A Seelitz Wedding

April 9, 1817 was the birthday of Johanna Rosine Poppitz.  She was born in the town of Seelitz in Germany.  She and her family sailed to America aboard the Copernicus in 1838, arriving in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve.  Her husband-to-be, Gottfried Noennig, traveled on the same ship.  Their towns in Germany were 36 … More A Seelitz Wedding