UP- Jakob Osterroth 1-0 / Dorothea Kunz 1-0

~ Docitha Osterstroat 1-2 or Dorothea Osterroth 1-2 or Dorothy Ostroth 1-2 ~

Sophia Mary Marshall Marshall 1-3 ~ Mary S Marshall 2-3 ~ Rev John J_Marshall 3-3 ~ Catherine Marshall Kinney 1-3 ~ .
~ Louise Marshall Hyde 1-3 ~ George G Marshall 5-3 ~ Jacob F Marshall 4-3 ~
~ Christopher 'Chris' Marshall 1-3 ~ David L Marshall 3-3 ~ Lydia Marshall 1-3 ~ Harvey Marshall 1-3 ~

Docitha, is the daughter of JAKOB OSTERROTH and DOROTHEA KUNZ and was born in 1831 in Evangelthum, Bayern,Germany. We have found various spellings of Dorothea Osterstroat or Docitha Ostroth and Dorothea Osterroth and Dorothy.

Docitha married JOHN MARSHALL 1-2 John is listed as being born in Bavaria, Germany in 1833.  This is the same year that his parents, George and Elizabethia Marcheal sailed to the U.S.  It is not clear how that happened. John married DOCITHA OSTROTH in Crawford County, Ohio on February 14, 1853. 

Ohio records show Docitha's last name as OSTERSTROAT.  We believe the family changed their surname to Ostroth when the family moved to Michigan.  Also, we believe that Docitha was known as Dorothy after moving to Michigan. Plus, Docitha changed her given name to Dorothy on the 1870 census. John, along with his father and two brothers, George Jr. and Jacob moved farming operations to Maple Grove, Michigan about 1853.  Docitha (Dorothy) and family moved to Michigan around 1866.

Of their 10 children, only David and Harvey were born in Michigan.

Docitha Ostroth

also known as Dorothy Ostroth Marshall.

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