German Immigrants in American Church Records, Volume 30: West Central 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 4,211-surname index to this book at the end of this entry.

Typical entries from Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio are as follows:

Rosine Barbara Haertlein b. Külsheim, Bayern 8 Dec 1826; d. 1 Nov 1910, age 83-10-23; bur. Hamilton, OH 4 Nov 1910; m. USA Spring 1870, Johann Georg Kilian. She immigrated in 1869. Ref: p. 2:573.

Anna Jauch b. Württemberg 11 May 1832; d. 6 Nov 1910, age 78-5-25; bur. Hamilton, OH 9 Nov 1910; m. 1854, John George Heinlein; 2m. USA 18 Jan 1867, George Leonard Arnold. She immigrated in the early 1850s. Ref: p. 2:573.

Anna Rosina Brobst b. Bayern 8 June 1827; d. 14 Nov 1910, age 83-5- 6; bur. Hamilton, OH 16 Nov 1910; m. Johann Schurz. She immigrated in June 1867. Ref: p. 2:573.

Carl Ranke b. Preußen 11 Sept 1837; d. 3 Dec 1910, age 72-2-22; bur. Hamilton, OH 5 Dec 1910; m. USA 5 Nov 1857, Katharina Schneider. He immigrated in 1854. Ref: p. 2:573.

Wilhelmine Maenke b. Sypniewo, Flatow, Westpreußen 3 July 1873; d. 6 Jan 1911, age 37-6-3; bur. Hamilton, OH 9 Jan 1911; m. USA 7 Oct 1891, Albert Miersch. She immigrated in 1883. Ref: p. 2:574.

Henry Snavely b. Bayern 9 Dec 1849; d. 21 Jan 1911, age 61-1-12; bur. Hamilton, OH; m. USA 29 April 1879, Katharina Keller. He immigrated ca. 1854. Ref: p. 2:574.

Katharina Fuhrmann b. Bayern 15 Feb 1851; d. 26 Jan 1911, age 59- 11-11; bur. Hamilton, OH 28 Jan 1912; m. ca. 1876, Georg Guenther. Ref: p. 2:574.

Elisabeth Brueck b. Erda, Wetzlar, Rheinprovinz 25 Sept 1822; d. 5 Feb 1911, age 88-4-10; bur. Hamilton, OH; m. 1847, Friedrich Brucks; 2m. 1864, Johann Lichte. Ref: p. 2:574.

Jacob Bollinger b. Nußdorf, Landau, Pfalz, Bayern 26 May 1863; d. 18 Feb 1911, age 47-8-22; bur. Hamilton, OH 21 Feb 1911; m. USA 15 April 1891, Theresa Weissmann. He immigrated on 12 Feb 1888. Ref: p. 2:574.

Volume 30 covers fifty-four churches found in Western Central Ohio. Seventeen of twenty-six counties in the region had records that were transcribed in this volume. The following list is made up of those counties. In parentheses is the number of churches covered for the county: Allen (4), Auglaize (4), Butler (4), Clark (1), Darke (5), Delaware (2), Fairfield (9), Franklin (5), Hardin (1), Mercer (5), Miami (3), Montgomery (3), Morrow (1), Pickaway (1), Shelby (3), Union (1), Van Wert (2).

The following fifty-four churches have been extracted.

Auburn Twp., Fairfield Co., St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church

Beamsville, Darke Co., St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Berne Twp., Fairfield Co., St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church

Berne Twp., Fairfield Co., St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Berne Twp., Fairfield Co., Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Bluffton, Allen Co., First Mennonite Church

Bluffton, Allen Co., Riley Creek Church

Celina, Mercer Co., Hope Lutheran Church

Celina, Mercer Co., St. John’s Lutheran Church

Chattanooga, Mercer Co., Zion’s Lutheran Church

Circleville, Pickaway Co., Trinity Lutheran Church

Coldwater, Mercer Co., St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Columbus, Franklin Co., St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Columbus, Franklin Co., St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Columbus, Franklin Co., Trinity Lutheran Church

Convoy, Van Wert Co., St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Delaware, Delaware Co., St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Delaware, Delaware Co., Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Delphos, Allen Co., St. Peter’s German Evangelical Church

Dublin, Franklin Co., St. John’s Lutheran Church

Fairfield Co., St. Thomas Lutheran Church

Farmersville, Montgomery Co., St. Andrew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Greenville, Darke Co., St. John’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church

Greenville, Darke Co., St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Grove City, Franklin Co., St. John’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church

Hamilton, Butler Co., St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Hamilton, Butler Co., Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Hopewell Twp., Mercer Co., St. John’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church

Kenton, Hardin Co., St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Kettlersville, Shelby Co., Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Lancaster, Fairfield Co., St. Peter’s and Emanuel Lutheran Churches

Lima, Allen Co., German Evangelical and Reformed Church

Miamisburg, Montgomery Co., St. Jacob’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Middletown, Butler Co., Bethlehem German Evangelical Lutheran Church

Moulton, Auglaize Co., Trinity German Evangelical Lutheran Church

New Bremen, Auglaize Co., St. Peter’s Lutheran Church

New Knoxville, Auglaize Co., First Church of New Knoxville

Neudettelsau, Union Co., St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

North Bloomfield Twp., Morrow Co., Bordner’s United Church

Philippsburg, Montgomery Co., Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church

Piqua, Miami Co., St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church

Piqua, Miami Co., Zion’s German Reformed Church

Pitsburg, Darke Co., Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Pleasant Twp., Fairfield Co., Grace Lutheran Church

Sidney, Shelby Co., St. John’s Lutheran Church

Sidney, Shelby Co., St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Springfield, Clark Co., St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Sugar Grove, Fairfield Co., Emanuel Lutheran Church

Sugar Grove, Fairfield Co., St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church

Trenton, Butler Co., St. Peter’s Lutheran Church

Troy, Miami Co., St. John’s Lutheran Church

Versailles, Darke Co., St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Wapakoneta, Auglaize Co., St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Willshire, Van Wert Co., Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Roger P. Minert, Ph.D.

2020, hard cover, every-name index, 623 pp.

ISBN: 9781628592948

121-FR0666