! CHAPTER ONE The Family of and m. - m. Gertrude SCHLOTTER - Johann George SCHIMMEL m. Theresia ENGESSER - Margaret Gertrude SCHEMMEL m. Stephen Bernard STEINKE - Peter Bernard STEINKE m. Alvina Mary GREVE - Sylvia A. STEINKE m. Urban E. SCHNEIDER SCHEMMEL-PFISTER Page 1
and 7/24/1798 Egenhausen, Baden, FRANCE GERMANY SWITZERLAND Egenhausen, Baden-Württemberg is in the south-west corner of Germany. is the oldest known SCHEMMEL in this family. He was born about, possibly in the Egenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. E lisabetha PFISTER was born about, possibly in the Egenhausen, Baden- Württemberg, Germany. married Elisabetha (PFISTER) SCHEMMEL and they had one known child. Nothing else is known of and Elisabetha (PFISTER) SCHEMMEL. SCHEMMEL is an old German nickname for a disabled person, from Middle High German schemel stool, which was used as a crutch by invalids. According to wikipedia, this is the Coat of Arms of Egenhausen Egenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Egenhausen is a small village in the district of Calw, in the state of Baden- Württemberg, Germany. It is located about 40 miles east of Strasbourg, France. The familiar city of Freiburg, also located in Baden-Württemberg, is about 60 miles south of Egenhausen. The former Grand Duchy of Baden (on lower part of the map at right) bordered Elsaß-Lothringen, (which was then part of Germany, and today is Alsace-Lorraine, France). It was located along the east bank of the Rhine River, and bordered Switzerland to its south. Egenhausen has a population of 1,880 residents (in 2011), and an elevation of 1755 feet above sea level. A common slogan in Baden-Württemberg is: Wir können alles. Außer Hochdeutsch. which means "We can do anything. Except speak standard German." a reference to Baden- Württemberg being one of the principal centers for innovation in Germany and having many inhabitants with distinctive dialects. SCHEMMEL-PFISTER Page 2
Children of and - 7/24/1798 Egenhausen, Baden, (Mary in 1850 Census) Gertrude SCHLOTTER 9/7/1802 Schleerieth, Baden, (Bavaria) d.~1868 Pusheta m2. aft. 1850; by 1860 census, Gabrial & Gertrude were living seperately, & she was again using the SCHIMMEL surname m2.gabriel DISTELRATH ~1813 (1808?) Birgel Kreis Dren, Rhineland, GER d.5/17/1862 m1.maria (Anna?)J.WINANDS ~1817 d.9/4/1853 these two are bur. together in Old St.Joseph Cem. Row 1, 3rd-4th grave son:john Gregor DISTELRATH 1/24/1839 Birgel Kreis Dren d.7/1/1896 Wapak (Gabriel s brother was a Catholic priest) Joseph SCHEMMEL Johann George SCHIMMEL George Adam SCHIMMEL Anthony SCHIMMEL Michael SCHIMMEL Mary Anna SCHIMMEL Joseph SCHIMMEL Mary Dorphine Anna SCHIMMEL John Adam SCHIMMEL The spellings of SCHEMMEL & SCHIMMEL were quite often interchanged. More information on this family is in the next Chapter: and Gertrude SCHLOTTER. was born on July 24, 1798 in Egenhausen, Baden,. He was the only known child born to and Elisabetha (PFISTER) SCHEMMEL. married Gertrude SCHLOTTER on December 21, 1826 in Egenhausen, Baden,. Gertrude SCHLOTTER was born on September 7, 1802 in Schleerieth, Baden, (Bavaria?). She was one of three known children born to Laurentius (or Lorenz) SCHLOTTER and Gertrude ROTTMANN, possibly from Schleerieth, Baden, Wurtemberg, Germany (Bavaria?). and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL immigrated to America in in the late 1840 s with their eight living children. One child died as an infant. They settled in Pusheta Township, Allen or Auglaize County, Ohio (Pusheta Township become part of Auglaize County in 1848). died between April and September of 1850 in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. He is buried in. Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL died about 1868 in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. She is buried in. and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL had nine known children between 1827 and 1845. 1850 Census - Pusheta Tounship, Auglaize County, Ohio The 1850 Census shows the value of s farm as $1000. SCHEMMEL-PFISTER Page 3
Many sources were used to locate information on the SCHEMMEL family, some of them offering conflicting information. Below are those that were the most helpful: SCHLOTTER & ROTTMANN http://gedbas.genealogy.net/datenblatt.jsp?nr=2885424 Where this Information was Found Find-A-Grave: http://www.findagrave.com R. B. Hayes Ohio Obituary Index: http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/search_results.asp Maps: http://worldtimer.net/cities/all.php?c=bayern&city=haßfurt&country=allemagne&k1=5005&k2=1050&r=haßberge US Census Records POSSIBLE connections to : POSSIBLE connections to include Johann and Conrad SCHEMMEL, both from Egenhausen. Conrad immigrated to Pusheta Township, and Johann Adam s children immigrated to Piqua, Ohio. Many possibilities exist, but without more supporting evidence, the connection remains uncertain. There are so many similarities between the families, that I am convinced they must be closely related. But that exact relationship remains to be discovered. Johann Adamo SCHEMMEL ~1758 Egenhausen Bavaria GER m~1783 Egenhausen d.1798 Egenhausen Ottilie CHRIST ~1763 GER d.1801 GER Johann Bavaria Margaretha SEUFFERT Bavaria Conrad SCHEMMEL 12/31/1793 Egenhausen Bavaria m1.10/19/1818 Kronungen m2.12/17/1834 Pusheta d.7/24/1870 Pusheta Twp. bur.schemmel Cem. imm.1832 7/24/1798 Egenhausen, Baden, (Mary in 1850 Census) Gertrude SCHLOTTER 9/7/1802 Schleerieth, Baden, (Bavaria) d.~1868 Pusheta 1833 Germany d.mar. 1904 Kunigunda NEEB Germany John Michael SCHEMMEL 1/5/1830 Egenhausen, Bavaria,Germany m.4/4/1858 New York, NY d.april 22,1891 Urbana Illinois killed by a train bur.forest Hill Cem. Piqua Harness maker in 1880 census Katherine UTZ 3/5/1830 Hanau, Kurhessen, d.9/24/1913 Piqua bur. Forest Hill Cem. John Peter SCHEMMEL 8/14/1858 Egenhausen d.11/3/1919 Piqua m.4/14/1887 Piqua, OH m.rosina (Racena) ANKERMAN Albert SCHEMMEL 3/23/1859 Newark, NJ d.jan.1/11/1895 Emma SCHEMMEL-CLARK 11/8/1860 Newark, NJ d.1931 Bertha SCHEMMEL-NETTLESHIP-STEIN 6/18/1862 Newark, NJ d.8/23/1959 Miami Co. John G. SCHEMMEL 11/29/1864 Piqua, OH d.2/4/1954 Miami Co. Robert C. SCHEMMEL m.estella BROWN 1/16/1867 Piqua, OH d.3/4/1953 Miami FL These families in BROWN are probably related to our ancestor George SCHEMMEL (brothers? cousins?), but no proof has yet been established, other than that they are all from Egenhausen. SCHEMMEL-PFISTER Page 4
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