The DESCENDANTS of HERMANN SCHÖMBS (*1666)

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Hermann Schömbs (1666-1718)2.1

Overview:

Hermann Schömbs was born in 1666. His birthplace is not known, as we do not know where the Schömbs family lived prior to moving to Undenheim. The birthyear is learned from the entry (Churchbook Undenheim 15 May 1718) that he was 52 years old when he died in 1718. In 1695 Hermann Schömbs became mayor of Undenheim. He was the first Schömbs to hold the position of mayor and he was the first Catholic mayor since the Reformation. In the literature of Undenheim by the researcher Dr. Curschmann, it is mentioned many times of Hermann performing his official duties. For example, in the year 1706 Herman borrowed money which many years later led to a dispute. He received the amount of 64 Gulden in that year. The lender was the so-called "Reformierte Almosen", or Reformed Charities. But Hermann was not a reformed Catholic. Three Gulden and 12 Kreutzer was due annually as interest, but it was never received by the Reformed, apparently. It turned out that Hermann had made the payments to a Catholic priest, but they had not been passed along to the Reformierte Almosen. In 1718 in the year of his death Hermann paid the money back to the Charity.

Gravestone witness of the past in the Undenheim Cultural Museum
left: Gravestone of Hermann Schömbs
right: Stone coat of arms of the Wagenknecht family

I (Reinhold) in 2011 discovered the fragment of the gravestone of Hermann Schömbs in the cultural museum in Undenheim. In 1954 the stone had been found in a school basement but not identified until some time later by the local historian Walter Schwamb and made available to the public. The existence of this ancient stone is a great treasure of our family history.

	The inscription on the gravestone sates: S)CHULT(heiss Ge)RICHTSM:MAN.VN(d BL)UT.SchEFFEN, VUND S)TEIN.SETZER.SEIN A)LTER. 52 JAHR. ZU VNDENHEIM
Fragment of the Gravestone of Hermann Schömbs (*1666), from the year 1718

Hermann Schömbs married Elisabetha. Her maiden name is not known, nor is their wedding date. In his second marriage Hermann wed Anna Margaretha (*1670, +21.04.1744 Undenheim), a Lutheran. It is not known at this time which children were the products of which wives. The first two children were born in Undenheim, the third in Gabsheim in 1697. Perhaps Hermann lived for a short time in Gabsheim, a few kilometers from Undenheim. In the Family Tree all the children are included under Anna Margaretha until more is known.

Death record for Hermann Schömbs in the Catholic Churchbook Undenheim (1718)

C h i l d r e n : (9)

Maria Eva Schömbs (*um 1694 Undenheim)2.1.1

Previously found was a record indicating a birthdate for Maria Eva of 20.02.1701. However the Undenheim historian Walter Schwamb says the birthdate is about 1694, which is now used here.

Maria Margarete Schömbs (*um 1695 Undenheim)2.1.2

Similarly one record suggests a birthdate of 09.09.1703. However Walter Schwamb says the birthdate is about 1695, which is used here.

Johannes Mathäus Schömbs (*11.11.1697 Gabsheim, +18.12.1772 Undenheim)2.1.3

Like his father Johann Mathäus was mayor of Undenheim. His tenure in office spanned from 1743 to 1772. From 1725-1742 he was Gerichtsmann, sitting on the town court in judgment of legal and other matters.

On 26 July 1724 Joh. Mathäus Schömbs married Anna Maria Dapper (*1697, +26.08.1777 Undenheim) in Undenheim. Witness was Peter Escher. The family lived at Schulstraße Nr. 6 (formerly Mainzer Straße).

Children: (9)

Katharina Elisabeth Schömbs (*26.04.1725, +15.05.1728)2.1.3/1

The godmother at the christening was Catharina Elisabeth Diel, Wörrstadt.

Johannes Schömbs (*10.10.1726, +22.11.1774 Undenheim) 2.1.3/2

Godfather was Johannes Schömbs, son of Joh. Heinrich Schömbs. Johannes Schömbs, like most of the Schömbs, became a farmer. He too later became the farmer manager of St. Albans, and assumed the big responsibilities which went with the position.

Johannes married Anna Margareta Andretsch in Gabsheim on 27 November, 1758.

Children: (7)

7.1.... Anna Margaretha Schömbs (*19.06.1760 Undenheim, +13.09.1789 Undenheim)

Godmother was Anna Margaretha Andretsch of Gabsheim. Anna Margaretha married Valentin Geist (*14.12.1753 Undenheim), a master baker on 11 April 1782. They had three children. After the death of Anna Margaretha in 1789 Valentin remarried. His second wife was Dorothea Degünther from Dolgesheim. Valentin had three more children with Dorothea.

Children (3):

3.1.... Johannes Geist (*06.03.1783 Undenheim)

Godfather was Jakob Schömbs.

3.2.... Jakob Valentin Geist (*05.02.1785, + 01.01.1847)

Jakob was like his father a master baker. He married Elisabeth Loos (*16.10.1777, +04.07.1855 Undenheim). They had between 1815 and 1825 five children.

Children (5):

5.1.... Wilhelm Geist

5.2.... Christina Geist

5.3.... Elisabeth Geist

5.4.... Maria Geist

5.5.... Elisabeth Geist

3.3.... Katharina Geist (*24.10.1788, + 09.12.1854 Undenheim)

Katharina Geist had one child out of wedlock.

Children (1):

1.1.... Jakob Geist (*30.04.1819 Undenheim)

7.2.... Anna Katharina Schömbs (*31.07.1762 Undenheim, +02.12.1827 Undenheim)

Godmother was Anna Katharina Schömbs. Katharina Schömbs married on 10.06.1794 in Undenheim the farmer Laurentius Kämmerer (*27.02.1770, +06.01.1808 Undenheim). They lived at Tränkgasse 2.

Confirmation of the family of Anna Katharina comes from the record of her death (see Link above) and it's translation. The death record and much of the additional information on this family branch comes from Elsa Vorwerk who has a large website on her ancestry.

Children (6):

6.1.... Katharina Gertrud Kämmerer (*27.02.1795 Undenheim, +01.09.1798 Undenheim)

Godmother was Gertrud Schömbs.

6.2.... Anna Maria Kämmerer (*23.07.1796 Undenheim)

6.3.... Valentin Kämmerer (*12.07.1798, +17.11.1841 Undenheim)

Valentin married Maria Manz (1801 – 1836). They had three sons between 1827 and 1836.

Children (3):

3.1.... Johann Kämmerer (*16.11.1827 Undenheim, +6.02.1912 Niagara Falls NY)

When Johannes was fourteen and his brother Valentin eleven their father died, leaving them orphans. Their mother Anna Maria had passed away five years earlier. The young brothers traveled the short distance to Biebelnheim, where they were taken in by the family of the Schneider (tailor) Johann Jacob Dexheimer as apprentices.

