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A-scanned of Herbert Michel |
The accompanying picture resulted
on 27 September 2005, on the occasion of a receipt from Manfred Kohl, mayor
of the municipality Niederwalluf.
Background was " the
visit of ours; Pedder" Roy and John Michel from the USA.
How was it added? In order
to say it in front, without Internet would be diese" Familienzusammen-führung"
not possible been.
In the genealogischen mailbox
of www.rootsweb.com 1999 appeared a search announcement. Roy Michel had gone
on ancestor search. Due to of family excessive quantities he was the opinion,
its ancestor from the Elsass to America emigrated. Due to its information,
the name of its emigrated ancestors, Johann Michel and wife Josepha geb. Staab,
I came fast to the conviction that the family originated from Niederwalluf
and we have common ancestors.
My interest in a contact to
the American relationship was naturally large. A problem were however my missing
English knowledge. But for the second time I was convinced by the advantages
Internet. Under the address http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com I found/English
translation program German. Thus the communication was no more problem. Thus
I wrote Roy down, which " itself much over my information and again in
addition the come; Cousins" from old Germany was pleased. Meanwhile I
had " with another; Pedder" Contact taken up. Herbert Michels (born
in Martinsthal, meanwhile in Niederwalluf resident) ancestor list, decreases/goes
back like Roys and my ancestor list to the 1716 in MOS brook born Johann Christoph
Michel, which married 1744 in Niederwalluf and which is master father of the
Niederwallufer Michel line.
The contact with Roy and Herbert
remained existing and in the last September week 2005 came then the long expected
" Cousins" from America to visit after Niederwalluf. With Roy his
Mrs. Joyce and his brother John with wife Nancy came.
Herbert had for the visitors,
only one week a Germany remained a program been planning. Apart from the visit
of a bunch economy different objects of interest were visited. On 27 September
then mayor Kohl received us, afterwards I led the visitors by the old Niederwalluf,
by whose local picture they were very done.
Much too fast then the week
was already again by and the visit had again leaves. One however are surely,
the contact " to ours; Cousins" remains exist.
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To 10.10.2005 me this picture reached.
Roy wrote:
"The "Michel Boys"
I love this photo!!!!!!!!!!!"
The picture originated in to 27.09.2005
after we our historical site inspection had terminated.
From left: Herbert Michel, Roy Michel,
Norbert Michel, John Michel |
Roy Michels letter
at root Web, after our contact came:
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RootsWeb Review
22.04.1999
I have been
interested in my family history since I was a boy. More recently
I began asking my 88-year-old father questions, most of which he could not answer. I knew that there
were other MICHEL family members somewhere. I did some research
here in the U.S. and found some cousins
who I had not seen in years. They gave me a brief outline of
the family history that their mother had
written many years ago. In this information I found some key
data, such as the name of my great-great-grandmother's home
town in Germany and her birth date. It
also stated that my great-great-grandfather was from Alsace-Lorraine
and his birth date. I did some basic research
on the name Niederwald, Nassau and found out that the Duchy
of Nassau is now in the State of Hesse.
I subscribed to the Hesse-L list and got some wonderful advice
from the list members. Several directed me to a village called
Niederwalluf on the banks of the Rhein (Rhine)
River. I found in a German publication a declaration of emigration
for a "Johann
Michel" listed as a carpenter for the year 1852. This
record was sent to me via e-mail by one of the list members.
Several days later I received an e-mail
from Norbert Michel from Niederwalluf. It was in German, so
I had to have it translated. In the e-mail,
Norbert stated that he was working on Michel genealogy and
had come across my query. He gave me names and birth dates
that all correspond to the ancestors that
came to New Jersey in the 1850s. I don't think that this would
have been possible, at least this fast,
without RootsWeb, computers, and e-mail.
Roy A. Michel |
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By the way, Johann Michel,
which moves forward of Roy and John was not first and also the last from the
family Michel did not emigrate.
