Rudolf STORCH^[1]

1838 - 1908  (70 years)

• Name	Rudolf STORCH
  Birth	c. 1838	Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	Before Dec 1888	East Prussia, Germany   [4]
  	(see Family information below)
  Immigration	16 Dec 1888	New York City, NY   [3, 4]
  	(see Family information below)
  Death	2 Aug 1908	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [5]
  	Rudolf died in Wilmington, Delaware on 2 August 1908. He was 69 years old. Cause of death was noted as "exhaustion from gangrene of lung".
  Burial	5 Aug 1908	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [5]
  	His remains were interred at Riverview Cemetery in Wilmington, Delaware on 5 August 1908.
  Person ID	I30142	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Gebhard Carl STORCH
  Mother	(unknown)
  Family ID	F5801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline DANIELEWSKI,   b. 13 Dec 1832, Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia d. 6 Mar 1925, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	14 Apr 1861	Gross Schmuckwalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia   [6]
  	Carrie and Rudolf were married at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gross Schmuckwalde, East Prussia where Carrie had been baptized 28 years earlier.
  Notes	The 1900 census notes that Carrie had given birth to 12 children, of whom 5 were living in June 1900.
  Children	1. Edward Hermann STORCH,   b. 24 Dec 1862, Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia d. 13 Jan 1866, Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia (Age 3 years)   2. Auguste STORCH,   b. c.1867/8, Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia   3. Ottilie STORCH,   b. Apr 1870, Prussia, Germany d. Before 20 May 1907 (Age 37 years)   4. Hermann O. STORCH,   b. c. 1872, Prussia d. Feb 1958, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE (Age 86 years)   5. Caroline STORCH,   b. c.1873, Germany
  Photos		SS Furnessia, c.1880. Built for Anchor Line by Barrow Shipbuilding Company at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. Launched 19 October 1880. Maiden voyage 17 February 1881. Sold for scrapping 1911.
  		Castle Garden Immigrant Station (1855 - 1890), at the Southern tip of Manhattan.
  Histories		German Immigration
  		Castle Garden: The Forgotten Gateway
  Family ID	F1608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  1900 US Census / Radek, Edward 30 Lamotte St, Wilmington, DE

  
  

• Notes

  1889: Rudolph Storck, blacksmith [boards at 713 Wright] 1890: Rudolph Storck, blacksmith [boards at 713 Wright] 1892: Rudolph Stork, blacksmith @ PPC Co [home, 30 Lamotte] 1894: Rudolph, Storch, laborer [home 30 Lamotte] 1895: Rudolph Storck, blacksmith @ S&H Co [home, 2102 Lamotte] 1897: Rudolph Stroch, blacksmith (Carrie) [home 30 Lamotte] 1898: Rudolph Storch, blacksmith @ H&J Co (Carrie) [homee, 2102 Lamotte] 1900: Rudolph Storh, blacksmith @ S&H Co (Caroline) [home, 2102 Lamotte]

  
  

• Sources

  [S449] Evangelische Kirche Groß Schmückwalde (Kr. Osterode), Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1823-1870, Groß Schmückwalde, ((Salt Lake City, UT : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971) ), FHL INTL Film 0904724.. p. 837, item 4. Marriage record Rudolf Storch & Caroline Sobota, née Danielewski, widow of Michael Sobota. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Rudolf Storch gravestone inscription, Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington, DE; downloaded 13 August 2014. [S703] Rudolf Storch, SS Furnessia passenger list, 18 December 1888. [S3213] Norway-Heritage, online (http://www.norwayheritage.com/). Emigrant Ships: SS Furnessia, Anchor Line. [S1817] Rudolph Storch, Wilmington, DE death return (1908). [S449] Evangelische Kirche Groß Schmückwalde (Kr. Osterode), Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1823-1870, Groß Schmückwalde, ((Salt Lake City, UT : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971) ), FHL INTL Film 0904724.. p. 837, item 4. Marriage record for Rudolf Storch & Caroline Sobota, née Danielewski, widow of Michael Sobota.