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- entry for SCHMIDT, Roy H., 21 June 1997
- entry for THOMAS, Lloyd, 23 June 1997
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- entry for MEYER, Kathleen HECKER, 17 July 1997
- entry for BOOP, Foster, 18 July 1997
- entry for WALDECK, Deirdre, 24 July 1886
- entry for VALKO, George, 5 August 1997
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- entry for CRYSTAL, Virginia, 7 September 1997
- entry for GORING, Tony, 8 October 1997
- entry for SNYDER, Richard H., 8 October 1997
- entry for OBENAUF, Bill, 10 October 1997
- entry for MAURATH, John L., 7 December 1997
- entry for HENNEMANN, Mel, 7 December 1997
- entry for REAMON, Paul, 7 December 1997
- entry for HEATH, Harold H., 7 December 1997
- entry for NAWROCKI, Blendia, 7 December 1997
- Marilyn Lane's eMail address changed, 3 June 1999
- new eMail address for HENNEMANN, Mel, 25 January 2001
- new eMail address for VALKO, George, 13 February 2001
BOOP, Foster
7925 La Capela Place, Carlsbad, California 92009-9218
Email address: Fboop@aol.com
I am looking for information on births, marriages, locations and
family members in Germany
for Jacob BOOP / BOPP, born circa 1773 in Baden, Germany, married
Mary ?. Their
children were: Georg BOOP/BOPP born Baden, Germany circa 1795,
married Barbara MAY
1819 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; John Conrad BOOP / BOPP born
Hesse-Darmstadt,
Germany circa 1798, married as 2nd wife, Elizabeth HARRIS in
Tuscarawas County, Ohio
on 7 September 1834; Jacob BOOP/BOPP Jr. born Baden, Germany
about 1800; Michael
BOOP / BOPP born Baden, Germany 28 March 1804, married Elizabeth
WININGS 29 June
1823 in Harrison County, Ohio; Margaret BOOP / BOPP born about
1806 in Baden,
Germany, married Clemens SMELTZ 7 July 1833; and David BOOP /
BOPP. Then family
emigrated to Ohio sometime after 1806.
CRYSTAL, Virginia
20022 Tanager Court, Santa Clarita, California 91351-5561
I need any information on John Joseph WEIRICH, born July 1843 in
Hessen, Germany, married Caroline Klausman WAGNER in 1867, died 5
December 1893 at Cincinnati, Ohio. Caroline was the daughter of
Frank KLAUSMANN and Kristina ULRICH. She was born October 1841
and died 23 August 1909. The son of John Joseph and Caroline
Klausman (WAGNER) WEIRICH was George WEIRICH, born 5 August 1869
at Cincinnati, Ohio and died 4 January 1938. He married
Magdalena GEHLERT of St. Leon, Indiana in 1894. Magdalene was
born 1 December 1871 and died 25 February 1900. I do not have
eMail.
Webmaster's Note: While Wagner is a ubiquitous surname,
Weirich is less common. Yet the 7 FHLC Weirich surname search
listings (17th edition CR-ROM Catalog) are not primarily directed
toward this surname and no listings exist for Gehlert. Both
Weirich and Gehlert should be checked in the FHL Ancestral File
(to locate others searching those ancestral surnames). Also make
use of the Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen Volkes
collection - see item #2 of the "Sources" link
(above/below).
GORING, Tony
80 Greenhayes Avenue, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 2JQ, England
eMail address: TGoring@compuserve.com
I am seeking information about Michael and Regina MEYER who had
an address of 75 Victoriastrasse, Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau in the
1870's. They had a son Ernest born 27 April 1871 at St.
Petersburg, Russia, unmarried, died at London, England circa
1968; and a son Richard born 26 March 1875 at Wiesbaden Germany,
married Louise DAVID 22 November 1904 at London, England, died at
London, England on 8 February 1942. Both Ernest and Richard
became naturalized British subjects. There were at least two
other children: Ludwig who was a resident of London, England in
1939 according to brother Ernst's will; and Adela (refered to in
the same 1939 will as a married sister of Ernest's, Mrs. Adela
STEINMETZ of 19 Rue Emile Bouillet, Brussels, Belgium.
HAEFLING, Trissa DAVIS
351 Bonnie Brae North East, Warren, Ohio 44483-5212
(Lutheran)
Dr. Johann Jacob SHÜTZ / SCHEETZ, a Pietest of Frankfort au
Main, Germany, in
1683 bought 4,000 acres in Pennsylvania from William Penn. He
was a participant of the
Land Company for which Pastorius, a Lutheran Pietest, was agent.
