Margaret Gohl (1855 - 1911) Great Great Grandmother
Margaret Gohl (Great, Great Grandmother) was the mother of my Great-Grandmother, Anna Nelson Gibb. This image was posted on Ancestry.com from another of her relative's family tree: According to Census Records, Margaret was born in July, 1855 in Williamsburgh, Kings County, New York. to father Joseph Gohl (age 31) and mother Victoria Schmidt Gohl (age 26). According to the 1855 census, Margaret's parents lived in the 16th Ward of Kings County and their occupations were listed as Tailor and Tailoress. Joseph was born April 6, 1824 in Ettenheimmünster, Baden, Germany and Victoria was born June, 1829 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Margaret had one sister, Josephine (who may have died as a child) and three brothers, Joseph Gohl Jr, Bernhardt and William Gohl. Dethlef Nehlson (My Great Great Grandfather) On September 16, 1874, Margaretha Gohl (age 18) married Dethlef Nehlson (22), also known as John. Dethlef was also a tailor. In the 1875 census, t...