oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2008-02 00034

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

Bob!  My bet is that you found him.  All other records for JH Niemeyer says
he was born in 1820, so the dates fit!  He was Catholic, so this may just be
the key to put it all together.    The ship list  mentions Adeleid and just
below that on the last line it says a boy born on board.  Since it is under
their names, would it be a baby belonging to them? Or would it just be an
addition to the list?  What do you think?

I don't have the church sacramental record of his marriage yet, but  my
uncle said at one time there was one kind of story about possibly being
married before, with the wife dying in a cholera outbreak.  (the timeframe
here wouldn't match to the big Cincy outbreak in about 1849, but is a
coincidence.  Also, not to overlook that it may have been a sister, with
what Werner found.   This is great! 


Lisa Niemeyer

-----Original Message-----
From: oldenburg-l-bounces(a)genealogy.net
[mailto:oldenburg-l-bounces(a)genealogy.net] On Behalf Of Robert Behnen
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:32 PM
To: oldenburg-l(a)genealogy.net
Subject: Re: [OL] Research in Cincinnati, OH & Covington, KY

Lisa,
   
  I found a J. H. Niemeyer, age 21, from Merzen, on the ship J H Adams which
  arrived at New Orleans on 16 Jun 1841.  He was accompanied by
  Adelheid Niemeyer, age 24, from Merzen.  It is likely his wife who may
have
  died shortly after arriving (happened several times in my family) or it
could be
  a sister too.  If you have an exact date of birth, you could check against
the
  baptismal records for that town.  Did his marriage record from 1846
possibly
  note being a widower - although they didn't always note that.
   
  If you go to www.google.com and click on maps and type in Merzen you will
  see that it is situated around the area where the Kingdom of Hannover and
Oldenburg
  were located.
   
  Bob Behnen
  Kirksville, MO

oldenburg-l-request(a)genealogy.net wrote:
  > 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.
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