From England to New Jersey

We all have 2,048 9th Great Grandparents.  Rather daunting.  I did a little research on how a group of mine emigrated to the United States.  I picked my 5th Great Grandfather, Ephraim Martin and his wife Eunice Dunham and worked them back to MY 9th Great Grandparents through them.  Hope that makes sense.  The spread sheet below lists 32 of my 2,048 9th Great Grandparents in this group and I know most of the names...well, I know 24 of them.

Origin of Set A - 9th Great Grandparents
			Born	Where	Died	Where
John Martin				England		England
Suzan Hemertin				England		England
Thomas Roberts	*		1600	Worcester, Eng	1673	Dover, NH
Rebecca Hilton	*		1602	Wearmouth, Eng	1673	Boston, Ma
George Trotter	*		1607	Byer's Green, Eng	1657	Newbury, Ma
Gertrude Wren	*		1610	Auckland, Eng	1660	Newbury, Ma
John Gibbs	*		1600	Bath Abbey, Eng	1650	Newbury, Ma
Joan Scott	*		1605	Long Sutton, Eng	1655	Newbury, Ma
Thomas Dunham			1556	Scrooby, Eng	1652	London, Eng
Jane Bromely			1560	Scrooby, Eng	1656	Nottinghamshire, Eng
Thomas Billiou			1572	Wichres, France	1617	France
Anne Aime			1574	France	1625	Netherlands
William Tilson	*		1570	England	1640	Plymouth, Ma
Jane Bromely	*		1575	England	?	Plymouth, Ma
Unknown
Unknown
Francis Singletary			1559	Surfleet, Eng	1617	Surfleet, Eng
Agnes Cook			1563	Haverhill, Eng	1618	Surfleet, Eng
William Cooke	*		1584	Worcestershire, Eng	1682	Essex, Ma
Martha White			1589	Cornwall, Eng	1648	Oxfordshire, Eng
John Bloomfield	*		1589	Suffolk, Eng	1639	Newbury, Ma
Mary	*		1620	England	?	Prob Newbury
Unknown
Unknown
Richard Ilsley			1577	London, Eng	1613	London, Eng
Joanne Lewes			1572	Wiltshire, Eng	1613	London, Eng
John Stevens			1575	Oxford, Eng	1627	Oxford, Eng
Alice Atkins	*		1580	Chesham, Eng	1650	Newbury, Ma
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Next group - 8th Great Grandparents
John Martin	*		1620	England	1687	Piscataway, NJ
Esther Roberts			1626	Dover, NH	1687	Piscataway, NJ
William Trotter			1630	Newbury, Ma	1676	Piscataway, NJ
Cutbury Gibbs			1628	Newbury, Ma	1667	Piscataway, NJ
John Dunham	*		1589	Nottinghamshire, Eng	1668	Plymouth, Ma
Abigail Barlow	*		1600	Leiden, Holland	1669	Plymouth, Ma
Edmond Tilson			1605	England	1660	Plymouth, Ma
Joan			1609	England	1668	Plymouth, Ma
Richard Singletary	*		1594	Lincolnshire, Eng	1687	Essex, Ma
Susanna Cook	*		1616	Essex, Ma	1682	Essex, Ma
Thomas Bloomfield	*		1617	Suffolk, Eng	1684	Woodbridge, NJ
Mary Withers	*		1620	England	1686	Woodbridge, NJ
William Iseley	*		1610	Berkshire, Eng	1681	Newbury, Ma
Barbara Stevens	*		1611	Oxfordshire, Eng	1681	Newbury, Ma
Unknown
Unknown
Next group - 7th Great Grandparents
Joseph Martin			1657	Dover, NH	1732	Piscataway, NJ
Sarah Trotter			1665	Newbury, Ma	1750	Piscataway, NJ
Benejah Dunham			1640	Plymouth, Ma	1680	Piscataway, NJ
Elizabeth Tilson			1640	Plymouth, Ma	1682	Piscataway, NJ
Johathan Dunham			1640	Salisbury, Ma	1706	Woodbridge, NJ
Mary Bloomfield			1642	Newbury, Ma	1702	Woodbridge, NJ
John Ilsley			1641	Newbury, Ma	1707	Woodbridge, NJ
Ann			1654	Woodbridge, NJ	?	Woodbridge, NJ
Next group - 6th Great Grandparents
James Martin			1680	Piscataway, NJ	1771	Basking Ridge, NJ
Hannah Dunham			1680	Piscataway, NJ	1779	Basking Ridge, NJ
David Dunham			1673	Woodbridge, NJ	1753	Woodbridge, NJ
Mary Ilsley			1680	Woodbridge, NJ	1750	Woodbridge, NJ
Next group - 5th Great Grandparents
Ephraim Martin			1707	Piscataway, NJ	1789	Basking Ridge, NJ
Eunice Dunham			1710	Woodbridge, NJ	1737	Basking Ridge, NJ

