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HESRL Posting Status (1 January 1998 through 6 July 1998):
- entry for MacDOWELL, Miriam K., January 1, 1998
- entry for SCHRUBB, Altamae, 28 January 1998
- entry for KISSLING, Charles, Jr., 2 February 1998
- entry for WILHELM, Candace M., 21 February 1998
- entry for WELTY, Curt, 25 March 1998
- entry for HEELEY, LaRita, 7 April 1998
- entry for HENRICH, Gordon, 7 April 1998
- entry for KNIGHT, Karen, 9 April 1998
- entry for DITTMAN, Jerome, 19 April 1998
- entry for PULLEN, Janice, 19 April 1998
- entry for RITZ, Janet, 19 April 1998
- entry for SMITH, Lynn, 19 April 1998
- entry for KLOOS, Jan, 28 April 1998
- entry for KRATZ, Donald, 28 April 1998
- entry for HILTENBURG, Robert, 18 May 1998
- entry for ARBOGAST, Karen, 13 June 1998
- entry for BARRETTE, Joy, 13 June 1998
- entry for KNIGHT, Patricia, 13 June 1998
- entry for REITZ, Ray E., 13 June 1998
- entry for RHOADES, Lori, 13 June 1998
- entry for ADAMS, Mary Jane, 6 July 1998
- entry for COOPER, Brenda, 6 July 1998
- entry for MILLSTID, Veronika, 6 July 1998
- entry for WENKER, Bernard, 6 July 1998
- Marilyn Lane's eMail address changed, 3 June 1999
- eMail address change for Robert Hiltenburg, 4 October 2000
- eMail address change for Janice Pullen, 4 October 2000


ADAMS, Mary Jane
H.C. 12, Box 119, Fredericksburg, Texas 78624-, USA
eMail address: marjada@ktc.com
(Protestant)

I am searching for the birthplace and parents of Peter KRAMP born 17 January 1835 at in Nassau, Prussia, died 25 February 1913 at Wood county Ohio. He was a Protestant. He immigrated to America on the ship "Margaret Evans" from London, arriving in New York City 19 April 1854. His siblings were: Adam, a miner; David; Elizabeth, married Phillip SCHID; Jennie, married Henry MENOR; Catherine, twin sister of Peter, married Ernest GROSS. All lived and died in Germany.


ARBOGAST, Karen
eMail address: buffys97@one.net
(Roman Catholic)

I am researching Heinrich HOELZEN / HOLZEN / HOLSEN, born 1832. He was from Essen, Germany. He sailed on the ship "Louisianna" from Bremerhaven to the U.S. in 1850, in the company of his brother, Casper, 11, and widowed mother, Catherine, 45 years old. He married 1) Mary Anna (unknown last name) who died in 1870. He married 2) my great-grandmother, Elizabeth DERENKAMP in 1871 at Newport, Kentucky. Heinrich died in 1902. In the 1880 Federal census, he is shown as being a citizen. Heinrich and Elizabeth had the following children who lived: Clem HOLZEN (unknown if he had children); Fred HOLZEN (unknown if he had children); any my grandmother, Emma HOLZEN, married Joseph John ARBOGAST and had six children: Florence, born 1899; Blanche Hale; Della Lift; Sylvester Jack; Jules J.; and my father, Edmund T., born 1906, married Rosalie SCHNIEDERS in 1942.


BARRETTE, Joy
eMail address: ted.barrette@sympatico.ca

I am researching the family of Peter STOCKUM born in Hessen Darmstadt circa 1780. Peter married Eva Marie CABLE (born Feb 1795, died 1874). They had six children: Mary, Carolyn, Frederick (born 1821), Christopher, Henry (born 1828), and Phillip (born 1829). They emigrated to Coshocton county Ohio in 1836.


COOPER, Brenda
eMail address: CoopRing05@aol.com

I am researching George KRAUSSNAUER who was born in Hessen, Germany about 1724. He had a son, George CROSSNORE, who was born in Hessen about 1750. George CROSSNORE died in the 1820's. He lived at Burke county, North Carolina, Stewart county, Tennesssee and Perry county, Tennessee. I do not know any of his siblings. He was living in Buncombe county North Carolina in 1800. George CROSSNORE had a son, Henry CROSSNO, who was born there in 1785. I'm not sure when the family came to America, but it was before 1785.


