Carl Gottlieb Jockisch (1796 - 1851)

Born 20 Jun 1796 in Oppach, Kurfürstentum Sachsen, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Elizabeth (Jacob) Jockisch — married May 1815 in Königreich Sachsen, Deutscher Bund

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1851 at age 55 in Arenzville, Cass, Illinois, United States

Biography

Carl Gotthelf Jockisch was born 20 Jun 1796 in Oppach, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now district of Görlitz, Saxony, Germany).

He died 9 Oct 1851 in Arenzville, Cass, Illinois, USA

4th great-grandfather

Marriage date should be February 22,1820 in Halbendorf, Bantzen, Saxony, Germany. Jockisch, Carl & Maria (Jacob) Biography

Carl or Karl in order to support his wife Mary and children in Saxony, Germany [Saxony is near the borders of Poland and the Czech Republic] first went in to the distillery business with his uncle, next he learned the cooper's and carpenter's trades and then became a farmer.

In the year 1828 his family along with his parents and brother moved to America. Landing in New Orleans after an 8 week journey they spent a couple of years. During this time, I am sure they started picking some of the English language. Next, they traveled up the Mississippi to St Louis, Missouri. It was here where Maria soon after arriving gave birth to a child who died at 2 1/2 months of age. Maria followed the child in death 3 months later due to malaria on January 24,1835. The family left St Louis and by steamer went up the Missouri River to Beardstown arriving February 2, 1835. Carl now had the responsibility of raising nine children alone. I am sure Johann and Johanna pitched in to help as did his brother.

He settled in Arenzville Precinct Cass County farming government land and over time purchased 480 acres. The following year on May 29, 1836 in Beardstown, IL he married Eleanor Carls who has also come over from Germany. This union brought forth two more children.

Gottlieb Jokisch along with 20 other men of County 29, Cass and 39 other men on August 7, 1837 signed the Poll Book at an election. The vote had to do with the county seat and division of the county. The new county would include Beardstown, Virginia and Richmond. Thus our great etc grandfather Charles Gotlieb Jockisch had a vote in setting up a new county. I am including the following just because I find it interesting.

At the special session of the Legislature in the summer of 1837, was passed a preamble and statute to the following effect :

. " Whereas, at an election held in the county of Morgan, according to the provisions of ' An act for the formation of the county of Cass,' it appeared that a majority of the voters of said county voted for the creation of said county ; and, whereas, at an election for the county seat of said county, Beardstown received the highest number of votes for the county seat, and whereas some doubts have been expressed as to the legality of the proceedings of said elections, now, therefore, to remove all doubts on that subject : [There are five more sections confirming the county of Cass and the county seat is located in Beardstown.]

The first census taken after Cass County was formed was in 1840 showed a total population of 2,981 growing to 7,253 in 1850; 11,325 in 1860 and 11,580 in 1870. A cholera epidemic went through Beardstown in 1849 claiming many lives. Carl passed away in 1850 leaving an estate worth over twenty-five thousand dollars. Each child received 40 acres as an inheritance.

Eleanor became a widow at the age of 39. She had the task of raising her two daughters ages 13 and 8 on her own. Two of her step-children William and Henry were probably living on the farm. However within ten years they had both left home and took spouses: William in 1855 and Henry in 1856.

Articles from the Internet:

Jokisch, Karl Gotthelf who was a son of Johann Gottlieb Jockisch and Johanna Richter Jockisch m: Marie Elizabeth Jacob in May, 1815, in the town of Halbendorf, in the German state of Sachsen. Halbendorf is near what are currently borders Germany shares with Poland and with the Czech Republic." The book History of Illinois: Cass County reports that Karl Gotthelf Jockisch initially purchased 160 acres of land in what became Arenzville Precinct, then later an additional 320 acres. It appears that when he died, , his heirs each inherited 40 acres. Most of the Jockisch's stayed in Cass County,. mainly in the town of Beardstown, but Henry (Heinrich) Gottlieb and his wife Louisa Eckhardt did not; they went to Blue Mound County." "Sources: Book of the Hullers and their Related Families, 1909 with update added in 1943. Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois. (1892). Chicago: Biographical Review Publishing Co. Perrin, W. H. (1882). History of Cass County, Illinois. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers. Tolzamann, D. H. (2000). The German-American Experience. Amherst, NY: Humanity Books." https://sites.google.com/a/christinesleeter.org/critical-family-history/jockisch-jacob "According to Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Karl Gottfelf Jockisch had been a farmer and distiller in Sachsen. The family may have left not only because German states were moving toward revolution, but also because of agrarian reforms in the context of shifts toward urbanization and socialism in Sachsen during the 1830s. The voyage across the Atlantic to New Orleans took about 8 weeks. At that time, German immigration through New Orleans was growing rapidly. The family then traveled up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, a city that was becoming a major distribution center for German immigrants to the Midwest, according to Tolzmann. The Jockisch family had not been in St. Louis long before their last child was born. He died two and a half months later; wife and mother Marie died three months after that. Karl Gotthelf and the family stayed in St. Louis a short time, then went on to Cass County, Illinois. There, Karl Gotthelf married his second wife, Christina Elsner; they had two daughters:" Jokisch, Carl Jokisch was a native of Saxony, and after coming to America, settled on one hundred and sixty acres of land in what is now Arenzville Precinct, this county, and added to his original purchase till he had four hundred and eighty acres of good land. He died in 1850, aged fifty-five years, leaving an estate worth over twenty-five thousand dollars. His wife, Elizabeth, who died in St. Louis, while on her way to this county, bore him nine children, of whom one died in Saxony [I guess they are not counting the child who was born and died in St Louis]. He had fifteen children: nine boys and six girls. First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Beardstown Wedding Translated and submitted by William Talkemeyer, Arenzville, Illinois and printed in The Cass

County Historian, December 1993 and March 1994. May 29, 1836 - Gottlieb JOCKISCH and Christina ELSNER - groom from Oppuch by Byern, Kingdom of Saxony, a widower, bride from Huffnersdorf by Zitten, Kingdom of Saxony. 1850 United States Federal Census Name Catalf Yokish Age 54 Birth Year abt 1796 Birthplace Germany Home in 1850 Cass, Illinois Gender Male Family Number 774 Household Members Name Age Catalf Yokish 54 Christina Yokish 38 Wm Yokish 22 Henry Yokish 18 Louisa Yokish 14 Paulina Yokish 7 Emma White 20

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