GINGRICH, Augustus
"Gus"
Born 20 July 1864, Monitor, IN;
Married 22 Nov. 1888 Mary Belle Neyhard (b. 15 Jun. 1868, Heath, IN-d. 8 Aug.
1927, Monitor, IN), dau of Adam Neyhard and Paulina Hamilton;
Died: 11 Nov. 1936, Dayton, IN;
Parents: John Gingrich II (1824-1898) and Catherine Ehresman (1834-1903);
Siblings: Jacob, Lydia, John III, Josephine, Chris, Henry, Otto, Mary, and Theodore;
Children: Cora, Bessie, Floyd, and Merle Gingrich;
Occupation: farmer, school bus driver;
Religion: Defenseless Mennonite, then Zion United Brethren
Other information: Gus Gingrich's father, John Gingrich II,
was born in Sippersfeld, Germany and came to this country about 1840. Gus's
mother, Catherine Ehresman, was born in Neuhausen bei Worms, Germany, and came
to this country as a child with her parents. John Gingrich II worked in Cincinnati
for a while, then moved to Butler County, OH, finally settling in Tippecanoe
County, IN. John and Catherine Gingrich lived in both Tippecanoe and Carroll
Counties during their married life.
Sources: Irick, Simon, ed. Cora Gingrich Yost, Descendants
of John Gingrich II, 1952, 2nd ed., 1968; marriage license, Augustus Gingrich
and Mary Belle Neyhard, Tippecanoe County, IN.
Compiled & Submitted by: Susan Yost Clawson. Posted here.
John Gingrich II and Catherine Ehresman, his wife
GÜNGRICH,
Johannes
Born 1 March 1824, Sippersfeld, Germany;
Married 10 Jan/Feb. 1858, Clinton Co., IN, by Rev. Nicholas Augspurger, of the
Trenton, Ohio, Mennonite Church,
Catherine Ehresman
(b. 16 Nov. 1834, Neuhausen bei Worms, Germany-d. 21 May 1903, Carroll Co.,
IN), dau of Jacob and Katherine Ehresman Ehresman;
Died: 28 Feb. 1898, Carroll Co, IN;
Parents: John Gingrich I and Catherine [?Ehresman?] Imhoff (widow);
Siblings: half sister Barbara Gingrich (dau of John I 's first wife); half brother
Peter Imhoff;
Children: Jacob, Lydia, John III, Augustus, Josephine, Chris, Henry, Otto, Mary,
and Theodore;
Occupation: farmer;
Religion: Defenseless Mennonite (formerly Egly Amish, now Evangelical Mennonite
church), meeting in homes until the 1880s, when a building was constructed north
of Pettit
Other information: John Gingrich II came to this country as
a young man about 1840, with his mother. Catherine Ehresman came to this country
as a child with her parents. John Gingrich II worked in Cincinnati for a while,
then moved to Butler County, OH (where his half brother, Peter Imhoff, and his
half sister, Barbara Gingrich, were living) before coming to Tippecanoe County,
IN. John and Catherine Gingrich lived in both Tippecanoe and Carroll Counties
during their married life.
Sources: Irick, Simon, ed. Cora Gingrich Yost, Descendants
of John Gingrich II, 1952, 2nd ed., 1968; The Descendants of John Gingrich
II and Catherine Ehresman, 3rd ed., 2007.
Compiled & Submitted by: Susan Yost Clawson.
Obits
John Gingrich II died Feb. 28, 1898, Carroll Co, IN.
Lafayette, IN
Home Journal, March 3, 1898, Pettit items:
John Gingerrich [sic], an old resident, died at his home two miles
northeast of Pettit, Monday evening, after an illness of several weeks.
PAPER? found in Gus
and Mary Gingrich family Bible
During all these pleasant surprises, the busy and unpleasant exchanging of houses,
the inclemency of the weather and the impassable roads, that grim monster, death,
was wielding his destructive scythe, this time taking from our midst an old
and respected citizen, who has contended with the storms for nearly 73 years
and eleven months. John Gingrich was born in Germany in 1824, and came to this
country with his mother when seventeen years of age, and settled in Ohio with
his half brother, who had preceded him a few years. He came to Indiana forty-one
years ago and was married the next year to Miss Katie Ehresman. A widow and
nine children survive: Mrs. Lydia Irich [sic], Mrs. Josephine Wentz
[sic], John, Gus, Otto and Theodore Gingrich, all live around here.
