The HERRNSHEIMER #2 SCHEMBS

Return to the Parents of Andreas Schembs (*1725)

THE HERRNSHEIMER #2 SCHEMBS

I. Descendants of Andreas Schembs (1725-1796)
	Andreas Schembs (1725-1796)			1.
		Johann Georgius Schembs (1754-1755)		2.1
		Elisabeth Schembs (1758-1809)		2.2
		Valentinus Schembs (1759-1819)		2.3
			Christopherus Schembs (1788)	2.3.1
			Elisabeth Schembs (1791)	2.3.2
			Anna Maria Schembs (1794-1813)	2.3.3
			Maria Franzska Schembs (1797)	2.3.4
			Johannes Schembs (1802-1802)	2.3.5
			Philip Schembs (1803-1846)	2.3.6

		Joh. Phillip Schembs (1761-1820)		2.4
			Anna Maria Schembs (1788-1791)	2.4.1
			Andreas Schembs (1791-1791)	2.4.2
			Agnes Schembs (1789)	2.4.3
			Catharina Schembs (1793-1795)	2.4.4

		Adam Peter Schembs (1763)		2.5
		Johannes Schembs (1764-1781)		2.6
		Anna Maria Schembs (1766-1778)		2.7
		Maria Agnes Schembs (1769)		2.8
		Anton Schembs (1771-1777)		2.9
		Catharina Schembs (1776)		2.10
		Maria Anna Schembs (1778)		2.11

Andreas Schömbs (1725-1796)1.

Overview:

Andreas Schömbs was born 06.04.1725 in Undenheim, the eighth and last child of Joh. Philipp Schömbs. Godfather was Andreas Zumrich from Gabsheim. Andreas was by profession a baker.

Andreas came to Herrnsheim perhaps due to his first wife Apollonia (+07.06.1756 Herrnsheim). In the Churchbooks from Herrnsheim is recorded the birth of their first child Johann Georg "Schembs" (*02.01.1754 Herrnsheim). A year later Georg died at the age of 15 months. Apollonia passed away a year after that in 1756. Andreas five months later on 23.11.1756 in Herrnsheim married Christina Holtzemer (*1739, +31.03.1776 Herrnsheim). Following Christina's death Andreas Schömbs married for the third time. In 1777 he married Anna Maria Götz from Blödesheim. Andreas had children from all three marriages.

Similar to his cousin Johann Heinrich Schömbs, who had already lived in Herrnsheim since 1738, Andreas Schömbs sired eleven children.

The family name spelling was consistently recorded as "Schembs" by the Herrnsheim priest. Undoubtedly this was because the priest used the same spelling as had been attributed to Joh. Heinrich, Andreas' cousin. Future generations of both branches retained the Schembs spelling.

Children: (11)

Johannes Georgius Schembs (*02.01.1754 Herrnsheim, +12.04.1755 Herrnsh.)2.1

Elisabeth Schembs (*29.06.1758, +19.02.1809 Herrnsheim)2.2

Valentin Schembs (*07.09.1759, +22.01.1819)2.3

Valentin Schembs was married on 22.01.1788 to Anna Marie Schoeneck (*1768, +24.12.1813)

Children: (6)

Christopher Schembs (*13.11.1788, +1857 Herrnsheim)2.3.1

Christopher Schembs was three times married. First he was married on 10.02.1811 in Herrnsheim to the widow Lucia Ertelmaier (*1767, +23.10.1819). His second marriage was on 27.06.1820 to the widow Catharina Bongart. Finally he gave up on widows and married Catharina Zoeller (*1783, +11.04.1865).

Elisabeth Schembs (*29.08.1791 Herrnsheim) 2.3.2

Anna Maria Schembs (*09.05.1794, +19.05.1813 Herrnsheim) 2.3.3

Maria Francis Schembs (*02.12.1798 Herrnsheim)2.3.4

Johannes Schembs (*29.03.1802, +01.04.1802 Herrnsheim)2.3.5

Philipp Schembs (*03.07.1803, +22.02.1856 Herrnsheim)2.3.6

Philipp Schembs married in 1830 Theresia Beckerle (*1806, +14.09.1846)

Children: (7)

Six of the Children of Franz Schembs (1831-1890), circa 1929 from left:
Elisabeth, Anna, Franz, Theresia, Georg, and Margaretha


Hippel-Schembs Reunion 1964	Hippel-Schembs Reunion 2007

Franz Schembs I (*24.02.1831, +26.06.1890 Herrnsheim)2.3.6/1

Franz Schembs was married on 03.11.1853 to Christina Hippel (*1831, +22.05.1890 )

Children: (13)

13.1..Elisabeth Schembs (*16.02.1854 Herrnsheim , +18.07.1932)

Elisabeth Schembs married on 28.08.1877 Friedrich Kaltenthaler III (*02.07.1852 Herrnsheim, +23.01.1896 Herrnsheim)

Children: (4)

4.1.....Christine Kaltenthaler

Christine married Leonard Gutzler.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Magdalena Gutzler

Magdalena married Hans Happel (+1945)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Hans Happel

Hans Happel was married to Anni.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Manuela Happel

Manuela married Thorsten Hechler.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Yannick Hechler

2.2.....Nicole Happel

2.2.....Christel Happel (*1936)

Christel married Reinhold Gundlach (*1936)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Michael Gundlach (*1963)

2.2.....Claudia Gundlach

2.2.....Leonard Gutzler (+1943)

4.2.....Franz Phillip Kaltenthaler (*12.05.1878 +1918)

Franz Phillip married Magdalena Maria Ofenloch (*29.01.1882 +1962).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Gertrude Kaltenthaler (*11.03.1909 +04.02.1984)

Gertrud was married to Valentin Wagner (*09.12.1906 +08.12.1993)

Children: (1)

1.1.....Magdalena Gertrude Wagner (*1935)

Magdalena married Georg Klingler (*15.01.1935 +04.01.2001).

Children: (4)

4.1.....Isolde Klingler (*1959)

Isolde married Klaus Sänger (*1962)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Patrick Sänger (*1994)

2.2.....Kerstin Sänger

4.2.....Egbert Klingler (*1960)

Egbert married Ulrike von Landenberg (*1963)

Children: (1)

1.1.....Dalene Klingler (*1997)

4.3.....Angela Klingler (*1964)

Angela also married a Sänger, Harald Sänger (*1963)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Nina Di Lara Sänger (*1999)

2.2.....Mario Sänger

4.4.....Heiko Klingler (*1978)

2.2.....Johann Adam Kaltenthaler (*08.04.1911 +04.10.1982)

Johann Adam married Magdalena Dagmeier (*02.07.1908 +02.10.1994).

Children: (1)

1.1.....Egon Franz Kaltenthaler (*1940)

Egon married Anneliese Hartmann (*1939)

Children: (1)

1.1.....Hans-Dieter Kaltenthaler (*1965)

4.3.....Magdalena Paula Kaltenthaler (*06.11.1892 Herrnsheim +29.04.1949 Herrnsheim)

Magdalena was married on 01.11.1919 in Herrnsheim to Thomas Dupuis (*18.02.1890 Bobenheim +28.11.1965 Worms).

Children: (1)

1.1.....Wilhelm Franz Dupuis (*20.06.1920 Worms +16.12.1974 Herrnsheim)

Wilhelm married on 06.10.1951 in Herrnsheim Hedwig Weinmann (*1930).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Siegfried Dupuis (*1952 Herrnsheim)

Siegfried married in 1976 Lea Löschner (*1953 Worms-Heppenheim).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Sascha Dupuis (*1979 Worms)

Sascha married Claudia Sürder in 2005.