The * indicates the emigrant ancestor.  With one exception they were all from England and all entered America at Plymouth or Newbury, Mass.  I have included John Martin and Suzan Hemertin as our across the pond Martin connection, but as with several of these families we can only rely on other's research.  For many years the Martin family genealogies name an Isaac Martin and Martha Greenhill as John Martin (1620)'s parents.  In fact those are the names in the Martin Genealogy put together by Alma Martin in 1976.  That has proven to be false and the above is the current consensus and is included in The Martin Family of America, last updated 1984 by Louise Martin Mohler.  I corresponded with a fellow many years ago that was convinced the Martins are descended from Martin de tour who came to England from Normandy with William the Conqueror.  Not to be confused with St Martin de tour, although lots of folks are claiming the Saint as a remote ancestor - and, who knows, perhaps he is.

Recently I did a DNA test on Ancestry.com and it has taken me back to Colonial America and these Martin ancestors. They  were all here by the mid 1600's.   I  did the DNA test hoping to uncover some new clue on my Mom's side, but alas, as I learn more about the process I find the longer your family has been in this country, the more likely you are to find a DNA match.  Just a numbers thing, actually.  Ancestry.com matches you with other folks who have taken the test, so I was amazed to get thousands of matches, most of which I can 't determine how or why we match.  If we have a name in common, that helps!

Mom's family stepped off the boat only a couple of generations ago, so she is not likely to show up.  I do have a potential Deierling "cousin" to match with as you can do one on one comparisons...but after getting me started on this endeavor she is not responding to my notes.

Even on Dad's side, the Lewis, Tyson, Short, Williams families are fairly new and I'm not getting any matches on those lines.  Tyson actually should show up as there were Tysons in Virginia in early years.  The Zanes show up.  I do see the Allen and Freeman families occasionally, but as I have a dead end in Morris County, NJ on John Allen and Sarah Freeman, I can't conclusively say where these "matches" fit.  They do indicate I am on the right track, however - because they are the same family groups I have already collected to attach to John and Sarah as collateral and/or direct ancestors. Sort of trying to backdoor Sarah and John into the family tree.

So, back to the above 9th Great Grandparents.  In looking at my DNA matches, the first thing that jumped out at me is that all roads in this group, so to speak, seemed to lead to Piscataway and/or Woodbridge, New Jersey.  I've always known the Martins were from Piscataway but with this new research,  I even added in some grandparents along the way that I was unaware of - and they led me to Piscataway/Woodbridge, too.   In fact, since the internet and online genealogical data, there are several lines I have never pursued and this was a great opportunity to work on those folks. The Tilsons, The Bloomfields and the fact there were two Dunham family is actually new to me.

Most of the names of our direct ancestors appear in the book "Woodbridge and Vicinity".  Another old book of interest is "History of the First Baptist Church of Piscataway".   We are related, in one way or another, with most of the first settlers of Woodbridge and/or Piscataway because, frankly...there were no other people there to marry.  So the sons and daughters of these early pioneers married each other.  I find Runyons and Drakes and Dunns, etc throughout the tree.  The Drakes, by the way are of the Sir Francis Drake lineage - and a supposed ancestor of John Martin (1620), one Capt John Martin supposedly sailed around the world with said Sir Francis Drake.  One does always see Drakes and Martins in the same vicinity...so, who knows.  Supposedly, it could be true.

A note on the Dunhams.  It looks like a lot of Dunhams in here, but there were actually two unrelated families, one in Piscataway and one in Woodbridge.   Jonathan Dunham listed in the 7th Great Grandparents group is actually a son of Richard Singletary.  Jonathan took on the Dunham name and no one seems to know exactly why although it may have had something to do with a family quarrel.  Everyone else in the family retained the Singletary name.  Jonathan (Singletary) Dunham is the common ancestor we have with President Barach Obama.  Jonathan was very active in the Woodbridge community and had the first grist mill in Woodbridge.  If you click on his highlighted name above, you can read all about him.

