I am trying to identify the parents and German birthplaces of my
g-g-gparents, Friedrich KLOEPPEL and Margaretha Barbara LENZ who immigrated
to Cincinnati separately around 1850 and were married at St. Matthaeus
Evang. Lutheran Church in Cincinnati, 16 Apr 1854.
I have done a surname frequency study based on the internet German
phonebook site records, and the town with the greatest frequency of LENZ
surnames in Oberfranken seems to be 95131 Schwarzenbach a Wald
(Schwarzenbach am Wald). I can't find any church records for this town in
the LDS collection? As a matter of fact, I can't find this town listed in
LDS records?? I have located the town on the map, and it is about 5000
population, so I can't understand why LDS doesn't recognize it? Any
suggestions appreciated. Does anyone know of a amateur or professional
researcher in or near this town? Does anyone have an e-mail address or
postal address for the Evang. Kirche in Schwarzenbach a Wald?
I have tried to search the Cincinnati Church's records for info such as a
Family Register, but I have found nothing. I don't know whether either of
them were members when they were married there; however, they were devout
Lutherans after they moved to Jennings Tsp., Putnam Co, OH abt 1856.
From Delphos OH Lutheran church records, I know that Margaretha Barbara
LENZ was b. 21 Mar 1827 or 1825 in OBERFRANKEN (upper Franconia),
village/town not identified nor known.
Possibilities for her father include:
1. Michael Lenz, listed in 1849/50, 1850/51, & 1853 Cincinnati city
directories, dry goods, W 5th St (between Race & Elm)
2. Mathias Lenz, 1855 Cincinnati city directory, & nat. record V. 31,
p194
3. Leopold Lenz, 1856 Cincinnati city directory & 1860 census, Ward 10
4. Friedrich Lenz, 61, with dau's Margaretha, 24, and Elizabeth, 21,
arrived in Baltimore from Gellershausen, DEU, 1 June 1850. I haven't
located a Gellerhausen in Oberfranken?
Friedrich Kloeppel, b. 27 Jun 1823 (per Delphos OH Lutheran church
records), Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen (village not known), DEU. Researching
this area in DEU, I have found a Johann Friedrich Kl�ppel, b. 27 Mar 1822,
in Gudersleben (a small village a few kilometers south of Sonderhausen),
who immigrated to America in 1851. I believe this is my ancestor, but I do
not know why the dates do not match. From the German records, it appears
that the father of this Johann Friedrich Kl�ppel, Johann Heinrich Kl�ppel
(b. 3 Jul 1800) came to America in 1852 with his second wife, Friederike
Dorothea Penzler (b. 20 Jan 1828).
Any assistance or suggestions would be appreciated.
Nancy Bank Allen
West Bend, WI
allen@nconnect.net
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