Henry and Christian Gingrich living at Flanagan, Ill. This funeral will take
place from the house to-morrow morning at 9:30 o’clock, arriving at the
church at 10 o’clock. Mr. Gingrich belonged to the Amish church and was
a lifelong Christian.
written in Gus and Mary Gingrich Bible:
Catherine Gingrich d. May 21, 1903, at 6 in the morning.
Lafayette Weekly Journal, Friday, May 29, 1903
East Tippecanoe Items
The people of this neighborhood regret to hear of the death of Mrs. Gingrich,
of Pettit. She was a very estimable woman and the family has the sympathy of
their many friends.
Catherine Ehresman Gingrich, age 23
Henry and Magdalena Ehresman Stahly.
Photo courtesy of Bruce W. Stahly.
Magdalena is the sister of Jacob and John Ehresman.
EHRESMAN, Jacob
Born: Apr 1806, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
Married: Oct 1829, at Dörrmoschel, Katherine Ehresman, b. 8 Aug 1807, Germany,
d. 28 Feb 1868, Clinton Co., IN (a second cousin), dau of Christian Ehresman
and Elisabeth Egle/Egly
Died: 7 Aug 1894, Clinton Co., IN; buried Mennonite Cemetery, Edna Mills,
Clinton Co., IN.
Parents: Johannes Ehresman and Anna Barbara Fischer, both of Germany
Siblings: John (m. Jacobena Ehresman, sister of Jacob’s wife, Katherine);
Magdalena (m. Henry Stahly; lived at Nappanee, IN)
Children: Jacobena (m. Peter Oyer), Christian (m. Mary Salzman), Catharine (m.
John Gingrich II), Mary (m. Joseph Newhouser), Fanny (m. John Shenbeck)
Occupation: farmer, linen weaver
Religion: Defenseless Mennonite (formerly Egly Amish, now Evangelical Mennonite
church), meeting in homes until the 1880s, when a building was constructed north
of Pettit
Other information: The family arrived at Baltimore in January 1840, in the brig Traube. See http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~clawsons/Gingrich%20site/Gingrich.html. They lived just over the line in Clinton county, but their community included the area between Edna Mills in Clinton County and Pettit in Tippecanoe County, as well as Pyrmont in Carroll County.
Sources: “John H. Ehresman” (Bio), DeHart, Richard,
Past and Present (Indianapolis: Bowen, 1910), pp. 1142–43; passenger record;
censuses; emigration records online, HADIS Hessisches Staatsarchiv-Darmstadt
<www.hadis.hessen.de>. Karolinenplatz 3, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany, poststelle@stad.hessen.de,
Best. 21 B Nr. Nachweis (Source: Emigrant card index Walter Möller); LDS
microfilm of Sippersfeld, Germany, marriage records; History of Elkhart County,
A. Chicago, IL: Chapman, 1881. Bio of Christian Stahly. <www.amishacres.com/as_history/miscellaneous/
christian_stahly.htm>; Dörrmoschel Zivilstandsregister, 1819-1834. Eheverkündigungen,
Heiratsbelege. Family History Library. Salt Lake City, UT. FHL INT Film 488240.
Byler, John M. Amish Immigrants of Waldeck and Hesse. Bellville, OH: John M.
Byler [7219 T. R. 82, Bellville, OH 44813], 1993; Butler County Historical Society,
Trenton, OH Web site <http://freepages.history. rootsweb.com/~butlercounty/mennonite.html>.
Estate records; Miller, J. Virgil. Both Sides of the Ocean. Morgantown, PA:
Masthof, 2002. 128-29. Stahly, Bruce W., Personal correspondence, 2005; Irick,
Simon H.,“History of the Mennonite Cemetery, Ross Township, Clinton County,
Indiana,” with listing of burials in “Peters or Mennonite Cemetery.”
Compiled & Submitted by: Susan Yost Clawson
Ehresman emigration cards from HADIS (online)
Hessisches Staatsarchiv-Darmstadt
<www.hadis.hessen.de>.
Karolinenplatz 3
64289 Darmstadt, Germany
poststelle@stad.hessen.de
Best. 21 B Nr. Nachweis
Source: Emigrant card index Walter Möller
It appears that Jacob
E. and Catharine Ehresman and their three children (Catharine, Christian, and
Jacobina) applied to emigrate to America in April 1838, but for some reason
didn't go. Then they applied again in January 1840.
Family (all--origin: Neuhausen/Worms, destination: America, USA) was as follows
Jacob E. Ehresmann,
linen weaver, 32 and 33 (in Apr 1838 and Jan 1840),
Catharine Ehresmann, no age given, with husband and children Jacobina, Christian,
and Catharine
(Catharine's age is given as 32 in 1840 in when she is mentioned in entries
for other family members.)