The "other" Dunham family originated in Scrooby, England which is the source of the Pilgrim movement.  The Pilgrims escaped from England in 1608 to Holland and after a dozen years or so in Holland, where they were not happy,  a group of them climbed onto the Mayflower and the rest is history.  Unfortunately, our direct ancestry Dunhams, although they were in Leiden, Holland with the others, did not arrive until about 1633 and thus we are not Mayflower descendants as we would have been had they caught the first boat. In Holland, John Dunham married Abigail Barlow/Billiou, whose family originated in France and this is the only non-English line in this group.

An e-book I just discovered - Dunham Genealogy. I need to do some additional research because there seems to be another theory on who John Dunham married, I have read about genealogies being embellished to provide descendants with a Mayflower ancestor and I think the e-book linked may well be part of that kind of manipulation as it has John Dunham on the Mayflower under cover as John Goodman.  Hmmm.

There was a Christopher Martin on the Mayflower but, alas, we are not related to him, either.

More Later.

Two Small Towns in Ohio

on a Rainy Sunday

While I was in Lancaster, Ohio (my birth city) last April I decided to take a drive on the Sunday I was there.  It was drippy, but not pouring rain, so I grabbed my camera and headed for Sugar Grove, Ohio.  My mom's sister, Marie, was married to Clarence Bauer and they had a  farm in the Sugar Grove area.   Marie died early, at age 53, so she isn't in the picture below which was taken at a family reunion in the 1970's.



Clarence Bauer & Marie Darling Bauer about 1930


  

Adults in the back row from left to right:  Donald E Bauer & his wife Nellalou Awalt,  the young man is John Bauer's son Michael, Clarence Bauer, Joanne DeLong & her husband John Bauer.  In front of John Bauer is his daughter Mollie Jo Bauer.  The other three children belong to Don & Nellalou and are named Brian, Greg and Jason but I do not know which is which.  Donald & John are Clarence and Marie's boys.

Except for John Bauer, who visited me in SF in the 1960's, this reunion was the only time I was with this family.  Clarence was quite old, but spry and was the epitome of a gnarly old farmer.  John & his family live in his father's farm and Don has a farm in the area.

Sugar Grove is a sleepy little village right off Route 33, South of Lancaster.  Population 448 in the year 2000.  

Coming into town an old gas station catches my eye.  Antique dealers would love the old pumps and signs.

A little further down,  a local landmark, Stoneburner's Grocery.  I lightened it up so the neat Coca Cola signs are visible.

Brick Sidewalk down the main street.

Lots of houses like this one.

There are four churches in Sugar Grove (Population 448).  A Catholic Church, A Lutheran Church, A Community Church and a United Methodist Church.

Well, didn't take much time to drive through Sugar Grove, Ohio a couple of times.  At least I can say I've been there.  Mom talked about her sister Marie & Sugar Grove and now I have been.  There were a couple neat barns in the area - these following two in Sugar Grove.

That took all of 20 minutes so I headed south on Route 33 again to find the road that would take me to Revenge, Ohio.  A few miles south and I connected up with County Rd 116, which takes me through the Clear Creek Nature Preserve.  On this wet, drippy, day everything looks fresh and clean.  The road runs along Clear Creek.  Just as I turned this wonderful barn and silos jumped out at me so I did what anyone would do and stopped and stood in the road while I took a picture.

Some pictures from the drive through the nature preserve.

   

Next we roll into Revenge, don't blink.  Revenge is in Madison Township at the intersection of County Rd 69 and County Rd 26.  For all practical purposes, Revenge no longer exists.  There are no town markers and I saw no buildings with the name of the town.  Here is an article that relates the history of this ghost town.   Not much of interest to take pictures of, but here are a couple -

Very pretty farmland

Most of the dwellings looked like this

An Old covered bridge that has been moved - see article for more info.

Yes, I messed with the sign picture...

