Friedrich R. Wollmershäuser Emigrants from the Grandduchy

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Friedrich R. Wollmershäuser

Emigrants from the Grandduchy of Baden before 1872

Volume 1

The Breisgau region with the districts of Breisach, Emmendingen, Ettenheim, Freiburg, Hornberg (until 1857), Kenzingen, Staufen, St. Blasien (until 1844), Triberg (until 1858), and Waldkirch.

Auswanderungen aus dem GroSSherzogtum Baden vor 1872

Band 1

Der Breisgau mit den Amtsbezirken Breisach, Emmendingen, Ettenheim, Freiburg, Hornberg (bis 1857), Kenzingen, Staufen, St. Blasien (bis 1844), Triberg (bis 1858) und Waldkirch.

verlag regionalkultur Table of Contents / Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword / 4 Vorwort 10

Codes for types of announcement / 16 Abkürzungen der Anzeigearten 16

Codes for districts / 17 Abkürzungen der Amtsbezeichnungen 17

Abstracts of the entries / 19 Regesten der Einträge 19

Index of town names / 232 Ortsregister 232

The undersigned publishing and bookselling house issues from 1 November onwards: Breisgauer Bote. Intelligencer for the Grandducal districts of Breisach, Emmendingen, City and Rural district of Freiburg, Hornberg, Kenzingen, Staufen, St. Blasien, Triberg and Waldkirch. This paper is published three times a week, namely on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, each time one folio size (folded) page with an attach- ment for official and private advertisements. The paper is apt for such advertisements because it is subscribed by all communities in the above- mentioned districts, and just by this fact, every advertisement will certainly be widespread. The price for this paper for the months of November and December is 35 Kreuzer for subscribers living in Freiburg and for those who have it picked up by messengers in the publishing house. For the rest of the country the paper costs 40 Kreuzer, plus postage. All Grandducal post offices accept orders for it. Along with this, we are so free to direct the request to all friends of legal order and proceeding popular education to support us by reports from their radius of action and their experiences. We will always welcome leading essays and other apt articles, as a plentitude of opinions does support the discussion of the political and social conditions in our fatherland. We are assuring that we have succeeded in finding an editor who does not only match for such a difficult task, but also in attracting a consider- able number of excellent authors. Freiburg, 20 October 1849. Fr. Wagner, bookstore. Source: Advertising sheet attached to the Karlsruher Zeitung, 7 Nov. 1849 issue. Foreword Foreword 1. The making of this book

I first made the decision to collect the names in this volume almost 30 years ago, at a time when neither the Internet nor public databases of emigrants existed. Many American and some Australian genealogists had been searching for the exact town or village of origin of their ancestors who were known only to have come from the Grandduchy of Baden. Those genealogists wrote to societies, archives and the parish offices in the town of Baden-Baden, but could not get help without knowing a more exact place-name. Conversely, the old gazettes and newspapers in Baden are full of public notifications and advertisements concerning emigrants. These advertisements are hard to find, due to the fact that these papers have no complete indexes. Some of them just have annual indexes for the names of the quoted persons. So I started to look through the newspapers which served as a collection and kind of gazette of public notices in the Breisgau region. I then copied all entries about emigrants and absent persons into lists, destined eventually to be put together into a database. This project kept me busy from 1986 to 1989; and with the help of this documented data I was able to discover the origins of quite a few emigrants. Upon completion, it was clear to me that this material should be made accessible to a wider audience, and it is this which has led to the book now before you. The aforementioned database was initially only intended to provide clues to the original home community of the persons mentioned in them and to provide links to additional entries about these persons. Therefore, I had in most cases not noted whether it was a summons to a military person or his sentence or con- demnation for absence, and the same for missing persons. Such details were partially added in afterwards upon further study. As a general rule, the lists in this book are to be best considered as hints and springboards to primary sources where further details may be unearthed. The actual advertisements may include additional details such as personal de- scriptions of wanted men. Even more information may be found in case files which, it may be hoped, have survived in the archives.

