Gorgon Volz^{[1, 2]}

1784 - 1863  (78 years)

• Name	Gorgon Volz
  Birth	24 Nov 1784	Gamshurst, , Baden, Germany   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1830	Baltimore, , Maryland, United States   [4, 5]
  	Determined in part from son's (Michael) 1900 Census Information. As Michael was about 6 years old at the time of his immigration the assumption is that he came with his parents. Source Bibliography: «tab» BALTIMORE PORT. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore 1820-1834, from Customs Passenger Lists. General ed. Michael H. Tepper. Transcribed by Elizabeth P. Bentley. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. 786p. Page: «tab»698
  Name	Gorgonius George Volz
  Death	18 May 1863	Laughery, Ripley, Indiana, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I4658	Emmert-Tipton
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Michael Volz,   b. 12 Oct 1758, Gamshurst, , Baden, Germany d. 28 Oct 1817 (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Katharina Koch,   b. 31 Jan 1761, Gamshurst, , Baden, Germany d. 23 Feb 1795 (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F1629	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Justina Schell,   b. 8 May 1797, Gamshurst, , Baden, Germany d. 11 Nov 1877, Morris, Ripley, Indiana, United States (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	12 Feb 1817	Gamshurst, , Baden, Germany   [3]
  		Marriage Certificate _TYPE: PHOTO
  		Marriage Certificate Translation _TYPE: PHOTO
  Children	1. Martha Volz,   b. 1815, Gamshurst, , Baden, Germany d. 11 Jul 1881, Laughery, Ripley, Indiana, United States (Age 66 years)   2. Michael Volz,   b. 2 Nov 1817, Buhl, , Baden, Germany d. 3 Apr 1820, Gamshurst, , Baden, Germany (Age 2 years)   3. Adelheid Altala Volz,   b. 17 Jan 1818, Gamshurst, , Baden, Germany d. 12 Apr 1869, Oldenburg, Franklin, Indiana, United States (Age 51 years)   4. Quirin Volz,   b. 1820   d. 2 Feb 1875, Brookville, Franklin, Indiana, United States (Age 55 years)   5. Anselm Johann Volz,   b. 1822, Germany, , , d. 1897, Morris, Ripley, Indiana, United States (Age 75 years) + 6. Michael Volz,   b. Abt Aug 1825, Baden, , , Germany d. 4 Oct 1906 (Age ~ 81 years)   7. Moritz Volz,   b. 22 Sep 1826, Gamshurst, , Baden, Germany d. 10 Aug 1890, Morris, Ripley, Indiana, United States (Age 63 years)   8. Eleanora Volz,   b. 1829, Gamshurst, , Baden, Germany d. 1863 (Age 34 years)   9. Sybilla Volz,   b. 4 Apr 1831, Baden, , , Germany d. 22 Feb 1869, Ripley, , Indiana, United States (Age 37 years)   10. Joseph Volz,   b. 1833, Maryland, , , United States d. 1908 (Age 75 years)   11. William Volz,   b. 1836, Pennsylvania, , , United States d. 4 Sep 1918, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States (Age 82 years)   12. Catherine Volz,   b. 1838, Indiana, , , United States d. 1910, Indiana, , , United States (Age 72 years)   13. Caroline Volz,   b. 11 Jan 1838, Morris, Ripley, Indiana, United States d. 1857, Indiana, , , United States (Age 18 years) + 14. Mary Margaret Volz,   b. 16 Jul 1842, Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana, United States d. 21 Aug 1914, Ripley, Franklin, Indiana, United States (Age 72 years)   15. John Volz,   b. 1848, Indiana, , , United States d. 1848, Indiana, , , United States (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F1628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Immigration - 1830 - Baltimore, , Maryland, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Family _TYPE: PHOTO
  		22643936.jpg _TYPE: PHOTO

  
  

• Sources

  [S393] Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), accessed 2 Oct 2011), Gorgonius George Volz in "Douglas Schneider family tree" (Reliability: 3). [S254] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), citing microfilm 0538600 for batch 7022517, sheet 88, downloaded 12 Dec 2010 (Reliability: 3). [S254] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), downloaded 12 Dec 2010 (Reliability: 3). [S392] Michael H. Tepper, editor, Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore 1820-1834, from CUstoms Passenger Lists, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 19825.), 698. (Reliability: 3). [S322] 1900 US Federal Census, (www.familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T623, Adams Township, Ripley, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 0116, sheet 9A, family 195, accessed 27 Feb 2011 (Reliability: 2).