Wolsgrover/Wolsgruber
Hi,
I am looking for information on my dad's side. My maiden name is Grover, but prior to that, our surnames have been spelled several ways: Wolsgrover, Wolfsgrover, Wolsgruber. My 6th great grandfather, Christoph Balthasar Wolsgrover (Wolsgruber) came to Maine from Germany in the 1700s.
Thank u!
Betty Grover Kontio
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Permalink Reply by David Leighr -
Hello,
I have a copy of a book- "Broad Bay Pioneers, 18th century gernan-speaking settlers of present day Waldoboro, Maine". by Wilford Whitiker and published by Picton Press. Piction Press publishes genealogy books,
This book lists a Christopher Wolfsgruber aged 25 coming to Broad Bay aboard the 1753 ship Elisabeth. Information on this ship is in a book by Brigitte Burkett, "Emigrants from Baden and Wurttemberg in the Eighteenth Century Vol 1, Baden- Durlach and vicinity." There is much more on the family name Wolfsgruber in the Broadbay book.
I am researching Peter Lehr, a revolutionary veteran and son of Johann Henri Lehr who arrived in 1753 on the Lydia.
Good luck and I hope this was helpful.
David Leighr
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