The following volumes are in preparation:

1. The Breisgau region with the districts of Breisach, Emmendingen, Ettenheim, Freiburg, Hornberg (until 1857)1, Kenzingen, Staufen, St. Blasien (until 1844), Triberg (until 1858) and Waldkirch. 2. The Odenwald and Bauland regions with the districts of Adelsheim, Boxberg, Buchen, Eberbach, Gerlachsheim, Krautheim, Mosbach, Tauberbischof- sheim, Walldürn and Wertheim 3. The Ortenau region with the districts of Achern (until 1864), Gengenbach, Haslach, Lahr, Oberkirch, Offenburg, Rheinbischofsheim and Wolfach. 4. The area around Rastatt with the districts of Achern (from 1865), Baden-Baden, Bühl, Ettlingen, Gernsbach and Rastatt.

For all of these regions, all information in newspapers up to 1871 has been extracted. The imperial German law of 1 June 1870 concerning the purchase and loss of citizenship only authorised the authorities to prohibit emigration for military reasons. Therefore, the announcement of clearing of debts prior to emigration had to be omitted because this was no longer considered to be a valid obstacle for leaving the country. The remaining types of announcements (summons to missing heirs, search for absent draftees, and others) are assumed to be largely found in the Karlsruher Zeitung newspa- per after 1871.

2. Public announcements by district authorities in Baden

By the late eighteenth century, absent persons were sought after via advertisements in newspapers and intelligencers in the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach2. Soon after 1800, this turned into a sophisticated system of public notifications by low-ech-

4 Vorwort

Vorwort 1. Die Vorgeschichte dieses Buches.

Der Entschluß, die hier enthaltenen Namen zu sammeln, liegt fast 30 Jahre zurück. Damals gab es noch kein Internet und keine öffentlich zugänglichen Datenbanken von Auswanderern. Viele amerikanische und einige australische Genealogen suchten die genaue Herkunft ihrer Vorfahren, von denen nur bekannt war, daß sie aus Baden kamen. Diese Genealogen schrieben nun an Vereine, Archive und die Pfarrämter in Baden-Baden, wo man ihnen ohne genaue Kenntnis des Ortes aber nicht helfen konnte. Andererseits sind die badischen Amtsblätter und Zeitungen voll von amtlichen Bekanntmachungen über Auswanderer. Diese Anzeigen sind allerdings schwer zu finden, weil es teils gar keine, teils nur jährliche Register gibt. So fing ich an, die in Freiburg als Verkündigungsblatt dienende Zeitung nach Anzeigen über Auswanderer durchzusehen und diese in Listen zu notieren. Diese Listen wurden danach in eine Datenbank eingetippt. Die Arbeit dauerte von 1986 bis 1989, und anhand der Daten konnte ich die Herkunft so manchen Auswanderers ermitteln. Schließlich erschien es mir am besten, den gesamten Datenbestand einem größeren Publikum zugänglich zu machen, und so kam schließlich das vorliegende Buch zustande. Die damalige Datenbank sollte ja nur als Fingerzeig dienen, aus welchem Ort jemand stammte, und das Auffinden weiterer Einträge über einen Auswanderer ermöglichen. So wurde in der Regel nicht erfaßt, ob es sich um einen Aufruf an eine Militärperson handelte oder um deren Verurteilung wegen Abwesenheit, ebenso bei Verschollenen. Teils habe ich diese Angaben nachgetragen. Insgesamt sollen die hier veröffentlichten Listen aber nur als Hinweise verstanden werden, an welcher Stelle etwas zu finden ist. Die eigentlichen Anzeigen können durchaus noch weitere Angaben enthalten und die zugehörigen Akten – falls sie noch existieren – erst recht.

Folgende Bände über badische Auswanderer sind nun erhältlich:

1. Der Breisgau mit den Amtsbezirken Breisach, Emmendingen, Ettenheim, Freiburg, Hornberg (bis 1857), Kenzingen, Staufen, St. Blasien (bis 1844), Triberg (bis 1858) und Waldkirch. 2.Odenwald und Bauland mit den Amtsbezirken Adelsheim, Boxberg, Buchen, Eberbach, Gerlachsheim, Krautheim, Mosbach, Tauberbischofsheim, Walldürn und Wertheim 3. Die Ortenau mit den Amtsbezirken Achern (bis 1864), Gengenbach, Haslach, Lahr, Oberkirch, Offenburg, Rheinbischofs- heim und Wolfach. 4. Die Gegend um Rastatt mit den Amtsbezirken Achern (ab 1865), Baden-Baden, Bühl, Ettlingen, Gernsbach und Rastatt..

