Johann Günther (1835)

Born 2 Nov 1835 in Mühlbach, Bad Homburg, Pfalz, Bayern

Ancestors

Husband of Emma (Wiederrecht) Günther — married 11 Apr 1863 in Mühlbach, Bad Homburg, Bayern, Deutschland [Bavaria, Germany]

Descendants

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Johann Günther has German Roots.

Biography

baptism: 4 November 1835 at Römisch-Katholische Kirche, Bruchmühlbach, Pfalz, Bayern, baptism name Joannes, father's name Joannis Günther, mother's name Elisabethae Oster [their Roman-Catholic Latin names]

married Emma Wiederrecht (1838-1901)

on 11 Apr 1863 in Mühlbach (Ba. Homburg), Bayern (civil ceremony)

on 9 May 1863 at Römisch-Katholische in Bruchmühlbach, Pfalz, Bayern (church ceremony)

on 11 May 1863 at Sankt Andreas Katholisch in Landstuhl, Pfalz, Bayern (church ceremony)

Last name was originally Günther in Germany (-from great-granddaughter Jackie Kemp).

Possibly went by nickname Peter? (on Cook County, Illinois death record of son, Paul Gunther)

???Died in 1890s

6 children

• Anna Günther (1864-)

• Johann Günther (1865-1867) infant

• Adam Günther (1867-1938) married Anna M. "Annie" Krueger (1874-1930) on 10 Feb 1894 in Chicago, 6 children

• Paul Günther/Gunther (1869-1933) emigrated to Chicago in 1891, married Frances Kosecka (1872-1945) on 23 Jun 1894 in Chicago, 3 children

• Johann "John" Günther/Gunther (1871-1936) married Carrie ___ (-)

• Rosa (1873-1949) married Emil Theodore Krueger (1873-1954), at least 4 children

memorial

Find A Grave: Memorial #179118901

???(Died before 1900. Did he emigrate to the United States? When & where did he die, Pfalz Bayern or Chicago?)

Sources

• "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ND73-1Q9 : 28 November 2014), Joannes Guenther, 04 Nov 1835; citing ; FHL microfilm 351,909.

• "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NZ9G-BLR : 26 December 2014), Johann Günther and Emma Wiederrecht, 11 Apr 1863; citing Mühlbach (Ba. Homburg), Bayern, Germany; FHL microfilm 488,891.

• "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J41Q-85W : 26 December 2014), Joannem Guenther and Emma Wiederrecht, 09 May 1863; citing Roemisch-Katholische, Bruchmuehlbach, Pfalz, Bavaria; FHL microfilm 351,911.

• "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J414-G2B : 26 December 2014), Joannem Gunther and Emmam Widrecht, 11 May 1863; citing Sankt Andreas Katholisch, Landstuhl, Pfalz, Bavaria; FHL microfilm 367,509.

• Ancestry.com. Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.FHL Film Number: 488891. Original data: Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

• Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929, Johann Günther, Birth: Nov 2 1835 - Mühlbach, Marriage: Apr 11 1863 - Mühlbach (ba. Homburg), Bayern, Germany, Wife: Emma Wiederrecht, Parents: Johannes Günther, Elisabetha Oster, MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc., https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30038/germany-marriages-1558-1929, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00646-2, Folder: 4103519, GS Film number: 488891 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-30038-1951305-S/emma-wiederrecht-and-johann-gunther-in-germany-marriages

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to Eddie King who located the Mühlbach, Bayern birth and marriage records

ongoing research

Research on Bavarian Schwarzwald hunting lodges & the Kaiser:

...for a period of one hundred years no Prussian king was fond of hunting until Friederich Wilhelm IV came onto the throne in 1841...

The second half of the 19th century is defined by new hunting legislation. The German Parliament in 1848 created a law that repealed privileges and allowed free hunting everywhere. But the changes were not fundamental: the huge hunting grounds still belonged to nobles like Prince Reuss, Prince Schaumburg-Lippe or the King of Prussia, later emperor (Kaiser). After 1871, when the German Reich was founded, Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II used hunting invitations for private or semi-official exchanges. The atmosphere at the hunting lodges was intimate and personal, without any court ceremonies. Wilhelm II liked to invite his courtiers either on an annual sailing tour to Norway or to hunts in Letzlingen, Rominten or Grunewald. Ladies were not permitted. It is no wonder that several new hunting lodges were built like bourgeois villas: not too big in order to produce a cosy atmosphere. https://tu-dresden.de/bu/architektur/ila/gla/ressourcen/dateien/forschung/publikationen/Vortragsmanuskripte-Koehler/Hunting-lodges?lang=en

Kaiser Hunt photos:

http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/print_document.cfm?document_id=1473 Royal Hunting Expedition (1887) A royal hunting expedition (and its kill) in 1887, one year before the death of Kaiser Wilhelm I. The Kaiser is in conversation with Marshal of the Court Count Friedrich von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky. (photograph by Fritz Leyde)

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/wilhelm-ii-german-emperor-18881918-king-of-prussia-wilhelm-ii-hunting-picture-id501384619?s=594x594 Wilhelm II, German Emperor 1888-1918 & King of Prussia, hunting in Goehrde Forest with a hunted down mouflon determining the age of the animal. Göhrde State Forest, Lower Saxony (Niedersaxen), Northern Germany. Ullstein Bild

Kaiser Hunt video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H619OMr8VqI Kaiser Wilhelm hunting deer