oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2008-02 00029

[Lisa Niemeyer <lniemeyer(a)frontiernet.net>]

I want to thank everyone that sent resources for my research of the Cincy
areas.  I am quite impressed with what Kenton Co. Library site has to offer!
It has already given me a few leads to follow, which you are right a clue is
a clue.

D.L. MacLaughlan- Dumas:  you asked me where my brick wall was, and it is
finding the town in Germany from which my ancestral Niemeyer's came from and
when they came.  I haven't found an exact match on the German lists or ship
lists either.  And yes I do think they probably came from Hannover and not
Oldenburg.  I guess I just noticed more postings regarding databases and
researching in the Cincy area.  I do have the obituary of the immigrant John
Henry Niemeyer, and to my dismay doesn't say anything about where he came
from or who is parents or brothers were.  It just mentions family coming
from Cincy for the services.  So my hope is to try and find a brother, who
may have put somewhere on some document a town where they came from in
Germany or when.

Again,  I thank the Listers for your assistance! 


Lisa Niemeyer



From: oldenburg-l-bounces+lniemeyer=frontiernet.net(a)genealogy.net
[mailto:oldenburg-l-bounces+lniemeyer=frontiernet.net(a)genealogy.net] On
Behalf Of D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:49 PM
To: Oldenburg-L
Subject: Re: [OL] Research in Cincinnati, OH & Covington, KY

At 12:13 PM 2/6/2008 -0600, you wrote:

>  I am looking for advice on researching in Cincinnati and the 
>Covington, KY areas.  I have sent a request for sacramental records for 
>the Niemeyer's and Kerk's but have not heard back yet from the Archives of
the Church yet.

If you know what church your Niemeyers were affiliated with this is probably
the best route. Even so the records you may receive may not be very
enlightening. I have Robers ancestors who lived in Cincinnati in the 1840s
and 1850s. Their St. Mary's marriage record gives just the name of the
bride, groom, witnesses and dates, no ages, birthplace, or parents' names.

>I've noticed some listers mention cemetery records and city directories in
>Cincy and Covington, KY.  Are any of these resources online?   Would a
>subscription to ancesty.com be worthwhile?   Like I said,  I feel I'm at a
>brick wall and looking for some advice on what's available for these areas.

Which way is your brick wall, back in time to Oldenburg (I assume they were
from there since you're posting on an Oldenburg list) or after they came to
Ohio?

ancestry.com is fine for census work but doesn't have much in the way of
early Cincinnati directories. But the 1840-1900 censuses show a handful of
Niemeyer/Niemeier families there and a few Kark/Kerk/Karch families. If your
local library subscribes to ancestry.com you might not need a subscription.

>I know that my ancestor John Henry Niemeyer applied for citizenship in 
>Cincy in 1844, and was born in Germany in 1820.  He married Catherine 
>Maria Kerk ( Kark / Karch) in 1846 in Cincy.  I believe he had other 
>family in the Cincy and Covington, KY area because a Frederick Niemeyer 
>was a witness to the wedding, but don't know if he was a brother/ cousin or
if related at all.

There's a good chance that this indicates a relationship of some kind, but
you likely won't be able to prove it unless you find birth records for them
in their town of origin in Germany, or unless the marriage record indicates
a relationship. Another option: see whether you can find a death record for
your John Henry Niemeyer in IL and Frederick in Ohio. Those may give
parents' names.

In the 1870 census there's a Frederick Niemeyer, born about 1823, living in
Cincinnati and married to a Mary, but he reports being from Hannover not
Oldenburg. The only John Niemeyer I can find in Illinois, born in 1820, was
married to a Theresia, not Catherine or Mary, and he was from Hannover as
well.

There's a death of a John H. Niemeyer on 09/30/1878 in Teutopolis, Effingham
County, IL; perhaps the son of your German-born John Henry? IL deaths are
searchable online here:

http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/deathsrch.html

Steve Hellmann's suggestion about the Kenton County library may be helpful
too. I found some family members from Cincinnati who had resettled in
Covington and found some obits that helped fill in family details.

Regards,
Debra
http://sakionline.net/familypage
Oldenburg families: Bruns, Oldehues, von Oven, Melchers

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