DITTMAN, Jerome
eMail address; dittdad@aol.com

I am looking for information on Killia RAAB, born 1836, died 1896 at Fulda, Ohio. He married Amelia / Emilia STELTZ born 1840, died and buried in New Lexington, Ohio. Both Killia and Amelia / Emilia were born at Fulda, Hessen, Germany. I haven't found any record of them other than birth place, or after circa 1880. It appears that they were in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania before 1880 as my grandmother, Mary RAAB, was born and married there.


HEELEY, LaRita
eMail address: Larita2@aol.com

I am researching John Jacob ROTH who said he was from Nassau Dillenburg. I can't find him in the parish records of Dillenburg. He was in Philadelphia in 1760. He married Ann Elisabeth GRAFF and they lived at Philadelphia until 1770 and then I lose them. Two known children are John Jacob born 1761 and Ann Elisabeth born 1769.


HENRICH, Gordon
eMail address: henr1500@mach1.wlu.ca

I am looking for information on Christian HEINRICH, born about 1808 who married Anna Maria ADAM, born 1809-1811, and resided in Diedelsheim, a small town beside Bretten, in the early 1800's. They were Lutheran and had five children that I am aware of: Maria, born 1846; Philip Conrad, born 28 June 1840; Christian Adam, born 16 September 1848; William B., born 3 August 1839; and Heinrich (Henry), born 2 April 1842. I believe that all the children were born in Diedelsheim. Sometime between 1851 and 1871, they emigrated to Canada and settled in Waterloo County. I am tracing their descendants in Canada, but I would like to know more about their time in Germany.


HILTENBURG, Robert
eMail address: rlhilt@iland.net

I am researching John HILDENBERGER, born September 1831 in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1850 and is found in Hamilton county Indiana in 1869. His children by his second wife, Helen Agusta COLE, were William HILTENBURG and James L. HILTENBURG. I'm looking for the village of his birth in Germany.


KISSLING, Charles, Jr.
601 Billow Drive, San Diego, California , USA

I am doing a family history of my surname KISSLING / KISLING / KESLING, etc. My great grandfather was born 1806 in Rosenthal, Kur Hessen, Germany. In 1831 her married Katerina Elizibeth METZ, born 1811. They left Germany after a two year delay and arrived at Baltimore, Maryland USA on 1832. They moved to Dayton Ohio then Boonnville Indiana. He was a cabinet maker. Sorry, I do not have access to the internet.
Webmaster's Note: There are 3 Kissling and 2 Kisling citations in the Surname Search section of the FHL Catalog. In addition to the IGI and the Ancestral File, you might check Die Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen Volkes collection on FHL microfilm. You have in San Diego an excellent Family History Center and one of the finest Germanic collections there, thanks to the German Research Association.

KLOOS, Jan
eMail address: jan.kloos@itu.ch

I am researching the following ancestors: Johannes CLOOS or KLOOS born 20 October 1660 at Oberflorstadt (OberHessen) near Friedberg. Johannes Heinrich CLOOS or KLOOS born 1694 at Oberflorstadt, died 23 September 1748 in Trais-Horloff near Giesen. Johannes Burckhard CLOOS or KLOOS born 27 December 1721 at Trais-Horloff, died 12 April 1772 at Nidda. Johannes KLOOS born 6 October 1757 at Ober-Widdersheim (OberHessen), died 10 October 1826 at Amsterdam, Netherlands.


KNIGHT, Karen
eMail address: knightk@mpx.com.au

I am searching for the town of origin of my German ancestors who arrived in Australia aboard the ship "Catteaux Wattel" on 9 March 1855. On board were Joseph LEHR, aged 48 (son of John George and Margurettia LEHR, both deceased), a vinedresser of Larohhausen? Nassau; his wife Julianna (daughter of Anthony and Catherine MILLER, both deceased); and their sons, Frederick LEHR / MILLER, aged 17, vinedresser, and Phillip LEHR, aged 8, also listed as vinedresser. (Note: Frederick MILLER is the son of Joseph LEHR, but he appears to have used his mother's maiden name of MILLER. He is listed on the immigration lists under the surname LEHR with his parents, but his entry is marked Frederick M. and that of his brother Phillip is marked Phillip L. Frederick was the witness to brother Phillip's marriage and he signed the register Frederick Miller. Perhaps he was born prior to his parents marriage.) The family's religion is listed as Roman Catholic, they could all read and write, and they had no relatives in Australia. An obituary notice for Phillip written in 1937 says that he was born on the Rhine, but does not give a town name. All other documents found in Australia simply list either Nassau or Germany as native place. I have been unable to locate the town Larohhausen anywhere in Germany. The spelling of the surname of this family at various times in Australia varied from LAYER to LEAR, but eventually became LEAYR and has remained that way.