In March 1700 Catherin
Elizabeth Schütz, his widow, assigned the greater part of
the Pennsylvania acreage to
Daniel Falkner and others for settlement. Conrad and George
Scheetz, said to be the sons of
Johann Jacob Schütz, arrived at Philadelphia in 1737. My
ancestor, Jabob SHEETS,
(born circa 1725-1730, died 1807) of Tom Creek Hundred, Frederick
County, Maryland is
said to be the grandson of Johann Jacob Schütz. I am
seeking the parents of my Jacob
Sheets in Maryland and any further information on Johann Jacob
Schütz of Frankfort
au Main.
HEATH, Harold H.
5094 North Ridge Club Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89103-5003,
U.S.A.
I am researching the family of Alexander E. REST who claimed he
was born at Detroit in 1862. I have, however, not found one
piece of evidence to support that claim. I have had people
research the Michigan census for the years 1870 and 1880, but no
Rest shows up. I understand that there was quite a colony of
German immigrants in Detroit about that 1890, but the census has
been destroyed. By 1899 he was located at Baker City, Oregon and
married to my grandmother. I haven't tried Canadian records yet
or Canadian ship arrival passenger lists. I have been told that
they are incomplete for the 1800's. In 1983 I uncovered a letter
in my aunt's picture album from a Karl Rest in NY state. He
claimed his grandfather (I think his name was Wilhelm) was still
in Herbsen, Hesse, Germany on the farm that had been in the
family for generations. In 1993 I went to the village of
Herbsen, but could not find anyone who could or would speak
English. We tried the church, but found no one there who could
help us. We had a tight schedule and had to leave. I need to
communicate with the pastor of tht church to see if any record
exists stating that an Alexander E. REST was born to any family
in or around Herbsen, Hesse. It could be I have this fixation
about this village only because I found the name REST located
there. There may be RESTS in many other places in Germany. I
appeal to you as to how I can get into records in Germany. Can
it be done by mail or is the World Wide Web the best way? I'm
willing to cover expenses incurred, etc. REWARD OFFERED! I do
not have eMail.
HENNEMANN, Mel
740 7th Avenue North Court, Clinton, Iowa 52732-3519
eMail address: melhennemann@hotmail.com
I am researching Jacob Henrich HENNEMANN, born 26 September 1826
at Berghausen, Hessen, and baptized in the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Werdorf / Berghausen on 27 Sep 1829. Looking for any
information, but particularly when he emigrated (probably 1856),
the ship that carried him, the names of his siblings, his parents
and other ancestors. Jacob Henrich HENNEMANN married Theresia
METZINGER in 1858 at St. Josephs Catholic Church, Apple Creek,
Perry County, Missouri. According to her obituary, Theresia was
born 3 February 1838 at "Baden-Rhyne" (NOTE: My German friends
tell me that "Baden Rhyne" is confusing or makes no sense.) Any
ideas on how to find her origin of birth? I have checked the
church records in Missouri and the 1860 and 1870 census which
show her origin in some cases as Baden or Prussia. Theresia was
Roman Catholic. Jacob was a blacksmith and farmer and was found
in the 1860 census of Cape Girardeau County (adjoining Perry
County), Missouri. He also served in the Union army in the Civil
War.
MAURATH, John L.
8808 Eggeling Lane, St. Louis, Missouri 63127-, U.S.A.
eMail address: conlaeth@juno.com
(Evangelisch Lutheran)
Researching Katharina Elisabeth EIFERT born 14 Nov 1843 in the
village of Rebgeshain, Hesse-Darmstadt, married Fritz HELD from
Westfalen. Katharina and Fritz had many children. Katharina was
the daughter of Johann Heinrich EIFERT and Anna Maria ROTH who
were "Evangelisch" Lutherans. Johann was the son of Johann
Valentin EIFERT (born in Darmstadt) and Anna Gertrud SCHNEIDER.
The EIFERTs settled in Illmo / Scott City, Missouri near Cape
Girardeau. I wish to communicate with any EIFERT or ROTH
ancestors or families in or around the village of Rebgeshain.
MEYER, Kathleen HECKER
eMail address: jkmeyer@pulsenet.com
(Evangelical Lutheran)
I am searching for information about my Grandfather, Peter
HECKER, who was born in Mainz, Germany, November 19, 1855. He
served in the German army from 1875 to 1878. He emigrated to
America in 1881, leaving, I believe, much of his family in
Germany. His religion was, I think, German Evangelical Lutheran.
Any information about Peter's early years and his family in
Germany would be appreciated.
