Scanning my files

We recently bought a printer-copier-scanner that has a sheet feeder, and that is my opportunity to digitize the huge amount of paper records I have. Especially the photocopied Kirchenbücher (German term for Parish Registers) for the German towns that my ancestors called home.

The Igeler-säule, a monument
to a textile trading family of the
Roman era in Igel, Germany. The
monument stands next to the
hotel owned and operated by
my cousin Oskar Blasius.

I've begun with the full set of early Kirchenbücher from Igel in Rheinland-Pfalz that were microfilmed into the Bistums-Archiv Trier and the Latter Day Saints Family History Library (FHL) as film 0585855. This film includes several large divisions that are called "Items" in the FHL catalog. The Items contain the Kirchenbücher in these groupings:

• Item 1. Hüffelsheim. (registers of Hüffelsheim, not photocopied)
• Item 2. Gemeinde Hümmel, Dekanat Adenau, Regierung Bezirk Koblenz. (registers of Hümmel, not photocopied)
• Item 3. Gemeinde Hümmel, Dekanat Adenau, Regierung Bezirk Koblenz. (not photocopied)
• Item 4. Gemeinde Hümmel, Dekanat Adenau, Regierung Bezirk Koblenz. (not photocopied)
• Item 5. Gemeinde Hümmel, Dekanat Adenau, Regierung Bezirk Koblenz. (not photocopied)
• Item 6. Gemeinde Hümmel, Dekanat Adenau, Regierung Bezirk Koblenz. (not photocopied)
• Item 7. Gemeinde Igel, Dekanat Konz, Regierung Bezirk Trier. KB1.
• Taufen (baptisms) 1706-1713, 1720-1732, 1738-1778. 
• Einzelne (various)1794, 1800, 1804, 1806. 
• Heiraten (matrimonies) 1706-1713, 1748-1778 (sehr Lückenhaft). 
• Sterbefälle (deaths) 1706-1722, 1749-1778. 
• Einzelne 1790-1796.
• 9951 [Contents page] Taufen 1706-1713 (p. 4); 1720-1732 (p. 11); 1738-1778 (p. 35); 
• Einzelne 1794, 1800, 1804, 1806 (p. 122). 
• Heiraten 1706-1713 (p. 125); 1748-1778 (sehr Lückenhaft) (p. 127). 
• Sterbefälle 1706-1722 (p. 141); 1749-1778 (p. 142); 
• Einzelne 1790-1796 (p. 161). 
• Spirituale testamentum pro vita et morte. Verschiedene Nachträge 1732-1754 (p. 166).

The old St. Dionysius church of Igel, built in 1759. Note the
Igeler-Säule in the foreground right. The church became a
chapel with the building of a new church along 

• Item 8. Gemeinde Igel, Dekanat Konz, Regierung Bezirk Trier. KB2.
• Taufen 1752-1759, 1784-1794, 1797. 
• Sterbefälle 1790/92.
• 3913 [Contents page] Taufen 1752-1759 (p. 1); 1784-1794 (p. 19); 1797 (p. 88). 
• Sterbefälle 1790/92 (p. 89).
• Item 9. Gemeinde Igel, Dekanat Konz, Regierung Bezirk Trier. KB3.
• Heiraten 1753-1761, 1784-1795.
• 3914 [Contents page] Heiraten 1753-1761 (p. 1); 1784-1795 (p. 5). 1752: no matrimonies performed. 
• Item 10. Gemeinde Igel, Dekanat Konz, Regierung Bezirk Trier. KB4.
• T. H. St. (baptisms, matrimonies, deaths) 1779-1783 (1779, 1781, 1782, 1783) Doppel.
• Taufen 1794, 1797-1800. 

