An Interesting Deierling Tidbit

I have been contacted by someone who can hopefully shed some light on my Deierling theory concerning the Ohio, Missouri & Wisconsin Deierling families. As I've posted, I've always thought there was a connection and according to this new "cousin" Sandy, who contacted me a week or so ago, Jacob, Phillip and Gottleib may have been brothers. Sandy's aunt told her about the relationship years ago (we are never interested enough when we are young to write things down) and unfortunately the aunt recently passed away. The aunt definitely said the family came to Ohio first before they settled in Missouri and that they were definitely related to the Wisconsin Deierlings. Brothers? Cousins? One of the two I am sure at this point. I am hoping Sandy can find information in her aunt's papers - the name of Jacob's father would help a lot. It it is Phillip I will be thrilled.

German naming conventions are complex but explain the repeating of a name in a family. I suspect the Deierlings in America come from two or more lines, explaining why the name Jacob shows up so often. So, I have to be careful not to jump on the idea the three men mentioned above are brothers - just because I want it to be so. I DO think all the Deierlings ARE related, the name is extremely unusual and is dieing out as many of them, my line and the Wisconsin line have Americanized the name to Darling.

So, we have:

Jacob Philip Deierling b. 1816 in Bavaria, Arrived in America 1853, settled in Missouri, a farmer.

Philip Deierling b. 1822 in Bavaria, Arrived in America before 1855, probably in New Orleans, settled in Wisconsin, a grocer.

Gottleib Deierling b. 1828 in Bavaria, Arrived in America 1853 on the same boat with Jacob, settled in Ohio, drove a stage coach for awhile, later a farmer.

Just to add to the confusion, there is another Deierling in Wisconsin, another Jacob.

Jacob Deierling b. 1817 in Germany, Arrived in America 1849, settled in Wisconsin, was a Barber and the whole family disappears between 1856 and the 1860 census. None of them are in the 1870 Census. I did find his dtr Charlotte in 1880 where she shows as married and in Kentucky. I believe his oldest son Jacob was in the Civil War and died there. I do think this Jacob was related to Phillip (of Wisconsin) as one of Philip's sons was a barber, another a cigar maker and the girls (most of whom didn't marry) worked in hat shops and candy stores - a common theme.

OK, this family disappears but another Jacob of similar age shows up in Ohio in the 1860 Census

Jacob Deierling b. 1820 in Bavaria, Arrived in America before 1851, and I can't believe my eyes, the census says he is a Musician. He and his wife Sarah had 6 children in 10 years before he passed away at the age of 49 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Don't have a clue who these 2 Jacob's are, but must keep them in mind because Sandy's aunt may have said something about being connected to the Wisconsin and Ohio Deierlings, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily Philip and Gottleib.

Well, now that was a ramble. Genealogy is like a puzzle, putting all the pieces in the right place is difficult and takes an enormous amount of time. I'm crossing my fingers that Sandy comes up with something concrete so I can put some of this supposition to rest and register some more relatives correctly.

Note: All these born dates are "about" dates and are usually off by a year or so. I am always amazed at the variety of ages people report on the census - I think some people just have no clue how old they are and every 10 years they just make it up.