KNIGHT, Patricia
1861 Lakeshore Drive, Cuba, Missouri 65453-, USA
eMail address: pknight1@fidnet.com

I am looking for the marriage of Fredrich GRIEBEL and Elisabetha VELTEN to prove parentage for Johann GRIEBEL / GRIEMEL. Fredrich is from Wurtenburg, Germany. Johann was born 15 May 1806 in Grosslinden, Oberhessen, Hessen, Germany and is shown as son of Fredrich GRIEBEL and Elisabetha VELTEN, but parents were not married at the time. Johann GRIEBEL / GRIEMEL married Maria MUELLER, born 15 May 1812, daughter of Johann Georg MUELLER and Catherina Elisabetha LUH. Johann and Maria were the parents of Ludwig GRIEMEL born 17 January 1848 in Oberhessen, Germany. Ludwig married Anna Catharina DEDEKE, daughter of Fredrich DEDEKE and Margaret SCHROEDER, both of Hanover, Germany. There are not many GRIEMELS in the U.S. I have seen it spelled GRIMMEL, GREIMEL and GRIMEL. I would appreciate any help on the above and would love to hear from any GRIEMELS out there. All of the info above has been taken from the LDS film on the areas named.


KRATZ, Donald
1101 Linneman Road, Mt. Prospect, Illinois 60056-, USA
eMail address; dkratz@icsp.net
(Lutheran)

I found my great-great-grandfather and his family on a passenger list of the ship "Kosmos" which left Bremen and arrived in New York on 2 May 1856. They were Philipp KRATZ, age 35, farmer; Kunigunde KRATZ, age 32, wife; Konrad KRATZ, age 8; Friedrich KRATZ, age 5; and Heinrich KRATZ, age 11 months. They were listed as coming from Hessen-Darmstadt and their destination was Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From later marriage records and family history I know they eventually set up farming in the township of Montpelier, Kewaunee county, Wisconsin. I have no other record of Konrad KRATZ. Friedrich KRATZ married Juliane JACHMANN on 5 Jul 1875 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 743 South Monroe Avenue, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Heinrich KRATZ (my great-grandfather) married Henrietta JACHMANN on 29 June 1882.
From other marriage records, I determined that Philipp and Kunigunde had at least three more children after they emigrated. Emma KRATZ married Wm. Gerhard NELL on 20 Nov 1881. He was listed as a farmer in the township of Ahnapee, Kewaunee county, Wisconsin. Charlie KRATZ, who was listed as a blacksmith in the city of Milwaukee, married Elizabeth FEUSAL from Grafton, Wisconsin 13 October 1887. Julius KRATZ married Lillie Anne FOWLER on 18 Mar 1890 and became a farmer in the township of Ahnapee, Kewaunee county, Wisconsin. I would like to locate the village and/or church in Hessen-Darmstadt so that I can research more generations back. If any reader also knows additional info on any of the children of Philipp and Kunigunde, this info would be greatly appreciated.


MacDOWELL, Miriam K.
311 Delacroix Street, Oxford, North Carolina 27565-2520, U.S.A.
(Evangelical Luthran)

I am researching the KONRAD family of Rainrod bei Nidda, Germany. I am trying to document the siblings of Johannes Jacob Friedrich KONRAD, born 11 August 1811 at Rainrod. The parents of Johannes were Jacob KONRAD and Anna Maria SCHMITT. Johannes Jacob Friedrich KONRAD married Anna Katherina HOFFMAN of Ulfa on 31 October 1841. They were members of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rainrod. Johannes left for the United States circa 1856 following the death of his wife. I will share names and dates for his descendants. I do not have access to eMail.
Webmaster's Note: While two places named Rainrod exist in Hesse and both have FHL microfilm of their Evangelische churchbooks, I believe the one you seek is on the river Nidda in Kreis Schotten. There 3 microfilm reels cover 1673-1875. It may also be possible to locate established genealogy for the Konrad surname of Rainrod by searching Die Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen Volkes collection on FHL microfilm.

