Johannes Rohrbach

  General Notes:

Johannes Rohrbach and family are listed in the New York Passengers:1851-1891 data base at ancestry.com. I believe this to be the correct family because: 1) they arrive Nov. 19, 1860, 2) the mother is listed as Catherine Rohrbach, born 1826, 3) the youngest child is Rosine Rohrbach, age 7/12, 4) they are from Switzerland, and 5) the facts just listed are consistent with 1870 and 1880 census records discribing the actual family. This immigration list includes other family members: Andreas Rohrbach, age 14, Catherine Rohrbach, age 11, Anna Rohrbach, age 5, and Rosine, 7 months. The ship's name is recorded as Mercury and the port of departure was Le Havre, France. (This list is from the National Archives, Washington, D.C.: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York 1820-1897. Micropublication M237, Rolls #95-580.)

The 1870 Federal Census, Town of Liberty, Sullivan Co., N.Y., page 571, records John Rorebock, age 45, wife Kate, age 44, with children Andrew (24), Ann (16), Rosa (10), John (8), Michael (6), and Caroline (3). All are born in Switzerland except the three youngest children.

The 1880 Federal Census, Town of Liberty, Sullivan Co., N.Y., ED# 100, page 198D, records John Roorbrook, age 55, wife Kate, age 454, with children John (18), Michael (16), Carrie (12), and Lucy (6). The next page records Andrew Roahbork (Roohbook-35) with wife Kate (35) and children Hattie (8), Hannah (6), John (4), and Libbie (2).

Johannes married Katherina (Kate) Jaggi, daughter of Living and Living, on 15 Jan 1845 in Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland. (Katherina (Kate) Jaggi was born on 27 Jan 1826 in Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland, died on 28 Sep 1905 in Germania, Potter Co., Ohio and was buried in Germania, Potter Co., Ohio.)