The ghost town of Revenge attracted my attention because of the Born family.  Mom's grandfather, Gottlieb Darling (Deierling) lost his first wife Margaret Wyman when she was only 33.  He subsequently married Margaret "Maggie" Born, who was the daughter of Joseph Born and Elizabeth Presler of Madison Township, Fairfield county, Ohio.  Gottlieb & Maggie's son, Edward William Darling, was my grandfather.  The Born family came from Switzerland and it has been difficult sorting them out because they are all named Jacob.  Or so it seems.   It is also difficult searching for information because every time you enter Jacob Born.....you get all the Jacobs who were ever "Born"..  Anyway, the Borns are buried in Old St Thomas Church Cemetery near what used to be Revenge, Ohio.

From an arbitration record regarding the disposition of Joseph's property.   The year of his death was 1888.

Love that Gottlieb Darling is Gattvel Dyarling.  I think Dyarling is probably how the original name of Deierling  sounds.  There seems to have been a dispute over Joseph's property.  Delilah & her husband William Cruise were living on the farm at the time of Joseph's death and the arbitration was about how the property was to be divided.  Delilah wanted it all.   The court awarded equal shares to all the children.  Sorry, Delilah.  I can't find record of Delilah and William in the 1900 census.  I hope they didn't go away mad.

Unfortunately I did not find the old cemetery.  There was a turnoff from Revenge Rd but I missed it and my phone wouldn't work where I was at (really in the boonies) so I could check.  Plus it started to rain.  So, I continued until I found a place to pull over and check my map - YAY,  Revenge Road had turned into B.I.S Rd which ended up back in Lancaster...Oh, hi officer.  Uh, I'm just checking my map.  No, didn't realize I was parked by a prison and had become suspect....Bye.  Nothing like a prison to perk you up on a rainy day.

I did find this internet site about the old cemetery - Old St Thomas Church & Graveyard....so, I don't have to be in a rush to go back past the prison, down Revenge Rd and down a dirt road.  On the other hand, if I am in the area again on a rainy Sunday I just might.

Sarah Ann Freeman

Sarah Ann Freeman was my 2nd Great Grandmother.

Sarah Ann Freeman m. John Allen

     John D Allen m Mary A Lake

          Nell Sprague Allen m Philip Martin

               John L Martin m Florence Darling

                    Me

Sarah's life journey started on 7/23/1811 in Morris County, New Jersey. Her parents were likely Stephen Freeman and his wife Susan of Jefferson Township.  Stephen was a carpenter and appears in  1830, 1840 and 1850 census returns.  There is a house on Berkshire Valley Road in Jefferson Township that is reported to be "The Freeman House." The reference states "It is thought that a family that disappeared from this area may have built this house long ago."  "0.7 miles away we find The Washburn (Allen) House. Its deed goes back to 1804, the year Jefferson became a township".    The record of these two residences is pertinent as on 4/25/1831 Sarah married John Allen in Jefferson Township, and I have no doubt they belonged to these two families.  

Freeman/Allen Marriage Record

While the Freemans did disappear in the census returns after 1850, there were Allen's living there that I am sure were John Allen's relatives, I just have never been able to sort them out.  John Allen is an incredibly common name.  And, frankly, I don't think anyone knew how old they were back then.  Even when I am sure I have the same person I find dates of birth all over the place.

Stephen and Susan Freeman's graves are in the Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Oak Ridge, West Milford Township, Passaic County, New Jersey.  They likely died between the 1850 and 1860 census.
The young Allen couple, probably along with other family members and friends started West to settle in Ohio near where other Allen family members had already relocated.  The trip, in the 1830's was relatively easy as there were actual roads by that date.  They likely traveled to Philadelphia and picked up The National Road, as shown on the map below.  Originally the portion from Philadelphia to Wheeling was named the Cumberland Rd, and the piece from Wheeling through Muskingum County was part of Ebenezer Zane's Zanes Trace.  I like to think they took the ferry from Wheeling across the Ohio River to Martins Ferry, Ohio.  The very ferry owned by my 2nd Great Grandfather, Ebenezer Martin.  Wouldn't that just have been cool?  A couple of generations later, Ebenezer Martin's grandson marries Sarah Freeman Allen's granddaughter.

