Letters of Franz Xaver and Leopold Guth

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Simonswald, Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Surnames/tags: Guth Gut

The letters from Franz Xaver and Leopold Guth were sent by two brothers (and some of their relatives) to their former home in Simonswald, Baden, after they had emigrated to the US in the middle of the 19th century.

The originals are in possession of an inhabitant of Simonswald, who belongs to the family. They were lent to Hans-Jürgen Wehrle from Simonswald, who created photostatic copies of the batch and transcribed some of the over sixty letters.

In October 2021 Florian Straub photographed the copies and Eva Gawlik-Sutter M. A. started transcribing them. In November Florian began uploading them to WikiTree on after another. Every letter received a separate FreeSpace Profile with pictures of the pages and a transcript. Research notes and introductions were added. At the end of December, after working for two months on the letters, Florian recognized, that this approach might have created high quality content, but would have taken "forever" until all letters would have been processed. Therefor he decided to first upload them all, in order to have them at least available for everybody, even if there are no additional remarks added.

The letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 27 February 1865 was the last one "properly processed" so far. The later ones remain in their raw shape for the moment (unless YOU want to help).

The numbering was maintained like it was at the copies. It is unkown if the numbers were introduced by Hans-Jürgen Wehrle or by somebody prior to him receiving the copies. Later we figured out, that some of the letters belonged in between the old numbering. The transcripts were copied from Word documents. Numbers within them imply the existence of a footnote, that was not copied. If you want to know about them, about anything else or want to help, please contact Florian.

Franz Xaver

For convenience there is also a page that contains all transcripts.

#	writer	date	place	transcript
1	Franz Xaver Guth	1 August 1847	Detroit, Michigan	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 1 August 1847
2	Franz Xaver Guth	26 September 1847	Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 26 September 1847
B1/B2	Franz Xaver Guth	late 1847	Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of late 1847
3	Alois Kammerer Apollonia Kammerer nee Kuss Franz Xaver Guth	5 January 1848	Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth and the Kammerers of 5 January 1848
4	Franz Xaver Guth	10 November 1848	Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 10 November 1848
5	Franz Xaver Guth	early 1849?	Shippenville, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of early 1849
6	Franz Xaver Guth	13 January 1850	Shippenville, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 13 January 1850
7	Franz Xaver Guth	14 September 1853	Shippenville, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 14 September 1853
8A	Franz Xaver Guth	4 April 1854	Shippenville, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 4 April 1854
9	Franz Xaver Guth	17 July 1854	Shippenville, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 17 July 1854
10	Franz Xaver Guth	4 January 1858	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 4 January 1858
11	Franz Xaver Guth	11 January 1858	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 11 January 1858
12	Franz Xaver Guth	7 August 1860	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 7 August 1860
13	Leopold Guth Fortunata (Kammerer) Guth Unknown writer	9 February 1862	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 9 February 1862
14	Franz Xaver Guth Georg Wintermantel	13 March 1862	New York City, New York	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 13 March 1862
15	Franz Xaver Guth	20 April 1862	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 20 April 1862
16	Franz Xaver Guth	17 August 1862	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 17 August 1862
17	Franz Xaver Guth Leopold Guth	14 December 1862	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 14 December 1862
18	Franz Xaver Guth	27 February 1865	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 27 February 1865
19	Franz Xaver Guth	25 March 1866	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 25 March 1866
20	Franz Xaver Guth	28 October 1867	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 28 October 1867
21	Franz Xaver Guth	13 July 1868	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 13 July 1868
22	Franz Xaver Guth	22 May 1874	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 22 May 1874
23	Franz Xaver Guth	9 December 1874	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 9 December 1874
24	Franz Xaver Guth	31 May 1875	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 31 May 1875
25	Franz Xaver Guth	20 July 1878	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 20 July 1878
26	Franz Xaver Guth	14 January 1879	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 14 January 1879
27	Franz Xaver Guth Nikolas Tritsch	24 November 1879	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 24 November 1879
28	Franz Xaver Guth	20 June 1883	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 20 June 1883

