Germans from Rettert/Nassau in Boonville, mid-1850s
(Working Document With Names Added and/or Details Confirmed as
They Become Known) (See sources note at the end of the
page)
- Aller, Christian Ludwig Wilhelm, Grosshertzoythum/Nassau, 28 Mar 1843-13
Jan 1875 (died in Marshall), married Anna Maria Meier of Clear Creek
Township in January 1875
- Back, Philip Gottfied, Rettert, 26 Aug 1826-xx1901, immig. 1853,
became citizen 1865
- Back, Peter John, Rettert, 24 Nov 1836-11 Nov 1894, married to
Anna Margaret Stegner
- Back, Philip Peter (David Philip Peter Back?), Rettert, (1821-1874)
- Back, Philip (Philipp) Daniel (Daniel Philip?), Rettert, 06
April 1827 - 23 May 1900; immig. 1854
- Back, Christiane (nee Schupp), Ems/Nassau, 25 Dec 1820-13 Feb 1897, wife
of Philip Daniel
- Back, Johann Anton Peter, Rettert, 1824-1876
- Back, Anton, Rettert, 24 June 1827-02 Feb 1888
Anton Back was married to Maximiliane (nee Holl?) Wieland on 14 Feb 1859,
witnessed by Peter Back and Karl Fiddler (St. Paul German Evangelical
Church Marriages, 1855-1912)
- Back, Susan, Rettert, 24 June 1827-08 Feb 1888,
- Back, Maria Magdalena, Rettert, 27 Aug 1829-xx 1909 (married John Peter Huth, 31 July
1853 in Boonville
(the Backs were children of Johann Peter Back (born 1786) and Anna
Elizabeth Debusmann)
- Boller, Frederick Justus, Nassau, 10 April 1844 - 30 Aug 1937
- Boller, John Godfrey, Nassau, 11 July 1828 - 13 Oct 1864 (killed by
bushwacker)
- Boller, William A. (?)
- Boller, C.H.
- Debusman(n), John George, Rettert, 1835-1907
- Fessler, Henrietta Catharine (nee Debusman(n)), Rettert, born 06
Feb 1838, died 1895
- Gemmer, Wilhelm, Rettert. p.71 of the Boonville
Kirchenbuch Frau Register (also a founding member).
- Gross, Justus (Nassau) 27 Jan 1847 - 03 April 1903; immig. 1853;
married Anna Metz 1874
- Gross, Wilhelm, Holzhausen/Herzoythum/Nassau, 24 July 1816-28 Dec 1877.
Immig. 1853; married Sophie (nee Holl) Gross on 15 Nov 1846
- Gross, Sophie (nee Holl), Laffendorf/Nassau, 25 Dec 1819 - 24 Aug
1888
- Haas [Heess], Wilhelm (William), Nassau, 27 Sept 1819-13 Feb 1870
- Hoefer, Henry L.. Nassau (van Ravenswaay book, p. 504 saysin
Boonville 1850 (Rootsweb says immig. 1846, Boonville in 1847; married Mary
A. (nee Krust) Hoefer (born 1838 Hesse/Daunstadt) who immigrated in 1853
with the Hoffmeister family, came to Cooper County in 1858.
- Holzhaeuser (Holzheiser), Justus, Rettert, 11 Oct 1826 - 05
March 1894
- Ludwig, Christian, Nassau (painter along with Hoefer, mid-1850s,
cf. van Ravenswaay 504
- Metz, Friedrich, Katzmellnboyen/Herzoythum/Nassau, 17 April
1826-11 March 1880, married Catharina Elisabeth (nee Kratz) Metz in 1850
- Mueller, Friedrich, Rettert, 02 Jan 1824 - 26 Feb 1897 (St. Paul
Death Records)
- Mueller, Margarite (nee Gaertner),
Niedermeilingen/Herzoythum/Nassau) 24 June 1830-21 April 1907; immig.
1852; married Friedrich Mueller in 1853; had 12 children (3 male, 9
female)
- Neef [Neff], Johann (Johannes) Peter, Rettert, 07 Dec 1833-05 Aug
1887, married in Boonville November 1858 (married Caroline Fuchs in E&R
church in Nov 1858, sponsors Joseph Eppstein & Anton Back) (FReg)
- Neef, Caroline (nee Fuchs, wife of Johann Peter)) was from
Holzhausen (near Rettert)
- Neef [Neff], Jacob Henry, born in Nassau, buried in Billingsville
Cemetery
- Neef [Neff], Johann George -- " --
- Neef [Neff], Maria Catherine (nee Schaeffer) -- " --
- Rau [Rauh] (Rowe), Johann David, Roettert, born 31 March 1834,
immigrated 1854/5 (?), married Rebecca Ann Goodman Rowe at the German
Evangelical Church in Boonville; buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Schupp, Christian, Ems/Grossherzogt/Nassau, 14 Nov 1825-21 Aug 1909,
immig. 1847, married Maria Masel
- Schupp, Phillip Adam, Bornich/Nassau, 17 Dec 1808-20 Nov 1872;
married in Nassau, immig. In 1849 with wife Elisabetha Katharina (nee
Holzhauser) Schupp & 2 children
- Schupp, (Elisabetha) Catharina (nee Holzhaeuser),
Heide/Grossherzoythum/Nassau, 26 Nov 1807-10 June 1876, wife of Phillip
Schupp
- Selbach (Selters?), Peter, Nassau, 04 Dec 1806 - 02 Sept 1876,
immig 1873, husband of Maria (nee Taeyer) Selbach
- Spristersbach, Anna (nee Holzhaeuser), Rettert, 1815-1869
- Spristersbach, Johann Phillip, Rettert, 04 Feb 1804 - 08 Oct 1866
- Wagner, Johannes, Hafsaethn/Nassau, 03 Nov 1804-Aug 1875 (70
years 9 mon 15 days) Married 1830, husband of Katharina Elisabetha (nee
Wagner) Wagner
- Wagner, Johannes, Nassau, 1819-02 April 1871, (51 years, 11
months, 13 days),
- Wagner, Katharine Elizabetha, Buch/Nassau, 1811-15 Sept 1869,
Morgan County. Wife of Johann(es) C. Wagner
- Weiland, Katherina, Diethard/Rettert, born 05 June 1834, came at
age 18 with parents Johann and Anna Marin, immigrated 14 August 1852 via
New York
The names above with their origins listed as being Rettert (or
Roettert) or Nassau were found variously via Google Searches for the search
strings <+Nassau +Boonville> or <+Rettert [Roettert] +Boonville>, as
well as from Death Records 1866-1913 of the St. Paul German Evangelical
Lutheran Church at MoGenWeb.org,
and the Kirchenbuch of the German Evangelical Church of Boonville.
The
St. Paul church is located in Clear Creek Township, about 4.5 miles
west of Pilot Grove
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