Webmaster's Note: While you submitted your entry to
Westphalia, Mainz was
part of Hesse prior to World War I. There is a good chance you
may find Peter and his line
of Heckers in the holdings of the Family History Library (FHL) on
Mainz (10 topics, 41
collections) available through your nearest LDS Family History
Center (FHC). Because of
the large number of church record collections (30), I suggest
starting with the Nammenskartei aus Kirchenbuchen (Name
Index to Mainz Parish Registers) collection (40 microfilms -
Hecker is found on #0934697). This should help you spot their
church.
NAWROCKI, Blendia
eMail address: Nawrocki@nac.net
I am researching Margareta WEITZEL about 1861. Margareta was
born 4 March 1833 at Elben, Hessen, Germany. She died 31 Mar
1924 in Belvidere, New Jersey. She is buried at the Belvidere
Cemetery. Margareta arrived in New York City on the ship Alboni.
She married Eduard KOHLMAN (See HANRL).
Margareta and Eduard were living in Newark, New Jersey when the
1870 census was taken. They were in Warren County New Jersey by
the 1880 census. In the 1900 census the Kohlman family had a
grandson, William Kohlman, age 13, born March 1887, living with
them. I do not know at this time who William's parents were.
William married Alice BURD, daughter of Caleb and Anna BURD of
Washington, Warren County New Jersey about 1907. In the 1910
census, William and Alice had a daughter Frances, 1 1/2 years
old, living with them in Washington, New Jersey. Frances was
born 6 December 1908 and died 10 December 1973 at Clinton,
Hunterdon County, New Jersey. She is also buried at Clinton. In
the 1920 census, I found Alice (BURD) KOHLMAN living with her
parents. I was unable to find William KOHLMAN and Frances
KOHLMAN. The known children of Eduard KOHLMAN and Margareta
WEITZEL are: 1) Edward KOHLMAN, born 1862 in New Jersey or New
York, married Elizabeth ?; 2) Emilie KOHLMAN, born 1864 in New
Jersey; 3) Elizabeth KOHLMAN, born 10 February 1866 at Newark,
Essex County, New Jersey, died 1 December 1927 at Belvidere,
Warren County, New Jersey, married Charles Henry WRIGHT 2 July
1889; 4) Charles KOHLMAN, born 1869 at Newark, New Jersey, died
1955 at Belvidere, New Jersey.
NAYLOR, Jean
2665 South Yukon Court, Lakewood, Colorado 80227-
eMail address: JNaylor767@aol.com
(Lutheran)
I am looking for the ancestors or family members of Johannes
BROESSEL born 20 January 1826 in Kurhessen, Germany, and his
wife, Anna Gertrude DERSCH born 23 January 1829. They arrived in
New York on the Ship Republik from Bremen 16 Jul 1861 with their
children Peter, age 8; Maria, age 5; Anna, age 3; and Catherine,
age 6 months. Johannes BROESSEL listed his occupation as a
tailor and their residence as Niederasphe in Kur Hessen. The
family was Lutheran and settled in Dubuque, Iowa. Otto BROESSEL
was a brother of Johannes and came to the United States in the
1850's. Johannes BROESSEL's death certificate lists his parents
as J. BROESSEL and Marie DERSCH or LERSCH. Anna Gertrude
DERSCH's (his wife) death certificate lists her parents as Henry
DERSCH and Catherine MICHEL. I have been unable to find any
microfilmed church records from Niederasphe.
Webmaster's Note: I know of no Church records on microfilm
from Niederasphe. There is a civil register (1808-1812) which
you probably have looked at for your surnames. You best start
looking in the Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen
Volkes. One of its 1,221 reels is an Ortskartei (Place
Index) on microfilm #1798337, item #2. From it you might be able
to learn from it if there are any listings in it for your town.
The next step would be to ask if IGS has any suggestions
before you seek help from a Professional Genealogist
like Henning Schröder. He lives near there in Gummerbach
and might have already established access to the Evangelische
church records there.
OBENAUF, Bill
eMail address: billobe@juno.com
I need additional information on Valentin LIEBERUM born 3 January
1830 at Wellingerode (33 kilometers southeast of Kassel),
Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, married Anna Martha HOFSOMMER, died 30
July 1901, possibly in Etna, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. His
burial place is unknown. According to a passenger list, he
arrived 30 July 1856 in New York. Valentin is in the 1870 census
of Indiana Township, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania and in the 1880
and 1900 census of Clarion Co., Pennsylvania. His parents were
Johann Claus LIEBERUM born 28 March 1801 at Wellingerode and Anna
Catharina FRIEDERICH born 28 June 1806 at Hitzerode, Hessen,
Germany, died 6 March 1884 at Etna, Pennsylvania. Anna Martha
HOFSOMMER was probably born in Germany.
