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- entry for BLATT, William, 11 February 2003
- entry for FULLBRIGHT, Diane, 11 February 2003
- entry for GARCIA, Leona, 11 February 2003
- entry for HICKS, Sheryl COOPER, 11 February 2003
- entry for HILL, J. Bruce, 11 February 2003
- entry for JOHNSON, Jeff, 11 February 2003
- entry for KARGES, Robert, 11 February 2003
- entry for KREINER, Mary, 11 February 2003
- entry for MANOLATOS, Sylvia HOHMANN, 11 February 2003
- entry for MCCANN, Janet, 11 February 2003
- entry for PATRYLICK, Kathryn, 11 February 2003
- entry for PUTNAM, Sue, 11 February 2003
- entry for RAMEY, Lorraine, 11 February 2003
- entry for SCHMIDT, Ray, 11 February 2003
- entry for SEBLONKA, Peter, 11 February 2003
- entry for TEMNIUK, Anita SCHLUPP, 11 February 2003
- entry for WALLISCH, Volker, 11 February 2003


BLATT, William
eMail address: WRBlatt@aol.com
(Lutheran)

I am looking for information on Johann GAHN and his wife, Elisabeth (last name unknown), both born about 1804 in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. They married in Germany and four of their children were born in Germany. They immigrated to the United States in 1840, sailing from Le Havre on the ship "Silvie de Grasse" and arriving at the port of New York on 27 August 1840. The children immigrating with them were: Conrad, 11; Elisabeth, 5; Maria, 4; and Marguerite, 1. Johann died March 1880 in Sandusky county Ohio and Elisabeth died November 1891 in Sandusky county Ohio. Their religion was Lutheran. They attended the Salem Lutheran Church in Sandusky county (near Fremont), which was a German-speaking church. They later attended Faith Lutheran Church after the Salem Church congregation split. Faith Lutheran back then was also known as Mud Creek, St. Paul or Hetrick. It is on U.S. 20, west of Fremont, Ohio.


FULLBRIGHT, Diane
eMail address: fullbright62206@msn.com

I am looking for any information about George NOLL. From what I have found, he immigrated to New York, USA from Schwarz, Oberhessen, Hessen, Germany in 1881 with his wife, Maria, and children Maria, George, Heinrich, and Cathrina. George was born 23 April 1841. He moved from New York to South Carolina and then to St. Louis, Missouri. Charles and John NOLL were born in South Carolina. George was the son of Johann Heinrich NOLL and Cathrina BECKER. I would appreciate any help that I can get.

GARCIA, Leona
eMail address: lgarcia@ncia.com

I am looking for the ancestors of Johann Georg HERMAN, possibly HERMANN, born 16 December 1864 at Hussenbach-Linevo Osero, Saratov, Volga, Russia and his sons, Johann Georg HERMAN, born 1883, Heinrich HERMAN, born 1892, and Fredrich HERMAN, born 1891. The sons immigrated to the United States in the early 1900's. We know the family is originally from Hesse, Germany, but we do not know where in Hesse or when they were there.


HICKS, Sheryl COOPER
eMail address: hickschick3@aol.com
(Lutheran)

I am researching the Andreas LAPP and Barbura KRAUSHAAR families of Hesse-Kassel, Germany. My great-grandfather was Edward Andrew LAPP who was born 14 December 1861 at Buffalo, Erie county, New York. His parents were Andreas LAPP, born 1827 in "Kus Hessen" and Barbura KRAUSHAAR born 1834 in "Kus Hessen," per the 1880 U.S. census for Upper Alton, Madison county Illinois. On this census (which does not include Edward Andrew LAPP) is a sister Katie LAPP born about 1866 at Upper Alton (?), Illinois. Edward Andrew LAPP married Julia Anna WINN on 15 October 1890 at Whitehall, Illinois. On the marriage license application, Edward lists his place of birth as Buffalo, New York and his parents as from Hesse-Kassel, Germany. Family oral history is minimal and I am unaware of any family papers. Edward and Julia had the following chidlren: 1) Walter Edward born 9 October 1892 at Upper Alton, Illinois; 2) George Ralph born 12 December 1893 at Whitehall, Illinois, died February 1963 at Miami, Dade county, Florida; and 3) Winnona Elva born 23 April 1894 at Whitehall, Illinois, died after 1950. There may have been a set of stillborn twins prior to their migrating to Flagler county, Florida where they had two more children: 4) Eleda Katherine born 14 June 1899; and 5) Louise Lillian (my grandmother) born 27 May 1904, died 1990 in Volusia county, Florida. Edward Andrew was in the US Merchant Marine during part of the time he lived in Illinois. His father, Andreas, was a wagonmaker. My great-grandparents attended the Luthern church. I am interested in finding Andreas LAPPs parents and siblings, date of immigration, and the parents and siblings of Barbara KRAUSHAAR, who we were told he married "on the boat." Since finding the place of birth on the 1880 census, I am wondering what "Kus" is. A dukedom, a duchy? Is it even a place? The census states their parents were born there also.