Stairway to the chapel

• Heiraten 1797-1798. 
• Sterbefälle 1797, 1792/3.
• 3915 [Contents page] T.H.St. 1779-1783 (p. 1); 1779, 1781, 1782, 1783 Doppel (p. 57). 
• Taufen 1784 (p. 119); 1797-1800 (p. 119). 
• Heiraten 1797-1798 (p. 133). 
• Sterbefälle 1797, 1792/3 (p. 137).
• Item 11.Gemeinde Igel, Dekanat Konz, Regierung Bezirk Trier. KB5 through KB 13.
• T.H.St. 1784-1793.
• 3916 [Contents page] T.H.St. 1784. 
• 3917 T.H.St. 1785-1786. 
• 3918 T.H.St. 1787. 
• 3919 T.H.St. 1788. 
• 3920 T.H.St. 1789. 
• 3921 T.H.St. 1790. 
• 3922 T.H.St. 1791. 
• 3923 T.H.St. 1792. 
• 3924 T.H.St. 1793. 

View of Igel from the old Reinig neighborhood
of Wasserliesch, across the Mosel River. My
great-grandmother Susanna Reinert was born
in Igel, and my great-grandfather John M. Kohn
was born in Wasserliesch.

It has taken about two days to scan each group of 35 pages into one PDF file after another. The resulting 17 files range from about 60 to 275 MB, generally depending on the number of pages. Using Adobe Acrobat, I slim down the file size to the range of 7 to 20 MB and rotate pages as needed, if the photocopies changed orientation at some point. Then I merge each packet of 35 pages back into a single file that represents the full Item.

But the work isn't quite done with these steps. I still must go through each file, add PDF bookmarks to ease navigation, and add comments where I have had post-it notes that contain translations, summaries, orother information.

Update 2013.06.23: All the Igel documents are completely scanned.

For future work, I have digitizing for these locations:

• USA KS Mitchell county 19th-C censuses
• USA KS Mitchell county research trip in 2001
• USA KS Mitchell county maps, church registers, cemetery canvasses, deeds, news articles
• USA KS Osborne county maps, deeds, censuses
• USA MN Houston county maps, deeds, censuses related to families Arnoldy, Gillen, Reinert, Schandler, and Schwinden
• USA OH family documents for Brandon, Cosiano, Coscignano, Deneke, Derry, Flauto, Gast, Hoon, Iacano, LoPiccolo, Maxwell, Morton, Nanik, Pounds, and Ventura
• USA PA Allegheny county documents for families Elliott, Ohnsat, Rahenkamp, and Rothamel
• USA WI Dane county documents for families Butler, Kennedy, and Ryan
• USA WI La Crosse county documents for familes Bauer, Becker, Beranek, King, Kohn, Petrick, and Troyanek

• 

  Igel from above, about 2001
  

  
  

  DEU (Germany) B-W (Baden-Wurttemberg) Breisach documents for families Salinger and Vogel
• DEU B-W Main-Tauber-Kreis Königheim documents for Stephan family, primarily Kirchenbücher 
• DEU N-W (Nordthein-Westfalen) Kr. Höxter Brakel documents for Deneke, Franke, and Wiethase families, primarily Kirchenbücher 
• DEU R-P (Rheinland-Pfalz) general documents, some from Landesarchiv that includes Entlaßungserkundigunge (Permits to emigrate)
• DEU R-P Amerikaauswangerungen aus dem Landkreise Trier Rheinland 1855-1900 by Josef Mergen (Update 2013.06.23: scanning complete)
• DEU R-P Krieg am Westwall by Khristoffel
• DEU R-P Kr. Saarburg Saarburg-Filzen Kirchenbücher 
• DEU R-P Kr. Saarburg Wasserliesch Kirchenbücher 1752-1797
• DEU R-P Kr. Saarburg Wasserliesch Kirchenbücher 1752-1907
• DEU R-P Kr. Saarburg Wasserliesch Familienbuch monograph by Peter Kohns
• DEU R-P Kr. Trier-Land marriage extracts from Kirchenbücher  near Igel, 1840-1870 (Update 2013.06.23: scanning complete)
• DEU R-P Kr. Trier-Land Igel Kirchenbücher 1818-1908 (Update 2013.06.23: scanning complete)
• DEU R-P Kr. Trier-Land "Familienbuch" monograph by Franziska Kandel (Update 2013.06.23: scanning complete)
• DEU R-P Kr. Trier-Land Langsur Kirchenbücher 1758-1900 (Update 2013.06.23: scanning complete)
• DEU SCSN (Schlesien, a part of former Ostpreußen) Kr. Falkenburg Grüben extracted records from Kirchenbücher
• LUX (Luxembourg) Canton Fôret/Grevenmacher Wasserbillig Registres Paroissiaux