2.2.....Ira Dupuis (*1983 Worms)

2.2.....Karlheinz Dupuis (*9.10.1955 Worms, +17.07.2019 Worms)

Karlheinz's first wife was Anette Maria Roth Schorn (*1956 Herrnsheim). Karlheinz was later married on 09.10.1992 in Herrnsheim to Stephanie Maria Laumann (*1961 Worms).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Chantal Dupuis (*1993 Worms)

2.2.....Maurice Dupuis (*1995 Worms)

4.4.....Therese Kaltenthaler

Therese Kaltenthaler married Matthias Schöpflin.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Fritz Schöpflin married Elsa.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Renate Schöpflin

3.2.....Ilse Schöpflin (*1950)

3.3.....Werner Schöpflin (*1960)

2.2..... Christina Schöpflin (*01.09.1909 +11.02.2005 Herrnsheim)

Christina married Philipp August Pauly (*17.08.1908 +1941)

Children: (3)

3.1.....Richard Pauly (*24.11.1936 +08.12.1999)

Richard Pauly was married to Helga Braun (*1940)

Children: (3)

3.1.....Hubert Pauly (*1965)

3.2.....Jürgen Pauly (*1968)

3.3.....Roland Pauly (*1970)

3.2.....Werner Pauly (*1937)

Werner married Margarete Schäfer (*1938)

Children: (1)

1.1.....Christoph Pauly (*1965)

3.3.....Ingeborg Christina Pauly (*1941)

Ingeborg married Imanuel Günter (*1938).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Manuela Günther (*1961)

Manuela married Hary Holschuh (*1959)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Eva Reder (*1987)

2.2.....Mario Reder (*1989)

2.2.....Volker Günther (*1966)

Heiratete Henny Bauer (*1975)

Children: (1)

2.1.....Recarda Günther (*2000)

2.2.....Odilia Günther (*2002)

13.2..Christina Schembs (*07.03.1855 Herrnsheim)

1873 Emigrant to Louisville, KY USA
Click for the Story of Christina and her Family


Christine Schembs Laas	Joseph Laas

Joseph Laas Family, circa 1898
Back: Joseph Jr., Edith, Albert, and Carrie
Front: Gertrude, Joseph Laas Sr., Christina, and Edward

13.3..Anna Maria Schembs (*23.01.1857, +04.07.1857 Herrnsheim)

13.4..Anna-Maria Schembs (*28.03.1858. + 11.12.1935 Herrnsheim)

Anna Maria Schembs was wed on 21.11.1878 in her first marriage to Mathias Wollsiefer (*17.04.1832), a local builder/carpenter.

Children: (2)

4.1.....Christine Wollsiefer

4.2.....Katharina Wollsiefer

After the death of Mathias, Anna married again. Her second husband was Heinrich Nesslang (*20.10.1848 Herrnsheim, +30.11.1928 Herrnsheim). Heinrich Nesslang was the farmer of a large property in Herrnsheim. It was Heinrich's third marriage. The pictures below are somewhat misleading. The picture of Anna-Maria was taken as a young lady, while that of Heinrich was in his later years. Heinrich was ten years older than Anna-Maria.


Anna-Maria Schembs (*1858)	Heinrich Nesslang (*1848)

My Father, Heinrich Nesslang
by Franziska Nesslang Kuhn (*1896, +1978), composed in the Spring of 1969
[Translated by Dr. Fred F. Schembs Kuhn (*12.11.1928)]

My father, born 28.10.1848, was a tall and slender man. He had gray-blue eyes and wore a titian-red beard. His mother was 46 years old when she gave birth to him. He remained the only son. He often told stories, claiming that his great- grandfather was a Frenchmen who most likely came to the area during the French Revolutionary War and then remained there.

From his first marriage, father had seven children, three girls and four boys, two of them with blue-black hair and five were typical red-heads. - Understandably he was very sad when, after his wife's death, his seven children sat around the kitchen table with tear-filled sad eyes.

Thus he married less than a year later his cousin who herself was a widow with four children. Unfortunately, she passed away within two years after their marriage. - On 19 May 1895, father entered into his third marriage with our mother Anna Schembs (*28.03.1858), also widowed, who had two daughters: Christine and Katherine from her previous marriage to Franz Wollsiefer (*1832). And then Heinrich and Anna added Franziska and Gretel as their third set of children. I remember fondly my life with all these older and big siblings and also the household with its extra large pots and pans.

My brother Johann, also known as Jean, was a locksmith and he often told stories about the Zoo in Frankfurt while I listened attentively. August, the youngest, did gymnastics with us. We had to make ourselves very stiff and he lifted us up by our shoulders until we stood on our feet. - Franz was in charge of saying grace before dinner. He later inherited my fathers farming estate which was located next to the Castle of the Baron Von Heyle of Herrnsheim. Franz wanted lots of children yet he was not blessed with any.

Living near the Barons Von Heyle's was like living in a fairy tale. Great Duke Ernst Ludwig and Prinz Heinrich of Prussia were often guests at the castle. There were many concerts on the expansive terrace. In the Fall, they conducted hunting trips. Father was one of the local farmers who furnished the horse drawn carriages for transporting the hunting trophies back to the castle. Father was in charge of many of the activities. The goats which pulled small wagons for the Heyle's children during the summer months, as they were hay riding through their park, spent the winter months in the warm stables of our farm. Thus, my father was well known by the owners of the castle. When, at the time of the funeral for the elderly Baroness, the funeral procession passed by our house, Prinz Heinrich waved towards my father saying: "Hi Nesslang!". - I became friends with the daughter of the head gardener and we often played together in the big garden of the castle. This large park, which was beautifully manicured and maintained, was often made accessible to the public. So, I'll never forget my ice skating experiences on the park's frozen lake. Nowadays, the castle belongs to the City of Worms. The city decided to modify the castle into regular apartments, one of which, much to my joy, was occupied by my niece Hildegard (*16.01.1925) and her family Lottermann.

My brother Heinrich liked to talk about his sports clubs. He became a locksmith after an apprenticeship in town of Worms. He later worked for the German Railroad and married a girl from Bingerbrueck. The couple settled there and I remember fondly my visits to their home. My sisters Elise and Anna got married and lived in Hofheim/Ried. My mother took us there on frequent visits. I can still taste the red cabbage, which was famous for this region, together with their yummy bratwurst. Of course, the train trip across the Rhine River bridge was most fascinating for us girls. Sister Lehne married the farmer Jean Winkler of Herrnsheim. She was particularly kind to us and often gave us extra food during the WWII war years when I lived with my family Kuhn in Darmstadt. [My son Ferdinand (*1928) still remembers working on the Winkler Farm during his school holidays].

During the time when my father still owned his farming estate, he worked his farm of 60 Morgen with his sons and daughters of his first marriage. Since they didn't have agricultural machines in those days, this was a lot of hard and back breaking work. Many acres of wheat had to be harvested by scythe and acres of potatoes had to be hoed out by hand. Nevertheless, during the long winter months the rewarding physical resting period was savored by all. We also planted fields of cucumbers which our mother transported by ship down the Rhine River to the market of the city of Mainz. She didn't care much for the retail sale of our products. I also remember the many harvested sugar beets which we transported to the cities of Worms and Gross-Gerau, the latter the seat of a large sugar factory. My father was also an excellent handy man. During the winter months, he repaired wagons, ladders and other agricultural tools and made them work like new. Sitting on the bench around the centrally located big tiled stove, he smoked his pipe and watched as I was doing the household duties. We also had a big horse-drawn sled. Covered by red blankets and with hot water bottles under our feet, we rode, being pulled by our own black horse, far beyond the village of Leiselheim. These were beautiful and memorable sleigh rides. When I was still little, I was allowed to take over the reins of the horse when father or brother Franz were returning home from the fields.

Father was very patient, religious, and good-natured. He often said: "He who doesn't leave God, God will not leave". During pilgrimages to Gernsheim and Wallduern, he carried the banner of our town. On the other hand, he could be stern. Thus, I witnessed as a child of five years the following: Heinrich and Jean came home one day rather inebriated and they had a hard time observing proper manners. That's when father simply emptied a bucket of cold water over their heads. They gasped for air and quickly became quiet and manageable. - It so happened that the occasions of church festivals and domestic animal slaughtering feasts were always celebrated with copious amounts of beer or wine.

We also owned two mountain vineyards. How nice it was during the grape harvest season and the subsequent making of wine. Father cultivated his vineyard himself. With the clever use of a hose, the wine was 'skillfully' siphoned out of the big barrel into bottles, jugs, and steins for later or immediate consumption.

Father was also a skilled bowling fan. One time he won a Grandfather's clock. During one of the church festivities in Abenheim, we lost him from our sight. We asked people about "a tall man wearing a big white straw hat", and we finally found him at the local bowling alley.

All children from his first marriage had to address parents by the 'formal you' or by 'sir'. However, Gretel and I were allowed to use the 'familiar you' form. - Mother's daughters from her first marriage had to take care of the household as well as of 'us little ones'. Christine married someone in Herrnsheim and Katherine married someone in Ludwigshafen. During school holidays, we often visited them in the city. However, after a very short time, we got homesick. We felt very bored among those tall buildings of the cities. There, food had to be bought in stores and it wouldn't be managed as generously like we were used to at our home. - Thus we were glad when we could return to our house in the country.

With all the siblings gone we were pretty much alone at home. When, I was twelve years old, my fathers farming estate was turned over to my brother Franz. My parents leased out most of their remaining acreage and built a new house on Hoehenstrasse 96. In this house we were very happy children. My sister Gretel still lives in it now. - Our family still owned two fields with fruit trees, a vineyard, and a large potato field.