POFAHL, Bill
420 West 28th Avenue, Kennewick, Washington 99337-7905
eMail address: Bpofahl@aol.com
I am researching Mary KALETSCH, born 6 July 1884 in
Bortshausen, Kreis Marburg, Germany; married John Henry POFAHL on
23 April 1902 in Little Rock,
Arkansas; died 8 Nov 1965 in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Mary was
the daughter of John
(Johannes) KALETSCH, born 21 March 1847 in Bortshausen, died 10
October 1910 in Little
Rock, Arkansas and Mary (Marie) DREHER (or DRAER), born 1857 in
Ebsdorf, Hessen,
Germany, and died in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mary's paternal
grandparents were Nicolaus
KALETSCH, born 30 April 1795 in Bortshausen and Elizabeth
BRUSIUS, christened 25 July
1815 in Wolfshausen, Hessen, Germany. Nicholaus was the son of
Jacob KALETSCH, born
10 April 1756 in Bortshausen and Anna Dorthea CONRADI. Mary's
husband, John Henry
POFAHL, was born 22 September 1870 in Grumsdorf, Kreis Bublitz,
Pommern. He came
to the U.S. via Stettlin (Stettin ??).
Bill should check the FEEFHS website index for his surnames.
For example
the first of two existing citations for POFAHL include 16
listings in our Die Vorfahren
web database by 6 Pommern record searchers. Stettin was the
seaport for Berlin on the Oder
River and Stettin Passenger records are being extracted and
indexed. We will report on their
availability soon.
REAMON, Paul (formerly Reimann)
eMail address: cptreamon@cyberportal.net
I am searching for relatives of Conrad REIMANN born 6 January
1806 at Ibe, Hesse or Cassel-Hesse, married Anna Maria HUBNER
born 17 October 1798 at Ronshausen, Hesse. They both came to
Canajoharie, New York in the late 1830's with their children.
Why did they leave Germany? Are there any relatives left in
Germany?
RIEDE, James
eMail address: riede@netspace.net.au
I am looking for information on the following ancestors (all
brothers) all born and baptised at Altenhasungen-Hessen, Germany:
Christian RIEDE born 18 December 1762; Henricus RIEDE born 18
June 1752; Johannes RIEDE born 17 February 1755; Johann Heinrich
RIEDE born 2 April 1757; and Jacob RIEDE born 14 June 1760.
Christian RIEDE went to Holland with the Prussian army of King
Frederik William II and settled in Holland after the job was
done. I think that the other brothers stayed in Germany, but I
have no records to prove that. I am also looking for information
about Johannes RIEDE born circa 1730; Gerlach? RIEDE born circa
1735; and Johannes Wilhelm RIEDE born circa 1752. According to
the records in Beuna, they all lived in the Kassel area.
Webmaster's Note: FHL microfilm of records from Altenhasungen
in Kries Wolfhagen Hesse do not start until 1809 (Civil records
start 1874). Please see the "Suggestions" page listed above and
below. You might want to consider checking the Ahnenstammkartei
records using FHL microfilm at your nearest Family History
Center. Since you live in Austria, you might want to visit
Leipzig to research the original collection there.
No microfilm or records in the FHLC or in the catalog of the
Zentralstelle füur Genealogie at Leipzig appear to exist for
Gerlach. This may require you to make contact with the church
authorities and/or visit Gerlach.
SCHMIDT, Roy H.
1737 Beverly Drive, Modesto, California 95358-2317
eMail address: roy-sch@juno.com
I am searching for more information and seeking others
researching the SCHMIDT surname
from Nieder-Ofleiden, Elpenrod and Kirtorf, STUMPH from Kirtorf,
SCHNEIDER and
ZINNKAM from Nieder-Ofleiden and DITTMAR from Burg-Gemünden,
all from
Hessen. Any assistance will be appreciated.
SNYDER, Richard H.
RR 02, Box 990, Auburn, Nebraska 68305-
eMail address: rhsnyder@worldnet.att.net
I am seeking information on John SCHNEIDER / SNYDER born
September 1793 at Spetzwingle, Hessen, Germany, died Mar 1884 in
Peru, IL. He married 1) Elizabeth HOSE who died in 1829 in
Germany; 2) Eva HEMMEL born about 1796 in Germany, died 7
September 1894 at Kankakee, IL. He is said to have been a
landowner, farmer, and government gamekeeper in Germany. He
emigrated to the U.S. and settled in Bureau County, Illinois in
1847.
