Sunday's Stories, 52 Ancestor Weeks, Week # 4, Maria Eva Molder/Molter

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This is week 4 of my participation Amy Johnson Crow's, once a week challenge to blog about one ancestor a week, tell their story, biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on that one ancestor. More about the challenge can be found at her Blog, No Story Too Small.

Last week I shared Valentin Rudig AKA Valentine Ruthig.  By the way, you may want to revisit, I found his baptismal record and added it to the post!

This week I will review and share what I have about his mother, Maria Eva Molder/Molter.

Maria daughter of Christian Molter and Maria Eva Wagner was born on March 19, 1796 in Kuebelberg, Bayern, Germany.  She was baptized on March 20, 1796 at Kuebelberg, Bayern, Germany according to "Baptism, death, marriage and confirmation records of the Protestant Reformed Church (Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche in German) of Miseau and Obermiseau, Bayern, Germany.  LDS films 1457640, 0247639, and 0193094."  Her baptismal record is below, it is the second record on this page.

Maria was confirmed in 1809, the record of this confirmation is found in the Protestant Reformed Church of Obermiesau, Bayern, Germany.  I currently do not have a scanned digital version of that record on my computer.

Maria married Johannes (John) Ruthig, son of Johannes Philip Rudig and Maria Margaretha Hirsch on Jan 5, 1817 in Miseau, Bayern, Germany.

Maria and John had three children: Katharina, Valentine, and Johannes.  All three of the children were born in Germany.

I found Maria's name with the Ruthig family when they were immigrating, via New York in August of 1836. Also listed are her husband John, children: Cath (for Catherine or Katherine, found spelled both ways), Valentin and son John.

I thought it might be fun to see what I could net search on the "Albany".  I failed to find an image of any kind that was specific to the Albany.  I did however find an image on this web page that probably is fairly close.  This page by Peter Biggins shows the ship "Johannes" from a watercolor about 1835.  The image is about half way down the page.

Along the way, on a Wikipedia page I found this interesting image, but, it is from 1874, a full 38 years after the Ruthig family immigrated. I can imagine the "feeling" is similar, but, the ship and the clothing and more will be skewed due to the dates.

Maria is found enumerated on the 1851 and 1861 Canadian census of Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada.

Maria died between the 1861 census and the 1871 census.  She does not appear in the Ontario Death Indexes.  I have not discovered her burial place.

My wish list for Maria Eva Molder/Molter Ruthig:

Scan and link her confirmation records from the Miseau church.

Locate, if possible, the actual passenger list from 1836.

Lutheran church records from Ontario.

Any newspaper articles, obituaries, marriage notices.

Locate place of burial.




* Additional source data can be obtained by contacting me, see the right hand column for a yahoo email address.

** 52 Ancestors Weeks Button courtesy of Amy Johnson Crow.

*** I use many resources to research, FamilySearch.org is a free site.  Ancestry.com is a pay site for which I pay, no discounts, etc. The Library and Archives of Canada site is a free site.  None of these sites have asked me to review them, or use them.  See my Disclaimers page for further details.

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Sunday's Stories, 52 Ancestor Weeks, Week # 3, Valentin Rudig AKA Valentine Ruthig

Copyright 2014, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

This is week 3 of my participation Amy Johnson Crow's, once a week challenge to blog about one ancestor a week, tell their story, biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on that one ancestor. More about the challenge can be found at her Blog, No Story Too Small.

In week # 1, I blogged about Katherina Ruthig Gerth, last week I posted about her mother, Margret (Marguarita) Zinkann Ruthig. This week, is all about Katherina's father, Valentin Rudig, AKA, Valentine Ruthig.

Valentin Rudig, AKA Valentine Ruthig, son of Johannes (John) Ruthig and Maria Eva Molder was born on Sep 22, 1821 in Schoenenberg, Bayern, Germany, and was christened on Sep 25, 1821 in Schoenenberg, Bayern, Germany.  I have copies of many of the church records from Germany, but, at this time they are not linked to my data base.  Another issue to add to the long and never ending "to do " lists.

UPDATE:  I have located the baptism of Valentin Rudig!

Valentin Rudig, son of Johannes Rudig and Maria Molter, of Schoenberg, Bayern, Germany was confirmed in 1836 as reported in the records of the Protestant Reformed Church of Obermiseau, Bayern, Germany.   Again, the copy of this record has not yet been scanned.

In 1997 Man and I were able to travel to Germany (for a family wedding, and just a small side of genie) and found the church at Miseau, there are several photos, I will share more in future posts. The date over the door is inscribed 1738.