Ausgewertet wurden jeweils die noch existierenden Zeitungen von Beginn bis zum Ende des Jahres 1871. Das Reichsgesetz vom 1. Juni 1870 über den Erwerb und den Verlust der Bundes- und Staatsangehörigkeit ließ nur noch militärische Hinder- nisse gegen eine Auswanderung zu, die Vornahme einer Schuldenliquidation und deren öffentliche Ankündigung mußten deswegen unterbleiben, da sie fortan als unzulässige Behinderung eines Wegzugs galten. Die noch verbleibenden Bekannt- machungen (Erbenaufrufe, Fahndung nach Wehrpflichtigen und anderes) dürften ab 1872 großenteils in der Karlsruher Zeitung zu finden sein. Die Listen erscheinen ganz bewußt in englischer Sprache, weil diese von der Mehrzahl der Leser verstanden wird, jeden- falls eher als deutsch. Außerdem können deutsche Interessenten die Anzeigen ja im Original nachlesen.

2. Das badische niedergerichtliche Verkündigungswesen.

In der Markgrafschaft Baden-Durlach wurden Abwesende bereits im späten 18. Jhdt. durch Anzeigen in Zeitungen und Intelligenzblättern gesucht13. Bald nach 1800 entwickelte sich daraus ein ausgeklügeltes System niedergerichtlicher Bekannt- machungen. Als Organe dienten im Großherzogtum Baden folgende Amtsblätter14:

1803 – 1808 Provinzialblatt der badischen Pfalzgrafschaft (Mannheim) 1808 – 1810 Großherzoglich Badisches Niederrheinisches Provinzialblatt (Mannheim)