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George Peter Michel, born
to 03.08.1818 in Niederwalluf emigrated 1845 after Texas. The emigration
took place on 10 June 1845, with ship " Sarah Ann" starting from
Antwerp. In Hessischen Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden, under the No. 223/1964,
are the fortune delivery of the widower Adam Michel. In these documents
an authority is, with George Peter Michel 1845 its cousin Jacob Michel
authorizes all affairs for it to settle.
It is to be taken from
the Niederwallufer stick book 2, page 280, art. 284 that Peter Michel sells
his field to Texas been because of the blade way, between Jacob Michel
and Johann Mueller 1856 at Eberhard flour. Peter Michel got the field to
09.08.1848 by fortune delivery, thus wahrscheinich by inheritance. It possessed
a further field convenient in the Rehbach, between Jacob Michel and Kaspar
Keppel. This field came likewise by fortune delivery 1848 into its possession.
1856 were sold this field at Ignatz Nicolai.
Peter Michel requests
1847 as a married man country in the Comal County, Texas. Of 1848 likewise
a request is present on land dispatching, to which time it however no more
than not married designated. According to the documents in the Texan dispatching
office it never received country, because it did not furnish the necessary
documents (information Roy Michel).
Afterwards each trace
loses itself
Supplement 21.06.2010:
There are pieces of news. On 10 June 2010 we had visit of Shannon and Adam
Wood from Texas. Shannon is a Nachkommin of George Peter Michel. By its
information could I the descendants Peter Michel to the family add.
In of the ruin of the
Niederwallufer Johanniskirche:
from left: Herbert Michel
with Wife Ingrid, Shannon and Adam Wood, Sara and Norbert Michel
In the possession of Shannon
Wood is a letter, which Adam Michel, father Peter Michel sent, 1855 its
son. It is to be taken from this letter among other things that Andreas
Johannes Michel, which emigrated 1823 born brother Peter Michel, likewise
to America. Andreas had drawn in 1848 to the Miltär. It defected,
with a woman from Bavaria (name unknown) is it after Milwaukee, Federal
State Wisconsin, ausgewandert.1855 is it a daughter at the age of one year
to have had.
Christoph, born to 13.05.1788
in Mosbach (Biebrich), is a grandchild George Peter, a brother of the above-mentioned
Johann Christoph Michel, which justified the Niederwallufer line. George
Peter was married, i.e. by the way also with a Niederwalluferin around
1710 born Margaretha Mehl. The 1788 born land man and small shopkeeper
Christoph Michel were since 1841 widowers. It had 6 children. One of its
sons was, 1815 born specified above, Johann Karl August Michel. This was
married with Margaretha Hutmacher outHöchst at the Main. The pair
had 2 children, the 1844 born Karl August and the 1846 born Sophie Rosina.
Christoph left with 61 years Germany, in order to emigrate with the family
of his son Karl to America. Over the whereabouts and possible descendants
of the family unfortunately nothing is well-known.
The 1813 inMosbach (Biebrich)
born Friedrich Michel is a further son of the Christoph Michel. It was
married with Eva Fiedler from Oestrich, the two had 2 children, the 1842
born Maria Pauline and the 1845 born Philipp Wilhelm. There the family
is called after 1845 neither in Mosbach (Biebrich) nor in Oestrich, assumes
I they likewise eye-walked to America.
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Johann Michel, born to
22.06.1811 in Niederwalluf. It was married with Maria Josepha geb. Staab
from Kiedrich. The married couple walked with 6 children 1852, over Liverpool,
with which ship " Home" to America out. The learned carpenter
changed later and exercised the occupation of a butcher. Johann was on
sides of the north states participant of the American civil war. The family
settled in New Jersey. Roy and John Michel are descendants of Johann and
Josepha Michel.