1850 Emigrant to New York City
Click for the Story of Johann and his Family

Johannes married Anna Elisabetha Dexheimer (*15.09.1821, +4.03.1913) on 8.01.1849 in Biebelnheim. According to family records Johann emigrated to Amerika in 1850. His wife Elizabetha and their two young children emigrated a year later aboard the ship South Carolina, arriving New York 02.05.1851. They lived about twenty years in Manhattan before moving to Suspension Bridge/Buffalo NY.

On the Vorwerk website is substantially more information about Johannes and his family in Amerika.

Children (10):

10.1.... Margaretha Kammerer (*21.02.1848, +23.05.1936)

10.2.... Adam Kammerer (*21.09.1849, +27.04.1911)

10.3.... Philippina Kammerer (*21.06.1852, +04.09.1853)

10.4.... Elizabeth Kammerer (*12.02.1854, +13.02.1937)

10.5.... Susanna Kammerer (*30.11.1855, +15.07.1911)

10.6.... Jacob Andrea Kammerer (*08.12.1857, +16.01.1921)

10.7.... Philippina Kammerer (*06.04.1860, +22.07.1942)

10.8.... Katrina Kammerer (*11.02.1862, +08.07.1928)

10.9.... Anna Marie Kammerer (*27.06.1864, +15.02.1951)

10.10.... Helen Kammerer (*18.11.1866, +18.03.1955)

3.2.... Valentin Kämmerer (*8.09.1830 Undenheim, +1852)

Godfather of Valentin was Valentin Schömbs. Family oral history has Valentin dying in NYC in 1852, two years before the family emigrated. He probably died in Germany.

3.3.... Jakob Kämmerer (*9.09.1836, +6.06.1837 Undenheim)

Jakob, a third son, died before his first birthday.

6.4.... Elisabeth Kämmerer (*24.04.1800, +01.01.1808 Undenheim)

6.5.... Johannes Kämmerer (*02.11.1801 Undenheim, +27.07.1823 Undenheim)

6.6.... Georg Kämmerer (*08.11.1803 Undenheim)

7.3.... Maria Anna Schömbs (*22.04.1765 Undenheim)

Godmother was the grandmother Anna Schömbs, wife of Mathäus Schömbs.

7.4.... Anna Maria Schömbs (*01.06.1768 Undenheim, +18.03.1769 Undenheim).

Godmother was Anna Maria Zetti.

7.5.... Gertrudis Schömbs (*07.04.1770 Undenheim, +26.02.1819)

Godmother was Gertrudis Hilsdorff, Gabsheim.

Children: (1)

1.1..... Conrad (*04.06.1805 illegitim, +15.09.1805 Gabsheim)

7.6.... Johann Schömbs I. (*10.09.1771 Undenheim, +13.09.1841)

Godfather was Johannes Diel, Gabsheim. Johann Schömbs married on 8 October 1793 Katharina Lahr (*24.06.1775 Undenheim, +23.07.1834 Undenheim). Walter Schwamb, Undenheim historian, comments in his book that since Johann and Katharina were cousins they sought and received the permission of the Bishop to marry.

They lived first at Unterstraße 134, later at Oppenheimer Straße 158.

Children: (12)

12.1.... Anna Katharina Schömbs (*28.01.1794 Undenheim, +10.02.1794)

12.2.... Johann Georg Schömbs (*09.12.1795 Undenheim, +20.10.1834 Eimsheim and the church record)

Godfather was Georg Wirth, schoolmaster and court scribe.
Johann Georg Schömbs heiratete am 24.05.1825 in Weinolsheim Catharina Rauschkolb.

It is interesting to note in the civil records in Weinolsheim/Eimsheim that the family name is spelled "Schembs". In contrast the church records in these towns during this same period spelled the name "Schems", "Schoembs" and "Schömbs".

Kinder: (4)

4.1....Mathäus Schömbs (*1.10.1818 Eimsheim)

Mathäus Schömbs has been a challenging person to research. His birth does not appear in the Eimsheim/Weinolsheim churchbook. There is, however, the civil record of his birth in 1818. If one looks at the transcription and then the English summary of the record, it states that Mathäus was born out of wedlock and does not name the father, only Catharina Rauschkolb, the mother.

Then six years later Catharina gave birth to Caspar Schömbs (*1824), also out of wedlock. Still one year later in 1825 Catharina Rauschkolb and Johann Georg Schömbs (*1795) were married. It is not certain that Johann Georg Schömbs (*1795) is the natural father of Mathäus (*1818).

COMMENT: From the Webseite www.kleinhanss-web.de of Arno Kleinhanß we have the parents of Mathäus (*~1828) als Matthaus Schembs/Schömbs und Katharina Rauschkolb. We have been unable to contact Arno to ask the source of this information.

Mathäus Schömbs married (Heiratsregister) on 08.02.1849 in Weinolsheim/Eimsheim Margaretha Kleinhans (*30.10.1825 Eimsheim), the daughter of Johann Georg Kleinhans and Clara Gruber.

Kinder: (6)

6.1....Georg Schömbs (*02.02.1850 Eimsheim and 02.02.1850, +after 1853)

6.2....Anna Maria Schömbs (*08.06.1852 Weinolsheim)

In 1853 Mathäus, Margaretha and their two children sailed to Amerika aboard the American bark (ship) Sea Duck. Their names are entered in the passenger list for the Sea Duck. With the Schömbs family was a Kleinhanß family of nine. It is fairly certain that Elisabeth (*1815) and Franz (*1831) on the passenger list were half-siblings of Margaretha. Margaretha's father Georg Kleinhanß married three times and had children from all three wives.

1853 Emigrant to New York City
Click for the Story of Mathias and his Family

6.3.....Frances K. Catherine Schoembs (*~1854 New York NY)

6.4.....Henry Schoembs (*Nov 1856 New York NY)

It is from the marriage record of Henry Schoembs that we confirm this family to be the emigrants of 1853 and also Matthew Schoembs to be Mathäus Schömbs (*1818), the son of Johann Georg Schömbs (*1795) and Catharina Rauschkolb.

6.5.....Jacob Schoembs (*10.06.1859 New York NY)

6.6.....Lena Schoembs (*.03.1867 New York NY)

4.2....Caspar Schömbs (*20.11.1824 Weinolsheim, +11.11.1851 Eimsheim)

4.3....Christina Schömbs (*22.05.1827 Weinolsheim)

On 22.01.1857 Christina Schömbs was married to Jacob Becker (*25.03.1828 Eimsheim), son of Johann and Anna Margaretha Kohlmann Becker.

4.4....Andreas Schömbs (*22.02.1831 Weinolsheim)

On 29.12.1859 in Eimsheim Andreas was married to Gertruad Schleifer (* Hillesheim). Later in his second marriage on 10.06.1865 in Eimsheim he and Maria Katherina Kohlmann married. Then after the death of Andreas Schömbs she and Wilhelm Zimmermann were married.