The children of his first marriage to Elizabeth HOSE were: Henry
born 9 November 1816 in Hessen-Cassel, married Cecelia DOLL, died
24 July 1905 at Peru, Illinois; John born 14 November 1819 at
Darmstadt, Germany, married 1) _____ LININGER, 2) Rebecca HALL,
died 12 May 1916 at Peru, Illinois; and Catherine born before
1829 in Germany, married Andrew SCHLITT.
The children of his second marriage to Eva HEMMEL were: Juliana
born 16 Sep 1829 in Spetzwingle, Germany, married Jacob SCHAFFER,
died 19 October 1901 at Hastings, Nebraska; Edward W. born 17
February 1840 at Spetzwingle, Germany, married Julianna WAGNER,
died 15 Mar 1910 in Nemaha County, Nebraska; Henry J. born 25
August 1844 at Schenstorf, Germany, married Delia R. HALL,
Lucinda LIBBY, Melinda MILLER, died 21 August 1909 in Nemaha
County, Nebraska; William died about 1893, probably in Butte
County, California; Charles died about 1860, probably in
California; Martha died after 1910, probably at Sacramento,
California and John died about 1893, probably in California. I
am especially interested in information on his ancestors and the
ancestors of his wives, as well as the dates of his marriages and
the date and place of death of his first wife, Elizabeth
HOSE.
SVIHLA, Elinor
6801 East Friess Drive, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-3408
Email address: svihlae@agcs.com
I am researching Maria KRESSEL, born 1831 and died at Louisville,
Kentucky in 1873.
She married Johannes BAISCH in 1852 in St. Peter's German
Lutheran Church at Louisville.
On the 1860 Louisville Kentucky census her birthplace is listed
as Hesse; on the 1870
census, it is listed as Hesse-Kassal. Martin KRESSEL, his wife
Marguerite, and his three
young children emigrated to Louisville KY in 1847. They were all
born in Babenhausen,
Hesse-Darmstadt. I have found no record of their emigration to
the U.S. in any of the Hesse
records. Marguerite died at Louisville, KY in 1848. Martin
returned to Babenhausen with
his children prior to 1850. No record of Maria KRESSEL is found
in Babenhausen or the
surrounding parishes. I am positive that there was some kind of
relationship between Martin
and Maria because those are the only two KRESSEL families I find
in the Louisville records.
Maria's first born son was named William. William is not a
BAISCH family name;
therefore, he could have been named after Maria's father. I have
written to the archives in
Kassal, but there was no record of Maria KRESSEL. Can anyone
offer some suggestions as
to where I should search, either in Hesse-Darmstadt or
Hesse-Kassal?
THOMAS, Lloyd
1210 32nd Street South, Moorhead, Minnesota 56560-3922
eMail address: daklass@aol.com
I am researching the surname RONZHEIMER. Charles Christian
RONZHEIMER was born
1822 in Hesse. He emigrated to the U.S. in the mid-19th century
and settled in Jordan,
Minnesota.
VALKO, George
325 West Belden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614-3861
eMail address: georgeIL@ix.netcom.com
(Evangelical Lutheran)
I am researching Jacob VELLER born 1716 and his wife, Anna Maria
?, born 1717. Their children were: Matheas born 1750, married
Catherina WEIER / BAIER; and Johannes born 1753, married Maria
Elisabeth MUELLER. The VELLER family was known to also spell
their name FELLER, VOELLER, VOLLER, FOELLER, FOLLER, WOELLER, and
WOLLER. The family left Hessen-Darmstadt region in August 1766
for the Volga region in Russia. In July 1767 they settled at
Krasnojar, Volga, Russia. The family was Evangelical Lutheran.
At which Hessen village were they born (church records) and from
which Hessen village did they emigrate (if different)?
WALDECK, Deirdre
4 Russell Place, Durban North 4051, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South
Africa
Fax: 0313053363
email address: lwaldeck@mccarthy.co.za
I am researching Johann Heinrich WALDRECK / WALDECK who married
Anna Margaretha XTLER. They had a son named Johannes WALDECK
born 6 March 1764, baptised 18 March 1764 at Immenhausen, Kreis
Hofeismar, Hessen. Johannes WALDECK emigrated to Capetown, South
Africa where he married Dorothea Wilhelmina JANSEN. Johannes
WALDECK died at Capetown 11 November 1838.
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