If you, my reader, have a special interest in the digitized or photocopied records, please leave a comment on this posting.

© Thomas G. Kohn, 2013.

Four ships came sailing

Ancestor chart, Robert Schuh

Recently some cousins from Germany visited Chuck and me in Palm Springs. Robert Schuh and his wife Annemarie from Wasserliesch and Barbara Schuh, the younger of their two daughters included Palm Springs as part of their tour of California, Nevada, and Arizona. They flew to San Francisco, rented an SUV, drove to Las Vegas, Brice Canyon, and the Grand Canyon, and then to Palm Springs before a few days in Los Angeles and their return to San Francisco. Yes, they were packing in as much American Southwest as possible for a three-week trip.

Robert and I are 3rd cousins. My great-grandfather John M. Kohn is a brother to Robert's great-grandmother Barbara Kohn-Schuh. Our first ancestor in common is our 2nd great-grandfather Johann Matthias Kohn V (1804-1877 in Wasserliesch). On the ancestor charts (at right), he is marked with a solid arrow.

The family arrived as the result of following their GPS directions to our home. Robert pulled their SUV into our driveway while Chuck and I were working in the front yard. I was burying irrigation tubes and Chuck was cleaning pine needles and stray weed-grasses out of the cactus.

Ancestor chart, Tom Kohn

We proudly showed them our garden and what we most recently finished, the path and patio underneath a towering pine tree. Annemarie and Barbara both tried Chuck's favorite relaxing spot, a hammock shaded by the pine tree.

We gave them directions to their hotel and made plans to meet them there for dinner nearby at The Cowboy Way, a favorite informal restau that serves the best western bar-b-que. Thanks to Barbara, who is a superbly conscientious interpreter, we had a spirited conversation at dinner. Robert and Annemarie told us about Wasserliesch, other members of our family who live there, the homes and locations that I've noted in my research through the Kirchenbücher and websites. Chuck talked about his writing, American politics and culture, and his family and early years in Cleveland. And from time to time, Robert and I spoke directly about family history and swapped American and German family stories.

The next morning, while Chuck was playing volleyball and Kazu was at the gym, the Schuhs picked me up to show them what I love about Palm Springs. We drove east along Highway 111, and I pointed out a few of my favorite areas for off-road biking, we drove to the top of the cove neighborhood at the south end of Cathedral City, and then we went to Indian Canyons directly south of Palm Springs. We hiked all of Andreas Canyon, which is about a mile of gentle hiking up the canyon along the stream. The return hike leads up to the top of the canyon's south wall, from where you see a great panorama of the entire canyon and many native cactus and ground covers. We drove on to the trading post, descended into Palm Canyon, and walked a little among the immense Washingtonian palms.

We topped the afternoon with a drive up to the tramway station. We decided against taking the cable car up, since we were dressed only for the valley floor. The temperature at the top station was around 35 degrees (F), much too cool for exploring the trails and lake up there.

Ancestor chart, Oskar Blasius

Robert and I left Annemarie and Barbara at the hotel for some late afternoon poolside relaxing, and he and I talked about our family history research. I printed the ancestor charts duplicated in this post, and we talked about the three Kohn brothers who emigrated from Wasserliesch, in 1855, 1865, and 1872. I told him of my guess that John M. Kohn and Susannah Reinert had met while they lived on opposite banks of the Mosel River, and Robert described how closely tied the two towns have been, despite the absence of a bridge between them. Robert told me of meeting Oskar Blasius and his interest in understanding the distant connection between them. I made another ancestor chart and printed it for Robert's next meeting with Oskar, whose 2nd great grandfather is my 3rd great grandfather. (So we are 3rd cousins, once removed.) Our first ancestor in common is Peter Blasius II (1789-1846 in Igel). Peter Blasius II is indicated with a dashed arrow in the ancestor charts.