12.3.... Anton Schömbs (*1796 Undenheim)

12.4.... Johannes Schömbs (*13.09.1798 Undenheim, +17.08.1799 Undenheim)

12.5.... Kaspar Schömbs (*27.12.1800 Undenheim)

Kaspar and Maria Margaretha Mayerhöfer (*1789) married. We know this from the Catholic Church record of the marriage of their son Jacob.

Children: (1)

1.1....Jacob Schömbs (*18.06.1826 Spiesheim)

Jacob married Barbara Escher. The wedding took place on 10 June 1858 as seen from the Church record. Also shown are the parents of Jacob, Kaspar and Maria Mayerhöfer Schömbs. The Churchbook pages translated to English.

Children: (2)

2.1....Georg Schömbs (*03.04.1859 Spiesheim translation, +28.05.1940 Buffalo NY USA)

In 2013 we thought we had solved the riddle of Georg Schömbs who emigrated and settled in Buffalo, New York. The original 2013 information had come from a website named mundia.com. But the website no longer existed and it was not possible to contact the contributor of the information.

Now in 2024 thanks to the research of Amanda Marx, and supplemented by Reinhold Schembs, the history has been re-written. Follow the Link below about the 1882 emigrant to Buffalo NY for the full story

Note that the birthdate as given on the translated certificate of his birth matches exactly the birthdate given on his death certificate.

But also note that the death certificate, the information for which was supposedly provided by his wife Elizabeth, was erroneous in other places: the name of Georg's father; and the name of his mother "unknown". But as is told in the follow on story in the Link below, Georg wanted to leave his German memories behind. He never talked to his family, including apparently his wife, about the old country. The only thing he brought with himself was his birthdate.

Georg met and married Elizabeth Blank (*23.11.1867 Buffalo, +18.07.1953 Buffalo), the daughter of Prussian emigrants who had previously settled in Buffalo.

Children: (7)

7.1.....Elmer George Schoembs (*22.09.1892 Buffalo, +10.11.1978 Buffalo)

7.2.....Clara Mary Barbara Schoembs (*3.09.1894 Buffalo, +29.02.1976)

7.3.....George John Schoembs (*9.08.1896, +14.09.1943)

7.4.....Miles Frank Schoembs (*31.08.1898, +6.12.1970)

7.5.....Albert Jacob Schoembs (*2.01.1902 Buffalo, +2.09.1966 Ruskin FL)

7.6.....Anna Margaret Schoembs (*1904, +2004)

7.7.....Ralph James Schoembs (*28.02.1910, +18.03.1984)

1882 Emigrant to Buffalo NY USA
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2.2....Philippina Schömbs (*ca. 1864, +01.07.1925 Köngernheim)

Philippina married Jacob Werle (*um 1859 Friesenheim) on 25 Juni 1892.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Theresia Werle (*05.01.1894 Köngernheim)

3.2.....Catharina Werle (*~1895 Köngernheim), +25.05.1896 Köngernheim)

3.3.....Georg Werle (*08.04.1897 Köngernheim)

On 21.04.1923 in Köngernheim Georg and Sophia Lahr married.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Jakob Heinrich Werle (*23.05.1925 Köngernheim)

12.6.... Juliana Schömbs (*10.09.1802 Undenheim)

12.7.... Katharina Schömbs (*14.06.1805 Undenheim, +13.05.1805)

12.8.... Maria Schömbs (*02.06.1807 Undenheim)

12.9.... Philipp Schömbs (*1810 Undenheim, +01.04.1832 Undenheim)

In 1867 the town of Sörgenloch presented to Philipp Schömbs the recently completed dance hall in the community building. (Spieß: Nieder-Olm, der Raum der Verbandsgemeinde Nieder-Olm in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Seite 352). Presumably this is the same Philipp Schömbs.

12.10... Anton Schömbs (*30.09.1812 Undenheim, +27.04.1873).

Godfather was Johann Heller. Anton Schömbs was twice married. The first marriage was to Catharina Lang. The second was on 14 September 1845 in Nackenheim with Maria Theresia Orth (*1816, +23.11.1885 Nackenheim) from Lörzweiler. Witnesses were Paul Herd III. and Adam Orth. As can be seen in the following attachment, the family home in Nachenheim burned in 1844.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Paul Schömbs (*24.12.1843, +24.05.1844 Nackenheim)

Godfather was Paul Reitz.

3.2.....Eva Schömbs (*20.09.1846 Nackenheim)

Taufpatin war Eva Herdt. Eva Schömbs heiratete Valentin Hensel.

Children: (6)

6.1.....Franz Hensel (*09.10.1869 Nackenheim)

6.2.....Theresia Hensel (*05.12.1872 Nackenheim)

6.3.....Valentin Hensel (*24.03.1875 Nackenheim)

6.4.....Heinrich Hensel (*24.05.1877 Nackenheim)

6.5.....Barbara Hensel (*22.03.1882 Nackenheim)

6.6.....Catharina Hensel (*26.10.1879 Nackenheim)

3.3.....Franz Schömbs (*10.03.1851 Nackenheim)

Franz Schömbs (*1851)
with son Jean Simon (*1882)

Godfather was Franz Orth, Lörzweiler.

Franz Schömbs was a shoemaker by trade. Earlier he had worked in the vineyards.

Franz married Louisa Becker in Nackenheim on 30 April 1875. Witnesses were Martin Becker und Valentin Hensch.

Children: (13)

13.1...Franz Schömbs sen. (*1875 Nackenheim, +ca. 1965 Worms)

Franz Schömbs married Bertha Wagner in Straßbourg.

Franz Schömbs sen. and Bertha Wagner

Franz Schömbs was a merchant by occupation. They lived for some time after the marriage in Staßbourg where he was director of the harbor there. Later the family lived in Neustadt/Weinstraße and still later in Mannheim, where they were bombed out in 1943. After the War Franz lived until his death in Worms.

Children: (4)

4.1....Eleonore Schömbs (*1901, +1995 Mannheim)

Eleonore Schömbs did not marry.

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4.2.....Franz Schömbs jun. (*29.05.1909 Mannheim, +10.04.1976 München)

Franz Schömbs married Anneliese Wurster (*1920).

Franz Schömbs jun.

Franz Jr. first studied graphics and writing after the visit of his high school (Gymnasium) to the Meisterschule (school of masters) in Kaiserslautern. He followed a study of photographic art in Karlsruhe with a photographer. Foreign travels led him to the art centers of Rotterdam, Paris, Rome, Naples, Florence and Venice. The impressions he experienced influenced him greatly. Over the next thirty years he painted much in the abstract.