For the breezy yard of the house, father built, from old bicycles, a wind mill with red colored wings. It turned constantly, much to our entertainment, as we watched it from the kitchen window; also to enthused children of the neighborhood who watched it respectfully from the yard's gate. Father liked to take me along to the local pub for his Sunday evenings 'little' beer. or to the Café in Worms for his cup of coffee and a glass of chocolate milk for me. We also invited my little son Willi to come along. My parents had much fun with this little grandson. Father was very content that I was about the house for another eleven years after Willi's birth, also that I cooked for him the way he liked it. He was still able to experience our move to Darmstadt with my husband Ferdinand Kuhn. Three times he came to visit us there. He brought us pieces of furniture for our first apartment at Heidelberger Street 6. Often he added 10 bottles of his favorite wine, also home-made sausage from my sister Lehne Winkler. With these goodies, we celebrated together with uncle Fritz, Ferdinand's brother, and Tante Elle and had a wonderful evening meal. On his later visits with us at Beckstrasse 91, he liked to take a taxi from the railway station. However, he passed away too soon on 30.11.1928, only a few days after the birth of our son Ferdinand (*12.11.1928), and a little more than a year after my departure from Herrnsheim, at the age of 80 years, 1 month, and 2 days.

My Mother, Anna Schembs Nesslang
by Franziska Nesslang Kuhn (*1896, +1978)

My mother, Anna Nesslang, nee Schembs, born 28 March 1858, was the daughter of the farmer Franz Schembs (*24.02.1831) in Herrnsheim. She had ten other siblings, all of whom had a notably good sense of humor.

My mother's first husband, a construction business owner in Herrnsheim, Mathias Franz Wollsiefer (*17.04.1832) passed away early. Thus, mother was a widow already at age 28 with two daughters Christine and Katharina. Seven years later, she entered her second marriage to my father, Heinrich Nesslang (*28.10.1848) who owned a reputable farming enterprise in Herrnsheim and who had been a widower himself with seven children. They had two additional daughters of their own, Franziska (*29.02.1896) and Margarete (*03.06.1899). - Three sets of children in this blended family were a big responsibility; I remember that often there were long and heated debates, especially when sons and daughters from first marriages, when reaching age 21, began claiming their respective inheritances.

Two siblings of my mother, Valentin and Christine, emigrated to America. Each one of them received a respective inheritance of 5,000 Mark. Aunt Christine wrote letters every Christmas. She owned a shoe store in Louisville, KY, We heard less from our uncle Valentin. Christine was, according to my father's stories, a very beautiful girl; she had blond hair and brown eyes.

My mother was a healthy and very pretty woman. She married at age 21 and weighed about 110 pounds. She was very outgoing in meeting other people, had a sound mind, had brown eyes and long black hair which she tied in the back and parted in the middle. This made her look very elegant. Her melodious and clear voice was passed on to my sister Gretel as well as to myself. - Thank you Mom.

[Note that Franziska (*1896) took professional singing lessons in the 1940's and subsequently gave many performances of classical and contemporary songs at family reunions, official functions, and in churches. She was often accompanied by her youngest son Franz (*1931)]


Family Work Party 1902 The young girls Franziska and Gretel are in the left foreground	Family Reunion 1965 with Franziska and Gretel in the left foreground

Children: (2)

4.3..... Franziska Nesslang (*29.02.1896 Herrnsheim, +04.03.1978 Offenbach/Main)

In 1927 Franziska married Ferdinand A. Kuhn (*30.11.1888 Mainz, +24.08.1969 Darmstadt/Eberstadt). Ferdinand was a senior government official in the Hessen State government in Darmstadt.


Franziska and sister Gretel, Foto 1902	The Family of Ferdinand A. Kuhn, Juli 1933

Children: (4)

4.1....Wilhelm Kuhn (*12.07.1916 Herrnsheim, +22.12.1993 Gross-Gerau)

Wilhelm was married on 01.07.1944 to Ursula Rave (*1924 Münster/Westfalen).

Children: (4)

4.1....Georg Maria Wilhelm Kuhn (*1947 Bensheim)

Georg, an airline pilot, was married in 1983 to Katrin Kugel (*1953-Wiesbaden)

Children: (1)

3.1....Max Janosch Kuhn (*1985-Bielefeld)

After his divorce from Katrin, on 08.05.1994 Georg married Dr. Ulrike Novak-Goettl (*1956-Wiesbaden)

Children: (2)

3.2....Lea Marie Goettl (*1989-Frankfurt/Main)

3.3....David Johannes Goettl (*1991-Frankfurt/Main)

4.2....Franz-Ferdinand Kuhn (*1951 Bensheim)

Franz-Ferdinand, Dipl.-Volkswirt Dr.rer.pol., married Brigitta Kirchstein (*07.02.1958 Mainz) on 07.02.1992. Franz has his own business in Mainz. Brigitta is a pharmacist in Budenheim/Mainz.

4.3....Cornelia Maria Kuhn (*1957 Gross-Gerau)

Cornelia is a pharmacist in her own pharmacy in Gross Gerau.

Children: (1)

1.1....Philip Rainer Langenhan (*1994 Gross-Gerau)

4.4....Rudolf-Heinrich Kuhn (*1959 Gross-Gerau)

Rudolf-Heinrich, Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur, Dr.rer.pol., is a professor in the Catholic University in Eichstadt-Ingolstadt. He was married 18.08.1990 to Marion Busch (*1964-Bad-Vilbel)

Children: (4)

4.1....Julius Maximilian Eberhard Kuhn (*1992-Braunschweig)

4.2....Elisabeth Johanna Karen Kuhn (*1994-Braunschweig)

4.3....Leonard Ferdinand Ulrich Kuhn (*1998-Koeln)

4.4....Constantine Maria Heinrich Kuhn (*2001-Ingolstadt)

4.2.....Ferdinand Frederic Kuhn (*1928 Darmstadt).

Ferdinand Frederic Kuhn, Dipl.-Ing., Dr.-Ing., was married on 29.10.1955 to Ursula Johanna Knorr (*1930 Kirchheim-Bolanden). They emigrated to the United States in 1957. Ferdinand worked as a scientist in New Mexico. Ursula worked in nursing. They live now in Florida, but summer in New Mexico.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Beatrice Franziska Kuhn (*1956 Köln)

Beatrice Franziska Kuhn is a pharmicist with 'Kaiser-Permanente', the country's largest HMO, in Northern California.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Kamaria Nicole Kuhn (*1985 Palo Alto CA)

Kamara is studying to be a veterinarian..

3.2.....John Kuhn (*22.12.1957 Alamogordo, NM, +22.12.1957 Alamogordo, NM)

3.3.....Kirk Kuhn (*16.07.1959 Alamagordo, NM, +16.07.1959 Alamogordo, NM)


Franziska with sons, 1972	The four Kuhn sons, 1985

4.3.....Ernst Heinrich Kuhn (*1930 Darmstadt)

Ernst Heinrich Kuhn (*30.05.1930-Darmstadt), whose degree is in sales and marketing, married Gudrun Schubert (*1935-Prina, Sachsen)

Children: (4)

4.1....Martina Kuhn (*1956-Bremen)

Martina Kuhn-Mueller married Herr Mueller (*..-).

Children: (3)

3.1....Sebastian Mueller (*1981-Delmenhorst)

3.2....Frauke Mueller (*1983-Delmenhorst)

3.3....Christoph Mueller (*1986-Delmenhorst)

4.2....Andrea Kuhn (*1958-Bremen)

Andrea is married to Herr Dern (*..-).

Children: (4)

4.1....Isabell Dern (*1982-Langgoens)

4.2....Xenia Dern (*1987-Langgoens)

4.3....Anna Dern (*1991-Langgoens)

4.4....Zita Dern (*04.10.1992-Langgoens)

4.3....Detlef Kuhn (*1959-Bremen)

Detlef Kuhn, Dr.Med., married 'Vorname Nachname' (*..-)

Children: (1)

1.1....Aaron Kuhn (*2000-Lich bei Giessen)

4.4....Simone Kuhn (*1965-Westerstede)

Simone Kuhn is married to Herrn 'Vorname' Materna (*..-).

Children: (2)

2.1....Fabio Materna (*1989 Bad-Nauheim)

2.2....Gina Materna (*1992 Bad-Nauheim)

Ernst Heinrich Kuhn, in his second marriage on 13.12.1974, was wed to Ingeborg Schmiedl. They have no children.

4.4.....Franz Kuhn (*1931 Darmstadt)

Franz Kuhn, Dr.Med., married Ingeborg Roehrig (*1935 Offenbach/Main)

Children: (4)

4.1....Madeleine Kuhn (*1958 Offenbach/Main)

Madeleine is married to Herr Weißenborn.

