Anna Katharina Nicolai (1862 - 1938)

Born 2 Mar 1862 in Rossdorf, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany

Wife of Jacob K Penner — married 28 Oct 1882 in Clay, Nebraska, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Mar 1938 at age 76 in Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska, United States

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Biography

Katherine Nicolai Penner was born at Rossdorf, Hessen Germany, March 2, 1862. She came to the United with her parents, two brothers and two sisters when she was 4 years old in 1866. The family sailed from Bremen, Germany via Southampton, England to New York on the maiden voyage of the Steamship S S Deutschland 1866, Oct. 14, 1866 and arrived in New York, Oct. 29, 1866. The family most likely processed through Castle Gardens at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, New York and then traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Nov. 1866. The Nicolai Family are listed as passengers in the Steerage and Second Class on the ship.

In 1878 Katherine moved with her family from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Sutton, Nebraska where she received catechetical instruction and was confirmed in the German Lutheran Church. She married Jacob K Penner on Oct. 28, 1882 and their first home was near Hampton. Later then moved to Trenton and finally to Henderson, Nebraska where they owned their home. Katherine and her husband were the parents of 12 children. She passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anna Sophia Risden, Aurora, Nebraska, Feb 26, 1938.

The S S Deutschland 1866 wrecked on a voyage from Bremen, via Southampton, New York, December 6, 1875 during a storm and fog at Kentish Knock, England. The shipwreck was in a shallow area of sea near southeast England and 175 passengers survived and 157 passesngers and Captian died. The shipwreck was memorialized in the famous long poem written by Gerald Manley Hopkins, The Wreck of the Deutschland.

Sources

• United States Frderal Census, 1900 Kate[sic] Penner Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

• United States Federal Census, 1910 Katherine Penner Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

• United States Federal Census, 1920 Anna K Penner Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).

• United States Federal Census, 1930 Katherine Penner Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

• Passenger Ships and Images S S Deutschland 1866 Ancestry.com. Passenger Ships and Images [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Various maritime reference sources.

• New York passenger List, 1820-1957 Catherine Nicolas [sic] Name listed under mother's name, Maria Nicolas [sic] Year: 1866; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 273; Line: 11; List Number: 1203 Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C.

• Find-A-Grave Memorial # 26898089 Anna Katharina Nicolai Penner

• Obituary Katherine Penner Republican-Register, Aurora, Nebraska, date unk, 1938.

• S S Deutschland, 1866 Ships of our Ancestors, Michael J. Anuta, 1983; Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, page 75.