He spent much intense time with the effects and possibilities of pure color usage in the paintings and with their harmony (interplay of time, area and color). With his ideas and visions he was ahead of his time. He later named his art theory "Ergonik." In the company of many experimental friends, he had the courage to pursue new ways of artistic work including the use of film as a medium. By 1937 he was experimenting with the structure of space and time, and therefore motion. These considerations led first to animation frames and to process these into experimental cartoons.


Franz Schömbs in his "Trick Film Studio"	Franz at work in his Munich Atelier

In 1943 he made his first film "Geburt des Lichts" (Birth of the Light). For this and his second film "Opuscula" he developed costly reception equipment. The so-called optical Integrator enabled multiple exposures to be layered on top of one another into a picture strip. The films showed colored movement compositions in the abstract by Franz Schömbs.

Possibly Franz Schömbs inherited his artistic talents from his mother. Stories are told of her performances as a stage actress.

His studio was destroyed in 1943 in an allied bombing attack, with his many designs and materials. In 1946 he received a new studio in the Mannheimer Schloß (Mannheim Palace), which had also been a casualty of bombings. Since it was barely heated, the paint would freeze in the brush as he painted. Then in 1948 he moved to new quarters in the uppermost floor of the Mannheim Observatory where he continued his work. It was here that his two daughters were born.

RHEIN-NECKAR Newspaper
"Excerpt from the Mannheimer Morgen, Morgenweb" (2013)

With 1962, and after the color film "Den einsamen allen", Franz Schömbs directed his artistic interests into dance-like studies, silhouettes and abstract motion themes involving rhythm, color compositions and form variations.

Franz Schömbs was acknowledged by the art profession for his thought provoking abstract creations and invention of the painted art film. In 1947 he held a showing in Mannheim: "Das Publikum war verblüfft und verstand nichts". The public, however, was perplexed and understood nothing of his work. Most people undoubtedly had no prior experience in seeing and dealing with abstract art and film.

Article about Franz Schömbs in the "Frankfurter Rundschau" (1996)

Also in the Bavarian city of Munich, where Franz Schömbs presented a Premier of "Geburt des Lichts," the public responded with catcalls and shock even though the film was to receive critical praise -- "Besonders wertvoll" or "especially valuable." His work in Munich as painter and film-maker continued into 1964/1965 with involvement in the filming of the "Triadischen Balletts" by Oskar Schlemmer. In 1971 his work was recognized and appreciated in a big showing at the Völkerkundemuseum (ethnology museum) in Munich.

Exhibition of Paintings by Franz Schömbs

Newspaper Article about the abstract Altar
designed by Franz Schömbs (1991)

The cinematic works of Franz Schömbs are today a part of the collections of the German film-museum in Frankfurt. A ceremony honoring and commemorating his work took place in 1996 at the Deutschen Filmmuseum (German Film Museum). The last showing of his works was in 1999 in his hometown of Mannheim.

In 2009 an event was held in the Frankfurt Film Museum celebrating Franz on his 100th birthday. On Wikipedia is a detailed article about Franz Schömbs.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Beate Schömbs (*1948)

Beate Schömbs married Peter Riexinger, but the marriage ended in divorce. Beate lives today in Cork, Ireland. She goes by Riexinger Schömbs.

2nd from right: Beate with family and cousins

Children: (2)

2.1.....Beatrice "Bea" Riexinger (*1975 Augsburg)

Bea was until June 2002 married to Holgar Burgarth (*1975 Landsberg am Lech). They had one child.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Tristan Thor Burgarth (*1999 München)

With her partner Gábor Sobor (*1966 Budapest) she also has a daughter.

2.2.....Fineena Freya Riexinger (*2006 Frankfurt am Main)

2.2.....Caroline Riexinger (*1979 Augsburg)

2.2.....Cornelia Schömbs (*1950)

Cornelia Schömbs with son Georg
at Schömbs 2005

Cornelia Schömbs married Thomas Ahbel (17.04.1950 München, +01.07.2002). Cornelia has since re-married.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Georg Ahbel (*1976 München)

Georg and Jasna Balog (*8.03.1975 Limburg) married. They have a daughter. Georg is a contractor in the field of computer network security, doing much of his work in 2023 for a large Israeli company.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Luisa Balog (*6.05.2013 Vienna Austria)

3.2.....Isabell Ahbel (*1978 Gräfelfing bei München)

3.3.....Nicole Ahbel (*1983 Frankfurt am Main)

4.3.....Bernhard Schoembs (*1910, +1988)

Bernhard Schoembs, who did not use the surname "Schömbs" as did his siblings, lived in Regensburg.

Brothers Bernhard Schömbs (right)
and Franz Schömbs (left) ca. 1914

Children: (2)

2.1.....Dr. Rolf Schoembs (*ca. 1947, +1994)

Dr. Rolf Schoembs was by profession an astro-physicist. He worked at the weather station and at the Wendelstein Observatory in the Alps. In his will he bequeathed part of his wealth to a development project in India (Bengal). In gratitude there is a village school named for him (see note in Chapter A, paragraph 1).

2.2.....Klaus Schoembs (*1950)

Klaus Schoembs lives in Zeitlarn near Regensberg. He is an electronic engineer and operates the business Schoembs Elektronik GmbH. In business since 1972, the company has specialized in test equipment for the automotive industry. Today it lists among its customers BMW, Ford, Rolls Royce, Siemens and Bosch.

4.4.....Rosemarie Schömbs (*22.07.1920)

Rosemarie Schömbs married Edi Kiesl. The family lived in Worms.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Hans Juergen Kiesel (*1944)

3.2.....Klaus Michael Kiesl (*1946)

3.3.....Gabriele Kiesl (*1948)

13.2...Theresia Schömbs (*26.04.1877, +20.04.1970 Nackenheim)

Godmother was Theresia Schömbs. Theresia Schömbs was married 4 November 1902 in Nackenheim to Johannes Gueverk, Lorsok. Witnesses were Franziscus Schömbs and Johann Kemeter.

13.3...Peter Schömbs (*13.05.1879 Nackenheim).

Godfather was Peter Geiberger. Peter Schömbs was married 02.12.1908 to Margaretha Bouffier.

Above: Photo of Nackenheim
Below: Restaurant of Peter Schömbs in Nackenheim

Children: (1)

1.1.....Jacob Hermann Schömbs (*06.01.1910 Nackenheim)

13.4...Paul Schömbs (*10.08.1881, +29.11.1881 Nackenheim)

Godfather was Paul Grünewald.

13.5...Johann Simon "Jean" Schömbs (*04.10.1882 Nachenheim, +09.10.1972 Nackenheim)

Godfather was Simon Schneider. Johann Simon Schömbs was married 12.06.1909 in Mainz to Helene Franziska Windolf.