Children: (1)

1.1....Judith Weißenborn (*1986 Düsseldorf)

4.2....Baerbel Kuhn (*11.06.1959 Offenbach/Main, +28.04.1981 Offenbach/Main)

4.3....Ralf Kuhn (*1965 Offenbach/Main)

Children: (1)

1.1....Joan Kuhn (1994 Frankfurt/Main)

4.4....Darniela Kuhn (*1966 Offenbach/Main)

Children: (1)

1.1....Lenhard Kuhn (*1995 Frankfurt/Main)

4.4.....Anna Margaretha Nesslang (*03.06.1899 Herrnsheim, +08.10.1979 Worms)

Anna Margaretha "Gretel" was married on 26.03.1921 in Herrnsheim to the carpenter Georg Philipp Diefenbach (*28. Mai 1894 Worms, +03.02.1965 Alzey)


Georg Diefenbach, Foto 1914	Gretel, Foto 1916

Children: (4)

4.1.... Martha Maria Adelheid "Heidi" Diefenbach (*21.08.1921 Herrnsheim, +11.05.2005 Worms)

On 10.05.1947 Heidi Diefenbach married Eugen Robert Roess.

The Roess Children, Summer 1961
From left: Peter, Annegret, Angelika on the arm of Aunt Christa, and Franz
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"Ein Plädoyer für die Schriebschrift" über Peter Roess
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Children: (4)

4.1….Franz Roess

4.2….Peter Roess

4.3….Annegret Roess

Annegret Roess married Herr Bertino.

4.4….Angelika Roess (*1961 Worms)

Angelika married Jamil Kassim Madi in 1991. Jamil is a degreed engineer/surveyor. A Palestinian (Jamil), the family lives in Arraba in northern Israel. Arraba is 20 miles (30Km) from Nazareth/Haifa-Galilaea/Israel (Arraba is a town of 20,000).

Children: (3)

3.1….Amira Madi (*1992 Darmstadt)

3.2….Soufian Madi (*1995 Darmstadt)

3.3….Alina Madi (*1998 Nazareth, Israel)

4.2….Hildegard Margaretha Franziska "Hilde" Diefenbach (*16.01.1925 Herrnsheim, +17.05.2002 Eppelsheim)

Hilde was married on 17.04.1947 to Philipp Lottermann (*16.03.1927 Abenheim, *01.01.1997 Worms)

Lottermann Family - Hilde, Mechthild, Philipp, Marion - 1953

Children: (3)

3.1....Mechthild Margarete Lottermann (*1948 Herrnsheim)

Mechthild was married on 19.07.1968 to Rolf Streicher (*1941), engineer. In July 2018 they celebrated their 50th Anniversary.

Mechthild and Rolf - 50 Years!
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Children: (2)

2.1....Christoph Streicher (*1970 Worms) (degreed engineer)

Christoph and Britta Decker (*1979 Worms) were married the 19th of December 2009 in the Herrnsheimer Schloss, the venue for our Zacharias Schömbs Familientreffens.

"Britta, the boys and I left Pennsylvania at the end of 2016 and went back to Europe still with the same company – HeidelbergCement. Since January 1st, 2017 I am General Manager responsible for HeidelbergCement's activities in the BeNeLux (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) -- Cement, Aggregates and Ready Mix Concrete.

Britta, Christoph and the boys in Munich
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We live in the South East of Brussels very close to the famous battle fields of Waterloo, Belgium.

Elias and Ben attend Saint John's International School, Waterloo. Britta is very active at the School and learns both Belgian languages French and Flemish. She also joined a group of international Women. They recently went to Paris to participate in a 16 km run.

I found relatively quickly a skydiving club in Spa, Belgium and am able to continue to work as a tandem instructor on some weekends as I did in Pennsylvania. Due to my workload I wasn't able to transfer my US pilots license into a European one yet but I hope to do so within the next 12 months or so."

Children: (2)

2.1....Elias Streicher (*2011 Allentown PA USA)

2.2....Ben Streicher (*2012 Allentown PA USA)

2.2....Pia Streicher (*1982 Worms)

Pia received her PhD in physics from Institut Curie, Paris, France and the University of Heidelberg, Germany as well as an MBA at Collège des Ingénieurs in Paris, France. Pia married Andreas Müller (*1981 Kirchheimbolanden) on 20.12.2012. Andreas and Pia have known each other for many years, having gone to school together in Worms.

Johann, Andreas, Luise, Pia und Helene Müller
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Pia currently works for BASF in Ludwigshafen heading the occupational safety department of one of the company's European divisions. Andreas is a winemaker.

Children: (3)

3.1....Luise Müller (*2014 Worms)

3.2....Helene Müller (*2017 Osthofen)

3.3....Johann Müller (*2019 Osthofen)

3.2....Marion Emilie Lottermann (*1950 Herrnsheim)

Marion married Dale W. New (*1946) on 20.06.1974 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Dale retired in 2018 from his own consulting business.

Children: (2)

2.1....Daniel Timothy New (*1978 Fallbrook, CA)

Daniel und Marion
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Daniel received his Maters Degree in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he works as a Senior Software Engineer/Architect.

2.2....David Andrew New (*1984 Fallbrook, CA)

David New receives his PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park
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Gina and David are married, October 2020
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In 2019 David was awarded his PhD Degree in Oceanic and Atmospheric Science. Prior to receiving his PhD, David graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Economics from Cal State San Marcos and with an MS in Applied Mathematics from San Diego State University.

On October 10, 2020, David and Gina Mazzuca (*1991 Reading PA), exchanged vows in a wedding ceremony held at the home of Gina’s mother in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Attended in person by only close local family and friends, the wedding was small in size but international in scope, inasmuch as it was viewed remotely on Zoom by David’s parents in California, his brother in Oregon and his aunt, uncle and cousins in Germany and Belgium. Following the day’s festivities, which included a toast and cutting of the wedding cake on Zoom, the couple departed for Cape May, New Jersey, the seaside resort town where they spent their honeymoon.

Formally becoming engaged on New Year’s Day 2020, Gina and David met while attending the University of Maryland, College Park, where both were enrolled in its doctoral program in Atmospheric Science. Now, having received their PhD degrees in this field, Gina works as a science advisor to U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, and David as member of NASA’s Climate Model Team. They have chosen to remain in College Park due to its proximity to the Capitol and to NASA Headquarters.

3.3.... Markus Philipp Lottermann (*1955 Herrnsheim)

Markus is a nurse.

Children: (3)

3.1....Manuel Philipp Lottermann (*1984)

Manuel was married in 2012 to Anne Müller (*1986). He took Anne's name so now goes by Manuel Müller.

Manuel works as an industrial mechanic in a power plant. Anne is a nurse. They live in Monzernheim.

Children: (2)

2.1....Philipp Müller (*2013)

2.2....Lena Müller (*2017)

3.2....Madeleine Lottermann (*1987)

3.3....Natascha Lottermann (*1989)


On the Rhine – Markus, Mechthild Marion - 1958	In California – David, Kamaria Kuhn, Daniel - 2005

4.3.... Anna Maria Theresia Elisabeth Diefenbach (*25.11.1931 in Herrnsheim, +30.03.2002 Worms-Pfeddersheim)

Maria was married on 23.02.1952 to Gustav Nischwitz (*16.12.1923 Pfeddersheim, +23.01.2003 Worms)

Kinder (3)

3.1....Wolfgang Nischwitz (*1955 in Worms)

Wolfgang works in banking.

3.2….Hubertus Nischwitz(*06.06.1957 in Worms, +01.06.1964)

3.3….Mario Hubertus Nischwitz(*1966 in Worms)

Mario was married on 16.05.1992 to Caroline Sabine geb. Mayr (*1966). They are now divorced.

Children: (2)

2.1….Nicholas Jens Nischwitz (*1993 Worms, +29.11.2025)

2.2….Fabian Jannik Nischwitz(*2001 Worms)

4.4…. Charlotte Christine "Christa" Diefenbach (*03.06.1939 Herrnsheim, +24.11.2000 Herrnsheim)

Christa married Hans-Dieter Koenen (*06.01.1940 Duisburg, +01.10.1982 Herrnsheim).

Kinder (4)

4.1....Andreas Peter Eduard Koenen (*1963 Herrnsheim)

Andreas married Jutta Fraune (*1963 Hilden) on 19.11.1991 in Worms.

