German Immigrants In American Church Records, Volume 29: Dayton Ohio Protestant

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Dr. Minert and a team of researchers at BYU are currently involved in a project wherein they read and extract Americans' German vital records from historic local church vital records. These church records often pinpoint German origins in the "old country." Places and dates of birth, marriage, and previous residence in Germany are commonly found in these records. Dr. Minert estimates that 65-76 percent of historic local church records give an immigrant's exact place of birth. Entries found in the volumes include people born in Switzerland and Austria.

Please note that there is a 3,496-surname index to this book at the end of this entry.

Typical baptism, marriage and death entries from St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio are as follows:

Marie Thiele b. Gerdshagen, Bukow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; m. Hermann Schultz. Ref: Baptisms 628.

Heinrich Wilhelm Lohmann b. Bergdorf, Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe; m. Wilhelmine Piel. Ref: Baptisms 629; 1862:41; 1864:64; 1866:131.

Wilhelmine Piel b. Liekwegen, Obernkirchen, Hessen-Nassau; m. Heinrich Wilhelm Lohmann. Ref: Baptisms 629; 1862:41; 1864:64; 1866:131.

Michael Freudenberger b. Lützel-Wiebelsbach, Höchst, Hessen; m. Magdalena Sauer. Ref: Baptisms 632; 1861:18; 1863:126; 1865:52.

Magdalena Sauer b. Fürstengrund, Höchst, Hessen; m. Michael Freudenberger. Ref: Baptisms 632; 1861:18; 1863:126; 1865:52.

Franz Engesser b. Geisingen, Baden; m. Elisabeth Obenauer. Ref: Baptisms 633; 1862:35.

Elisabeth Obenauer b. Oberhöchstädt, Bayern; m. Franz Engesser. Ref: Baptisms 633; 1862:35.

Georg Stockum b. Lützel-Wiebelsbach, Hessen; m. Margarethe Adelberger. Ref: Baptisms 638; 1863:110.

Carl Theobald b. Wetzlar, Rheinprovinz; m. Minna Titje. Ref: 1865:150; 1867:20.

Minna Titje b. Holzminden, Braunschweig; m. Carl Theobald. Ref: 1865:150; 1867:20.

Johann Schulz b. Pokrent, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; m. Minna Tornoster. Ref: 1865:151.

Minna Tornoster b. Gnemern, Bützow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; m. Johann Schulz. Ref: 1865:151.

Jacob Wagner b. Röthenbach, Bayern; m. Barbara Haas. Ref: 1865:153.

Georg Heinrich Niedmann b. Bollensen, Uslar, Hannover; m. Martha Catharina Schroeder. Ref: 1865:157.

Martha Catharina Schroeder b. Bexhövede, Hannover; m. Georg Heinrich Niedmann. Ref: 1865:157.

Friedrich Reiber b. Gaste, Osnabrück, Hannover 1800; d. Dayton, OH 1 July 1864, age 64. Ref: Deaths 1864:24.

Caroline Ebenstein b. Kleinneuhausen, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach 29 March 1818 (calculated); d. Dayton, OH 15 Aug 1864, age 46-4-17; m. David Bressler. Ref: Deaths 1864:34.

Maria Viebeck b. Eichfeld, Bayern 2 May 1812; d. Dayton, OH 15 Aug 1864, age 35-3-14; m. - - Schultheiss. Ref: Deaths 1864:35.

Elisabeth Maria Weißmueller b. Fränkisch Crumbach, Hessen 6 April 1828; d. Dayton, OH 3 Sept 1864, age 36-4-28; m. Carl Weghorst. Ref: Deaths 1864:41.

Johann Friedrich Martin Trost b. Alt Karin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin 30 Nov 1843; d. 26 Aug 1864, 20-8-24; m. Maria Medlin. Veteran 63 O.V.D Regiment, Company H, Civil War. Ref: Deaths 1864:46.

Helena Margaretha Hessner b. Golzwarden, Oldenburg 7 Jan 1828; d. Dayton, OH 24 Oct 1864, age 36-9-17; m. Johann Heinrich Delskamp. Ref: Deaths 1864:48.

Andreas Leppert b. Neustadt, Baden 23 April 1828; d. Dayton, OH 29 Oct 1864, age 26-6-4. Ref: Deaths 1864:50.

Jacob Linxweiler b. Glan-Münchweiler, Pfalz, Bayern 1 Sept 1846; son of Carl Linxweiler and Anna Maria Gettel; d. Dayton, OH 18 Dec 1864, age 18-3-18. Ref: Deaths 1864:61.

Johann Zacharias Brohme b. Meißen, Sachsen (kingdom) 10 Jan 1780; d. Dayton, OH 26 Dec 1864, age 84-11-17. Ref: Deaths 1864:62.

Ernestine Leonore Ebeling b. Obernkirchen, Rinteln, Hessen-Nassau 24 May 1795; d. Dayton, OH 10 Feb 1865, age 69-8-16; m. Heinrich Schaeferling. Ref: Deaths 1865:5.

Hermann Friedrich Schwarze b. Haldem, Dielingen, Westfalen 19 Jan 1784; d. Dayton, OH 19 Feb 1865, age 81-1-0. Ref: Deaths 1865:6.

Friederike Wilhelmine Zauch b. Mühltroff, Plauen, Sachsen (kingdom) 18 Dec 1814; d. Dayton, OH 19 Feb 1865, age 51-2-1; m. Valentin Heu. Ref: Deaths 1865:7.

Magdalena Utzinger b. Höhfröschen, Bayern 1 Oct 1818; d. Dayton, OH 11 March 1865, age 46-5-10; m. 1847, Michael Knecht. Ref: Deaths 1865:8.

Volume 29 deals with two churches found in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.

The following two churches have been extracted.

St. John's s Evangelical Lutheran Church

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Roger P. Minert

2020, Hard Cover, Every-name index, 557 pp.

ISBN: 9781628592764

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