Robert asked questions that set another research task: What ships brought the Kohn brothers and the Reinert family to America? Did these ancestors emigrate through Hamburg, Bremen, Ostende, or some other port? Did they all arrive in New York? There were other family emigrants also. These are the facts I know about each:

Entlassungsurkunde
Gertrude Blasius-Schmitz

• Matthias Kohn (1829-1888), the eldest of the Kohn brothers who emigrated, was confirmed in Wasserliesch on 25 April 1849 and bought land in La Crosse county, Wisconsin on 15 May 1856. (Section 23, Town 15, Range 5, SW 1/4 NE 1/4 S 23 T 15N R 5W, documented in the county deed books, volume 89. I believe he emigrated in 1855, before Prussia required applications for emigration. He married Josephine Becker in 1865, and they had 11 children and adopted 2 children. He operated a hotel-saloon in La Crosse from about 1866 through his death in 1888. Several of his descendants live in Minnesota.
• Several Blasius siblings emigrated from Igel before 1867 and resided in the Chicago area. These included the widowed Anna Catharina Blasius-Schmitz (1826-after 1869) and her daughter Gertrude, who emigrated April 1863; Nicolaus Blasius (1835-1912, emigrated 1863); and Johann Blasius (1833-1878, emigrated before 1864). All married in America, and several of their descendants still live in the Chicago area.
•  Johann Matthias Kohn (1839-1919) emigrated after applying to the local authorities on 30 June 1865. He stated he was 26 years old, and that the reason for emigrating was "that he has a brother already residing in America and imagines that he will have better prospects." He stated an intention to embark at Le Havre, France. In America he called himself John M. Kohn, lived near Tipton, Kansas, and married Susannah Reinert there in 1874. In 1880, he moved his family to La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he was a milk farmer and deliveryman. Susannah Reinert-Kohn died of heat stroke in 1887, and John M. moved his family back to Kansas and lived there with his mother-in-law for a time. He bought a farm nearby, raised cattle, and drove some cattle to market in Kansas City each year. He died on his farm southwest of Tipton, Kansas.
• Johann Reinert (1822-1871) emigrated after applying to the local authorities on 9 February 1867. In Amerika-Auswanderungen aus den Regierungsbezirken Bitburg und Trier im 19. Jahrhundert, Josef Mergen records the application, "851. Der Leinweber Johann Reinert, geb.12.6.1822 mit seiner Frau Katharine Blasius, ge.20.3.1824 und den Kindern Susanna 8.1.1848, Nikolaus 7.1.1851, Peter 7.5.1853, Maria 27.1.1860, Gertrud 10.12.1864. nach A. 'dass er daselbst Anverwandte habe, welche bereits fuer sein ferneres Fortkommen gesorgt haetten.' 9.2.1867" [...that he has relatives there who have already provided for his expected arrival]. Johann died of cancer of the neck on his farm near Caledonia, Minnesota in 1871, and his widow  Katherine  and the family moved with a dozen other families by wagon train to Kansas in 1872. Katherine died in 1891 on her farm near Tipton, Kansas.
• Michael Kohn (1844-after 1900) emigrated after applying to the local authorities on 17 June 1871.  In his application, he makes the sworn statements "... born in _Prussia_ on or about _1844_ ...[and] landed in the Port of _New_York_ on or about _July_1871_"  This date is corroborated in the Wasserliesch Kirchenbuch. He was naturalized 1 November 1872 in the Circuit Court of Wisconsin and married Theresa Loerscher in Wisconsin in 1874. He worked as a carpenter or furniture maker  in La Crosse for several years, but he lived in Beloit, Kansas about a year and was in the 1880 federal census there. He moved his family to Leavenworth, Kansas. Until recently, his whereabouts was unknown, and I have just uncovered the residence in Leavenworth. He had several children, whom I am researching now.

