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Christina Goeringer

Female Bef 1867 -


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  • Name Christina Goeringer 
    Born Bef 1867 
    • based on spouse's age
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 12558 
    Person ID I12558  kukkusfamilies

    Family Heinrich Bitter,   b. Bef 1867 
    Children 
    +1. Peter Henry-Harry Bitter,   b. 24 Sep 1887, Lauwe, Samara, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1969, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     2. Marie Bitter,   b. 1891, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Family ID F3829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Comments from Spencer L Fraise:

      Description: This is my 2nd great grandmother, her daughter Marie Bitter is my great grandmother.

      I have a story handed down to me by my grandmother Esther (Marie's daughter) stating the following about Christina (or Kristine as written on Marie and Peter's manifest when they came to the US on the SS Republic in 1907).

      I haven't been able to find any information on her or her other son that she remained behind in Russia with. The only record I can find that connects her to my great grandmother is the SS Republic manifest. Maybe posting the story will help others who may have a similar story and may have more information regarding her and her son.

      The story goes:
      In the year 1891 Mary Bitter was born in Volgograd, Russia. When Mary was 8 years old her father died. Mary's mother Christina, planned to leave the hard life in Russia and to take her three children to the United States. As the four were being given a physical examination in order to leave the country the youngest child, a boy was found to have an eye defect. Christina was told that her son could not leave Russia because of it. So with a love that only a mother knows she bid farewell to 17 year old Peter and 15 year old Mary. She put them on a ship bound for the United States and intended to follow when her son's eyes got better. She was never able to do so, remaining in Russia with her son. She eventually died enroute to Siberia. Peter and Mary went to Sugar City, Colorado to live with other immigrant families where they worked in the cantaloupe fields to support themselves.

      My grandmother (Esther) traveled to Germany with her brother Ben around 2000 and met with some relatives living there. They were told that Christina did not actually die enroute to Siberia but actually survived the war.