NamePeter Phillip HELFERT, GG Grandfather
Birth27 May 1814, Erbach Bei Heppenheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
Immigration5 Jun 1844, Rotterdam To New York, Aboard The Ship, Garonne Age: 30
Death1862, , Jasper, Illinois Age: 47
Burial, Jasper, Illinois (Old St Peters Cemetery)
FatherJohann Georg HELFERT (1769-1843)
MotherMaria Barbara HELFERT (1772-1847)
Misc. Notes
Peter Philip Helfert age 28 farmer from Hesse to USA migrated from Rotterdam to New York aboard Ship: Garonne arriving 5Jun1844 and also Elizabeth Fabian age 21 farmer from Hesse to USA

Had moved to Illinois by Oct 1850 and was on the 1850 Census apparently living on Susanna Haverman’s farm

Database: New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists
December 31, 2005 8:32 PM

Name:Peter Philip Helfert
Passenger: 9
Arrival Date:Jun 5, 1844
Age:28
Gender:M
Port of Arrival:New York
Port of Departure:Rotterdam
Place of Origin:Deutschland
Ship:Garonne , 511 tons
Captain: James Myers
Family Identification:30142477
Microfilm Serial Number:M237
Microfilm Roll Number:54
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: New York. Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 1789-1919. Micropublication M237, rolls # 1-95. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Born second son
Spouses
1Elisabeth FABIAN, GG Grandmother
Birth17 May 1823, Fürth, Odenwald, Germany
Death12 Oct 1906, Ste. Marie Twp, Jasper, Illinois Age: 83
Death MemoAM
Burial13 Oct 1906, Ste. Marie Twp, Jasper, Illinois (Kraus Cemetry/St Valentine?)
Immigration5 Jun 1844, Rotterdam To New York, Aboard The Ship, Garonne Age: 21
FatherJohann Adam FABIAN (1786-1852)
Misc. Notes
Birthday is 17 May 1823 (Ludwig Knapp), Godparent E. Knapp married to Johann Knapp, Wald-Erlenbach

According to 1880 Census,Eliz was widowed, last name Turner(Dirner),living
with Peter Buerster/2

Database: New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists
December 31, 2005 8:36 PM

Name:Elisabeth Fabian
Passenger: 8
Arrival Date:Jun 5, 1844
Age:21
Gender:F
Port of Arrival:New York
Port of Departure:Rotterdam
Place of Origin:Deutschland
Ship:Garonne , 511 tons
Captain: James Myers
Family Identification:30142476
Microfilm Serial Number:M237
Microfilm Roll Number:54
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: New York. Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 1789-1919. Micropublication M237, rolls # 1-95. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Note: Record Adrian Faben Jun 5, 1844 26 M Rotterdam Deutschland Garonne (possible brother?)
Marriageabt 1847, , Posey, Indiana
ChildrenMargaret (Died as Infant) (1848-1849)
 Maria Elizabeth (1849-1889)
 Bernard (1850-1928)
 Mary Gertrude (Twin) (1852-1911)
 Eva E. (Twin) (1852-1869)
 Anna C. (1856-)
 Margaret (1859-1938)
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