After a few hours of genealogy, we met again for dinner at  The Blue Coyote, a quiet southwestern restau on North Palm Canyon Drive. Chuck brought his recent book, Dark Dreams 2.0, to show Barbara and her parents, and we had a lively discussion of film that edged often into the arts, politics, and culture. Soon we said good-by, and wished the Schuhs well for their coming few days in Los Angeles and the return to San Francisco.

The Familienbuch of Wasserliesch

For several years, I've been transcribing the Ortsfamilienbuch Wasserliesch into a PDF with linked entries. This includes all families documented in the parish registers from 1752 to 1899, plus supplementary information from the civil records.

The original Ortsfamilienbuch was prepared by Peter Kohns and completed around 1985. I've sought to maintain his information faithfully. He performed a valuable service to all researchers, and his work is much more conscientious than others who have prepared similar documents for other German towns.

My first work has focused on transcribing the full entries for my direct ancestors and the extended families that were formed by the siblings of my ancestors. The publication linked here is that state of the transcription.

I'm currently expanding the introductory material and also expanding the transcription to include the husband, wife, and children of each marriage listed in the original document. Unfortunately, I have not included much more than their names. I don't have a guess on when the expanded transcription will be available.

Please leave a comment if you would like to see a specific family in the next edition. (I moderate all comments, so am guaranteed to see what you need.)

Updated 2013.06.28. I just uploaded the 2nd edition of the Ortsfamilienbuch, which includes lots of new introductory material and a clearer format for the entries.

Summary of my 2nd great grandparents

My 2GGP are...

Kohn—Dahm
Johann Matthias Kohn V (1804-1877) †
married 1825 in Wasserliesch, Kreis Trier-Land, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany €
Katharina Dahm (1803-1868)

• Johann Matthias was the first child born to Peter Kohn and Eva Lorig, and he was baptized 8 January 1804 in Wasserliesch, the same day as his birth. 
• Katharina Dahm was the fifth child born to Johann Matthias Dahm and Maria Elisabeth Fischer, and she was baptized 7 November 1803 in Wasserliesch, the same day as her birth. 
• During their lives, the town name was written variously as Waßerliesch, Waßerliersch, and Waßerlirs.
• Johann Matthias and Katharina married on 12 January 1825 in Wasserliesch, witnessed by his brother Nicholas Kohn from the Albach mill and her maternal uncle Nicholas Fischer from Igel.
• Johann Matthias' mother and both of Katharina's parents were deceased by the time Johann Matthias and Katharina married.
• The couple had 10 children: 
• Peter (born 1825)
• Nicholas (born 1827)
• Matthias (born before 1829)
• Barbara (born 1831)
• Johann (born 1834)
• Maria (born 1836 and died 1839)
• Johann Matthias (John M., born 1839)
• Katharina (born 1841)
• Michael (born 1844)
• Matthias (born and died 1847)

• The baptismal records of their children note that Johann Matthias was a farmer. 
• Notable events for the family:

