G2G: Can't find the parents of Louisa Catharina Ebeling, maybe on Archion?

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I am in need of some help tracking down a marriage record from Germany and parents for Louisa Catharina Ebeling, born on 25 Nov 1808 which is the date on her memorial. Archion may help but I have no access to it.

Marriage: 24 Dec 1832 of Ludwig (Louis) Rossmann and Louisa Catharina Ebeling, poss. Nierstein or nearby.

I know his parents are Johann Philip Rossmann and Anna Elizabeth Dumont, but I need to know HER parents names for sure.

The help is so very much appreciated.

Darrell

WikiTree profile: Catharine Rossmann
in Genealogy Help by Darrell Larocque G2G6 Mach 1 (13.7k points)
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You need to be aware that the area of Nierstein and Oppenheim - Rheinhessen - was under French rule around that time. Due to the Code Civil, personal events were documented in civil registers and no longer in church registers, or dually if you're lucky. The change happened around the turn of the century. So you will most likely have to look for civil records.

Those should be available either in the register office of the town where she lived, e. g. Nierstein or Oppenheim (today "Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Selz"), and/or in the archive in Koblenz ("Personenstandsarchiv" within "Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz"). If you can narrow down place and time and point them in the right direction, they will go and search for the documents, for a moderate fee. They definitely have all the necessary books on their shelves.

Do try their Apertus online search facility. Go to "ERWEITERTE SUCHE", make sure to check "Personenstandsregister", enter start and end year in "Zeitraum eingrenzen", then click "Suche starten". Three potential items of interest, all "Personenstandsarchiv Rheinland-Pfalz", "Bestand 657,199 Mairie und Gemeinde Nierstein":

  • Nr. 1 Geburtsregister 1802-1821
  • Nr. 39 Heiratsregister 1802-1839
  • Nr. 166 Belege zu den Heiratsregistern 1821-1832

J

PS: Sometimes the name is spelled Ebling. And back to church registers, another source (though not an online source) besides Archion is the Zentralarchiv der Evangelischen Kirche in Hessen und Nassau (EKHN).

by J Rau G2G6 Mach 1 (16.1k points)
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This is VERY helpful, thank you so much! I will try and find more from the links you posted. I know some German so I can get by... I will post here if I am successful!

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Nierstein has a Protestant church and is a Protestant parish, but until now there are no church books online avaible.

If they were Catholics, the record might be in the parish of Oppenheim.  There are some avaible on archion, but not on matricula. There is also a Reformed church in Oppenheim; some church books are between the Catholic books.
by Dieter Lewerenz G2G Astronaut (3.2m points)

Thank you, Dieter... I'm afraid that whoever put together the genealogy of the Rossmann family didn't source the dates and locations then. They were definitely Lutheran and I very much doubt Oppenheim would have them. I hope someone locally can help eventually!

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