oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2008-02 00031

[mstulken <mstulken(a)wi.net>]

Have you tried a Google search for "johann heinrich niemeyer" (including
the quotation marks)?  I found quite a number of hits.

A number of my family members are from the area east of Osnabrück, which
comes up "Hannover" in a lot of census records.  These people settled in
the southeast Indiana, Cincinnati, northern Kentucky area.

I realize Niemeyer is a very common name, so the above might not be any
help, but just in case.....

Good luck!

Marilyn

> 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
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