So, Sarah and John settled down in Mt Sterling, Ohio, a little town near Zanesville, Ohio.  On 2/14/1832 their daughter Elma A Allen was born.  And, a year later, 5/15/1833 my great grandfather John D Allen came into their lives.  But, tragedy was looming.  The Ohio River flooded its banks, and in the summer of 1833, the first significant cholera epidemic hit Ohio.  John Allen died 11/22/1833, leaving Sarah with two babies.  I believe he is buried in the Mount Sterling Cemetery, but there is no record, and so many of the stones are worn smooth by the years and years of weather.

I mentioned above that the Allen's probably came to the Muskingum County area because family and friends had already made the journey.  In the 1970's I was allowed into the archives of the Courthouse in Zanesville and held John Allen's disposition of estate papers in my hand, but no cell phone to take a picture in those days.  However, I wrote things down, and it appears one David Allen, along with Sarah were the executors of the estate.  David Allen was born in 1795 in Sussex County, NJ (right next to Jefferson Township in Morris County) and came to Ohio before 1817 at which time he is found to have married Sarah Spencer in Muskingum County - who, surprise - also was born in Sussex County, NJ.  However, the Spencer family, headed by one Ichabod Spencer, were in Ohio by 1807 when Ichabod paid taxes on property he owned.  Also originally from Sussex County NJ and living in the area is the Usual Headley family.  Usual (or Uzal) ran the Headley Inn on the National Road, the building is currently an antique store, I believe.  So, it looks like the Spencers & Headleys migrated first in about 1806, followed by David Allen & his father Noah Allen around 1817, followed by John & Sarah Allen in 1831.  There are Allens buried in the Headly family cemetery in Morris Co, NJ.  These people all knew each other.

So, even though she had just lost her husband, Sarah had a support group.  Elma and John D were appointed a guardian,  John Conklin, who I discovered lived right next to David Allen.  I have some paperwork regarding the guardianship, and when they came of age, Elma and John D received about $200 each out of the guardianship funds.

As was often the case where there is a young widow, there is an older man looking for a second wife to take care of his motherless children.  On 7/25/1835 Sarah married Benjamin Robinson and settled down on his farm in Brownsville, Ohio.  Brownsville is just a few miles down the National Road from Mt. Sterling.  Benjamin was 22 years older than Sarah.  His first wife,  Phoebe Grant died in 1834.  Benjamin & Phoebe had 11 children over the period 1812-1833.

Patience 1812-1885

Susannah 1814-1891

Lucinda 1816-1879

Elsie 1818-1904

Phoebe 1820-1820

Leroy 1823-1906

Sarah 1825-1909

Samuel 1827

George Washington 1828-1912

Susan 1831-1837

Benjamin 1833-1836

 I'm not sure how many of the older ones were still at home when Benjamin & Sarah got married, the 1840 census shows nine people in the household - this includes two of the four children Benjamin and Sarah would have.  So, Sarah & Benjamin, Elma & John D Allen, Nancy & Lucy Ann Robinson & three of Benjamin's children by his first wife.  Blended families are not new.  Benjamin & his first wife, Phoebe were born in Virginia and came to Ohio between 1816-1818.  I believe Benjamin received some land as a result of his father's service in the Rev War and he purchased property in 1820.  I would guess he was a farmer.

Alas, Benjamin Robinson died on 10/4/1845, not sure where he is buried.  Sarah is not having good luck with her husbands.  His first wife is buried in the Robinson family cemetery in Licking County, Ohio and I would assume he is there.   Sarah remained in Brownsville, Ohio and never remarried.  Brownsville, in Bowling Green Township, is such a small community, it would be such fun to see what I can find out.  Just a few months ago I was getting ready for my trip and looked her up again in FindAGrave, and since I last looked, someone uploaded her FindAGrave information was amended to include her grave location so, knowing where she was buried, I visited Cedar Hill Cemetery in Brownsville, Ohio and located her grave.  Interestingly enough, I had visited that cemetery in the 1970's looking for her husband and not knowing she was there with the new name of Robinson.  Her gravestone is extremely hard to read, and I was only able to confirm it was her by a few words AND the fact her daughter Nancy was buried right next to her, and her grave was legible.

Sarah's Grave

You can see my car in the background.  Luckily I did not have to walk up and down too many rows to find the grave.

Close up - not much detail left.

Nancy June Robinson

1837 - 1867

Nannie never married & lived with her mother

The view standing beside the Robinson graves.  Beautiful countryside.

