Fred,
I do not know the faith of my great grandparents. I do know that Mary's
father's parents, Frederich W. Geselbracht, were from Lengerich, Germany.
Emigrated to the Cincinnati area 1848. Mary was born in Ohio.
Kennett
I believe Lengerich was in Tecklenburg and more then likely
Lutheran. The RC Church was very much against mixed
marriages and often the result was a marriage in a
Protestant church were the rules were more relaxed. If a
priest was going sanctify the marriage he was would have
insisted on both parents guaranteeing that any children
would be brought up RC. That rule is still in effect. To
circumvent it people sometimes simply switched.
Fred
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