Auguste STORCH

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• Name	Auguste STORCH
  Birth	c.1867/8	Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Emigration	Before Dec 1888	East Prussia, Germany   [3]
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  Immigration	16 Dec 1888	New York City, NY   [2, 3]
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  Person ID	I59371	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Rudolf STORCH,   b. c. 1838, Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia d. 2 Aug 1908, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE (Age 70 years)
  Mother	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   [4]
  	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.
  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

  
  

  Family	Rudolf WITTEK,   b. c. 1866, Prussia
  Marriage	13 Oct 1894	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [1]
  	The couple was married in Wilmington, Delaware by Rev. Paul Isenschmid, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, on 13 October 1894. Hermann Storch and Caroline Storch, the bride's brother and sister, stood as witnesses to the marriage.
  Notes	The 1910 census notes that Augusta had given birth to 8 children, of whom 4 were living in May 1910.
  Children	1. Lena WITTEK,   b. c. 1895, Delaware   2. Rudolf WITTEK,   b. c. 1901, Delaware   3. Paul WITTEK,   b. c. 1904, Delaware   4. Augusta WITTEK,   b. c.1906, Delaware
  Family ID	F7769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S2702] Rudolph Wittek - Augusta Storch, Wilmington, DE marriage return (1894). [S703] Rudolf Storch, SS Furnessia passenger list, 18 December 1888. [S3213] Norway-Heritage, online (http://www.norwayheritage.com/). Emigrant Ships: SS Furnessia, Anchor Line. [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.