Some other photos from Brownsville

When I was here in the 1970's this old general store was very much the same.  I went in to ask about cemeteries, but the individuals in the store were somewhat odd, and although I found Cedar Hill Cemetery on my own, I was nervous walking around, LOL.  They had "spooked" me.  Unfortunately, it was Sunday this visit and the store was closed.

Sarah's Children

Elma A Allen- Born 2/14/1832 in Mt Sterling, Ohio.  In 1857 Elma married Oliver Marion Hamilton.  In the 1860 & 1870 Census they had a Dry Goods Store in Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio. Brownsville is the only community in Bowling Green Township, so perhaps the Robinson store is/was this place.  Sometime before 1880 the Robinsons moved to Columbus, Ohio where they operated a Grocery Store.  Unfortunately, Oliver died at age 54.  He is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.  Elma and Oliver had five sons and three daughters.  Elma passed away in 1914.

John D. Allen - Born 5/15/1833 in Mt Sterling, Ohio.  My great-grandfather. By the mid-1860's John was married to Mary Ann Lake (Short) and started a family.  He was ALSO a grocer and had a store in Fultonham, Ohio and Lancaster, Ohio.  More about him in another chapter.

Nancy June Robinson - Born 4/2/1837   Nancy, called Nannie was a schoolteacher and died at age 30.  She never married and lived with her mother.  Nannie is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery next to her mother.

Lucy Ann Robinson - Born 9/29/1838  Lucy married William Edward Case who was listed as a school teacher in the 1870 census and a merchant in the 1880 census. They lived in Tuscawaras County, Ohio.   Lucy & William had four daughters and 1 son.  They were divorced between the 1880 census and 1896 as William Edward Case married Agnes Ross in 1896.  He was 56, and she was 20.  It appears the newly married couple headed for Virginia as they are listed in the 1900 census in Fauquier, Va.  They had two children, and William Edward Case died in 1908. Lucy Ann lived alone with a housekeeper until her death on 4/9/1928.  I have had a couple of DNA matches through Lucy.

Emeline Robinson - Born about 1842.   Emeline was a schoolteacher and lived with her mother through the 1870 census.  In 1880 she was residing with her brother Albert in Washington, Tuscawaras County, Ohio.  I lose her at that point and cannot find her in 1900.  She could have gotten married or died during that 20-year span.

Albert J Robinson - Born 9/2/1844  Albert married Eliza Mary Oldham in 1868.  In the 1870 census, they lived a couple houses away from the Hamilton's (see Elma above), and he is noted as a dry goods merchant. It appears they may have been in business together, but the 1880 census shows the Hamiltons have moved on to Columbus and Albert & his family is in Washington, Tuscawaras County, Ohio and he is listed as a Dry Goods Merchant.  Albert & Eliza had three sons and two daughters.  Albert passed away 1/19/1922.

So, all of Sarah's children were merchants and/or teachers.

More Deierlings to Muse About....

No new breakthroughs on the Wisconsin, Ohio and Missouri Deierlings. However, I did receive a note from a "distant cousin" concerning what I have always called the Washington State Deierlings. In my frustration, some years ago, I set up a separate database on ancestry.com to collect information on any Deierlings I found on ancestry.com - thinking, right or wrong, that there is likely a connection of some sort between them all. And, maybe by finding an origin on one of them, solve my own problem. Namely, Gottleib Deierling. Most of them, like Gottleib, show an origin in Bavaria but a couple of others show Hannover, Germany which isn't that far from Bavaria and there is no reason to think they stayed put. A lot of them, after all, made it to America.

In Washington we find Henry Deierling, born in 1862 in Hannover, Germany. Henry emmigrated in 1886 and in 1887 in New York City he married Christina Paulina Bauer. They moved west to Vancouver, Washington where they had four children, Fredericka, Pauline, Alma and Lloyd. Henry made his living as a tailor and died in Portland Oregon in 1936.

Henry has been sitting on my database for years and it wasn't until I received a nice inquiry from one of his descendants did I take a good look at him. And then, I looked at some others that have just been sitting there.....neglected.

