Hello Group Members:
David W. Dellinger has requested that I post the following message for him,
because of glitch in his Yahoo account. What follows is David's message.
I have a question about the immigration of Valentin Dellinger, one of the "Three
Tenors", oops, I mean "Three Brothers" of Oberacker - Martin, Philipp and
Valentin, who were cousins of Jacob Dellinger who immigrated to, and settled
around, Philadelphia.
I believe that generally folks would say that Valentin immigrated on the ship
Christian whose passengers qualified at Philadelphia on 13 Sep 1749. This is
because there is a Veltin Dellinger on the passenger list, and 'Veltin' is a
known diminutive for the German given name of Valentin. It is a pleasant
surprise to see a Dellinger listed as a Dellinger.
Consider:
Jacob Dellinger, arriving 27 Aug 1733 on the ship Elizabeth appears as Tilliner,
Dellinger, and Tillingor.
Georg Philipp Dellinger, arriving 5 Sep 1738 on the ship Winter Galley appears
as Follinger and Dollinger.
Martin Dellinger, arriving 27 Oct 1739 on the ship St. Andrew appears as
Tiligin, Döllinger and Dollinger.
Now consider that on 19 Sep 1752, a Johan Vallentin Fehrlinger arrives on the
ship Edinburgh. There is no 'Ferhlinger' in the modern German telephone book
casting doubt on whether that was ever a German surname. We know from the
Ortssippenbuch Oberacker that Valentin's full name is Johann Valentin Dellinger,
and it is no great stretch of imagination to accept Fehrlinger for Dellinger. We
already have Follinger for Dellinger, and Tiligin and Tilliner (What had those
immigration officials been drinking?). Also, Valentin was the youngest of the
foursome, so logically (although not necessarily) he might emigrate last. Also,
Valentin's last child is born 4 Feb 1749, and the Ortssippenbuch Oberacker
doesn't show the child dying in Oberacker. Valentin would probably have had to
leave Oberacker in July at the latest to arrive in Philadelphia by 13 Sep 1749,
making his child at the most five months old.
Valentin's daughter, four years old, has just died in May. His son is five
months old. He must have known something about the infant mortality rate due to
the rigors of overseas travel. Granted, his brother Philipp emigrates with a
five-month old infant (as far as we know) in 1750, and so did many other
immigrant families. But I just like to give "my ancestors" the benefit of good
sense.
Is there any documentation that supports a 1749 emigration date for Valentin as
more likely than a 1752 date?
David W. Dellinger
Don
Ye olde Dellinger list co-manager
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