Jean Simon Schömbs	Helene Windolf

Johann Simon Schömbs was for many years a merchant in a leading position with the Rhenania Rheinschiffahrt, a shipping company. For special merit, he was awarded the Bundestverdienstkreuz.

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Children: (3)

3.1......"Carl" Franz Schömbs (*07.06.1910 Mannheim, +25.09.2001 Mannheim).

Carl Franz Schömbs married Elisabeth (*01.11.1911).

Carl Franz Schömbs was, like his father, a merchant. The family lived in Mannheim. Carl Franz was athletic, active, and well known, serving as second Chairperson of the Mannheim Ruderclub (rowing club). He is a typical Schömbs with his large bodysize. Today he lives in Mannheim in a senior resident home. Elisabeth died as a result of a traffic accident.

Elisabeth and Franz Schömbs (Golden Anniversary, 1987)

Children: (4)

4.1.....Hanns-Peter Schömbs

Hans Peter Schömbs is the owner of the business Carl F. Handelsagentur in Ketsch.

4.2.....Dr. Wolfgang Schömbs (*1939 Mannheim)

Dr. Wolfgang Schömbs

Dr. Wolfgang Schömbs married Elfriede " Elfi" Simon (*1938). He lives in Bad Harzburg and belongs to the "artistic" branch of the family, a special group!

Dr. Wolfgang Schömbs first completed a banking degree, studying economics, psychology and the law. He left his career as a business professional to, in a sense, follow in the footsteps of his father, grandfather and great-grandfather -- into a career in management training first at the Akademie für Führungskräfte der Wirtschaft in Bad Harzburg, and later with his own Institut specializing in the area of coping with stress, communications, conflict resolution and creativity. He has written books on these subjects, for example "Entspannt konzentriert - Stressbewältigung und Leistung - Zen im Alltag" (Relaxed concentration - Stress management and performance - Zen in the daily life). He also has produced casettes and CDs on related topics.

His actual dream since youth had been in music, however. He wanted to be artistically active, but received no support from his father who felt he should pursue a career which could give him financial stability. Despite his professional career, he pursued his hobby of classical and jazz piano. He was largely self-taught in music, but did become a student of jazz-pianist Jasper van Hoft, Jacques Loussier, and others. He integrates the music into his seminars, composes, produces, gives public concerts and initiated the series "Jazz im Schloss" (Jazz in the Castle) in Bad Harzburg.

His special interest is in the synthesis of Classical and Jazz, as in "Play Bach." In music circles he has made a name for himself as "Dr. Jazz Trio", as pianist, arranger and composer, appearing in public concerts.

Today he concentrates his professional career in management training on a selected clientele, in order to fulfill his childhood dreams in music.

Article about "Dr. Jazz" from the "Goslaer Zeitung" (Oktober 2000)

Dr. Wolfgang Schömbs am Flügel
(at "Play Bach", Oktober 2000 in Bad Harzburg)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Gerald Schömbs (*1965)

Gerald Schömbs

Gerald Schömbs moved with the family from Mannheim to Bad Harzburg. After his graduation from high school he immediately held a job as editor of the Goslarschen Zeitung (newspaper). But he left this position to move to Berlin and begin a 20 year tenure as a project manager for a Berlin public relations agency. He and a partner then started their own firm, Schröder & Schömbs Public Relations Ltd. The firm has become known in the industry for its specialization in public events and athletics. Today the firm works with such well known clients as Nike, Siemens, T-D1, Deutsche Bahn, Adidas, Proctor & Gamble, Swatch and Obi. In his free time Gerald enjoys swimming/diving and snowboarding.

2.2.....Dirk Schömbs

Dirk Schömbs married Marion Gessler.

Marion and Dirk Schömbs

Dirk Schömbs has followed the musical branch of the family. Following high school he too was drawn to Berlin and into the world of music there. He first did training in the synchronous-mixer in a film studio. After a position with Bertelsmanns Musik-Label BMG, he today manages promotions for X-Cell-Records / Sony Epic. In this activity he works closely with successful music groups. He studies the charts, keeps in contact with broadcasters, the television industry, and the newspapers to bring the artists up in the charts. In his leisure time Dirk is also involved in music -- composing, writing and producing.

Dirk and his family live in the vicinity of Berlin in Seeburg.

Children: (2)

2.1….. Sarah Victoria Schömbs (*1994)

2.2… Julian Dominic Schömbs (*1996)


Julian Schömbs	Sarah Schömbs with Mother Marion

4.3.....Gunter Schömbs (*26.11.1942 Mannheim)

Gunter Schömbs was active as an accountant (WP) and tax advisor until 2010. He married Heide (*23.06.1944) in 1968. Gunter was president of the Rotary Club Bensheim-Heppenheim. They lived in Bensheim until 2021 and lives now in Lorsch/Hessen.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Marc Gunter Schömbs

Marc Schömbs studied Architecture at the University of Darmstadt. At present he is Board Member of Drees & Sommer S.E., Stuttgart. He married Dr. Juiia Schömbs in 2003.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Philipp Rudolf Schömbs (*22.01.2006)

2.2.....2. Helena Marie Schömbs (*10.09.2008)

2.2.....Heiko Dieter Schömbs (* 16.05.1974 Frankfurt a.M.)

Heiko studied Economics at the University of St. Gallen/Suisse. He was employed with Société Generale S.E. at Frankfurt and is now with CBM Christoffel Blinden Misson Christian Blind Mission, Bensheim. Heiko married Silke Schömbs (*20.07.1971) in 2015.

Children: (2)

2.1.....David Sebastian Schömbs (*09.08.2015 Bensheim)

2.2.....2. Jonas Alexander Schömbs (*19.06.2017 Bensheim)

4.4.....Christa Schömbs

Christa Schömbs married a man named Doss.

Children: (2)

1.1.....Christian Doss

3.2.....Katharina Schömbs (*1915, +1999 Mannheim)

Katharina Schömbs did not marry.

3.3.....Johanna Schömbs (*1918 Mannheim, +2009 Wiesloch)

Johanna Schömbs lived in Mannheim. She married a man by the name of Schenck. Johanna passed away in 2009 at the age of 91.

13.6...Luise Schömbs (*09.01.1885, +1976 Nackenheim)

Luise Schömbs was married to Peter Hubert Plumm (*23.0978). Witnesses were Franz Schömbs and Peter Schömbs.

Children: (1)

Franz Plumm (*1915, +1944)

13.7...Catharina Schömbs (*12.04.1887, +08.08.1975 Nackenheim)

Godmother was Catharina Grünewald. Catharina Schömbs was married on 05.02.1910 winemaker Adam Petry.

Children: (1)

1.1......Peter Franz Petry (*05.08.1911 Nackenheim)

13.8...Dorothea Schömbs(*02.06.1889 Nackenheim)

Godmother was Dorothea Otto. Dorothea Schömbs was married on 18.04.1911 in Mainz to Louis Falk.