Children: (4)

4.1....Christian Dominik Koenen (*1992)

4.2....Katharina Alica Koenen (*1994)

4.3....Charlotte Rebecca Koenen (*1998)

4.4....Sebastian Benedikt Koenen (*2004)

4.2....Christine Mechthild Maria Koenen (*1964 Herrnsheim)

Christine's first marriage was to Thomas Haag (*1963 Worms). They had one son Simon. Then Christine was married to Dr. Christopher P. Hamkins (*1959 Cudahy, Wisconsin USA), a member of the U.S. Army. They divorced in 2011. In September 2018 she and Andreas Werner, a friend of many years, married.

Christine is a certified accountant by profession. She has her own business catering to firms in Worms where she and Andreas live.

Children: (4)

4.1....Simon Koenen (*1993).

4.2....Cassandra Zoe Koenen (*1995)

4.3....Lilith Aurelia Koenen (*1997)

4.4....Phoebe Genevieve Koenen (*2000)

Diefenbach Sisters – 1974
Heidi, Hilde, Maria, and Christa

Diefenbach Sisters – 2000

13.5..Theresia Schembs (*02.02.1860 Herrnsheim)

Theresia Schembs was married on 16.02.1884 to Johannes Kaltenthaler (*15.10.1855, +05.12.1930).

Children: (5)

5.1.....Theresia Kaltenthaler (*24.4.1890 +18.8.1996 Herrnsheim)

Theresia Kaltenhalter was married on 31.08.1912 to Franz Josef Schembs (read more at Franz Josef Schembs (*1888 Herrnsheim, +1917 France). Following the death of Franz Josef in the War, Theresia married Franz Burkhard..

5.2.....Paula Kaltenthaler (*26.11.1900)

Paula married Ludwig Bardong.


Paula Kaltenthaler (*1900)	Edith Julius (*1929) leads the Schömbs 2008 Familientreffen

Children: (1)

1.1.....Edith Margarete Bardong (*11.01.1929)

Edith married Walter Julius ( ).

Children: (4)

4.1.....Ludwig Johannes Julius

4.2.....Edeltrud Elisabeth Julius (*03.09.1951)

Children: (?)

x.x.....Florian Julius (*03.04.1984)

4.3.....Maria Christine Julius

4.4.....Monika Edith Julius

5.3.....Christine Kaltenthaler (*)

Christine married ___ Bardong.

5.4.....Philipine Kaltenthaler (*)

Philipine married _____ Stich.

5.5.....Margarete Kaltenthaler (*)

Margarethe married ____ Görtz.

13.6..Franz Schembs IV. (*23.04.1861 Herrnsheim)

Franz Schembs IV. was married on 15.10.1889 Magdalena Schmidt (*21.05.1859 Niederselters)

Paula
Kaltenthaler (*1900)

Children: (7)

7.1.....Paula Christina Schembs (*28.02.1891)

Paula Christina Schembs was married on 09.07.1918 Heinz Weinmann.

7.2.....Carl Hermann Schembs (*07.02.1892, +22.09.1892 Herrnsheim)

7.4.....Maria Magdalena Schembs (*05.07.1893, +27.02.1894 Herrnsheim)

7.5.....Maria Magdalena Schembs (*13.02.1895 Herrnsheim)

Maria Magdalena Schembs was married on 24.05.1921 to Josef Holly.

7.6.....Elisabeth Johanna Schembs (*15.01.1896, +1955)

Elise Schembs was married on 11.12.1926 to Mathäus Weinmann.

7.7.....Paul Franz Schembs (*1897, +07.01.1897 Herrnsheim)

13.7..Josepha Schembs (*16.11.1863, +1895 Herrnsheim)

Josepha Schembs was married on 14.11.1891 Carl Hermann Hoppig (*07.04.1861)

13.8..Georg Schembs (*19.04.1865, +17.10.1944 Herrnsheim)

Georg Schembs was married on 09.11.1891 to Catharina Traser (*1863 Roxheim)

Children: (4)

4.1.....Georg Franz Schembs (*27.09.1892), married Katharina Schroth

4.2.....Franz Joseph Schembs (*01.02.1894, +07.07.1894 Herrnsheim)

4.3.....Heinrich Schembs (*04.09.1895 Herrnsheim)

Heinrich Schembs was married on 16.04.1921 to Margaretha Katharina Schembs(*30.06.1896, +25.08.1974)

Anmerkung: Katharina Schembs comes from the line of Johann Heinrich Schömbs (*1713). Click here to read more.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Hermann Schembs (*01.07.1924, +11.10.1997)

Hermann Schembs went by the nickname in Herrnsheim of "der lange Hermann". (the long Hermann)

2.2....."Rudolf" Heinrich Schembs (*09.05.1926 Herrnsheim, +28.07.2007 Herrnsheim)

Rudolf Heinrich Schembs was married on 29.09.1951 in his first marriage to Paula Sabina Behringer.

In a second marriage on 23.11.1967 he was wed to Elisabeth Margarethe Börschinger.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Stefanie Schembs

Stefanie Schembs was married on 19.07.1975 to Josef Töngi.

2.2.....Johannes Josef Schembs

Johannes Josef Schembs was married on 26.07.1986 to Heike Freyberg. The family lives in Nieder-Flörsheim.

Children: (2) Twins

2.1.....Jessika Schembs (*1996)

2.2.....Michaela Schembs (*1996)

4.4.....Josef "Jerry" Schembs (*13.11.1900 Herrnsheim)

Josef Schembs was married on 21.06.1930 to Helene Scheppner (*03.02.1908)

Children: (3)

3.1.....Ottmar Schembs (*11.09.1932, +28.08.1973 Herrnsheim)

3.2.....Paula Schembs

3.3.... 1 Bub

Reception for 40 years of service for the Hernnsheim Mayor Mahler (1915)
Above with the hat: Community servant Schembs

13.9..Valentine "George" Schembs (*10.05.1866 Herrnsheim, +08.06.1917 AMERICA)

1882 Emigrant to Kansas City, KS USA
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Valentin Schembs emigrated to Amerika in about 1882, nine years after his sister Christina had done the same. He too was young at the time, about 16 years old, and appears to have emigrating alone. Although it is likely that he emigrated with friends. Valentine, upon arriving in Amerika, first went to Louisville, Kentucky, where his sister Christina (*1855) and uncle Philipp (*1839) had settled. He was the sponsor at his niece Edith's baptism in Louisville. On 18.03.1891 his name is spelled "Schemps" in his naturalization documentation, although he clearly signed his name Schembs.

Naturalization Document for Valentine Schembs, State of Kansas, 1891

In later city directories his name took on various mis-spellings -- "Shemps" and "Shimps" for example. In the Herrnsheim Churchbook his given name is written as "Valentin", but in Amerika it is always written with "George". He apparently did not care for the name Valentin, and adopted the name George. The inscription on his gravestone leaves off the Valentin completely and only gives George. Yet the records at the cemetery list him as Valentine Schembs. Valentine George Schembs was married in 1890 to Mary Ann Trainer (*1856-1916), the daughter of English emigrants. Valentine was a butcher by profession, working for the Swift packing plant in Kansas City.

Gravestone of Valentine "George" Schembs
Additional information, pictures, etc. are presented
in the book by James Douglas Schembs

Children: (1) -by adoption-

1.1.....Frank Joseph Schembs (*26.03.1896, +15.07.1965 IndependenceMO )

In his first marriage on 29.11.1915 Frank was wed to Irene Lucille Schmidt (*26.03.1896, +19.01.1963). He later married on 11.05.1983 Ethel W. Sheehan (*04.04.1897, +05.1983)

Children: (9)

9.1.....Gertrude Viola Schembs (*19.06.1916, 1920 Kansas City)

9.2.....Frank jr. "Red" Schembs (*29.08.1918, +6/1985 Kansas City)

Married with Mae Marie Hosch (*30.12.1921, +26.05.1994 KS)

Children: (1)

1.1.....Frank "Gary" Schembs (*1944, Kansas City)

First marriage in 1968 to Sharon Ann Hummer (*1948)

Second marriage in 1981 with Jan Corbier (*1954, +1992)

9.3.....Mildred Lorraine Schembs (*1920 Kansas City)

First marriage 20.01.1948 to Jewel Winfrey (*28.02.1918, +15.09.1977)

Second marriage on 27.04.1987 with Howard James Hall (*24.06.1911, +1992)

9.4.....Evelyn "Blick" Schembs (*10.10.1922, +10/1984 Kansas City)

9.5.....George Wayne Schembs (*1924 Kansas City)

Married Aleatha Shannon (*1928 Kansas City)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Georg Wayne Schembs jr (*1949 Kansas City)

First marriage with Cindy Dennis (*1953).

