Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Spouses' ancestors of our earliest Schochenmaiers. Part 4: August's wife

We have already localized the spouses' parents of the first generation of the Schochenmaiers married in Russia:

Gottlieb's Katharina Huber and Elisabeth Korb;

Ludwig's Katharina Kuprian

Christian's Margaretha Korb

Today is the August Schochenmaier's turn. It seems to be that he had been the last son of Gottlieb Schochenmaier (about 1800). August was born around 1835, although sometimes 1825 can be found (for instance, on the FamilySearch). I firmly believe that it's not possible, as traditionally the eldest son got the forename of the father. August's death was registered on July 10, 1855 (according to Death Register in Worms). Thus, he died 7 months earlier than his older brother Ludwig (about 1830). As I have already mentioned before, we have no idea what happened to them, it might be a kind of epidemic disease or a Crimean War 1855-58.

Let me introduce his wife - Maria Margaretha Ochsner (pronounced /okhsna/ or /oxsner/ in dependence of dialects). She was born on February 16, 1834 in Landau, Odessa, South Russia.

Landau, Odessa


  • Region: Black Sea
  • Area: Odessa
  • District: Beresan
  • Founded: 1810
  • Religion: Catholic
  • Parish: Landau
  • German Name: Landau
  • Russian Name: Schirokolanivka or New Marianovka

or on that map




August Schochenmaier and Margaretha Ochsner married on May 31, 1854. So, they lived together one year and two months. It's terribly short(((

And I have an exciting news for you!!! For the first time, in the analyses like these, I have found a photo of this woman. It's unbelievable. We are lucky because after the August's death, she got married one more time and emigrated from Russia for the U.S.

The next year you may stumble upon is the year of her following marriage: on January 15, 1856. It means that she re-married 6 months later!!! Her second husband was Johann Jacob Griess (1834). In the Census 1858, both of them are to be found in Worms. They immigrated to the United States of America in 1874 (according to the U.S. Census 1900). They lived in Sutton, Nebraska. He passed away in 1905 and she - in 1917. Their life was full, I suggest, for they had 12 children:


from Ancestry

Did you notice that her last son was named August? Maybe he was named in honor of her first husband, who knows...

In the U.S., the Griess family made a picture which I am going to present below! Are your ready? One more time, just for stressing, it's the earliest picture of one of the wives of the first Schochenmaier generation who had got married in the Russian Empire. Well, here it is: 


(from the Ancestry tree of Cheryl Wach)

The face of Margaretha is not visible... 


But, as you understand, the oldest pictures are from those who had left for the New World)))

Well, let's reveal the origin or this lady.

Here's her birth register:



Upon it it is noticed that her parents were Nikolaus Ochsner (25/05/1798) and Margaretha Weikum (1806).

Nikolaus, as well as his parents, or grandparents of Margaretha, Johann Ochsner (1765-1809) and Klara Walter (1770) was born in Edenkoben (Palatinate).

Karte von Edenkoben

Edenkoben is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-PalatinateGermany. It lies approximately halfway between Landau and Neustadt an der Weinstraße.

Did you got it? German Landau!!! and Margaretha was born in the Russian Landau. Thus, she belongs to the first settlers of Landau in Ukraine.

Some pictures of Edenkoben:













As for Margaretha's mum, Margaretha Weikum and her father Dietrich Weikum (1772) were born in Stebbach, around Heilbronn, from 1974 it belongs to Gemmingen.




By the way, it's in 73 km from Edenkoben. Culturally and linguistically, it's the same area.

Some pictures of Stebbach:















Mother of Margaretha, Karolina Meidinger (1774) was born in Haßloch, near to Edenkoben (in 15 km from it!).

Here it is in the winter:





Well, as you may conclude, we are still in the same time-space unanimity. And I think it's the most important in our genealogical research.

In the next post, I will sum up all localized points on the map and let's have a look, what we found out! See you.




Sunday, February 15, 2015

Convention 2015 "Researching our German Roots in Poland and the Russian Empire"

https://sggee.org/

Save the dates of August 6-9 for our 2015 annual convention in Gatineau, Quebec, just across the river from Ottawa. The theme this year is Researching Our German Roots in Poland and the Russian Empire.


Convention 2015

Gatineau, Quebec August 6-9, 2015
2015 Convention Theme: Researching Our German Roots in Poland and the Russian Empire
A convention for people of German origin interested in the genealogy, culture and history of their ancestors who migrated through Russian Poland, Volhynia, and surrounding areas.
(Registration during setup on the evening of August 6. Formal convention starts the morning of August 7.)

Sunday, February 1, 2015