In the year 1867 my gr.-gr.-grandparents Friedrich/Frederick Willmann (*17.8.1834 in Gnoien) and Sophie/Lena Willmann (maiden name Rathsack, *21.11.1832 in Strohkirchen) emigrated from Gnoien in Mecklenburg/Germany to America with their three youngest children Friedrich/Frederick (*ab. 1860), Auguste(a) (*ab. 1863) and Wilhelm/William (*ab. 1866) leaving their eldest daughter (my gr.-grandmother Sophie) in Germany. The family arrived in New York on Aug. 26th,1867.



In the 1880 United States Census I have found the family (now written as “Wilman”) in Utica/Oneida County/New York with two more children: Charles (*ab. 1869 in NY) and Louisa (*ab. 1871 in NY). After that I did not find any more information in the 1890 Census or other sources about the family.