•  12 January 1825 in Wasserliesch: Johann Matthias Kohn V marries Katharina Dahm
• 9 December 1825: son Peter was born and baptized.
• 20 November 1827: son Nicholas was born and baptized the next day.
• 16 August 1829: son Matthias was baptized and born on this date or before.
• 21 April 1831: daughter Barbara was born and baptized.
• 1 June 1834: son Johann was born and baptized the next day.
• 10 July 1836: daughter Maria III was born and baptized the next day.
• 10 Jan 1839: son Johann Matthias VIII (John M.) was born and baptized.
• 5 July 1839: daughter Maria died and was buried on 9 July.
• 14 Sep 1841: daughter Katharina was born and baptized.
• 19 Jul 1844: son Michael was born and baptized two days later.
• 30 Apr 1847: the son Matthias was born, baptized, and died.
• 25 April 1849 in Wasserliesch:  the sons Matthias and John and daughter Barbara were confirmed.
• 4 August 1849:  Johann Matthias' father Peter died in Wasserliesch.
• before 1855: the son Matthias emigrated to America.
• 17 September 1855: the son Johann Matthias and the daughter Katharina were confirmed.
• 2 October 1860: the son Michael was confirmed.
• 3 February 1861: the son Nicholas married Maria Müller of Konz.
• 10 February 1863: the daughter Barbara married Johann Schuh of Wasserliesch.
• 31 July 1864: the son Peter was the godfather to his nephew Peter, the son of Nicholas Kohn and Maria Müller
• around 30 June 1865: the son Johann Matthias emigrated to America.
• 18 September 1865 in LaCrosse Wisconsin (USA): the son Matthias married Josephine Baker. 
• 19 Apr 1866: the son John applied for emigration to America. It is uncertain if he did indeed travel to America, since he married Anna Hild in Wasserliesch on 20 February 1873, and they had several children baptized there.
• 10 May 1868: Katharina died and was buried on 12 May in Wasserliesch.
• around 17 June 1871: the son Michael emigrated to America.
• 20 February 1873 in Wasserliesch: the son Johann married Anna Hild of Porz. 
• 21 April 1874 in LaCrosse Wisconsin (USA): the son Michael married Theresia Loarscher [spelling uncertain].
• 5 September 1874 in Waconda Kansas (USA): the son Johann Matthias married Susanna Reinert of Igel.
• 10 April 1877: Johann Matthias V died and was buried on 12 April in Wasserliesch.

Reinert—Blasius
Johann Reinert (1822-1871)
married 1847 in Igel, Kreis Trier-Land, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Catharina Blasius III (1824-1891) †

• Johann was the sixth child born to Paul Reiner and Anna Maria Weis, and he was born 12 June 1822 in Wasserbillig, Luxembourg.
• Catharina was the third child born to Peter Blasius II and Susanna Giwer, and she was born 20 March 1824 and baptized the same day in Igel.
• Johann and Catharina married on 5 March 1847 in Igel. No sacramental register entry in Igel or any neighboring village documents the wedding, but the civil marriage registers (Standesamtsregister of Landkreis Trier) give the date and hour of 11 o'clock in the morning. 
• According to the marriage register, Johann was a linen weaver, which often meant a year-round business of flax growing, harvesting, and treating, after which a weaver would spin the flax into thread, and then manufacture rope and cloth.
• Catharina's father was deceased at the time of their marriage.
• The couple had five children:
• Susanna (born 1848)
• Nicholas Matthias (born 1851)
• Peter (born 1853)
• Maria (born 1860)
• Gertrude (born 1864)
• Notable events for the family:
• 8 January 1848: the daughter Susanna was born and baptized.
• 8 January 1851: the son Nicholas Matthias was born and baptized.
• 17 May 1853: the son Peter was born and baptized.
• 27 January 1860: the daughter Maria was born and baptized.
• 19 March 1864: Johann was the godfather of Elisabeth Blasius, his wife's niece.
• 9 December 1864: the daughter Gertrude was born and baptized the next day.
• 9 February 1867: Johann applied for emigration.
• 22 October 1867: Johann signed a letter of intent to naturalize in the United States.
• 7 June 1870: the family was enumerated in the U.S. Federal Census of Houston County (Caledonia) Minnesota (USA).
• 10 March 1871: Johann died of cancer of the neck near Caledonia Minnesota (USA).
• 1872: Catharina moved with her five children to Tipton Kansas (USA). The family was part of a group of 12 relocating families.
• 1872 in Bloom township, Osborne county Kansas (USA): Catharina purchased 160 acres of farmland.
• 5 September 1874 in Waconda Kansas (USA): the daughter Susanna married Johann Matthias Kohn from Wasserliesch.
• 8 September 1879 in Mitchell County Kansas: the son Nicholas Matthias married Maria Simeon.
• 8 September 1879 in Mitchell County Kansas: the son Peter married Catherine Schwinden from Caledonia Minnesota.
• 26 January 1887 in Mitchell County Kansas: the daughter Gertrude married Stephen Schandler from Luxembourg. 
• 24 April 1887 in Mitchell County Kansas: the daughter Maria married Michael Gillen from Kruchten, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
• 4 August 1887 in LaCrosse Wisconsin: the daughter Susanna died of heatstroke.
• Late 1887: the widowed husband of Susanna, John M. Kohn, moved from LaCrosse Wisconsin with his five surviving children to live with his mother-in-law Catharina.
• 8 February 1891: Catharina died near Tipton Kansas.