Jacobina Ehresmann, 7 and 8,
Christian Ehresmann, 5 and 6
Catharine Ehresmann, 3 and 4
The passenger record for the Brig Traub, from Rotterdam to Boston, arrived in Boston on August 10, 1840. For some reason Catharine, age 4 is not listed and Jacobina is listed as Jacob, male, both in the passenger records found on Genealogy.com and in the ship's list on the CD (from microfilm) that Jim shared with us.
Jacob E. Ehresman, 33,
weaver, Dukedom Hess
Catherine Ehresman, 30
Jacob Ehresman, 8, M
C. Ehresman, 6, M
Descendants of Jacob
Ehresman, by Doug Shields, is found at <http://www.dcwi.com/~des/Ehresman/ehresman.htm>
John Gingrich II's family is included here, listed under his wife, Catherine
Ehresman.
Gingriches in INTIPPEC posting of Lafayette Journal and Courier Index <http://www.ingenweb.org/intippecanoe/JC_ge.html>
Gingriches on Find-A-Grave, with photos of stones:
Stone for Catharine Ehresman Gingrich: here
Stone for John Gingrich II: here
There are also several Iricks.
Here
is a link for an Amos Gingerich family site. http://www.gingerichreunion.org/phillipingermany.htm
I don't know how this family might be related to ours; it may go quite
a ways back, to Christian Guengerich, prisoner in Switzerland, if we are indeed
descended from him. But, this account of a trip through Waldeck and other locations
in Germany covers some areas that we are interested in. The author is a Gingerich
from Iowa who teaches at the University of Michigan and is spending a year in
Germany. He and his wife drove to the areas where Christian Gingrich lived in
Germany and tried to find them. His information on Christian Guengerich is from
the Guth book, which we have used, as well.
NEYHARD, Adam
Born: Clinton Co, Indiana 1839; settled in Tippecanoe County 1844 with parents.
Married: 1859 m1 Paulina C. Hamilton (1843-75, dau of Nathaniel Hamilton and
Jemima Brewer); m2 Melissa Aldrich (d. 17 Dec 1923, Buck Creek, IN)
Died: 1889, Perry Twp, Tippecanoe Co, IN; bur. Pyrmont, IN
Parents: William Neyhard and Josephine UNKNOWN
Siblings: Eve Neyhard, Sarah Neyhard
Children: Sarah, Anna, Charles, Mary Belle, Alice, Edward, Ada; Andrew, Effie,
Amanda, David, Wallace, Harry, and possibly Geneva.
Occupation: farmer
Religion: German Reformed?
Other information: Served briefly in Co. E, 10th Ind. Vol. Inf. in Civil War;
wounded, accidental shooting; Adam Neyhard bought land in Perry township, east
of Heath, in 1887.
NEYHARD, William
Arrived Indiana (Clinton and Carroll Counties) about 1836; settled in Tippecanoe
County 1844.
Born: 1805 Whitehall township, Lehigh Co, Pennsylvania
Married: 18 May 1830 Butler Co, OH, Sophia Potter? (d. bef. 1850?) and/or Josephine
_________?? (d. bef. 1860)
Died: btwn 1845 and 1850 Tippecanoe Co, IN
Parents: Jacob Neyhard and Susannah Boyer (or Burger)
Siblings: Mary (Maria Anna), Moses, Edward, Hannah, Matilda, Aaron, Owen, Levi,
Maria Magdalena (Margaret), Elizabeth, and Euphemia (d. young).
Children: Adam Neyhard (m1 Paulina Hamilton, who d. 1875; m2 Melissa Aldrich),
Eve Neyhard, Sarah Neyhard
Occupation: farmer??
Religion: German Reformed?
Other information: Moved from Pennsylvania to Butler Co, OH in 1825, to Clinton
and Carroll Cos, IN in 1836. Arrived in Washington Twp, Tippecanoe Co., in 1844.
The 1850 census lists Josephine (widow) and three children in Washington Twp,
Tippecanoe Co., IN.
Sources: The Neuhart Chronicles (accessed at Clinton County Library
in Frankfort); “Jonathan Clapper” (bio), in Biographical History
of Boone and Clinton Counties (1895); Postal History of Carroll County;
Mulberry Centennial Book; censuses; tax records; Tippecanoe County, IN,
marriage records; Butler County, OH, marriage records; 1878 Atlas Business
Directory
Compiled & Submitted by: Susan Yost Clawson
Susan Y. Clawson <clawsons@purdue.edu> or <clawsonsy@hotmail.com>
Last updated 12 June 2008