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Karl Johann Heinrich Grosshans (abt. 1783 - 1858)

Karl Johann Heinrich Grosshans
Born about in Godramstein, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reichmap
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[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 10 May 1804 in Billlgheim, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reichmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 75 in Kassel, Glückstal, Odessa, Russiamap
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Biography

Black Sea Germans
Karl Johann Heinrich Grosshans was a Black Sea German.

Birth

Karl Johann Heinrich Grosshans has a calculated birth year of 1783.[1]

He was born 3 March 1786. [citation needed]

His parents were Jakob Grosshans and Philippina. [2]

Karl Johann Heinrich Grosshans immigrated from Godramstein, Landau, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire to Kassel, Glückstal, Odessa/Kherson, Russian Empire with his parents, Jakob and Philippina Grosshans. They were pioneer settlers of Kassel, when it was established in 1808.[2] [3]

Marriages and Children

Heinrich Grosshans married Margaretha Stock [b calculated 1783 Billigheim, Rheinland-Pfalz (Baiern)].[4]

Karl Heinrich and Margaretha had the following children:

  • Charlotte Grosshans b 1808[2]
  • Barbara Grosshans b 1812[2]
  • Katharina Grosshans b 1814[2]
  • Jakob Grosshans b 1817[5]
  • Johannes Friedrich Grosshans b 1819[5]

In 1816, Karl was living with his family in household # 67 of Kassel, Glückstal District, Odessa/Kherson, Russian Empire. The listing reads as follows:

" 67 Groshans, Karl 31, Seine Frau [his wife] Margareta 31, seine Töchter [his daughters] Charlotte 8, Barbara 3 1/2, Katharina 1 1/2.[2]

They were living next door to his parents in 1816. Jakob and Philippina were in household # 66 of Kassel, Odessa/Kherson, Russian Empire. Their entry reads:

"66 Groshans, Jakob 57, seine Frau [his wife] Philippina 54, seine Kinder [his children] Jakob 20, Barbara , ausgeschieden durch Heirat [went out through marriage] Katharina ausgeschieden durch Heirat"[2]

His wife, Margaretha, died on 1 December 1834 in the Glückstal District, Odessa/Kherson, Russian Empire. [4]

Karl Heinrich Grosshans married second, Sophia Zelmar on 15 July 1835 in the Glückstal Parish, Odessa/Kherson, Russian Empire.[6]

Death

Johann Heinrich Grosshans, a widower, died at age 75 on 3 March 1858 in Kassel, Glückstal, Odessa/Kherson, Russia. [1]

Research Notes

  • In the records, Karl Johann Heinrich Grosshans is listed as either Karl Grosshans, Karl Heinrich Grosshans or Heinrich Grosshans.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wahl, D., Glueckstal Death Records, 185x Published by the Odessa Digital Library Published 23 Jun 1997. Film # 1884106/1page 809 reg. 11 widower 75 yrs/b-Kotramstein?
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 1816 Kassel Census. Stumpp, Karl, The emigration from Germany to Russia in the years 1763 to 1862 Lincoln, Nebraska : American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1973, page 688
  3.  Joseph S. Height, "Homesteaders on the Steppe,” NDHSGR, Bismarck ND, 1975, p. 87
  4. 4.0 4.1 Wahl, D., Glueckstal Death Records, 193x Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 22 Mar 1996. FHL Film # 1882643/1 265 177 51y H-Heinrich/born in Billgheim Baiern/geb. Stock
  5. 5.0 5.1 GRHS. ‘’Black Sea German Russian Census, Vol. 1, 1858 Kassel, Russia, page 195
  6. Wahl, D., Glueckstal Marriages Records, 193x Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 1 Jun 1996 Film # 1882645/2 page 213 reg. 8




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Grosshans-32 and Grosshans-2 appear to represent the same person because: potential duplicate
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