Joseph Gerspacher (1818 - 1892)

Born 21 Mar 1818 in Oberhepschingen, Fröhnd, Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Ancestors

Husband of Magdalena (Maier) Gerspacher — married 1 Jan 1850 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1892 at age 74 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

BIRTH/ BAPTISM bzw. GEBURT/ TAUFE: "Im Jahre tausend achthundert achtzehn den ein und zwanzigsten März Morgens 7 Uhr wurde zu Oberhepschingen geboren und denselben Tag zu Schönau getauft Joseph Gerspacher, Sohn des Bauren Augustin Gerspacher und der Maria Joseph(a) Wetzel. (...) Schönau den 21t März 1818."^[1]

Translation: In 1818 the 21st march in the morning at 7 o'clock was born in Oberhepschingen and baptized the same day in the catholic church of Schönau Joseph Gerspacher, son of the farmer (Bauer) Augustin Gerspacher and Maria Josepha Vetzel (or Wetzel). (...) Schönau the 21st march 1818

EXACT BIRTH PLACE: Joseph Gerspacher was born in the municipality of Fröhnd, exactly in Oberhepschingen, a part of Fröhnd. - Fröhnd today is part of the Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Schönau im Schwarzwald.

PLACE OF BAPTISM: All new born babies of Fröhnd were baptized in the catholic church of Schönau im Schwarzwald (Schönau in Black Forest).

MAP OF FRÖHND: Here you can see very well Joseph's birthplace Oberhepschingen with its about 10 farmhouses in the year 1903.^[2]

IMMIGRATION: Immigrated to US from Germany (arrived 1847, New York).

1. ↑ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Bestand L 10, Nr. 4484, Standesbuch der Katholischen Gemeinde Schönau im Schwarzwald 1817-1822, Geburtsbuch der Vogtey Fröhnd 1818 : Bild 114; URL (http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=5-493580-114)
2. ↑ URL (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%B6hnd#/media/Datei:Gemarkung_Fr%C3%B6hnd_Wembach.jpg) at the website of German Wikipedia.org, article "Fröhnd", URL (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%B6hnd)

• "Deutschland, Baden, Erzbistum Freiburg, katholische Kirchenbücher, 1678-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7M22-DKMM : 16 January 2019), Maria Josepha Wetzel in entry for Joseph Gerspacher, 21 Mar 1818; citing Baptism, Schönau, Baden, Deutschland, , Erzbischöfliches Archiv Freiburg (Archbishop's Archives), Germany.

• "Deutschland, Baden, Erzbistum Freiburg, katholische Kirchenbücher, 1678-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q18F-1QT2 : 16 January 2019), Joseph Gerspacher, 21 Mar 1818; citing Baptism, Schönau, Baden, Deutschland, , Erzbischöfliches Archiv Freiburg (Archbishop's Archives), Germany.

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDL1-JLJ : 10 December 2017), Joseph Gerspacher and Helena Maier, 01 Jan 1850; citing Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, reference p44; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 877,913.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1T-TYP : 15 September 2017), Joseph Gerspacher, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 11, sheet 263B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1005; FHL microfilm 1,255,005.

• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZZR-683 : 8 December 2014), Joseph Gerspacher in entry for Bertha Price, 25 Jun 1936; citing Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference fn 37397; FHL microfilm 2,022,661.

• "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6V8-16Y : 13 December 2014), Joseph Gersbucher, 13 Dec 1892; citing Death, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, source ID v 7 cn 13128, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 879,245.

• Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145004557

• Author: Ohio. Court of Common Pleas (Cuyahoga County); Probate Place: Cuyahoga, Ohio. Estate Files, Docket 32, Case No 8053-8073, 1893. Joseph Gerspacher. 18 Jan 1893. #8071