13.9...Jacob Schömbs (*07.04.1891 Nackenheim)

Godfathers were Jacob Fitting and Jean Lenz.

13.10. Anna Maria Schömbs (*18.04.1893, +08.07.1893 Nackenheim)

Godmother was Elisabeth Grünewald.

13.11. Johanna Schömbs (*06.10.1894 Nackenheim)

Godmother was Catharina Schömbs. Johanna was married on 22.11.1919 to the butcher Ernst Weis.

13.12. Margaretha Schömbs (*10-03.1896 Nackenheim)

Godmother was Margaretha Orth. Margaretha Schömbs married 27.02.1920 Wilhelm Böker. Godfathers were Franz Schömbs und Franz Böker.

13.13. Anton Schömbs (1899, +1899 Nackenheim)

12.11.... Catharina Schömbs (*17.03.1815 Undenheim, +10.11.1833 Undenheim)

12.12....Valentin Schömbs II. (*09.11.1817 Undenheim, +23.03.1866 Mainz)

Valentin Schömbs, by profession a carpenter, married on 15.02.1841 Margaretha Zimmermann.

Children: (9)

9.1.....Sophia Schömbs (*19.06.1841 Nierstein)

Sophia Schömbs war verheiratet mit Johann Findeis (*1826)

9.2.....Anton Schömbs (*22.12.1842 Nierstein)

Anton Schömbs married on 19.09.1868 in the Mainz Cathedral Theresia Bär.

Probable 1871 Emigrant to San Francisco, California, USA
Click for the Story of Anton Schömbs

Children: (3)

3.1.....Anna K. Schoembs (*1873 Pennsylvania, +1961 San Francisco)

3.2.....Anton Schoembs (*1877, +1919 San Francisco)

3.2.....August "Gus" Schoembs (*1879 San Francisco, +1960)

9.3.... Franz Schömbs (*10.07.1844 Nierstein)

9.4.... Catharina Schömbs (*03.09.1846 Nierstein, +1866 Mainz)

9.5.... Carl Schömbs (*20.05.1849 Nierstein)

9.6.... Ludovica Schömbs (*20.08.1851 Nierstein)

Ludovica Schömbs was married 25.05.1872 in the Mainzer Dom to Johannes Seib.

9.7.... Johannes Schömbs (*01.11.1853 Nierstein)

9.8.... Johann Schömbs (*1864, +05.08.1864 Mainz)

9.9.... Katharina Schömbs (*1866, +01.10.1866)

- Bermersheim/Heimersheim-Line -

7.7.....Johann Jacob Schömbs (*25.03.1774 Undenheim)

Johann Jacob Schömbs was married on 29.04.1795 in Bermersheim (Chapel of Heimersheim) Catharina Mauer (*1778, +21.10.1828 Bermersheim).

Children: (9)

9.1.....Daniel Schömbs (*18.04.1795 Bermersheim, +23.04.1795)

9.2.....Catharina Schömbs (*26.05.1796 Bermersheim)

9.3.....Anna Maria Schömbs (*12.12.1797 Bermersheim)

Birth record for Katharina Schömbs
Catholic Churchbook Bermersheim
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9.4.....Anna Katharina Schömbs (*13.01.1800 Bermersheim)

9.5.....Anna Maria Schömbs (*05.12.1801 Bermersheim)

Anna Maria Schömbs was married on 09.02.1857 in Bermersheim Heinrich Ewald.

9.6.....Anna Eva Schömbs (*16.05.1804 Bermersheim, +1805?)

9.7....Jacob Schömbs (*27.02.1806 Bermersheim)

9.8.....Barbara Katharina Schömbs (*23.10.1808 Bermersheim, +29.03.1849)

Barbara Katharina married on 29.03.1833 in Alzey Philipp Müller (*23.02.1806, +21.07.1882), farmer.
After the death of Barbara Schömbs, Philipp Müller married a second time on 08.11.1849 Sibilla Diel.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Johannes Müller (*31.05.1832 Alzey)

4.2.....Jacob Müller (*29.11.1834 Alzey)

4.3.....Georg Müller (22.02.1837 Alzey, +24.05.1884 Alzey)

4.4.....Philipp Müller (*12.12.1841 Alzey, +16.09.1896 Alzey)

9.9.....Johannes Schömbs (*15.11.1810 Bermersheim)

Birth record of Johannes "Jean" Schömbs 1810
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Johannes Schömbs married Christina Jacoby (*14.11.1819 Albig), the daughter of Michael and Anna Maria Jacoby. Johannes was by profession a weaver.

The wedding took place on the 28th of December, 1839 in Albig. The civil record of the marriage, together with the transcription in German (p.1 and p.2) and translation (p.1 and p.2) document the event.

Children: (6)

6.1.....Johannes Schömbs (*01.10.1840 Bermersheim, +09.06.1862 Port Republic, Rockingham County, Virginia)

According to LA (Landesarchiv) Speyer H51 Nr. 290 Johannes Schömbs from Albig, 16 years old without a profession, son of Johannes, cloth-weaver, emigrated in 1855 to Amerika. The emigrant in question is certainly Johannes Schömbs, born in 1840 in Bermersheim, son of Johannes Schömbs and Christina Jacoby.

1855 Emigrant to Cleveland, Ohio USA
The entire story of Johannes is told here.

Johann's voyage across the Atlantic was aboard the ship Helvetia. He is listed on Line 7 of this page of the passenger list. His name is given as Johann "Schambe", age 15 from Hess (Hessen). Above Johann are listed the Wolff children on Lines 1-5. The Wolff parents, Jacob and Catharine, are listed at the bottom of the prior page. This enabled searching for information on the Wolff family which was located online. The Wolffs are not related to the Schömbs but from the Wolff family tree we know they came from the town of Albig in Germany. Albig is twelve kilometers north of Bermersheim. There is a high probability that the Wolffs and Schömbs knew each other and that Johann, age 15, was emigrating with friends of the family.

Monument in Staunton, Virginia honoring those who died in the Civil War
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The transcription of the passenger list upon arrival in New York is the last record using his German given name of Johann. The records in the United States refer to him as John Schoembs. But no records have been found for his next six years. We believe, with a high level of confidence, that John Schoembs enlisted in the Union Army with the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War. He died in 1862 in the Battle of Port Republic, Rockingham County in the state of Virginia. He is buried in the Staunton National Cemetery in Staunton, Virginia. His name is inscribed at the base of the monument with his fellow solders who died.

It is believed that John did not marry. Searches of City Directories for the years of 1857 through 1861 of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where he probably lived prior to enlisting turned up no record of John.