Ohnsat—Scholz
Franz Ohnsat (calc 1803-est 1870) ¶
married 1831 in Grabin, Niemodlin, Opole, Poland
Catherina Scholz (calc 1806-est 1870) ¶

• Franz was one of at least three children born to Joseph Ohnsat and an unnamed mother, and he was born 15 January 1803 in Grüben, Kreis Falkenberg, Schlesien, Ostpreußen (as named at that time) or Grabin, Niemodlin, Opole, Poland (modern name).
• Catharina was one of at least three children born to Johann Scholtz and an unnamed mother, and she was born 15 August 1806 in Grüben, Kreis Falkenberg, Schlesien, Ostpreußen (as named at that time) or Grabin, Niemodlin, Opole, Poland (modern name).
• Franz and Catharina married on 15 November 1831 in  Grabin.
• According to the marriage register, Franz was a land owner.
• As of today, no further research has identified the parents' birth and death dates.
• The couple had seven children:
• Franz Joseph (born 1833)
• Johann Robert (born 1835)
• Franz Anton (born 1837)
• Maria Caroline (born 1840)
• Joseph August (born 1842)
• Carl Anton (born 1844)
• Johann Heinrich (born 1847)
• Notable events for the family:
• 13 March 1833: the son Franz Joseph was born and baptized the next day.
• 18 September 1835: the son Johann Robert was born and then baptized on 20 September.
• 10 December 1837: the son Franz Anton was born and then baptized on 12 December.
• 8 July 1840: the daughter Maria Caroline was born and then baptized on 14 July.
• 3 July 1842: the son Joseph August was born and baptized the next day.
• 13 October 1844: the son Carl Anton was born and then baptized on 17 October.
• 2 April 1847: the son Johann Heinrich was born and then baptized on 4 April.
• I estimate that the parents died around 1870, based on typical lifespans of that time.

Salinger—Vogel
Georgius Salinger (est 1800-est 1870) ¶
married 03 Dec 1829 in Durlach, Baden, Germany
Katherina Vogel (est 1815-est 1870) ¶

• Georgius (also Georg) was born around 1800, presumably in the Baden region of what is now Germany. His father was Leopold Sallinger; his mother's name is not known.
• Catharina was born around 1815, presumably in the Baden region of what is now Germany. Her mother was Katharina Vogel; her father's name is not known.
• The parents were cited in the 26 Nov 1872 marriage of Robert Ohnsat to Anna M. L. Salinger, as recorded by Father Fredericus of St. Michael parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• As of today, no further research has identified birth and death dates for Georg Salinger and Katherina Vogel.
• The couple had four known children:
• Carl Julius (born 1833)
• Anton Hermann (born 1836)
• Maria Anna Josepha  (born 1838)
• Anna Maria Louisa (born 1839)
• Notable events for the family:
• 26 March 1833: the son Carl Julius was born and two days later baptized in the catholic parish of Breisach, Kreis Freiburg, Baden (today named Breisach am Rhein).
• 16 Apr 1833 : the son Carl Julius died.
• 20 June 1836: the son Anton Herrmann was born and one day later baptized in the catholic parish of Breisach, Kreis Freiburg, Baden (today named Breisach am Rhein).
• 21 March 1838: the daughter Maria Anna Josepha was baptized in the catholic parish of Breisach, Kreis Freiburg, Baden (today named Breisach am Rhein).
• 30 May 1839: the daughter Maria Anna Leopoldina was baptized in the catholic parish of Breisach, Kreis Freiburg, Baden (today named Breisach am Rhein).
• I estimate that the parents died around 1870, based on typical lifespans of that time.

