Are there any German speaking genealogists who could help connect this American Civil War soldier?

Question

I have been working on a project to create profiles for and connect each soldier of the 57th Ohio Infantry Regiment. I have managed to connect almost every soldier I have created so far, but Charles Anton Junghanns here is giving me some issues due to my lack of knowledge of the German language.

He was an immigrant from Germany and did not marry or have children in the United States before he was killed at the Battle of Shiloh. I have identified his father as a Dr. Karl Junghanns in Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany, based on his will (see the link to the will on Ancestry in his profile). But I am unable to find further information in German records.

Is there anyone who could help get this soldier connected?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Scans of the church records of Karlsruhe are available online on the website of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, both for the protestant and the catholic congregation. They usually have registers at the end of each year.

His birth name probably was Karl Anton Junghanns. Do you know if he was protestant or catholic?

Comments

He was buried at Wesleyan Cemetery, which leads me to believe he was Protestant.

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Checked index of Karlsruhe protestant birth records 1828- 1832 without success, see http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=4-1218802-404

and also 1833-1837 without success, see http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=4-1218805-424

Maybe another location or another faith?

Sven

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I'm afraid I do not know. I'm not certain that he was born in Karlsruhe. He lists it as where his father resided in his will, written in the fall of 1861.

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I looked into the address books of Karlsruhe, and there was a Dr. Carl Junghanns living there in the 1860s (e.g. here in 1861), but not in the 1830s, so this was probably not the birth place of Charles Junghanns.

Maybe you could try to find the death record of Dr. Carl Junghanns to see where he was born? That may give a clue. According to GenWiki, it may be available on Ancestry (if he died in Karlsruhe).

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I looked a bit further into it, and the last time Dr. Karl Junghanns is mentioned in the address books of Karlsruhe is 1886 (see here); in 1887, he's missing (see here), so he may have passed away around that time.

I don't have an Ancestry account, but searching for Karl Junghanns in the death registers of Karlsruhe gives a result for 1886, which would fit perfectly; see here.

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Thanks, I appreciate the help. I'll see what I can find there.

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This would be him then:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Junghanns , which implies he was in Mosbach around 1833

Here are the two marriages:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GXQ9-LV9

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Yes, that's him - amazing! With that, I found Carl Anton's birth record in the catholic church books of Mosbach here.

I'm working on a transcription and translation.

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Transcription:

Im Jahre Ein Tausend acht hundert zwey und dreißig den fünften December morgens viertel nach acht Uhr wurde in Mosbach geboren Carl Anton Junghans des Großherzoglich badischen [symbol?] Johan Baptist Carl Damian Junghans Amtmanns in Mosbach und Maria Clara Junghans geborener von Prümer. Wurde den achten December getauft. Der Pathe war Anton Reisseck[?] Doctor der Medicin in Oberndorf. Für den Pathen hob über die Taufe [symbol?] Damian Junghans großh. badischer Oberhofgerichts-Docent.

Zeugen war Wilhelm Lutz[?] Großbaumeister und Bürger in Mosbach und Joseph Reck Kirchendiener beyde in Mosbach.

Mosbach den 16. December 1832.

Translation:

In the year one thousand eight hundred thirty-two on December fifth at quarter past eight in the morning was born in Mosbach Carl Anton Junghans, [son of] the district magistrate of Mosbach, grand duchy of Baden, [symbol?] Johan Baptist Carl Damian Junghans, and Maria Clara Junghans née von Prümer. Was baptized on December eighth. The godfather was Anton Reisseck[?] medical doctor in Oberndorf. The godfather was represented at the baptism by [symbol?] Damian Junghans [Oberhofgerichts-Dozent - no idea how to translate that] of the grand duchy of Baden.

Witnesses were Wilhelm Lutz[?], master builder und citizen in Mosbach, and Joseph Reck, beadle, both [living] in Mosbach.

Mosbach, December 16th, 1832.

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Amazing, well done, and great teamwork!

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And I'm so happy I managed to also drop it again this morning, relying on somebody else to pick it up again.

There also is a bit about him in the newspapers:
https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/search/quick?query=%22Karl+Junghanns%22

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Interesting - his obituary gives the name of his first wife as "Clementine Krümmer". Clementine is definitely wrong (her name was Maria Clara), but I am not so sure about the surname. I transcribed it as "von Prümer" because the Wikipedia article said "von Prümmer", but it could also be "von Krümer"... What do you think?

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Thanks for all the help, guys. I appreciate it.

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Always a pleasure, this kind of detective work is a lot of fun. 

To answer my own earlier question: I just found the marriage record (in Ulm) that is more legible than the birth record, and there it clearly says that her name was "von Prümer".

Here is the most important information from that record:

Name of the groom: Carl Joh[ann] Bap[tist] Damian Junghans

Name of the bride: Clara Maria Antonia v[on] Prümer

Occupation of the groom: assessor in service of the Grand Duchy of Baden

Faith of bride and groom: catholic

Parents of the groom: Georg Franz Junghans, catholic, scribe on Stocksberg Castle & Elisabetha Antonia Mosthaf

Parents of the bride: Udalrich v[on] Prümer, Oberjustizrat in Ulm (deceased) & Maria Anna Mosthaf

Place and date of birth of the groom: Stockheim, November 21, 1797

Place and date of birth of the bride: Ellingen, January 18, 1807

Place and date of the marriage: Ulm, August 3, 1830

It also states that they were related "to the second degree" - both of their mother's maiden names are the same, so that's probably how they were related.

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It appears I have stumbled into a fairly important family in 19th century Baden. His father Carl Johann Baptist Damian Junghanns served in some form of the Baden Parliament. So did his uncle, Franz Joseph Damian Junghanns. And his brother, Franz Ulrich Ludwig Junghanns.

I have created WikiTree profiles for many of his family members (I haven't gotten to his uncle yet, but I found him on the English Wikipedia). However, as I mentioned previously, I don't know German. I've done my best with Google translate, but I'd appreciate it if someone with greater knowledge could take a look. Further, my knowledge of the government of the Grand Duchy of Baden and the German Empire is fairly poor. If someone could go through and correct any mistakes regarding their positions that would be appreciated as well.

Thanks.

Answer 2

i use this site, https://data.matricula-online.eu/ for german church records, but Karlsruhe is not online till now.