Second marriage 17.03.1974 to Carol Ann Deihl (*1949)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Catharine Lee Schembs (*1977 Omaha NE)

2.2.....George Wayne Schembs (*1979 OmahaNE)

2.2.....Michael Dennis Schembs (*1952 Kansas City)

First marriage to Janelle Zeno.

Second marriage Henriett Horner.

9.6.....Irene "Lois" Schembs (*1927 Kansas City)

Lois was first married on 22.09.1946 to Leslie Henry Allott (*19.04.1926, +1993)

Later she was married on 11.11.1976 to Dr.William Kenneth James (*1918)

Children: (3)

3.1.....Lynn Howard Allott (*1947 JolietIL)

Lynn was married 11.10.1968 to Janice "Jenny" Kezer (*1952)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Jeremy Michael Allott (*1972 Kankakee IL)

Married 09.04.1994 to JoLynn Marie Borio (*1969)

Children: (1)

1.1.....Jaclyn Marie Allott (*1994)

2.2.....Rodney Andrew Allott (*1975 KankakeeIL)

3.2.....Larry Alan Allott (*26.05.1953, +11.03.1994 JolietIL)

3.3.....Lee Alvin Allott (*1957 Joliet IL)

Lee was married 15.12.1979 to Ronda Lee Ulrich (*1959)

Children: (2)

2.1…..Sara Betj Allott (*1984 Kankakee IL)

2.2…..Ian TylerAllott (*1984 KankakeeIL)

9.7.....Vivian Mae Schembs (*1929 Kansas City)

Married on 22.12.1965 Daniel Gregory McGuire (*1925)

9.8.....Floyd Adair Schembs (*1931 Kansas City)

First marriage 07.11.1951 to Welda "Bernice" Mills (*1931)

Second marriage on 05.02.1971 with June Marie Giffin (*1944)

Children: (4)

4.1.....Karen Lee Schembs (*1951 Kansas City)

On 19.08.1972 married Dr. Dennis Cooley (*1951)

Second marriage 07.09.1990 to Kyle Mandale Lusso (*1961)

Children: (3)

3.1.....Ann Marie Cooley (*1978 Kansas City)

3.2.....Mary Elizabeth Cooley (*1980 Kansas City)

3.3.....Dennis Patrick Cooley (*1983 TopekaKS)

4.2.....Floyd Alan Schembs (*1973 Kansas City)

Floyd married on 06.03.1994 Dona Tucker (*1976 KC)

Children: (1)

1.1.....Floyd Alan Schembs (*1994 Kansas City)

4.3.....Warren Joseph Schembs (*1975 Kansas City)

4.4.....John Adair Schembs (*1982 Kansas City)

9.9.....Paul Lloyd Schembs (*1935 Kansas City)

Wed on 01.12.1956 Ruthann "Corky" Lory (*1958)

Children: (3)

3.1.....Thomas Eugene Schembs (*1958 Kansas City)

Was married to Debra Walker (*1955 Kansas City)

Children: (3)

3.1.....Adam Eugene Schembs (*1980)

3.2.....Timothy Tyler Schembs (*1982)

3.3.....Genesis Lynd Schembs (*1984)

3.2.....David Allen Schembs (*1960 Kansas City)

David married 17.08.1985 Debbie Lyn Cloughley (*1956)

Children: (1)

1.1.....David Allen Schembs jr. (*1985)

3.3.....Paula Marie Schembs (*1965 Kansas City)

Married Jeffrey Hinchey

Children: (1)

1.1.....Austin Hinchey (*1972)

13.10. Paul Schembs (*23.02.1868, +03.02.1897 Herrnsheim)

13.11. Philipp Schembs (*23.08.1869 Herrnsheim)

13.12. Catharina Schembs (*21.10.1870, +30.06.1871 Herrnsheim)

13.13. Margaretha Schembs (*05.04.1874, +07.12.1949 Herrnsheim)

Margaretha Schembs was married on 30.04.1895 to Johannes Schmitt (*08.06.1871, +17.11.1953)


Weddings and Anniversary, 1920 Else and Fritz Spiegel, Oma and Opa Schmitt, Lena and Philip Reinemer Click to enlarge	Celebration of Three Birthdays Opa (1871), Hans (1900) and Rudi (*1935) June 8 1940 Click to enlarge

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Children: (4)

4.1.....Magdalena Schmitt (*28.10.1895, +13.9.1971)

Magdalena Schmitt married Philipp Reinemer (*29.3.1897, +24.8.1944).

Children: (1)

1.1.....Elisabeth Reinemer (*22.5.1924, +17.03.2012)

Elisabeth married a man by the name of Dorn, a carpenter from Herrnsheim.

4.2.....Elisabeth "Else" Schmitt (*12.1.1897, +10.1.1945)

Else and Friedrich Spiegel
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Elisabeth Schmitt married Friedrich Spiegel (*18.3.1895, +1.2.1954 Bad-Nauheim). They had no children.

4.3.....Christina "Dina" Schmitt (*08.01.1899, +31.01.1958)

Christina Schmitt married Georg Fuhry (*07.01.1894 Hochheim, +09.12.1976). Georg was a master carpenter by profession. They were Katholische.


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Marriage Fotos of the Children of Christina and Georg Fuhry Click to enlarge

Margaretha and Richard Walter, 1954	Georg and Marianne Weis-Ernst, 1958	Friedel and Hildegard Eimer, 1963	Adam and Gertrude Schembs, 1961


John and Ludwiga Janson, 1958	Rudy and Liselote Hoock, 1967	Christina and Mike O'Shea, 1964

Children: (7)

7.1.....Margaretha Maria Fuhry (*4.4.1925, +12.3.1990)

Margaretha Maria Fuhry was married on 27.06.1954 to Richard Walter (*21.1.1926 Spahl, +10.8.2003), by profession a painter.

Children: (7)

7.1.....Berthold Josef Walter (*18.12.1956, +19.8.1957)

7.2.....Hedwig Walter (*22.6.1958, +26.1.1959)

7.3.....Clemens Walter (*21.11.1959, +19.2.1960)

7.4.....Christina Maria Walter (*4.7.1961, +11.1.1962)

7.5.....Regina Elisabeth Walter (*1964)

Regina Walter was married on 17.08.1985 to Sigmund Resch (*1960)

Children: (2)

1.1.....Lucas Walter (*1987)

1.1.....Magdalena Walter (*1991)

7.6.....Isolde Gertrud Walter (*1966 Herrnsheim)

Isolde and Michael Sauer (*1970) were married on 23 Jan 1999.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Anna Regina Sauer (*1999)

4.2.....Christine Sauer (*2001)

4.3.....Adrian Norbert Sauer (*2003)

4.4.....Maximilian Sauer (*2006)

7.7.....Norbert Otto Walter (*1968)

Heike Sander and Norbert Otto married 8.6.1999.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Rebecka Walter (*2001)

2.2.....Agnes Walter (*2001)

The Familie of Margaretha and Richard Walter
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7.2.....Georg Adam Fuhry (*19.4.1927 Hochheim, +4.3.2010)

Georg Fuhry was married on 25.07.1958 to Marianne Weis-Ernst (*11.7.1933 Herrnsheim, +31.8.2011). Georg was a master carpenter by trade.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Ursula Hedwig Fuhry (*1959)

3.2.....Gerhard Friedrich Fuhry (*1961 Herrnsheim)

Gerhard married Heike Weber (*1969) on 27 December 2001.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Ila Weber

3.3.....Ingeborg Anna Fuhry (*1964 Herrnsheim)

7.3.....Friedrich Johann Fuhry (*1928 Hochheim, +12.12.2020)

Friedrich Fuhry was married on 31.08.1963 to Hildegard Eimer (*1930). Like his father and older brother Friedrich was a master carpenter.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Luzia Margarete Fuhry (*1964)

3.2.....Wilfried Georg Fuhry (*1967)

3.3.....Hiltraut Maria Fuhry (*1971)

7.4.....Adam Josef Fuhry (*13.12.1930, +17.10.1997)

Adam was an Angestellter by profession. Adam Josef was married on 13.05.1961 in Herrnsheim to Gertrude Theresia Schembs (*1931 Herrnsheim). Gertrude is from the Herrnheimer #1 Linie. Click Here to learn more about the family of Gertrude Theresia's parents.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Monika Anna Fuhry (*1964)

Monika and Heribert Oswald (*1963) were married on 22 May 1999).