Deneke—Wiethase 
Deneke—Franke
Franz Anton Deneke (calc 1793-abt 1875) ¶married 1823 in Brakel, Kreis Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Anna Theodora Wiethase (calc 1791-1832)
married 1833 in Brakel, Kreis Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Anna Maria Franke (calc 1798-est 1860) ¶

• Franz Anton was born around 1793, in Brakel, of what is now Kreis Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
• Anna Theodora was born around 1789, presumably in Brakel, of what is now Kreis Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Her father's name was Ludwig.
• Franz Anton married Anna Theodora Wiethase on 11 Feb 1823 in the catholic St. Michael parish of Brakel, Kreis Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
• The couple had four known children:
• Anna Maria Elisabetha (born 1823)
• Ferdinandine (born 1825)
• Thomas  (born 1827)
• Friedrich Lorenz (born 1830)
• Anna Theodora Wiethase died 28 December 1832.
• Anna Maria was born around 1798, presumably in Brakel, of what is now Kreis Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
• Franz Anton married Anna Maria Franke on 19 February 1833 in the catholic St. Michael parish of Brakel, Kreis Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
• The couple had three known children:
• Anton (born 1836)
• Franz Joseph (born 1838)
• Sophia (born 1842)
• Notable events for the family:
• 28 Nov 1823: the daughter Anna Maria Elisabeth was born and two days later baptized.
• 5 June 1824: the daughter Anna Maria Elisabeth died.
• 11 Mar 1825: the son Ferdinandine was born and one day later baptized.
• 28 Jul 1827: the son Thomas was born and one day later baptized.
• 14 Mar 1830: the son Friedrich Lorenz was born and baptized.
• 2 Aug 1830: the son Friedrich Lorenz died.
• 28 December 1832: the mother Anna Theodora Wiethase died.
• 23 Apr 1836: the son Anton was born and baptized.
• 21 Dec 1838: the son Franz Joseph was born and three days later baptized.
• 30 Jan 1842: the daughter Sophia was born and three days later baptized.
• 18 Jan 1843: the daughter Sophia died.
• 15 Mar 1843: the son Franz Joseph died.
• 1872: the son Anton emigrates to America.

Stephan—Baur [spelling uncertain]
Franz Jakob Stephan (1812-1898) ¶
married bef 1849 in Königheim, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Maria Anna [Baur? Rauch?] (est 1825-est 1885) ¶

Butler—Kennedy
John Butler (1801-abt 1875) ¶
married 1824 in Thomastown, county Kilkenny, Ireland
Mary Kennedy (1797-1893)

Cummings—Walsh
Dennis Cummings (1806-1888)
married abt 1840 in Ireland
Margaret Walsh (1800-1896)

† The appended Roman numerals specify individuals who share the same name with other members of the family. The numerals were applied by me and are not used by other researchers of the family history.

€ Modern designations are used for locations. Local names are used, except for the country.

¶ The abbreviations used in the list have these meanings.
abt—The date or year was estimated by using a known event. For example, a person's death occurred before the surviving family moved.
aft—The date or year establishes the first possible time for the event. For example, a person's baptism happens after a birth.
bef—The date or year establishes the last possible time for the event. For example, a person's birth  happens before a baptism.
calc—The date or year was calculated from a known date and age. For example, a stated age in a wedding document provides a calculation of that person's birth.
est—The date or year was estimated by using average longevity and average age for marriage. For example, average longevity ranges from 60 years in the 19th Century to 75 years in the 20th Century. The average age for marriage in 19th C. Germany is 22 for women and 26 for men.