Waterloo, Illinois 62298 (records after 1878) (34) Schildknecht Funeral Home O'Fallon, Illinois 62269 (no response). (35) Swartz Brothers Funeral Home O'Fallon, Illinois 62269 (sent some family records). (36) Guralach & Co. Funeral Home Belleville, Illinois (insufficient address). (37) Heritage Quest Magazine P.O. Box 27161 Salt Lake City, Utah 84127-0161 (38) www.genealogy.com GenForum (message board) Query about her immigration on Frank site(#1320) and (#1321), Franck site(#97), Illinois site(#35574). (39) www.castlegarden.org (only immigration records after 1830) Catherine Hoffmann, age 24 arrived 18 July 1846, origin: Germany, ship: Queen Victoria, from Havre. (this would make her birth approximately 1822). Anna Hoffman(single n) was also on this ship, age 26, origin Germany (born about 1820). No other Hoffmanns or Hoffmans were listed as passengers. (need to check) ¦ (also checked for Catherine/Catherina & Katherine/Katherina Frank/Franck). (40) www.OliveTreeGenealogy.com (have some free databases: info came from National Archives, Microfilm Series M259, (Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, La. 1820-1850 (rolls 1-33): Have record of Catherine Frank (checked Catherina/Katherina/e Frank/Franck). Have record of Catherine Hoffmann & Hoffman (checked Catherine/a, Katherine/a). Searched the free, Passenger Lists to Louisiana (PicoSearch.com), but didn't find these women. (need to check) ¦ (41) www.CousinConnect.com Submitted query (see Kemp #87966). (9/12/2005) Submitted query (see Frank #88198). (9/16/2005) (41) ISTG (Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild) Vol. 1-8 (Searched Catherina/e, Katherina/e, Maria Frank/Franck/Hoffman/nn (no record) (42) www.RootsWeb.com Submitted query (#95). (9/17/2005) (43) O'Fallon Historical Society www.ofallonhistory.org/resources/progress/progress.shtml email: ohs@ofallonhistory.org O'Fallon Progress 1898-1997 Jim Dunn (jdunn@siue.edu) Asked for obituary 9/18/2005). (44) Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Newspaper/Microfim Dept. 112 N. 6th St. Springfield, Illinois 62701-1507 ($1/photocopy in-state; $10 out-of-state) www.alplm.org www.illinoishistory.gov/lib/microfilm.htm (need to check) ¦ (45) Cindy Davis cindyjo@peaknet.net Responded to my email (I asked about newspaper index for Belleville); she gave me web addresses for O'Fallon Historical Society & Bellevillie Public Library. (She's from Shiloh). (46) National Archives Trust Fund P.O.Box 100221 Atlanta, GA 30384-0221 Microfilm M334, roll 58: New Orleans Index 1820-1874 checked Maria Catherina Frank (no record)