So, then, there is Carl Charles Bartholomew Deierling. Let's take a look at him. Born about 1844 in Germany, he arrived on 6/23/1870 and I believe it is he I found in the 1880 Census listed as Charles, occupation cabinet maker. He was living in Walla Walla, Washington. I have been unable to find him in 1900, but in 1910 he is in Falls, Polk County, Oregon. He has a wife, Louisa Marie Dubrashimski and three children, Irene Emma, Walter Herman and Erich Alexander Carl - all born in Douglas County, South Dakota. His occupation is shown as carpenter. By 1920 he was back in Washington and he died while living with his son Erich, in 1931, Snohomish, Washington.

There is no proof these two are connected, other than the unusual name, origin and the fact they both end up in Washington.

So, let's consider one John Deierling, born in 1836 in Bayreuth, Bayern and living in Nebraska with his wife Elizabeth and his four daughters, Maggie, Anna C, Jane and Johanna. John has been sitting in my database for awhile so I checked him out and found he might be connected to either of the above Deierlings Why? Because when he first came to America in 1883 the family settled in Douglas County, South Dakota. He was there before Carl - or perhaps at the same time as Carl because I have no idea where Carl was between 1880 and the birth of his first child in Douglas County, SD in 1892.  

Douglas County, SD did not work out for either family. John's daughter Johanna Deierling wrote "Reminiscences of our Pioneering Days in Boyd County, Nebraska" in which she explains how the family removed from SD and homesteaded in Nebraska about 1891. John died in 1906 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Lynch Co, Nebraska alongside his wife, Elizabeth, who died in 1935.  When you click on Johanna's story, you will have to scroll down a bit to find it - it really explains what homesteading was all about.

So, now, a really interesting bit - of John's 4 daughters, 3 of them died in Skagit County, Washington.  I haven't been able to track the 4th one.

Some time after 1935 when Elizabeth died and 1944 (the year Maggie died) all three families pulled up roots and headed West.  Why?  They are all buried in Green Hills Memorial Cemetery, Burlington, Wa.  I found a very interesting essay describing Rev Paul Mayerhoff's life that indicated that the move to Washington was a retirement.  Rev Paul was Johanna's husband and had a very interesting life.  Paul Mayerhoff in Apacheland.
Another interesting thing is that Rev Paul was born not far from my Wisconsin Deierling group - in West Bend, Wisconsin.

I believe, Carl Arrived first and looked around the Pacific Northwest.  John arrived in 1883 and went directly to Douglas County, South Dakota where a) he joined his relative (brother) or b)  his relative (brother) joined him.  It obviously (from Johanna's story) was not a pleasant place and Carl went back to Washington while John ended up homesteading in Nebraska.  Henry, if related, probably would be a nephew as he is younger.  They are the only Deierlings I have been able to find in this part of the country.

Wisconsin Deierling Update

On a whim the other day I ventured over to the LDS Church site - Family Search to check something out. It turned into a good day. There have been some changes and improvements to the site but I still find the search engine bizarre. At any rate, I was able to pull up some very nice data on the Wisconsin Deierling line.

To recap, there are three Deierling families I am trying to piece together. I usually refer to them as the Ohio family (mine), the Missouri family and the Wisconsin family. The Ohio family, at this point, is at a dead end with Gottleib Deierling, born in 1828 in Bavaria. The Missouri family stops with Philipp Jacob Deierling, born in Hassloch, Bavaria about 1816. Gottleib and Jacob and Jacob's family were on the same ship arriving in New York City 8-15-1853.



A "cousin" from the Missouri family said her grandmother said the family came first to Ohio (where Gottlieb obviously stayed) and then her line moved on to Missouri. She also said her grandmother said they were related to the Wisconsin Deirlings as well.

The treasure trove I uncovered at Family Search the last couple of days has to do with Wisconsin Philipp Deierling, who I now know is Philipp Peter Deierling. I figured out his wives (three of them), which wives his children belong to, his parents and grandparents. Somewhere in there I know the Ohio and Missouri groups fit.

Philipp Peter Deierling was born on 4/6/1822. He was baptised on 4/8/1822 at Evangelisch, Neustadt Haardt, Pfalz, Bavaria. The name on the record is spelled Deuerling, a variation I have often seen, and his parents are listed as Jacob Deuerling and Charlotta Jung. How insightful of the German's in 1822 to realize I was going to want to know the mother's maiden name.