In August of 1836 the Ruthig family is found immigrating, via New York. The index found at FamilySearch reads:

New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists
Name: Valentin Ruthig
Arrival Date: Aug 16, 1836
Age: 14
Gender: M
Port of Arrival: New York
Port of Departure: Havre De Grace
Place of Origin: Bavaria
Destination: United States of America
Ship: Ship Albany
Microfilm Serial Number: M237
Microfilm Roll Number: 31
List Number: 720

There is even an image to accompany the index.  It shows Valentine's father, John; mother Maria; and siblings Cath(erine) and John were on the same ship.  This index, by the way, matches the family tradition of the family coming from Germany in 1836.

As reported in "The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West", Volume 9, Part 1, Wellington District, 1840 - 1852, Valentine Ruthig and Margaretha Zuikann were married by Rev. Schuler, witnesses to the marriage were Peter Rotherwel and Frederick Krinkze.  They were married by the Minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hamburg in 1847.

Valentine was found on the 1851 census report of Perth County, Ontario, Canada.  The extracted version of that census reads:

Valintine Ruthig, born Germany, age 28; Margaret Zinkan, born Germany, age 22; Mary, age 3, born Canada; John, age 2, born Canada.

Just last week I located his family on the 1861 census, remember?? I am still doing a bit of a genie happy dance over this find!

Valentine appears on the 1871 census, North Easthope, Perth County, Ontario, Canada, extracted by moi:

Valentine, age 48, born Germany, Lutheran, of German heritage, farmer; Margaret, age 40, born Germany, Lutheran, of German heritage; John, age 18, born Ontario; Elisabeth, age 17, born Ontario; Catherine, age 15, born Ontario; Josephine, age 13, born Ontario; Margaret, age 11, born Ontario; Henery, age 9, born Ontario; Louise, age 7, born Ontario; Annie, age 5, born Ontario; Helen, age 3, born Ontario; Hedwig, 10 months old, born May, born Ontario.

Currently I do not have the data for the 1881 census enumeration.

Margaret and Valentine had 12 children: Mary, John Henry, Elizabeth, Katherina, Josephine, Margaretha, Heinrich (Henery) Peter Valentine, Louisa, Anna Caroline, Helena Caroline, Hedwig Marie Katherine, and William Heinrich.

Valentine died on Jul 13, 1883 in North Easthope, Perth County, Ontario, Canada at age 61, dying 6 hours after an accident.  Valentine was buried in Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada.

His death record, digitally edited by moi to delete other records, retaining only Valentine's.

My wish list for Valentin Rudig, AKA, Valentine Ruthig:

Scan and link his baptism and confirmation records from the Miseau church. Update:  Baptism found, see above.

Locate, if possible, the actual passenger list from 1836.

Marriage record.

1881 census information.

Lutheran church records from Ontario.

Any newspaper articles, obituaries, marriage notices.

And, of course, a photo.




* Additional source data can be obtained by contacting me, see the right hand column for a yahoo email address.

** 52 Ancestors Weeks Button courtesy of Amy Johnson Crow.

*** I use many resources to research, FamilySearch.org is a free site.  Ancestry.com is a pay site for which I pay, no discounts, etc. The Library and Archives of Canada site is a free site.  None of these sites have asked me to review them, or use them.  See my Disclaimers page for further details.

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Sunday's Stories, 52 Ancestor Weeks, Week # 1, Katherina Ruthig Gerth

Copyright 2014, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

I am behind in THE Trip, THE Encore' posts, I am behind in The Book of Me, Written by You, so, I don't really need another meme challenge to join into, but, I am going to anyway.  Amy Johnson Crow, whose blog is No Story Too Small, has started a once a week challenge to blog about one ancestor a week, tell their story, biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on that one ancestor.  It will be a bit of challenge for me personally to find 52 ancestors that I have not already blogged about. I mean, I have been writing here at Reflections for almost 5 years.  But, I am going to give this a shot anyway.  I miss blogging more about my genealogy, so, committing to the project may force me back to one of my major afflictions in life, family history.  I am going to try to post these on Sunday, thus the name, Sunday's Stories.

Wish me luck!

Katherina Ruthig, daughter of Valentine Ruthig\Rudig, and Margret (Marguarita) Zinkann, was born on March 26, 1854 in North Easthope, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.   She was baptized in the Lutheran church in North Easthope, Perth County, Ontario, Canada on April 25, 1855.

According to Pastor August Deichmann's obituary in the church records of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pigeon/Linkville, Huron County, Michigan Katherine was confirmed April 18, 1869 in Canada.