HILL, J. Bruce
eMail address: jbhill@cox.net
Website: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/i/l/John-B-Hill

I am researching my grandfather, Jacob John HILL, who was born at Reckrod, Hesse-Nassau, Germany on 14 November 1871. He died at Rochester, Monroe county, New York USA on 14 February 1950. He immigrated to the U.S. about 1888. I am very interested in learning more about a brewery that he co-owned in Germany. It was called Hill or Hill's Brudern Brauerei (Hill or Hill's Brothers Brewery). I understand that at the time it was one of Germany's largest breweries and I was also told that it was destroyed during World War I. Jacob married Regina Josepha NEIDERT on 23 November 1897 in Rochester, New York. Regina was born 25 December 1874 at Steinbach, Hunfeld, Germany. She died 1 March 1941 in Rochester, New York. My grandfather had three brothers: Joseph, Albert and Emil. Albert remained in Germany. He also had three sisters: Caroline, Katherine Anna and Theresa. Katherine immigrated to the U.S. and died at Rochester, New York. Regina had four sisters and two brothers (one who died in Germany). All immigrated to the USA. The children of my grandparents are: Peter, Milton (died as a baby), Albert, Clarence, Oscar (my father), Lillian, Jacob, Jr., Rosemary, William and Joseph. All have died but Rosemary and her memory is not good.


JOHNSON, Jeff
eMail address: tberg@bitwisesystems.com
(Protestant ?)

I am looking for any information on Johannes STAHL, born 2 February 1827 in the Hesse-Kassel region. His father's name was Johannes and his mother's name is likely Maria. He may have had a brother named Heinrich. I found a Heinrich STALL who was married in Fulton county Illinois in 1852, but no other traces of him. The younger Johannes immigrated to North American sometime between 1836 and 1849. In the U.S. he was known as John STELL. His citizenship certificate and his marriage registration show his name as John STALL. I have seen the name in a book as STILL and I have a picture of my grandmother on which is hand-written STAHL. He married Rebecca RAY (an Irish immigrant) on 8 December 1851 in Fulton County Illinois, USA. He died 6 December 1898 in Fulton county, Illinois. My grandmother told me that Johannes came into the USA through the port of New Orleans (as a stowaway) on a ship and made his way up to Illinois through St. Louis with only $5.00. He eventually acquired a farm of over 600 acres. Johannes and Rebecca had four children: Mary Ann STELL (born 1854, died 12 July 1855); Arthur STELL (born 12 November 1855, died 16 January 1928); Roseanne STELL (born 4 April 1859, died 9 October 1941); and William Dexter STELL (born 18 July 1868, died 11 January 1945). William is my great-grandfather. I believe that the family was Protestant as that is what Johannes' granddaughter was.



KARGES, Robert
eMail address: rbkarges@prodigy.net

I am looking for the ancestors of my great-grandfather, George KARGES, who, according to the 1880 U.S. census, was born in Kassel, Germany in 1837. He immigrated to the United States in 1872 and resided in Clay county, Minnesota as a farmer and later at Fargo, North Dakota. He married Barbara FRANK who was also born in Kassel in 1836. Both died in 1918 at Fargo, North Dakota. They had seven children: Mary, Barbara, and Emma who were all born in Kassel; William born in New York; and Amelia, Henry and John born in Minnesota.