MILLSTID, Veronika
eMail address: VMilstid@aol.com

I am looking for descendants of Bernhard VOIGHT and his wife (name unknown), and their son, August Heinrich VOIGHT who emigrated from Witzenhausen or Kassel, Hessen, Germany around 1883/1884. I believe they came to New York and lived at Brooklyn, New York. The last time Bernhard was heard from was around 1919 when he mailed a postcard to my grandmother, Emilie
WUNSCH who lived at Kassel, Germany.


PULLEN, Janice
eMail address; jrpullen@home.com

I am researching Sophia BARENFANGER, born 17 February 1824. She was the daughter of Christian BARENFANGER and Elizabeth BORDELBAUM. Sophia married Conrad DOENCH born 22 April 1824 in Germany. They were married 5 January 1849 in Germany. They emigrated via Bremen, Germany on 25 April 1854 on board the Bark "Weser" and arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on 17 July 1854. They arrived with their sons, Heinrich, age 9 months and Friedrich, age 4 years. Also traveling with them was Caroline BARENFANGER, age 22 (may have been Sophia's sister). Conrad was listed as a workman from Holzhausen, Germany. Their destination was Cincinnati, Ohio. I believe that they were Lutheran. The map of Germany shows about eight cities named Holzhausen, so I do not know which one they were from. I have been told that some of the BARENFANGER family was from the Darmstadt area. There are some distant relatives still living in Vohl, Germany which is west of Kassel. Due to their advanced age, they are unable to help me. Other data that I have seen stated that a younger brother of Sophia, Christian BARENFANGER, was sent to the U.S. from Holzhausen, Kiev, Hessen, Germany. I need help in how to research pre-1854 and where to write for the information needed.


REITZ, Ray E.
P. O. Box 337, Imperial, Nebraska 69033-, USA
eMail address; reitzfam@gpcom.net

I am looking for info on my gggrandparents: Philip REITZ, born 3 March 1826 or 19 March 1826. He is believed to have come from the Hessen region of Germany and married Elizabeth GROOMS in Germany. They had two sons who supposedly died in Germany before Philip and Elizabeth emigrated to the U.S. between 1851-1854. They had one son, John Frederick REITZ, born 24 November 1854 somewhere in Pennsylvania. John Frederick married Mary GEIGER, born 4 July 1873 at Rockport, Missouri. They had ten children. Philip REITZ's mother's name was Elizabeth and she emigrated with him and his wife to the U.S.


RHOADES, Lori
eMail address: Kuell1@aol.com
(Lutheran)

Heinrich OHLENDORF was born 28 October 1832 in Germany, married Engel Marie Dorothea STEEGE who was born 12 January 1839 in Germany. They had a son, Heinrich Wilhelm OHLENDORF, born 10 October 1865 at Reingen, Hessen, Prussia. They were most likely Lutheran. I do not know when they emigrated to the U.S. or to where originally. Some sources indicate they might have been in Illinois before settling in Bremer county, Iowa where my grandfather, Henry OHLENDORF, was born 17 November 1892.


RITZ, Janet
eMail address: RITZ711@aol.com
(Roman Catholic)

I am researching John Adam RITZ who was born in Hessen, Germany on 8 December 1802. His wife, Christina LEINBERGER, was born in Hessen, Germany on 8 November 1819. They married there circa 1838 and their first son, Ferdinand, was born 30 October 1839. They came to the U.S. between October 1839 and May 1841 when the second son was born in Kinderhook, New York. The 1860 census lables them as Hessian and the 1870 census says they were born in Hesse. They were Catholic. How can I find what town they were from in Germany?