10 Abstracts of the entries A / Regesten der Einträge A Abstracts of the entries / Regesten der Einträge A Name or event, respectively Place of origin Office Type of ad Source Name bzw. Sachverhalt Herkunftsort Amt Anzeigetyp Quelle Aberle 1 - 15 Mathias (27), soldier, has been on the run since 14.03.1847. Lehengericht HBRG F BR 15.04.1847 Johann Jacob, conscript of age group 1827, has failed to appear. Hornberg HBRG A BR 15.01.1849 Gottlieb, conscript of age group 1825, has failed to appear. Schiltach HBRG A BR 15.01.1849 Georg, soldier, is absent. Gutach HBRG B BR 23.03.1850 Johann Jakob, tanner, conscript of age group 1827, is sentenced as an absent draftee. Hornberg HBRG (K) BR 10.04.1850 Anna Maria, unmarried, intends to go to America. Gutach HBRG SCH BR 20.09.1851 Johannes, unmarried day-worker, intends to go to America. Reichenbach HBRG SCH BR 07.08.1852 Georg, knitter, married man, absconded sometime during the last few years. Hornberg HBRG A BR 19.02.1853 Georg, knitter, married man, has failed to appear. Hornberg HBRG ERK BR 06.04.1853 Georg, day-worker, intends to go to America with his wife and children. Gutach-Steingrün HBRG AUS BR 17.09.1853 Louise (28), unmarried, intends to go to North America. Hornberg HBRG SCH BR 22.04.1854 Johannes, baker, intends to go to North America with his family. Hornberg HBRG AUS BR 25.07.1855 Johann Georg, knitter; his wife, intends to go to North America. Hornberg HBRG AUS BR 25.07.1855 Knitter, is in North America. Hornberg HBRG AUS BR 25.07.1855 Christian, intends to go to North America with his family. Reichenbach TRIB AUS VF 05.05.1864 See also 12166 (Zwick), 12167 (Zwick). Acker 16 Philipp, went to North America 13 years ago. Freiburg FRBG B BR 01.04.1863 Ackermann 17 Johann Evangelist, umbrella maker, is roaming around. Villingen TRIB A BR 30.07.1859 Adam 18 - 43 Lorenz; his widow Rosa Fischer, intends to go to North America with her children Martin and Kathari- Staufen STAU AUS BR 01.03.1851 na, both of age. Friedrich, tailor, intends to go to North America with his family. Freiburg FRBG AUS BR 10.04.1853 Katharina (13), absconded end of February. Teningen EMME F BR 12.05.1854 Joseph, draftee, has failed to appear. Dörlinbach ETTE ERK BR 22.07.1854 Johann, conscript of 1855, has failed to appear. Freiburg FRBG A BR 23.01.1855 Johann, is sentenced as an absent draftee. Freiburg FRBG STR BR 22.03.1855 Franz Xaver, conscript of 1857, has failed to appear. Freiburg FRBG A BR 25.01.1857 Franz Xaver, is sentenced as an absent draftee. Freiburg FRBG STR BR 11.04.1857 Bernhard and his wife, intend to go to America. Dörlinbach ETTE AUS BR 23.05.1857 Franz Xaver, conscript of 1859, is charged with not appearing at the draft. Freiburg FRBG VOR BR 23.01.1859 Franz Xaver, conscript, is sentenced as an absent draftee. Freiburg FRBG STR BR 06.03.1859 Ludwig, conscript of 1861, has failed to appear. Freiburg FRBG VOR BR 16.01.1861 Ludwig, is sentenced as an absent draftee. Freiburg FRBG STR BR 05.03.1861 Jakob