7.5.....Johann-Werner Fuhry (*1933)

John and Ludwiga, 2004

Johann-Werner "John" Fuhry on 12 Apr 1958 married Ludwiga Janson (*30.11.1936 Gundersheim, +11.02.2011 Ontario CA). By profession Johann-Werner was a program manager.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Hans Peter Fuhry (*1961)

2.2.....Helga Maria Fuhry (*1963)

Helga and Derek Johnson (*1967) were married 9 October 1999.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Ryan Scott Johnson

2.2.....Dylan Reed Johnson

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7.6.....Rudolf Gerhard Fuhry (*1935)

Rudi and Liselotte Fuhry, 1988

Rudolf Gerhard "Rudi" was married on 30.06.1967 to Liselotte Hoock (*1935 Viernheim). Rudi was Angestellter by trade.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Hans Dieter Fuhry (*1970)

Hans Dieter is a degreed engineer. He and Andrea Martina Niederländer (*1967) have one child.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Felix Martin Fuhry (*2010)

2.2.....Bernd Michael Fuhry (*1973)

7.7.....Christina Maria Fuhry (*1941)

Christina Maria "Christel" Fuhry was married on 26.12.1964 to Maurice Mathew "Mike" O'Shea (*1932 Williamsburg USA). Maurice was an officer in the U.S. Army. They are Katholische.

Mike, Thomas, John and Christel O'Shea, 1992

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Children: (2)

2.1.....John George O'Shea (*1965)

John married Kinsey Jean Row (*1980) on 11.06.2005.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Patrick Bailey O'Shea (*2008)

2.1.....William Burkett O'Shea (*2010)

2.2.....Thomas James O'Shea (*1969)

Thomas and Nicole Michele McGee (*1972) were married on 17 Nov 2007.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Sabine Cole O'Shea (*2008)

2.1.....Henry Thomas O'Shea (*2010)

4.4.....Johann Schmitt (*8.6.1900, +4.6.1980)

Johann Schmitt "Hans" married Veronika Kaltenthaler (*4.4.1908, +12.3.2003 Mainz). The wedding was 23.11.1931 in Herrnsheim. The family lived at Hafenstraße 4 in Mainz. The death date for Hans is uncertain. Perhaps it should be 4.6.1970?

Hans Schmitt Family

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Children: (4)

4.1.....Adam Schmitt (*1935 Mainz)

Adam Schmitt on 15 August 1960 married Ingrid Huth (*1940 Mainz). They live at Münsterstraße 27 in Mainz. Adam and Ingrid both work in banking.

Children: (1)

4.1.....Irene Schmitt (*1962 Mainz)

4.2.....Richard Schmitt (*1937 Mainz)

Richard Schmitt married Doris Hofmann (*1940 Viernheim). They were married in Viernheim the 4th of January, 1966. They live at Ann Rübertsberg 12 in Bingerbrück. Richard is a degreed engineer, Doris a teacher.

4.3.....Werner Schmitt (*1942 Mainz)

Werner Schmitt married Ursula Mildau (*1944 Speyer) on 25 Jan 1967. Both Werner and Ursula are teachers. They live at Rheinhauserstraße 17 in Speyer. They have twin daughters.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Ulrike Schmitt (*1970 Mainz)

2.2.....Sabine Schmitt (*1970 Mainz)

Sabine and Sebastian Walz (*1971) were married 26 Feb 2006.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Carla Walz (*2008 Mainz)

2.2.....Max (*2011 Mainz)

4.4.....Hans Peter Schmitt (*1950 Mainz)

Hans Peter Schmitt married Brigitte Urban (*1967). They were married 24 October 1981. Hans-Peter is a jurist, Brigitte medical assistant.

Children: (1)

2.1.....Alexa Schmitt (*1982 Mainz)

2.1.....Jonas Schmitt (*1987 Mainz)

Catharina Schembs (*21.05.1832 Herrnsheim)2.3.6/2

Catharina Schembs was married on 27.11.1855 to Philipp Kaltenthaler (*1818 ).

Elisabeth Schembs (*25.10.1834 Herrnsheim)2.3.6/3

Elisabeth Schembs married on 26.11.1857 Carl Arnheiter (*1826, +09.12.1882 Offstein). We do not have the birth record for Elisabeth. The marriage record, however, clearly identifies her parents as Philipp and Theresia Beckerle Schembs. Carl (Carolus in Latin) was the son of Anton and Catharina Berschinger Arnheiter. the ceremony was in the Catholic Church in Herrnsheim. Carl died in the village of Offstein, about 6 Km to the west of Worms. He was a school teacher in the village. They undoubtedly lived there as well.

Little information about Elisabeth and Carl has been found. Three of their children were discovered due to their immigration records and documentation in Amerika, not from German records. Their son Hans was found in a German record as a teacher in Bad Dürkheim, Pfalz.

The family name "Arnheiter" is not common. This makes genealogical research much easier, until the family name is mis-spelled in records and cannot be found. But the name is unusual in both Germany and Amerika. We believe we have found most of the descendants as a result.

As seen below, most of the German-born descendants of Elisabeth and Carl emigrated to Amerika. Click on this LINK to see the list of all the Emigrants.

The story of Elisabeth Schembs and Carl Arnheiter is interesting in the respect that their line almost disappeared. Elisabeth and Carl had 4 children. These four produced 14 grandchildren. These 14 grandchildren only produced 8 great-grandchildren, who then produced 2 great-great-grandchildren. But these 2 great-greats produced at least 7 great-great-great-grandchildren for Elisabeth and Carl. And the 7 have resulted in at least 12 great-great-great-great-grandchildren. The family will live on! It is possible, perhaps even likely, that William (*1934) and Karen (*1952) Arnheiter have added to these numbers.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Theresa Arnheiter (*about 1860, +09.06.1912 Boston MA USA)

We have no record of the birth of Theresa. Her death certificate confirms that she is the daughter of Elisabeth and Carl Arnheiter and gives her age at death of forty-nine years. But this would make her fifteen at the time of her marriage. Marriage this young was not common in Deutschland at the time. So about 1860 is a best guess, as she would then have been eighteen years old when she was married. Theresa was married 31 August 1878 to Friedrich "Fritz" Thomy (*09.12.1854 Frankenthal, Pfalz). The ceremony was at Sankt Dreifaltigkeit (Saint Trinity) Catholic Church in Frankenthal, Pfalz. Frankenthal is about 6 Km (4 miles) south of Worms. It apparently was the home of the Thomy family, as this was the church in which Friedrich was baptised.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Unknown (*??)

Nothing is known of this child.

4.2.....Catherine Thomy (*1.10.1881 Frankenthal, Pfalz)

From her passport application in 1921 we can see the date of Catherine's birth. Also that she emigrated in 1901 which would have been with her parents.

Frederich Ernst Muehleder (*1877)

Catherine married Frederick Ernst Muehleder (*25.07.1877, +after 1940). Frederick had emigrated from Germany in 1904. They were married in about 1906 in Brooklyn. Frederick has been born Friedrich in Germany but appears to have changed the spelling of his given name soon after immigrating into Amerika.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Frederick Ernest Muehleder (*10.01.1908 USA, +06.08.1908 Brooklyn NY)

2.2.....Frederick Wilhelm Karl Muehleder (*12.01.1912 Boston MA, +1971)

Frederick Wilhelm married Catherine M.C. Carter (*1913 NY). We are aware of no children.

4.3.....Frederick Thomy (*10.10.1883 Frankenthal Pfalz, +1956)

4.4.....Eugene Thomy (*1886, +09.1969)

Eugene and his brother Frederick both changed the spelling of their family name from Thomy to Thomey as seen in their emigrant chapter. They both married two times. Neither had children.

We do not have the passenger list for their emigration. Based upon the 1910 United States Census, it is probable that Theresa and Fritz emigrated with their daughter Catherine and son Eugene, while son Frederick stayed in Germany and emigrated a year later. There are numerous records confirming Frederick's (*1883) emigration in 1902. Frederick (*1883) was eighteen when his parents emigrated and nineteen when he followed.

Emigrants to New York, NY USA
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Theresa Arnheiter Thomy (*~1863), emigrated 1901
Catherine Thomy Muehleder (*1881), emigrated 1901
Frederick Thomy Jr. (*1883), emigrated 1902
Eugene Thomy (*1886), emigrated 1901

4.2.....Karl Arnheiter (*1866)

Karl was first married to Susanna Hammerstein. The couple had at least five children, perhaps more. While no record has been located, Karl emigrated to Amerika before 1909 for in that year he was living in New York City. Susanna was living in Worms. They were probably divorced by this time.

The five known children of Karl Arnheiter all emigrated, beginning in 1909. Rather than having separate Emigrant Chapters for each, they are combined in the Chapter for Karl (*1866). All five children emigrated alone (not with any of their siblings) and all at about the age of twenty.

