__ _Johan Peter WILLEMS _| | |__ _Bernard WILLEMS ___| | | __ | |_Maria SCHEULS _______| | |__ | |--Peter WILLEMS | | __ | _Johan Peter KRÄSSER _| | | |__ |_Catharine KRÄSSER _| | __ |_Barbara DORIJ _______| |__
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Berlingen, Diocese of Trier, is in modern Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany.
Records of the Catholic Church of Kirchweiler, Germany
"On 1 Sept born and baptized: Peter, legit son of Bernard Willem and Catharina
Kremer of Berlingen. Sponsors: Peter Kremer & Anna Margareth Merles of Heroth."
"On 17 Sept after banns were announced, married at Berlingen: Peter Willems, legit
son of Bernard Willems & the late Catharina Cremer, and Maria Gertrud Ernst, legit
dau of the late Johann Wilhelm Ernst & Catharine Kroels."
Undated Catholic Church census of Kirchweiler, Germany
"Family of Bernard Wilhelms (Willems) and Katharina Kremer of Berlingen:
Peter: born 1 Sept 1815
Anna Katharina: born 23 Nov 1817; died 1838
Wife died 19 Dec 1818"
"Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 1789-1919"
Micropublication M237, rolls # 1-95.
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
http://www.ancestry.com/
Peter, Gertrude and Elizabeth Willems arrived on Aug 12, 1843 aboard the "Lucilla".
Records of St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church
5480 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221
http://www.saintspeterandpaulchurch.com/
1850 US Federal Census
Amherst, Erie, NY
Roll: M432_500 Page: 274
1855 New York State Census
Amherst, Erie, NY
provide by: Amherst Museum
Niederlander Research Library
3755 Tonawanda Creek Rd.
Amherst, NY 14228
1870 & 1880 US Federal Census
Williamsville, Erie, NY
1870: Series: M593 Roll: 929 Page: 391
1880: Roll: T9_826; Page: 28C
Special thanks to Tracy Williams Wagner
[twagner@grasshoppernet.com] for Williams family information.