Katherina married Peter Gerth, son of John Gerth and Barbara Schich on Feb 10, 1874 in Canada. I have yet to locate that marriage in Canadian records, the date was derived from his death notice in church records in Huron County, Michigan.

Katherina and Peter emigrated to the United States on March 27, 1894.

They had 12 children: Mary, Edward Conrad, Emma Maggie, Henrich (Henry) Peter, Johann (John) Heinrich, Lurina Catharina, Katharina Josephine, Martha Anna, Lilly Anna, Alma Rebecca, Peter Andreas, and Louise Friederike.

She died on Oct 27, 1915 in Linkville, Huron County, Michigan, at age 61, and was buried on Oct 31, 1915 in St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pigeon/Linkville, Huron County, Michigan.

You may have noticed her given name on her death certificate is spelled with a "C", not a "K".  And, it is Catherine, NOT Katharina.  This is a German family, spellings are seldom the same for any one person from their birth to their death.

Katherine's given name is found spelled many ways, in the 1861 census for North Easthope Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada her name is spelled Catarina.  In the death records of Huron County, Michigan her name is spelled Catherine.

A copy of Katherine's newspaper obituary was given to the compiler (original newspaper source unknown to the compiler), the original was written in German and has been translated by a family member:
     "October 28, in the morning at 1 o'clock A.M., Mrs. Katherine Gerth, maiden name Ruthig, died after a long illness.  She was born 1854 in North Easthope in Canada and married in 1874 to Peter Gerth. Out of this marriage they had 12 children, three of died very early. Three sons and six daughters survived her and also 21 grandchildren. Four grandchildren died earlier.  She also leaves 3 brothers and 6 sisters.  Her age was 61 years, 7 months and 2 days.  She was buried on Sunday by the Protestant Lutheran Church of St. Paul's in Linkville, in the cemetery of the congregation.  She was a very devoted member of this congregation for 20 years."

Pastor August Deichmann of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pigeon/Linkville, Huron County, Michigan wrote quite lengthy entries at the time of a person's death.  Thanks to a family member, as well as family and friends in Germany we have the following translation from the original German entry:
     "On October 31, 1915, Mrs. Katharina Gerth, whose maiden name was Ruthig, was buried by August Deichmann.  She was born on March 26, 1855, in North Easthope in Canada and was the legitimate daughter of Valentin Ruthig and his wife Margarethe, whose maiden name was Zinkan. She was baptized in the Lutheran church in North Easthope on April 25, 1855.  After she had been taught the tenants of the Church, she was confirmed on April 18, 1869 in the Lutheran church in New Hamburg. She maintained true to her confirmation vows and remained an active member of the Lutheran Church for the remainder of her life.  On February 10, 1874 she entered holy matrimony with Peter Gerth, to whom she was a faithful and conscientious wife during the forty-one year marriage.  The marriage produced twelve children, of which two died at young ages, and to their great sadness, their eldest son died about one half year before she died.  She is survived by three sons, six daughters, and twenty-one grandchildren, while four grandchildren have already died.  Although she was healthy for most of her life, she developed an inner illness that caused her much pain.  In order to relieve this pain, she underwent an operation approximately four months ago, through which the source of her illness could only be partially removed because it was determined that in addition to gall stones, she had liver cancer.  Her recovery occurred slowly so that she could only go home approximately four weeks ago.  But instead of allowing herself to recover and to grow stronger, she took on more and more, so that the hope for recovery had to soon be given up, and she prepared herself willingly, with confidence, for her end.  She had to endure much pain at the end, but through it all she remained true to her faith in Him, who would soon free her from her suffering. After she had take Holy Communion one last time, her health worsened visibly and on last Thursday morning at one o'clock, she passed away gently. In addition to her deeply faithful husband, her nine children and twenty-one grandchildren, she left behind three brothers and six sisters, of which most came from long distances to pay their respects for the beloved sister.  She lived sixty years, seven months and two days.  She rests in the peace of the Lord and the eternal light illuminates her."

Katherine has a memorial at Find A Grave.

My wish list for Katherina:  Documentation for birth, baptism, confirmation, marriage. And, even though there is a photo of her headstone at Find A Grave, personally I find it pretty much impossible to make out the inscription, so, to finish off my wish list for her, I would like to have a photo of her headstone that I can make out the inscription.  I have her death certificate and her will.





* Additional source data can be obtained by contacting me, see the right hand column for a yahoo email address.

** Button courtesy of Amy at her original post for this challenge.

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