Georg Carl Heinrich Reinhold Hess (1833)

Born 1 Oct 1833 in Berghauptmannschaft Clausthal, Königreich Hannover, Deutscher Bund

Died [date unknown] in Wisconsin, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Georg has Kingdom of Hannover roots.

George was born In 1833 in Clausthal. This town is now called Clausthal-Zellerfeld, and in the German State of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). ^[1]

Emigration Record

Surname , first name, origin: ^[2]

Hess, Georg Carl Heinrich Reinhold, Clausthal birthday / age: 10.01.1833

profession / status: Pocharbeiter

Probable Twin of Hess-5573 two records exist--possibly the two brothers went to different locations, or the same location but traveled at different times.

parents: mother born Degenhardt

Emigrant: Denomination:

Destination (country / place):

• Wisconsin

Date of emigration / registration: August 15, 1853 from Bremen Financial situation:

Other: also: Oberbergamt Clausthal-Zellerfeld Subject 159 No. 25

Location History

Clausthal was created from 1548 at the intersection of the Old Harz Road and the Harz High Road , the predecessors of the federal roads 241 and 242 .

In 1924, the town of Clausthal, which was elevated to the status of “free mountain town” in 1554, merged with the neighboring district town of Zellerfeld to form the new mining town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld . On January 1, 1972, the community of Buntenbock south of Clausthal was incorporated. From 1972 to 2014, Clausthal was the administrative seat of the Oberharz joint municipality , which was dissolved on January 1, 2015. The mining and university town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld was formed from the mining town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, the mining town of Altenau, the mining town of Wildemann and the municipality of Schulenberg in the Upper Harz Mountains. The town hall is located in Clausthal next to the market church.

George worked as a pocharbeiter, a job description which required use of a stamping machine to separate to break apart the chunks of stone to remove the impurities from the mined ore.

History of the Market Church of the Holy Spirit in Clausthal that is pictured as a background image here. ^[3]

So many people will think and say, oh, what can be so special about a small town church that you should drive a certain distance for it. However, one should know that the Evangelic Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit in Clausthal-Zellerfeld is the largest wooden church in Germany and due to its architecture and interior design is one of the most important architectural monuments of North German Baroque.

Research Note

Possible brothers in this record:^[4] Surname, first name, origin: Hess, Georg August Heinrich Robert; Hess, Georg August Reinhold (brothers), Clausthal Date of birth/age: 03/01/1830; January 10, 1833 Profession/status: Parents: Fellow emigrants: Denomination: Destination (country/place): North America Date of emigration/passport issue: between November 2, 1851 and June 24, 1853 Financial

Sources

1. ↑ The formerly free mining town of Clausthal is the largest part of the mining and university town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld in Lower Saxony . https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clausthal
2. ↑ Lower Saxony German Archives NLA HA Oberbergamt Clausthal-Zellerfeld compartment 160 no.26 https://www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de/arcinsys/detailAction.action?detailid=v4435396
3. ↑ Market Church of the Holy Spirit in Clausthal-Zellerfeld https://www.alaturka.info/en/germany/lower-saxony/the-harz/4329-market-church-of-the-holy-spirit-in-clausthal-zellerfeld
4. ↑ Lower Saxony German Archives https://www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de/arcinsys/detailAction.action?detailid=v4435397