Friedrich, conscript, has failed to appear. Freiburg FRBG A BR 15.01.1862 Jakob Friedrich, conscript, is sentenced as an absent draftee. Freiburg FRBG STR BR 05.03.1862 Emil Christian, conscript of 1863, has failed to appear. Freiburg FRBG A BR 23.01.1863 Emil Christian, conscript, is still absent. Freiburg FRBG B BR 08.04.1863 Johanna, intends to go to America. Kenzingen KENZ SCH VF 04.06.1865 Adolf, soldier, is said to have gone to America without permission. Kenzingen KENZ A VF 08.11.1866 Ernst Anton, conscript of 1867, has failed to appear. Freiburg FRBG K VF 30.12.1866 Adolf, soldier, is charged with desertion. Kenzingen KENZ VOR VF 10.01.1867 Adolf, has failed to appear and is sentenced as a deserter. Kenzingen KENZ U VF 10.02.1867 Ernst Anton, is charged with not appearing at the draft. Freiburg FRBG A VF 21.02.1867 Ernst Anton, is sentenced as an absent draftee. Freiburg FRBG (U) VF 21.03.1867 Sebastian, weaver, intends to go to America with his wife Maria Anna Langenbach and two children. Kenzingen KENZ AUS VF 18.08.1867 Carl, is missing. Kenzingen KENZ ERB BR 17.10.1867 Adler 44 - 52 Leonhard, intends to go to America with his wife and four children. Bahlingen EMME AUS BR 30.04.1853 Katharina, went to America in 1854. Bahlingen EMME SCH BR 31.01.1858 Anna Maria, unmarried, intends to go to America. Bahlingen EMME SCH BR 31.03.1858 Wilhelm, shoemaker, has absconded, presumably to America. Bahlingen EMME A BR 06.07.1858 Wilhelm, shoemaker, has failed to appear. Bahlingen EMME ERK BR 21.10.1858 Georg Jakob and his wife Anna Maria Bürklin, intend to go to America. Bahlingen EMME AUS BR 09.11.1862 Martin, is missing. Bahlingen BAHL MAH BR 29.11.1863 Anna Maria (25), unmarried, intends to go to America with her child Heinrich (2). Bahlingen EMME SCH VF 28.07.1864 Wilhelm, unmarried, has absconded. Bahlingen EMME F VF 28.12.1865 See also 1565 (Danner), 5062 (Joseph), 5063 (Joseph). Alber 53 - 57 Marie (23), intends to go to North America. Krozingen STAU SCH BR 31 01.1854 Stephania, intends to go to America. Kenzingen KENZ SCH BR 08.09.1855 Maria, is in America. Krozingen STAU ERB BR 16.01.1858 Ignatz, went to America in 1854. Kenzingen KENZ ERB VF 27.12.1868 Adolf, farmer, intends to go to America with his wife Rosa Fuchs and two children (4 and 2). Kenzingen KENZ AUS BR 21.02.1869 Albert 58 - 61 Joseph and his wife, intend to go to South America. Ettenheim ETTE B/G BR 12.11.1842 Kaspar and his wife, intend to go to South America. Ettenheim ETTE B/G BR 12.11.1842 Bernhard, day-worker, intends to go to North America with his family. Ettenheim ETTE SCH BR 10.12.1853 Reinhard, intends to go to North America. St. Märgen FRBG AUS BR 18.03.1869 Albietz 62 - 64 Fridolin, absconded to America in 1850. Wilfingen-Vogelbach SBLA A BR 12.04.1855 Fridolin, has failed to appear. Wilfingen-Vogelbach SBLA STR BR 27.05.1855 Leopold, intends to emigrate. Wilfingen-Hierbach SBLA AUS BR 16.02.1869 Albiez 65 - 68 19 Abstracts of the entries A / Regesten der Einträge A

