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Peter ADAMS Family
1805- 1879
Color Code:
Green = 1st Generation Immigrant Parents
Aqua = 2nd Generation Parents
Lime = 3rd Generation Parents
Note: Names in quotation marks are nicknames and / or Americanized German spellings
1. Peter ADAMS
Born: Sept. 7, 1805 Hontheim , Prussia
(Village of).....Hontheim
(District of).....Bernkastle-Wittlich
(State of)........Kingdom of Prussia 1701-1918
(Territory of)....German Confederation 1815-1866
[ Hontheim location in modern Germany ] pg._352_
Died: Sept. 27, 1879 St. Mary Cem., Avon, Ohio
married
Margaretta " Margaret" BARRES
Born: 10 Nov 1801
Died: 6 Dec 1891 St. Mary Cem., Avon, Ohio
[ Cemetery Record ] pg._352_
[ Headstone ] pg._353_ NOTE:
1880 Census: Margaret was living in household of her Son-in-Law John Linden b. 1830 and her daughter Maria Anna ( Adams ) Linden 1835
[ 1880 Federal Census ] pg._354_
[ John's Family ] pg. _116_
Notes:
[ Margaretta's Brother was Adam Barres 1799 ] pg._159_
Peter Adams 1805 w/ wife and 6 children migrated from Hontheim, Germany to USA 19 Jun 1847 . See passport issued 3 May 1847 shown below
Peter and Margaretta had a total of 11 children
[ Hontheim Baptismal Registry ] pg._355_
2. Marie Ann 1828
2. Michael 1828
2. Joannes Peter 1829
2. Joannes Adam 1831
2. Matthias " Matthew" Adams 1833
2. Maria Anna 1835
(Maria was this writer's g- grandmother)
2. Jacob 1837
2. Gertrud 1840
2. Peter 1842
2. Anna Maria 1846
2. Gertrutt 1849
2. Marie Ann ADAMS
Born: 1828 Hontheim, Prussia .
Died: young ? Did not migrate to USA
2. Michael ADAMS
Born: 21 Mar. 1828 Hontheim
2. Joannes Peter ADAMS
Born: 29 Sep 1829 Hontheim .
Died: young ? Did not migrate to USA
2. Joannes Adam ADAMS
Born: 31 Sep 1831 Hontheim .
Died: young ? Did not migrate to USA
2. Mathias " Matthew " ADAMS
Born: Oct. 7, 1833 Hontheim
Died: 20 Apr 1914 Cleveland, Ohio
married
Louisa WIEDENHOPF
[ Mathias and Louisa's Family ] pg._358_
2. Maria Anna ADAMS
Born: 25 Sep 1835 Hontheim
Died: 16 Aug 1915
married
John LINDEN
Born: 8 Sep 1830 Weiler , Germany
Died: 28 Nov 1903
[ Maria and John's Family ] pg._116_
2. Jacob ADAMS
Born: 20 Oct 1837 Hontheim
Died: 1868 Jacob was killed by a barrel of salt falling on him at age 31.
married
Christine CLARANCE
2. Gertrud (Godardus) ADAMS
Born: 17 Sep 1840 Hontheim
Died: 21 Nov 1841
2. Peter ADAMS
Born: 10 Nov 1842 Hontheim
Died: 7 Aug 1859 St. Mary Cem., Avon, Ohio
[ Headstone ] pg._366_
2. Anna Maria ADAMS
Born: 18 Aug 1846 Hontheim
married
Joseph F. ROTHGERY
2. Gertrutt ADAMS
Born: 14 Jan 1849
Died: 1885
married
Peter WAGNER
Passport
Passport written in German and translated into English.
(Mom copied the passport, in German, in her book. )
Imperial Prussian States
Passport for Emigration Abroad
(Good for One Year)
No. 209 of the Passport Journal. Description of Holder
1. Religion, Catholic,
2. Age 45 yrs.
3. Height 5'-4 1/2",
4. Hair: Black
5. Face: Round ,
6 Eyebrows: Black
7. Eyes: Gray,
8. Nose: Thick,
9. Mouth: Medium,
10 Beard: Black
11. Skin: Clear,
12. Shape: Oval,
13. Color: Healthy,
14. Stature: Med.
15. Iden.- none
Issued to the under signed, Peter Adams, born in and resident in Hontheim, who, with his wife, Margaretha Adams, 43 years old, and his six children named:
Michael Adams-18 years, Mathias Adams- 14 years, Marie Adams-11 years, Jacob Adams-9 years, Gertrud Adams-7 years,
Peter Adams
is emigrating from here, via Antwerp to New York.
He, by his Burgomaster's certificate is legally attested as being a man of good character and so is given the Passport and all Civil and Military authorities are hereby courteously requested to permit him to travel unmolested with the aforementioned group, giving him protection and assistance as may be indicated. But this Passport must be inspected by police authorities of each place in which the bearer stops longer than 24 hours without distinction between city and village.
Issued in Trier, May 3, 1847 by the Imperial Prussian Government, Dept. of Interior
(added in pencil)
Peter Adams born Sept 7, 1805
Margaretha Adams born Nov. 10, 1801
Reverse side of the Passport
Executed by authority of the Imperial Prussian Government at Wittlech, May 3, 1847. Seal and Signature of Imperial Agent._________
The children listed on the reverse of lawfully married Peter Adams and
Margaretha Beres Adams, of Hontheim are certified as having been baptized, according to the baptismal register as follows:
1. Michael Adams on Mar. 21,1828
2. Mathias Adams Oct. 7, 1833
3. Maria Anna Adams Sept. 25, 1835
4. Jacob Adams Oct. 20, 1837
5. Gertrud Adams Sept. 17, 1840 and died Nov. 21, 1841
6. Peter Adams, whose grandparents Peter Clemens of Veinkhof and Anna Maria Simonis of Hontheim, testify was baptized on Nov. 10th, 1842 but whose name does not appear in the baptismal register.
7. Anna Maria Adams baptized Aug. 18, 1846. Attesting the accuracy of the transcript, at Hontheim, May 30th, 1847 (signed) Peter Wister, Catholic Pastor
[ Family migrated to USA June 1847 ]
8. Gertrutt Adams born Jan. 14, 1849 (for note on visa, see transcript on reverse of passport
The passport is written in German.
(Note) Part of the passport is written in French by scarcely decipherable or intelligible French. It seems, however, to be concerned with stating that the parties are headed for New York by such and such a boat, and is dated 19th June 1847
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