All 20 European locations with the interactive map and complete readable location list. Evidence qualifications remain attached to each place.
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Filled circles: documented or reported places. Open circles: suspected or unverified family links. Shared places carry several colors.
Open diamonds: ports in passenger-list leads. Dashed connections link the departure and arrival ports named in those records. The voyages are recorded, but the passengers have not been proved to be our ancestors. These lines are schematic connections, not the ships’ actual courses. The world map separately shows Delia’s petition-reported journey, Thomas’s 1912 crossing and Peter’s arrival marker, with their own evidence.
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European places & research leads
Explore the places already connected to the evidence below. A mapped research lead is not proof of an ancestral home.
- Roling
- Bange
- Morrison
- Kunkel
Morrison: Kilmovee is now a parish-level location in Thomas’s records; the wider family identification remains qualified. Queenstown marks Delia’s and Thomas’s departure port, not a family home. Kunkel: no precise European locality is established here.
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All 20 European locations
- Ochtrup, Germany
Roling · Suspected family connection
Ochtrup, Germany — Bernard Roling candidate: baptism, 29 May 1820; American identity not proved — Suspected family connection
- Naples, Italy
Roling · Confirmed
Naples, Italy — Johnny Roling: hospital card, August 1944; 37th General Hospital; city pin, not hospital — Confirmed
- Riesenbeck, Germany
Bange · Suspected family connection
Riesenbeck, Germany — Bange records: marriage 1776; baptism 1789; American family connection not proved — Suspected family connection
- Bokeloh near Meppen, Germany
Bange · Suspected family connection
Bokeloh near Meppen, Germany — Bange records: marriage 1822; baptism 1827; 1827 child may be Missouri Henry; unproved — Suspected family connection
- Maikammer, Germany
Roling · Suspected family connection
Maikammer, Germany — Magdalena Wintz candidate: baptism, September 1827; American identity and exact birthday unresolved — Suspected family connection
- Langula, Germany
Roling · Suspected family connection
Langula, Germany — Joh. Heinr. Bickel: passenger candidate, 1848; Langula association; not a proved birthplace — Suspected family connection
- Adligenswil, Switzerland
Bange · Unverified tree lead
Adligenswil, Switzerland — Jacob Widmer: shared-tree birthplace lead; Town and date not verified by reviewed records — Unverified tree lead
- Herzlake, Germany
Bange · Suspected family connection
Herzlake, Germany — Brüggen / Feld: marriage, 1833; Helena Angela Brüggen: baptism, 1837 — Suspected family connection
- Groß Dohren, Germany
Bange · Suspected family connection
Groß Dohren, Germany — Helena Angela Brüggen’s parents: residence, 1837; Reported in the Herzlake baptism entry — Suspected family connection
- Helte, Germany
Bange · Suspected family connection
Helte, Germany — Bange family residence: baptism candidate, 1827; German child’s American identity unresolved — Suspected family connection
- Wattenwil, Bern, Switzerland
Bange · Suspected family connection
Wattenwil, Bern, Switzerland — Elisabeth Widmer, born Reber: origin reported 1870; Historical Wattenweil identification remains provisional — Suspected family connection
- Bremen — departure port
Roling · Passenger-list lead — family identity not proved.
Bremen — departure port — Anna Budde · Ottilie · arrival New York 11 June 1860; Joh. Heinr. Bickel · Agnes · New Orleans 27 Nov 1848; Departure dates unknown; both identities unproved
- Ballwil, Lucerne, Switzerland
Bange · Swiss originals reviewed; American family link unproved.
25. Ballwil, Lucerne, Switzerland. Swiss originals reviewed; American family link unproved.
- Rothenburg, Lucerne, Switzerland
Bange · Swiss originals reviewed; American family link unproved.
26. Rothenburg, Lucerne, Switzerland. Swiss originals reviewed; American family link unproved.
- Rain, Lucerne, Switzerland
Bange · Swiss originals reviewed; American family link unproved.
Rain’s 1816 baptism and the 1803 Widmer–Waler marriage recorded at Hochdorf support a Swiss family. The exact 1803 venue and American connection remain unproved.
- Philippsburg, Germany
Bange · German records reviewed; American family link supported by Cecilia’s obituary.
28. Philippsburg, Germany: German original-record research lead; American family connection supported by Cecilia Walter’s obituary.
- Östringen, Germany
Bange · German records reviewed; American family link supported by Cecilia’s obituary.
29. Östringen, Germany: German original-record research lead; American family connection supported by Cecilia Walter’s obituary.
- Le Havre, France — departure port
Bange / Walter · Recorded voyage; family identification qualified
John Curtis left Havre and arrived in New Orleans on January 15, 1854. Franz and Cecilia Walter with eight children are a strong candidate family group, not fully proved.
- Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland — departure port
Morrison / Morrisroe · Recorded departure port; different evidence for each voyage
Delia’s petition reports Queenstown departure in March 1899 on Teutonic, day left blank. Thomas’s Lusitania manifest records departure June 9, 1912 and New York arrival June 15.
- Kilmovee, County Mayo, Ireland
Morrison / Morrisroe · Parish-level family record location; identification qualified
Thomas’s 1912 Lusitania manifest gives Kilmovee as last residence and birthplace, and places his father Pat at Raherolish, Kilmovee, County Mayo. The townland spelling remains qualified.
Original Rain and Rothenburg baptisms, two Ballwil marriage entries and the 1803 Widmer–Waler marriage recorded in Hochdorf’s register now support a Swiss family. The 1803 date/place chain points to Rain, but the exact ceremony venue remains uncertain. Its connection to the later American family remains unproved. Open numbered callouts connect to the true town points; the labels have not moved those points.
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3. Ochtrup, Germany · 5. Naples, Italy · 9. Maikammer, Germany · 10. Langula, Germany · 11. Adligenswil, Switzerland · 21. Wattenwil, Bern, Switzerland
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