KREINER, Mary
eMail address: MCM736@aol.com

I am looking for the family of Adam KREINER who was born in Limburg, Hesse, Prussia, Germany in 1826. In 1850 he was living in New Albion, Cattaraugus county, New York. He married Ottili (last name unknown) who was born in 1831 at Frankfort, Hesse-Nassau, Germany. Their children were: Odelia (born 1851), Julia and Josephine (twins), Adam, Ferdinand, George, Frank, Mary and Albert (Bertie). I don't know when Adam and Ottili died. I am assuming, however, that they died at New Albion, New York, USA.


MANOLATOS, Sylvia HOHMANN
eMail address: mmanolatos@earthlink.net
(Lutheran)

I am researching Christopher HOHMANN and his wife, Catherine Elisabeth LAMSBACH, who immigrated to Baltimore or Annapolis, Maryland in 1868. They were born around 1840 in Hesse-Kassel, Germany. Others say they came from Escherode which is near Hesse-Kassel. Both of them died in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland around the turn of the century (circa 1900). They were married in Germany before they immigrated to the U.S. in 1868, having several children, the youngest being my grandfather, Henry, who was six at the time. They had probably been married 10-15 years (married circa 1853-1858). They settled at Baltimore and Glen Burnie, Maryland when they arrived in the U.S. Their religion was Lutheran.


MCCANN, Janet
eMail address: faustina1@aol.com

I am looking for information on August HERTZER, who was born 6 August 1857 in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany and died in 1935 in New Jersey, USA. His father was also named August HERTZER and his mother was Alvina SAPPER. August married Eva Katherine (Kate) SHERMAN (date and place unknown). Kate was born in New York City, New York around 1852. She was the daughter of Jacob and Josephine SHERMAN. Kate died in New Jersey sometime around 1945. They had a daughter named Josephine HERTZER. I don't know when they immigrated to America or what their religion was.


PATRYLICK, Kathryn
eMail address: Tal88@aol.com

I am researching John MOTZ and his wife, Amelia, who immigrated to America from Hesse in 1845. I think the name of the ship was the "Miles". John was 31 years old and Amelia was 29. They settled at Pottsville, Pennsylvania; he later lived at Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. I think that John died about 1880. I do not know when Amelia died. They had 11 children, one of whom was my grandfather, Benedict MOTZ, who was born in 1866. I would like to know where in Hesse they came from and Amelia's maiden name. I understand that MOTZ is found quite frequently in Hesse from Heidelburg to Karlsruhe. John was a miner in Pennsylvania.


PUTNAM, Sue
eMail address: sueputs@charter.net

I am researching Lorenz BAUREIS born 1826 in Hessen, Germany, a tailor by trade. He married Barbara BELGAR born 1830 in Hessen, Germany. Three sons were born: George, 1863; Marlin, 1865; and Lorenz, 1867 at New York City. This information was on the New York 1870 census. Also listed in the household was John BUGIR, father-in-law, age 85, born in Hessen, Germany. I believe the name BUGIR is really BELGAR according to other records I have found. I would like to know more about the BAUREIS family in Germany. My great-grandfather is Lorenz' son, George BAUREIS (born 1863); he married Mary KITCHENS at Chicago, Illinois in 1886. He died at Chicago in 1927.


RAMEY, Lorraine
eMail address: lorraineruhr@cs.com
(Calvanists ?)

I am looking for the families of Ferdinand KLAR, born 6 September 1798 in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. He died 3 May 1865 in Ohio. He married Anna Maria BACH who was born 9 June 1799 in Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany and died 8 November 1874 in Ohio. I am guessing that Ferdinand and Anna Maria were married between 1821 and 1823, perhaps in the village of Eckhartsborn, Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, but certainly in Germany / Prussia. They left Eckhartsborn for America in 1837. The passenger manifest shows their arrival at Baltimore, Maryland on 7 November 1837 from Bremen and lists the last residence as Eckhardboom, which I would translate to be a village called Eckhartsborn. They had one child: John Conrad KLAR was born 5 October 1823 or 1824 in Hesse-Darmstadt, and died 16 July 1898 in Ohio. He became a minister of the German Reformed faith once in America, which suggests that they were Calvinists rather than Lutherans.