Leopold and descendants

#	writer	date	place	transcript
1	Leopold Guth	1 June 1850	Simonswald, Baden	Letter from Leopold Guth of 1 June 1850
X08	Leopold Guth Franz Xaver Guth	4 April 1851	Shippenville, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 4 April 1851
2	Leopold Guth	16 April 1853	Callensburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 16 April 1853
3	Leopold Guth	24 September 1853	Callensburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 24 September 1853
4	Leopold Guth	1 September 1854	Callensburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 1 September 1854
5	Leopold Guth	January 1858	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of January 1858
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7	Leopold Guth	7 August 1860	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 7 August 1860
8	Leopold Guth	2 February 1862	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 2 February 1862
9	Leopold Guth	20 April 1862	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 20 April 1862
10	Leopold Guth	17 August 1862	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 17 August 1862
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12	Leopold Guth	1 March 1865	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 1 March 1865
13	Leopold Guth	25 March 1866	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 25 March 1866
14	Leopold Guth	28 October 1867	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 28 October 1867
15	Leopold Guth	21 April 1865	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 21 April 1865
16	Leopold Guth	22 May 1874	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 22 May 1874
17	Leopold Guth	23 July 1875	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 23 July 1875
18	Leopold Guth	25 April 1885	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 25 April 1885
19	Leopold Guth	25 November 1896	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 25 November 1896
20	Leopold Guth	6 March 1897	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 6 March 1897
21	Leopold Guth	10 September 1897	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 10 September 1897
22	Amalia Huefner	18 June 1905	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Amalia Huefner of 18 June 1905
23	Valentine and Amalia Huefner	27 August 1905	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Valentine and Amalia Huefner of 27 August 1905
24	Valentin Huefner	30 July 1906	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Valentin Huefner of 30 July 1906
25	Valentine and Amalia Huefner	21 April 1907	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Valentine and Amalia Huefner of 21 April 1907
26	Maria Anna Buhl	14 December 1910	Meyersdale, Somerset, Pennsylvania	Letter from Maria Anna Buhl of 14 December 1910
27	Edwin and Maria Anna Buhl	5 December 1911	Meyersdale, Somerset, Pennsylvania	Letter from Edwin and Maria Anna Buhl of 5 December 1911
28	Maria Anna Buhl	11 December 1912	Meyersdale, Somerset, Pennsylvania	Letter from Maria Anna Buhl of 11 December 1912
29	Edwin Buhl	15 December 1913	Meyersdale, Somerset, Pennsylvania	Letter from Edwin Buhl of 15 December 1913
30	Edwin Buhl	1 December 1914	Meyersdale, Somerset, Pennsylvania	Letter from Edwin Buhl of 1 December 1914
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32	Edwin and Maria Anna Buhl	11 February 1920	Meyersdale, Somerset, Pennsylvania	Letter from Edwin and Maria Anna Buhl of 11 February 1920
33	Edwin Buhl	25 February 1920	Meyersdale, Somerset, Pennsylvania	Letter from Edwin Buhl of 25 February 1920

Other letters

#	writer	date	place	transcript
A1/A2	Leopold Guth, Fortunata Guth, Franz Xaver Guth	4 April 1850	Shippenville, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of 4 April 1850
B1/B2	Nikolaus Tritsch	2 February 1862	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Nikolaus Tritsch of 2 February 1862
C1/C2	Franz Xaver Guth, Fortunata Guth,	13 January 1850	Shippenville, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Additional letter from Franz Xaver Guth of 13 January 1850
D1/D2	Franz Xaver Guth	20 April 1862	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Additional notes from Franz Xaver Guth of 20 April 1862
E1/E2	Johann Baptist Guth	ca. 1848	the US?	transcript in profile of Johann Baptist Guth
E1/E2	Fortunata (Kammerer) Guth		the US	transcript in profile of Fortunata (Kammerer) Guth
F1/F2	Alois Kammerer		London, England	Clock parts order from London
F1/F2	Franz Xaver Guth	after arrival in New York in July 1847	the US	Letter after arrival from Franz Xaver Guth
G1/G2	Leopold Guth	ca. 24 September 1853	Callensburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of around 24 September 1853
G1/G2	Leopold Guth	ca. 17 August 1862	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold Guth of around 17 August 1862
G1/G2	Leopold Guth, Franz Xaver Guth	ca. 13 July 1868	Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania	Letter from Leopold and Franz Xaver Guth of around 13 July 1868