Godparents at his baptism were Petro Nicolas Justen, Sodali (friend) of Erden & Anna Maria Ketter, Virgine of Loesenich. At age 34, Petrus Nicholaus Simon emigrated from Erden, Rhineland via Havre, France. He arrived in New York on August 11,1847, preceding the remaining Simon family to the U.S. by 3 years, according to his naturalization paper dated August 6, 1852 in the Spencer County, Indiana Court. Brothers Martin, John, and J. Stephen Simon, and -in-law Michael Muehlbauer were naturalized on the same date. No records after 1852 have been located for Petrus Nicholaus. He was not listed as an heir to his father's estate in 1856, and may have been deceased. |