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Maria Michel, born to
13.02.1854 in Steinefrenz. It was born the daughter of the teacher Adam
Michel, 1810 in Niederwalluf, son of the married people Jacob Michel and
Elizabeth specified down geb. Schütz. Adam was a teacher only in central
home, later in Steinefrenz. He was a great-grandchild, 1716 born Johann
specified above of the Christoph Michel. Maria Michel emigrated after 1874
to America. She died to 09.03.1912 in Truesdale, Iowa. With its great-granddaughter
Donna M. Chevalier born Ascheman I stand in contact.
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Is under the number 223/1772
from the year 1856 in the Hessischen Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden a fortune
delivery of the widow of the Jacob Michel (+ 03.06.1853), Elisabetha geb.
Schütz. It is to be taken from the document that their son Andreas,
41 years, is married with Elizabeth Bug, 1856 in America. Geb. Schütz
(+ 07.09.1857), public records Wiesbaden, number 223/1973 out of the year
1857 one that the son is 48 years old son Andreas 1857 meanwhile and lives
in America, takes woman and children from the fortune deduction of the
Jacob Michel and its wife, Anna Maria lives in Niederwalluf. The reason
why Andreas Michel in America was find we in the Official Journal for the
office districts Eltville, coarse home and pc. Goarshausen, No. 9, of Wednesday,
30 January 1856:
Decret
The Concursprozeß
over the fortune of Andreas Michel and its wife Elisabetha geb. Bug of
Niederwalluf in particular the opening of the Concursprocesses btr.
After in the judicial
enforcement procedure on complaints of several creditors it results that
with Andreas Michel and its wife Elisabetha geb. Bug of Niederwalluf an
insolvency is present, by their Activvermögen 2419 flat steel bars.
and the well-known debts 2793 flat steel bars. 18 kr. amounted to, and
therefore an insolvency of 374 flat steel bars. 18 kr. is present, Andreas
Michel of Niederwalluf, whose stay is unknown, is given up, within 90 days
of first engaging into the public sheets on, and its wife Elisabetha geb.
nose 9 February l. J. to prove themselves upon failure of which over their
fortune of the Concursprozeß be recognized morning 9 o'clock more
dahier over the payment of their debts is.
Further Decreturen becomes
for absent Andreas Michel only by attaching to the local court board to
the Insinuation comes.
Eltville, 25 January 1856
Herzoglich Nassauisches
office. Rullman
Of Wednesday, 14 October
1856 is to be taken from the same sheet:
Proclamation
Tuesday, 4 November l.
J., in the afternoon 3 o'clock, are publicly auctioneered the real estate,
insisting in one house and two vineyards, belonging to the Concursmasse
of Andreas Michel of Niederwalluf, on that city hall to Niederwalluf.
Eltville, the 3rd October
1856 Herzoglich Nassaui Landoberschultheiserei. Hammer
Were thus financial difficulties
Andreas Michel to it floated to America to go. But its conceptions of coming
here to money would not fulfill themselves, otherwise it not to the auction
would have come. Its wife died 1861 in Niederwalluf. Also the children
lived here. Andreas probably died in America. In the Niederwallufer register
of deaths is anyhow not registered its death entry.
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A son of Andreas Michel
and Elizabeth geb. Hild, which lets 1836 in Niederwalluf the born Jakobs
Ludwig Karl 1876 in Niederwalluf the twins Pauline and Josepha to baptize.
Godmother is the Paulina Josepha Michel living in London. Their verwandschaftlichen
relations to the Niederwallufer Michels is not so far clarified.
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With another child baptism
of Jakob Ludwig Karl Michel 1881 are mentioned that the godfather Joseph
Martin Michel in London lives. Joseph Martin is born a brother of the child
father and 1844 in Niederwalluf. The Paulina Josepha Michel the wife or
a daughter of the Joseph Martin Michel specified above is possible.
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1872 emigrated the Küfer
Jakob Michel from Rauenthal with wife Maria Eva and the children Maria,
5 years and Wilhelm, 3 years, to Australia. The passage took place with
the ship " Reichstag" from Hamburg to Brisbane. Whether and how
Jakob with the Niederwallufer Michels distorted is, is so far still unsettled.
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