6.2.....Anna Maria Schömbs (*31.12.1842 Bermersheim)

6.3.....Jacob Schömbs (*20.05.1847 Bermersheim)

6.4.....Wilhelm Schömbs (*16.03.1850 Bermersheim)

6.5.....Georg Schömbs (*17.05.1857 Bermersheim)

Georg Schömbs married on 31.10.1881 Elisabeth Hartmann.

6.6.....Heinrich Schömbs (*21.01.1857 Bermersheim)

Heinrich Schömbs was married on 13.04.1886 to Gertrud Zoebel, Heimersheim

Maria Eva Schömbs (*02.04.1729 Undenheim)2.1.3/3

Godmother was Maria Eva Michel, Zornheim. Maria Eva Schömbs married on 1711.1750 in Undenheim Martin Landgraf from Ober-Saulheim.

Johann Mathäus Schömbs (*21.10.1730, +29.08.1735)2.1.3/4

Godfather was Joh. Mathäus Schömbs, Wahlheimer Hof.

Appolonia Schömbs (*24.10.1733, +02.11.1733 Undenheim)2.1.3/5

Godmother was Appolonia Schömbs, wife of Johannes Schömbs.

Catharina Schömbs (*11.07.1735, +04.05.1736 Undenheim)2.1.3/6

Godmother was Catharina Lager, widow of Joh.Georg Lager, Waldböckelheim.

Johann Peter Schömbs (*05.03.1737, +02.04.1787 Undenheim) 2.1.3/7

Godmother was Joh. Peter Laar. Joh. Peter Schömbs married on 04.02.1766 in Undenheim Anna Margaretha Jochem from Weinolsheim. Witnesses were his father Matthias Schömbs and Nikolaus Sieben.

Schulstraße Nr. 6, Undenheim; Home of Johann Peter Schömbs and his family
Standing in front of the house in 2008 are Frank and Jean Schembs, Ohio

In the house had lived Johann Matthäus Schömbs (*1697), Johann Peter's father. After Johann Peter the house passed down to his son Johann Viermund, then his grandson Johann Viermund II and finally to his son Friedrich Josef, who lived there until 1900. Schulstrße Nr. 6 had been the home of the family for five generations!

Children: (6)

6.1.... Johann Mathäus Schömbs (*16.10.1766, +23.08.1768 Undenheim)

Godmother was Joh. Mathäus Schömbs.

6.2.... Anna Maria Theresia Schömbs (*03.11.1769, +19.04.1836)

Godmother was Anna Maria Schömbs. Maria Theresa was married on 04.02.1788 to the mayor Anton Zetto (*01.04.1740 Undenheim, +12.05.1814 Undenheim. The family lived at Kirchstraße Nr. 2. Zetto, a bachelor of 48 years, was marrying the oldest daughter of the late Mayor Johann Peter Schömbs. At the time of their marriage Maria Theresia was 18, 29 years younger than her husband. Zetto was three years younger than his late father-in-law. According to the Undenheim history book by Schwamb, Zetto took over the position of mayor following the death of Johann Peter Schömbs.

Schwamb also notes that the Zetto family had come from Italy and, like most Italians, were not of large stature. Anton was called "the little one" and "Antonichen (little Anton)". Zetto had little sense of humor. As an elected official he filed complaints against people for "despicable conduct against the Mayor".

Children: (8)

8.1.... Katharina Elisabeth Zetto (*13.05.1790, +28.02.1873 Undenheim)

Katharina Elisabeth Zetto married on 13.11.1814 in Undenheim August Franz Schwind (*13.07.1791 Undenheim, +14.02.1859 Undenheim). They had three children between 1815 and 1822.

Children: (3)

3.1.... Maria Margarete Schwind

3.1.... Klara Schwind

3.1.... Ludwig II Schwind

8.2.... Anna Margarete Zetto (*04.12.1791, +18.03.1792 Undenheim)

Godmother was Margarete Schömbs.

8.3.... Johann Virmund Zetto (*22.04.1793 Undenheim, +04.11.1793 Undenheim)

Godfather was Virmund Schömbs.

8.4.... Maria Klara Zetto (*11.02.1795, +27.06.1861 Undenheim)

Maria Klara Zetto was married on 08.04.1822 in Undenheim to Karl Josef Wirth (*19.05.1799, +30.09.1858 Undenheim), Wagner. The couple had four children between 1821 and 1838.

Children: (4)

4.1.... Johann Baptist Wirth

4.1.... Karoline Wirth

4.1.... Philippina Wirth

4.1.... Maria Josefa Wirth

8.5.... Anna Maria Theresa Zetto (*1798, +1839 Undenheim)

On 26.04.1836 in Undenheim Anna Maria Theresa Zetto married Jakob Groll (*18.07. 1799 Schwabsburg), butcher. They had between 1835 and 1837 two children.

Children: (2)

2.1.... Anna Maria Groll

2.1.... Adam Groll

8.6.... Margarete Zetto (* 24.07.1801 Undenheim, + 09.05.1815 Undenheim)

8.7.... Josepha Maria Zetto (*05.03.1804 Undenheim, +16.11.1806 Undenheim)

8.8.... Anna Maria Zetto (*21.8.1808, +17.08.1834 Undenheim)

Anna Maria Zetto married on 28.04.1829 in Undenheim the butcher Jakob Groll (*18.07.1799 Schwabsburg). Jakob Groll remarried twice after the death of Anna Maria Zetto (*1808). One of his later marriages was to the older sister of his deceased wife, Anna Maria Theresia Zetto (*1798) (see above). Altogether he sired 12 children, five of whom were with his two Zetto wives.

Children: (3)

3.1.... Therese Groll (*1830)

3.1.... Jakob Groll (*1832)

3.1.... Margarete Groll (*1833)

6.3.... Johann Viermund Schömbs (*22.07.1772, +25.04.1775 Undenheim)

Godfather was Veremundis Barth.

6.4.... Maria Katharina Schömbs (*29.06.1775 Undenheim)

Godmother was Catharina Sieben from Hahnheim. Katharina was married on 21.05.1797 in Mainz to Adolph Koemp.

6.5.... Johannes Viermund Schömbs (*04.02.1778 Undenheim, +21.02.1835 Undenheim)

Godfather was Johannes Landgraf, son of Martin Landgraf, Saulheim) Joh. Vieramund Schömbs was married on 15.04.1798 in Undenheim to Anna Elisabeth Lahr (*09.08.1776 Undenheim, +28.12.1848). They lived at Oberstraße 33, later at Kirchgasse 40, and later yet in the family home at Schulstraße 6. 1895 der Sohn Friedrich Josef Schömbs (*1821) wohnte.

In 1834 Viermund Schömbs submitted a complaint to the mayor. He complained about the prohibition against re-erecting the gravestone on the family cemetery plot. In prior years the cemetery wall had been demolished and the stones used for street construction. The old stone gravemarkers had been removed and were missing. This was also true at the shrine of Johannes Viermund Schömbs.