A little more searching and I find the full names of Philipp's parents are: Johann Jakob Deierling and Charlotta Elisabetha Jung. They were born in 1791 and 1792 respectively. I also find other children.....but no Ohio Gottlieb or Missouri Jacob, doesn't mean they don't belong, there are gaps in the children's ages where they could "fit". In addition, if Ohio Gottlieb and Missouri Jacob are not Johann Jakob's children, he likely has brothers with families...just sayin'.

Long story short...Here's what I have so far:

Johann Diederich Deierling m. Maria Eva

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Their (known) children:

Philipp Gottlieb Deierling b. 1765

Philipp Henrich Deierling b. 1770

Johann Phillip Deierling b 1772

Johann Valentin Deierling b. 1776

These children were all baptised at Evangelisch, Hassloch,

Pfalz, Bavaria

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Philipp Gottlieb Deierling m. Anna Barbara Bindewald

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Their (known) children:

Justus Christoph Deierling b. 1789

Johann Jakob Deierling b. 1791

Johann Adam Deierling b. 1795

These children were all baptised at Evangelisch, Hassloch,

Pfalz, Bavaria

!

Johann Jakob Deierling m. Charlotta Elizabetha Jung

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Their (known) children:

Barbara Deierling b. 1812

Anna Maria Deierling b. 1816

Jacob Deierling b. 1817

Charlotta Deierling b. 1819

Philipp Peter Deierling b. 1822

Catharina Deierling b. 1828

George Deierling b. 1830

Daniel Deierling b. 1832

These children were all baptised at Evangelisch, Neustadt

Haardt, Pfalz, Bavaria.

Now, looking at all those names, does anyone question that Missouri Philipp Jacob Deierling and Ohio Gottlieb Deierling belong with this group? The names just keep getting repeated and are repeated again in subsequent generations, although Americanization takes over and we begin to see first and middle names instead of the old German naming custom of the first name being a spiritual name and the second name the "call" name.

So, Wisconsin Philipp - here's his story.

Philipp m. Apollonia Geiger on 5/20/1847 at Winzingen, Neustadt, Bayern, Germany

They had one child, Elizabetha born 3/27/1848 in Winzingen

It is assumed Apollonia died, perhaps in childbirth.

Philipp m. Barbara Langenbacher on 10/23/1851 at Evangelisch-Reforiete Kirche Neustadt (A/D Haardt), Bayern, Germany

Sometime between this date and 1855 the family emigrated and landed in New Orleans. I cannot locate a ships record for this event, but it is do doubt it is them. In 1855 a child named Heline is born in New Orleans and in 1857 a son, Charles. Charles and his mother do not appear in the 1860 census, but we find the father with a new wife. Perhaps Philipp lost a second wife in child birth - or the yellow fever that was taking so many lives in New Orleans during that period of time.

Philipp m. Charlotte Koehler 10/25/1858

Charlotte is 16 years old to Philipp's 36 and is possibly a niece of his second wife, Barbara Langenbacher.

The 1860 Census finds Philipp, Charlotte, Elizabeth and Heline living in Milwaukee where Philipp is listed as being a crockery dealer. In 1870 and 1880 they are in Watertown, Wisconsin and he has become a retail grocer. He and Charlotte would have 10 children, only two of which married and had a family. Philipp died sometime between 1889 and 1891 and his widow joined her children who had moved to LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The boys were barbers or cigar makers and the girls worked in retail shops. Elizabeth and Heline both married but I have not yet tracked their families down.

Another mystery solved this week - you will notice Philipp had a brother Jacob born in 1817. He is the same Jacob Deierling that I have mentioned before as appearing in the census records in Milwaukee. Jacob was a barber. Here is Jacob's family.

Jacob Deierling m. Anna Maria Pfirrmann 8/10/1840 at Evangelisch-Reforiete Kirche Neustadt (A/D Haardt), Bayern, Germany. All their children were born in Neustadt.

Heinrich Deierling b. 1842, died 1846

Jacob Deierling b. 1844

Charlotte Deierling b. 1846

Brutus Deierling b. 1848

Except for Brutus, the names look familiar.

The towns mentioned, Hassloch and Neustadt are in an area of Germany today known as Rhineland-Palatinate. The specific District is Bad Dürkheim . The area was only part of Bavaria for about 130 years, it doesn't even touch Bavaria as a matter of fact. It's that separate little red piece.

More another time.