SCHMIDT, Ray
eMail address: resmd1@mchsi.com

My great-great-grandfather was Casper / Caspar SOHL, who was born at Oberaula, Hessen, Germany in April 1850. He immigrated to New York City, New York in 1871. Casper's parents were Henry SOHL and Anna Elizabeth HAPPEL, also from Hessen. Casper married Margaretha BORMANN in Manhattan, New York on 26 May 1872. They listed their home address as 118 Delancey Street. I have not been able to find the name of the church where they were married. I do not know when they died. In 1900 they were living at 233 Cook Street in Brooklyn (with my great-grandparents, Edward MEYER and Elizabeth SOHL MEYER). In 1910 they were living at 56 Wyckoff Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. These addresses would probably be considered in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. I could not locate them on either the 1880 or 1920 census. Casper and Margaretha's children were: Charles, born about 1873; Nicholas, born about 1874-1875; Elizabeth (married MEYER), born 21 Jun 1876; and Mary, born about 1885.

The parents of Margaretha BORMANN were Johann (John) BORMANN and Maria TOTH. Johann was born about 1827 and Maria was born about 1829. I'm fairly certain that the BORMANNs immigrated to New York City, New York in 1852. Other children (all born in New York City) of John and Maria included Louis, born about 1860; Nettie, born about 1862; and Elizabeth, born about 1864. In 1880, they lived at 63 Ridge Street in Manhattan (about 2 blocks from 118 Delancey Street - the 1872 address of Casper and Margaretha). I could not find them on the 1900 census. Johann (John) BOHRMANN was still alive on the 1910 census and living with his daughter Nettie BORMANN HOFFMAN at the age of 82 in the Ridgewood area of Queens, New York.


SEBLONKA, Peter
eMail address: cathys@uproc.lib.mi.us

I am looking for information on the names BIEGEL, BUCHEL, BICHEL, and BUGEL of Seligenstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. Conrad Hieronimius BUCHEL, a shoemaker, was present in Seligenstadt in 1756 and on 1 February 1758 his first wife, Maria Eva, died. Conrad Hieronimius BUCHEL died on 7 September 1785 at the age of 57 (his death entry has the entry "ortus Frankfurt"). One of his grandsons, Johann George BIEGEL (BUGEL, BIGEL, BEGEL, BIEGLE) immigrated to America in 1847 and lived at Havershaw, New York and Lake county Indiana. He died in Chariton county Missouri. Of the BIEGELs that remained in Seligenstadt, another grandson, Peter Marcellin BIEGEL (BUGEL) married Anna Maria LOMMEL and remained at Seligenstadt and his offspring remained there too. Of the granddaughters, Anna Margaretha BUGEL married Andrew HULT and Elisabeth BIEGEL (BUGEL) married Joseph Martin WURZEL. There are also BIEGEL families at Limburg, Camburg, Frankfurt am Main, Gau Algersheim and Mainz. I would like to share information on any of the Hessian family named BIEGEL.


TEMNIUK, Anita SCHLUPP
eMail address: temni@aol.com
(Roman Catholic)

I am researching Peter SCHIPPER who was born at Fuldau, Hessen, Germany. I am not sure about the spelling of Fuldau, as I am trying to decipher my great-uncle's handwriting. Peter left Fuldau in 1781 and went to Neusidel, Banat, Romania. The German name of the town is Neusiedel auf der Heide (in Romanian it is known as Uihei). The only other information I have is that he was Roman Catholic.


WALLISCH, Volker
eMail address: vwallisch@sternpost.de

I am searching for information about my ancestor, Freidrich MICHEL, who was born 28 February 1820 at Rohrbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany and immigrated to America as a single person from Breman with the Konrad MUSCH and Konrad NOSS families (also from Rohrbach) to the port of Baltimore on the ship "Rhone". He arrived at Baltimore on 20 September 1847. His parents remained in Germany. I believe that he went to the southwest corner of Illinois where other families of Rohrbach settled. If he married in the United States, I do not know the name of his wife. This is all the information that I have.


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