SCHRUBB, Altamae
eMail address: jasam@wesnet.com
(Lutheran)

I am researching my husbands German relatives Phillip and Phillipina PHILLIPPI (PHILLIPPE) who came to this country on the ship "Henry" from Antwerp to New York in 1855. Those listed were Phillip 41, Phillipina 25, Wilhelm 9, and Freidrich .06. I believe they came directly to Piqua, Miami County Ohio. Naturalization papers list Phillip as a native of Nassau. His church obituary states his birth as 20 February, 1914, Kirchberg, Nassau, Germany. Phillipina PHILLIPPI, born MOHLER, was born 15 May 1830 Nassau. Believe them to be of the Lutheran faith. I cannot find the city of Kirchburg on a modern map. Can someone tell me if it still exists? On an old German map it sits just West of Traben-Trarbach and almost due South of Koblenz. I would like to find their parents and/or siblings. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Webmaster's Note: There are 18 Kirchberg locations in Germany today according to my 1993 German road Atlas. The one just west of Traben-Trarbach is a church only. There is one or more Kirchberg locations in Nassau but I have not had the time to go through them. perhaps this is something you can do.

SMITH, Lynn
eMail address: lynns@lesbois.com

I am researching the BACHMANN family from Hessen Germany. Johann Melchoir BACHMAN was born at Kircheim, Hessen, Germany, date unknown. His wife (name unknown) was an orphan. She became a housekeeper for a professor in Marburg by the name of STEGMON and after that she became a deaconess. She also was a trained nurse to Princess Hohenloke SCHILLING. Johann was 84 when he died 17 May 1903. His siblings were: Adolheist (oldest brother); Anna (oldest sister), married a baker named Franz RUSSMON; she lived at Lipstad in Westphalen, Germany; Gotfried, manager of a cigar factory store; Magdalene, married a cigar maker named Johann NABER; Maria, teacher in Hamburg; and Johann Melchoir (see more below) who was born at Kirckheim, Hessen, Germany. I have no dates for the siblings. I got this information from a letter that was translated by my gr-grandfather that was sent to him by his father. The son Johann Melchoir BACHMAN had a son named Henry Joseph BACHMAN, born 2 February 1874, place unknown. Henry Joseph had a son named Edward Joseph BACHMAN, born 30 May 1909 at Wheeling, West Virginia.


WELTY, Curt
email address: curt@chaffee.net

I have been trying to find the place of origin in Germany of my great grandparents. In the 1860 census of the city of Pekin, Illinois John ZUCKWEILER is listed as 50 years old and a shoemaker but there is no place of origin listed. His wife Elizabeth is listed as 33 years old and the place of origin is Hes. There are three children listed. The oldest is Elizabeth 14, next is Adam 10, and John 2. The children are all listed as born in Illinois.
Webmaster's Note: The "Hes." reference above is for Hesse or Hessen, so that will be where your submission has landed.

WENKER, Bernard
eMail address: bjwenker@umd5.umd.edu
(Lutheran)

I am looking for information about my great-great-grandfather, Adam GLOCK, born 16 October 1829 at Sterbfritz, Kurhessen, Germany. He emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland about 1850. His parents were Kasper and Maria VON GLOCK and they were Lutheran. I would like to know Adam GLOCK's military record, the names of any siblings (he had at least two sisters), the name of the family's estate, and coat of arms; also, any information about Kasper and Maria VON GLOCK -- birth dates, marriage place and date, death dates (both were dead by 1847) and names of ancestors.


WILHELM, Candace M.
eMail address: adwcmw@aol.com
(Lutheran)

I am researching John WILHELM, born 6 October 1821 in Germany and settled in Connellsville, Pennsylvania in the late 1840's. He married Anna Maria HETZEL (HEZEL), daughter of Johann Jacob HETZEL and Catherine SWARTZ from Muehlheim / Bach, Wuerttemberg, Germany. John and Anna Maria (HETZEL) WILHELM were Lutheran. They helped found St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Connellsville, PA. The pastor of the church was H.J.H. LEMCKE. I would be interested in finding the early records of this church--they seem to be missing.

John and Anna Maria WILHELM had the following children: Catherine born 1851, married Thomas P. BOYD; Elizabeth born 1852, married George ENOS; Lena born 1855, married Albert NEVILLE; John Henry born 1857, married Mary Hannah STRICKLER; Jennie born 1861, married William EVERLY; and Bertha born 1865 and was unmarried at her death. On the 1860 Federal census of Pennsylvania, John WILHELM stated that he was from Frankfurt. A naturalization record says that he came from Hesse Darmstadt. I would like to confirm the correct place. It has been said that John WILHELM came to the U.S. to meet his father. I would be interested in knowing anything about this family and their descendants.


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