Name or event, respectively Place of origin Office Type of ad Source Name bzw. Sachverhalt Herkunftsort Amt Anzeigetyp Quelle Leo, unmarried, intends to go to America. Wilfingen SBLA SCH BR 16.08.1857 Pius, conscript, has failed to appear. Wilfingen SBLA A BR 27.12.1859 Pius, is sentenced as an absent draftee. Wilfingen SBLA STR BR 11.02.1860 Karl and Vinzenz, both unmarried, intend to emigrate. Wolpadingen-Finster- SBLA SCH VF 17.11.1864 lingen Albrecht 69 - 80 Anton, soldier, is absent. Zähringen FRBG A BR 10.04.1850 Anton, soldier, has failed to appear and is sentenced as a deserter. Zähringen FRBG B BR 23.05.1850 Karl, locksmith, went on the tramp as a journeyman in 1839. Freiburg FRBG B BR 10.07.1850 Rudolph Christian, soldier, is absent. Freiburg FRBG A BR 25.08.1850 Christian Rudolph, soldier, has failed to appear. Freiburg FRBG B BR 06.10.1850 Joseph, is missing. Littenweiler FRBG ERB BR 23.05.1851 Joseph and his wife, intend to emigrate. Neuhäuser FRBG AUS BR 19.06.1851 Mathias, conscript, has failed to appear. Opfingen FRBG A BR 23.01.1856 Mathias, is sentenced as an absent draftee. Opfingen FRBG STR BR 06.03.1856 Gottlieb, conscript, has failed to appear. Wildtal FRBG A BR 15.01.1862 Mathias, absent since before 1856, is sentenced as an absent draftee. Opfingen FRBG ERK VF 02.06.1867 Gottlieb, musketeer, reservist, is summonsed to present himself. Wildtal FRBG A BR 19.07.1870 Aleb 81 Joseph, unmarried, intends to go to America. Riegel KENZ SCH BR 01.04.1854 Algeyer 82 Joseph, day-worker, intends to go to North America with his family. Heitersheim STAU SCH BR 04.03.1854 Allgaier 83 - 86 Wilhelm, unmarried, intends to go to the United States. Elzach WAKI AUS BR 07.12.1853 Ludmilla, intends to go to the United States. Elzach WAKI AUS BR 07.12.1853 Johann; his widow Theresia Beugler, intends to go to America with her daughter Theresia. Heitersheim STAU SCH BR 14.01.1855 Friederike, intends to go to the United States. Elzach WAKI SCH BR 22.02.1860 Allgeier 87 - 92 Jakob, merchant, is absent. Prechtal WAKI STR BR 02.08.1851 Joseph, saddler, intends to emigrate with his family. Waltershofen FRBG AUS BR 16.11.1853 Karl, intends to go to the United States. Elzach WAKI AUS BR 28.01.1854 Anton (26), unmarried, intends to go to the United States. Biederbach WAKI AUS BR 28.01.1854 Eduard Theodor, intends to go to Hungary. Elzach WAKI AUS BR 30.09.1854 Mathilde (19), unmarried, intends to go to the United States. Elzach WAKI AUS BR 26.09.1857 See also 1828 (Dörle), 6538 (Maier). Allgeyer 93 - 94 Joseph „Alt“, farmer, intends to go to North America with his family. Heitersheim STAU AUS BR 21.03.1854 Johann and Katharina, both under age, went to America without permission in 1854. Heitersheim STAU A BR 30.01.1855 Althauser 95 - 97 Andreas, intends to go to America with his wife and a son Jakob. Opfingen FRBG AUS BR 07.03.1855 Jakob, unmarried of age, intends to go to America. Opfingen FRBG SCH BR 15.04.1855 Johann Georg, beer brewer, is in America. Opfingen FRBG A VF 15.09.1867 See also 7457 (Nefzger). Aman 98 - 100 Xaver, nailsmith, intends to go to North America. Jechtingen BREI SCH BR 21.09.1846 Mathias, draftee, has failed to appear. Wallburg ETTE STR BR 03.07.1853 Wilhelm, has been unlawfully abroad since 1849, leaving his wife behind. Gallenweiler STAU VOR BR 22.08.1854 See also 2002 (Eberenz). Amann 101 - 113 Georg, is in Chillicothe/Ohio. Wallburg ETTE SCH BR 13.01.1848 Fidel and his wife Felicitas Friedrich, intend to go to North America. Jechtingen BREI SCH BR 09.04.1850 Sebastian, intends to leave for Algeria with his family. Jechtingen SBLA SCH BR 20.01.1856 Landolin (21), unmarried, is on the run. Wallburg ETTE A/F BR 28.04.1857 Landolin, has failed to appear. Wallburg ETTE ERK BR 27.06.1857 Mathias, is in America without permission. Wallburg ETTE AUS BR 08.08.1860 Arbogast, is in America. Wallburg ETTE AUS BR 08.08.1860 Landolin, unmarried, is in America. Wallburg ETTE AUS BR 10.08.1860 Wilhelm, went to America in 1849. Gallenweiler STAU A BR 13.12.1861 Wilhelm, has failed to appear and is declared legally deceased. Gallenweiler STAU VS BR 20.12.1862 Jakob (24), unmarried mason, is on the run. Jechtingen BREI F VF 01.10.1868 Juliana (22), unmarried, intends to go to America. Bombach KENZ AUS BR 03.03.1870 Josef, private, reservist, is summonsed to present himself. Horben FRBG A BR 19.07.1870 Ambs 114 - 134 Friedrich, bag-maker, went to Delémont (Delsberg)/Berne some time ago. Bötzingen EMME VOR BR 03.04.1845 Mathias; his widow Katharina Ambs, intends to go to America with her sons Protas, Jakob and Joseph. Bötzingen EMME SCH BR 26.08.1847 Gottfried, innkeeper, is on the run. Oberschaffhausen EMME VOR/F BR 24.11.1852 Gottfried (34), innkeeper, is still on the run. Oberschaffhausen EMME STR BR 26.02.1853 Stephan „Alt“; his widow, intends to leave for Algeria. Bötzingen-Ober- EMME AUS BR 26.04.1854 schaffhausen Stephan „Jung“, intends to leave for Algeria. Bötzingen-Ober- EMME AUS BR 26.04.1854 schaffhausen Agathe, unmarried, intends to leave for Algeria. Bötzingen-Ober- EMME AUS BR 26.04.1854 schaffhausen Joseph, farmer, and his wife Rosalia Baumeier, intend to go to America. Oberschaffhausen EMME AUS BR 04.10.1854 Georg and his wife Katharina Ambs, intend to go to America. Oberschaffhausen EMME AUS BR 04.10.1854 Maria Anna, is absent. Siegelau EMME VOR/F BR 12.10.1854 Stephan, cooper, went to America in 1854. Bötzingen EMME A BR 20.09.1857 Maria Anna, went to America in 1852 and is now the wife of Andreas Lees, shoemaker in Williams- Oberschaffhausen EMME A BR 07.08.1858 burg/New York. Peter, went to North America in 1847. Hinterstraß FRBG A BR 15.01.1859 Andreas, is absent. Bleibach WAKI A BR 21.09.1862 Lorenz, b. 24.04.1828, went to America several years ago. Oberschaffhausen BÖTZ ERB VF 17.06.1866