Children: (5)

5.1.....Elisabeth "Else" Arnheiter (*1892 Germany, +Amerika)

Else emigrated in 1910 with her Uncle Anton (*1868). She later married Fritz "Fred" Tenscherz (*1883 Germany, +27.07.1935 Pulaski, Arkansas)

5.2.....Anton Arnheiter (*21.01.1893 Worms, +after 1940, Amerika)

It is from the immigration record of Anton in February 1909 that we know his father was already in New York. The "Arrival Contact Name" is Karl Arnheiter, Father. Anton married twice. From his first marriage to Ruth Hiser (*1887, +1967) he had one child.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Ruth Marcella Arnheiter (*17.04.1920 Indiana, +11.06.2015 East Germantown IN)

Marcella married Paul Carter (*3.10.1912, +9.05.1998). They were the parents of two children and grandparents of seven.

5.3.....Karl Arnheiter (*1894 Germany, +1975 Detroit MI)

Karl was the third of his siblings to emigrate. He passed through Ellis Island on 23 September 1913. He did not marry.

5.4.....Mathilde Arnheiter (*30.11.1898 Germany, +April 1970 Little Rock, Arkansas)

Mathilde was the fourth of the children to emigrate. She arrived in Amerika on 26 November 1923. Her Aunt Anni Pfaller was the contact person upon her arrival. Mathilde was 24 years old at the time and single. She did not marry.

5.5.....Johann "Hans" Arnheiter (*15.06.1900 Worms, +07.06.1983 Nassau Cty, New York)

Hans was the last of the siblings to emigrate, arriving in New York in August 1924. At about age 30 Hans married a woman by the name of Anna (*1887 Schwetzingen Baden, +1982 Nassau NY). We are aware of no children.

Emigrants to New York, NY USA
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Karl Arnheiter (*1866), emigrated ~1906
Elisabeth Arnheiter (*1892), emigrated 1910
Anton Arnheiter (*1893), emigrated 1909
Carl Arnheiter (*1894), emigrated 1911
Mathilde Arnheiter (*1898), emigrated 1923
Hans "John" Arnheiter (*1900), emigrated 1924

4.3.....Anton Arnheiter (*11.04.1868, +1946)

Anton and Maria Anna Fink (*28.06.1871 Bavaria, +1.09.1938 Manhattan NY) married in Germany in 1892. Anton emigrated, arriving in New York City on 29 September 1895.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Johanna Arnheiter (*14.03.1895 Germany, +05.1972 New York)

Johanna was born six months before her father emigrated in 1895. She and her mother stayed in Germany, emigrating the following year. In October 1924 Johanna and Wenzell Wajerski (*28.09.1894 Schmentau Prussia (today Poland), +01.1966 Brooklyn NY) were married in Manhattan. They were both 29 years old.

Emigrants to New York, NY USA
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Anton Arnheiter (*1868), emigrated 1895
Johanna Arnheiter (*1895), emigrated 1896

Children: (2)

2.1.....Alvine Wajerski (*20.07.1926 New York, +30.04.1939 Brooklyn)

Alvine died at the age of twelve. She is buried with her grandmother and mother.

2.2.....Pearl Wajerski (*11.08.1928 NY, +18.12.1928 Manhattan NY)

Pearl passed away at the age of four months.

2.2.....Karl Anton Arnheiter (*11.05.1903 Manhattan NY, +13.05.1903 Manhattan NY)

4.4.....Hans Arnheiter (*~1870-1875)

While Hans' birth date and location are not known, the birth years of his kids suggests he was the youngest child of Carl and Elisabeth Schembs Arnheiter, born about 1870-1875. Almost everything we know of Hans and his wife Katharina comes from the American records of their children.

Hans, the fourth child of Elisabeth and Carl Arnheiter (*1826), did not emigrate. He married Katharina Wengert. In fact their existence is pieced together from the stories of their children, all four of whom emigrated.

We know Hans (*1870-1875) was the son of Carl and Elisabeth Schembs Arnheiter from the immigration records of their children. The records reference the other children of Carl and Elisabeth as their aunts and uncles.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Eugenie Arnheiter (16.03.1901 Bad Dürkheim, +07.1979 Europe)

Eugenie and Johannes "John" Cera (*27.03.1892 Linden, Hannover Germany, +05.07.1953 New York) married in Germany. She was processed through the immigration station at Ellis Island in New York on 3 March 1923 from the ship SS George Washington. Johannes Cera followed Eugenie in emigrating two months after her, but on the same vessel.

Children: (1)

1.1.....John Charles Cera (*3.8.1924, +22.11.1953)

At the time of his enlistment in the U.S. Army on 23 March 1943 John Jr. was nineteen years old and single.

4.2.....Armin Arnheiter (*07.07.1902 Bad Dürkheim, +10.1968 Europe)

Armin immigrated on 11 May 1923 at Ellis Island aboard the ship George Washington. He was 20 years old and single. But he emigrated with his brother-in-law Johannes Cera, age 31, husband of Eugenie. There is a death record for Armin stating that he passed away in Europe in 1968. Perhaps this is correct.

4.3.....Elisabeth Arnheiter (*1904 Bad Dürkheim, +after 1940)

Elisabeth emigrated to New York in 1922 aboard the ship America. In 1928 she married Kurt Bernatz (*09.05.1902 Bad Dürkheim, +26.04.1970 Dade County FL) in Manhattan NY in 1928.

Kurt immigrated through Ellis Island in 1925 from the ship George Washington.

In the FL Death Records is a Johanna N.N. Bernatz (*1908, +1972 Dade County FL). It is likely she was a second wife of Kurt Bernatz.

4.4.....Hans Siegried Arnheiter (*18.05.1908, +4.01.1992)

Hans Siegfried emigrated from Germany in 1928 at the age of twenty. Fifteen years later he was in the U.S. Army in World War II. His enlistment papers identify him as single and living on Long Island. Sometime during or after the War Hans Siegfried married a woman by the name of Helen (*20.07.1907, +1.08.1962).

Following Helen's death Hans then married for the second time. His new wife's name was Emma Gairing Sieling (*1909, +2002). It was a second marriage for each of them. Emma's first husband was Friedrich Sieling (+1959).

Children: (2) From the marriage with Helen

2.1.....William Arnheiter (*17.08.1934 USA, +8.07.2007 Tannersville NJ)

2.2.....Karen H. Arnheiter (*01.11.1952)

The Children of Hans Arnheiter
Emigrants to New York, NY USA
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Eugenie Arnheiter (*1901), emigrated 1923
Armin Arnheiter (*1902), emigrated 1923
Elisabeth Arnheiter (*1904), emigrated 1922
Hans Siegfried Arnheiter (*1908), emigrated 1928

Theresia Schembs (*11.05.1837)2.3.6/4

Theresia Schembs was married on 30.10.1863 to Johannes Goertz.

Philipp Schembs (*06.12.1839 Herrnsheim, +05.09.1887 Louisville KY)2.3.6/5

1866 Emigrant to Louisville, KY USA
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Valentin Schembs (*22.11.1842 Herrnsheim)2.3.6/6

Margaretha Schembs (*22.01.1846, +17.10.1846 Herrnsheim2.3.6/7

Johann Philip Schembs (1761-1820)2.4

Johann Philip Schembs was born 10.02.1761. He died 02.05.1820. On 09.01.1787 he married the widow Christina Hauser, nee Weber (*1745, +28.11.1823)

Children: (4)

Anna Maria Schembs (*06.01.1788 Herrnsheim)2.4.1

Agnes Schembs (*02.06.1789, +03.02.1790 Herrnsheim)2.4.2

Andreas Schembs (*27.05.1791, +27.05.1791 Herrnsheim)2.4.3

Catharina Schembs (*27.01.1793, +08.04.1795 Herrnsheim)2.4.4

Adam Peter Schembs (*22.02.1763)2.5

Johannes Schembs (*17.12.1764, +28.10.1781)2.6

Anna Maria Schembs (*07.11.1766, +1778)2.7

Maria Agnes Schembs (*06.02.1769, 23.04.1833)2.8

Maria Agnes Schembs was married in 1800 to Joseph Amer

Children: (1)

Elisabetha Amer (*27.02.1802 Stetten)2.8.1

Anton Schembs (*10.05.1771, +17.03.1777)2.9

Catharina Schembs (*30.01.1776 Herrnsheim)2.10

Catharina Schembs was married on 02.06.1795 in Herrnsheim to the widower Peter Diether Faber.

Children: (1)

Francisca Faber (*15.06.1798 Herrnsheim)2.10.1

Maria Anna Schembs (*10.03.1778, +21.03.1778)2.11

Andreas Schembs (1725-1796)

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