Children: (9)

9.1.... Johannes Viermund Schömbs II. (*18.02.1799, +02.04.1877 Undenheim)

Godfather was Johannes Lahr. Johannes II. married in 1819 in Undenheim Anna Maria Wirth (*1796 Fechenheim, +01.06.1873 Undenheim). The family lived first at Mainzer Straße 33, later at Oberen Kirchgasse 84. In an entry of 1836 his occupation was listed as rope-weaver.

Children: (11)

11.1.....Anna Margarete Schömbs (*03.11.1819 Undenheim)

11.2.....Friedrich Josef Schömbs (*09.12.1821 Undenheim, +01.08.1895 Undenheim)

Friedrich Josef Schömbs, farmer, married Anna Elisabeth Müller (*1828 Gau-Bischofsheim, +23.07.1900 Undenheim). Friedrich Josef Schömbs lived at Schulstraße Nr. 6.

11.3.....Barbara Schömbs (*29.06.1824 Undenheim, +03.04.1897 Niagara Falls NY)

Barbara Schömbs was married 26.11.1851 in Marienborn to Jacob Sickinger (*1822, +~1868), son of Christian Sickinger and Anna Maria Kuhn. See below in the box for further information about Jacob Sickinger. They emigrated soon after and settled in Niagara Falls, New york.

1852 Emigrant to Niagara Falls, NY USA
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Children: (2)

2.1.....Anna Maria Sickinger (*30.08.1852 Buffalo NY, +bef 1855)

2.2.....Francis Adam Rudolph Sickinger (*19.11.1853 Buffalo NY, +before 1897)

Francis Adam Sickinger must have died before his mother, based upon her obituary -- she had no surviving children.

A Tale of Two Emigrants

Jacob Sickinger (*1822) and 11.4 Johann Baptist Schömbs (*1826) (see below) were friends. Sickinger went on to marry Johann's older sister 11.3 Barbara (*1824) (see above). But before either Jacob or Johann married they decided to experience Amerika.

In 1849 Johann Baptist Schömbs emigrated from Deutschland. His voyage on the Cotton Planter (extract) took him to New York, arriving 23 August. Johann Baptist is included on the passenger list. Jacob Sickinger is not shown in the list. Perhaps he had emigrated earlier. In 1850 the two were working as miners in Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. Shullsburg was the third community organized in Wisconsin and originally settled by miners. Various minerals had been discovered in Shullsburg, including lead. It is in the far southwest corner of Wisconsin about 20 miles from the Mississippi River. Wisconsin had become the 30th state in the United States in 1848.

Soon after the 1850 Census Jacob and Johann Baptist returned to Deutschland where they both married, Jacob in 1851 to Barbara Schömbs and Johann Baptist three months later to Maria Anna Finger. Then in 1852 Jacob and Johann emigrated again, this time with their wives. They sailed on the Isaac Bell (passenger list). The abstract for Jacob gives the ships details.

We know that Jacob Sickinger and his wife Barbara moved on to Niagara Falls, NY. Yet Johann Baptist and his wife Anna Maria returned to Germany. We have no idea why the change of decision. Johann Baptist and Anna Maria lived out their lives in Germany, yet they set the precedent for their children.

11.4.....Johann Baptist Schömbs (*18.01.1826 Undenheim, +08.09.1906 Mainz)

"Johann Baptist Schambs" is named in the passenger list and transcription of the ship Cotton Planter in an 1849 voyage to Amerika. As noted in the box above we know that he went to Shullsburg, Wisconsin and worked as a miner. He lived with Jacob Sickinger (*1822) in 1850. They both returned to Germany. Johann Baptist was married 26.02.1852 in Bretzenheim to Maria Anna Finger (*09.01.1825 Bretzenheim).

Then in the Hessian State Archives exists a record of a Johann Baptist Schömbs from Undenheim, resident of Bretzenheim, who with his wife emigrated to Amerika in 1852. One needed to register to legally emigrate. We have now found the passenger list from the ship "Isaac Bell", showing that Johann Baptist and his wife Maria Anna emigrated together with Johann's sister Barbara (*1824) and her husband Jacob Sickinger (*1822).

But for reasons about which we can only speculate, Johann Baptist and Maria Anna did not remain in Amerika. Soon after their arrival in New York they returned to Deutschland where they lived the rest of their lives.

Johann Baptist was by profession a journeyman shoemaker.

It is worth giving an overview here of the various emigrations of this branch of the family:

Name Age Relationship Year

Johann Baptist Schömbs 23 self 1849

Barbara Schömbs Sickinger 27 Sister 1852

Johann Baptist with wife 26 self 1852

Johannes Schömbs 16 Son 1870

Anna Maria Schömbs 23 Daughter 1878

Children: (7)

7.1.....Johannes Schömbs (*08.10.1853 Bretzenheim)

In the Hessian State Archives is an entry of the emigration of Johann Schömbs, age 16, to Amerika. From the record of his passage on the SS Berlin in 1870 is clear that he arrived in Baltimore, Maryland. While the spelling of his family name is "Schembs", this might be explained since this was the common spelling used for other branches of the family in Mainz/Bretzenheim. The Berlin arrived in Baltimore on 16 July 1870 with "557 Aliens (Immigrants) and 28 Citizens (U.S.)", per the manifest.

At this time we do hot have any documentation of his life in Amerika. But it was unusual for young men to emigrate alone at age 16.

7.2.....Anna Maria Schömbs (*13.12.1855 Bretzenheim, +about 1885 Suspension Bridge NY)

We first knew of the emigration of Anna Maria Schömbs from the 1880 U.S. Census for Suspension Bridge NY. She was living with her aunt Barbara Schömbs Barthan (*1824). Anna Maria was a dress maker and enumerated near the bottom of the page as "niece". The town of Suspension Bridge was incorporated into the town of Niagara Falls in about 1892. Consider the names interchangeable.

~1878 Emigrant to Niagara Falls, NY USA
Click for the Story of Anna Maria and her Family

On 28 June 1881 Anna Maria was married in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Niagara Falls to Joseph Sporer (*Feb 1851 Ulm, +after 1930), son of Johann and Madeline Stedinack Sporer. In 1880 Joseph, a shoemaker in his late 20's, was boarding with the John Kramer Family. He had emigrated in about 1869 according to the 1915 New York State Census.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Anna Sporer (*5.1883 Niagara Falls NY)

7.3.....Barbara Schömbs (*27.08.1857 Bretzenheim, +18.10.1857 Bretzenheim)

7.4.....Jacob Schömbs (*02.09.1859 Bretzenheim, +11.10.1859 Bretzenheim)

7.5.....Jacob Schömbs (*27.05.1861 Bretzenheim, +29.05.1893 Bretzenheim)

According to the civil registers of Bretzenheim, Jacob Schömbs worked as a farmer in Bretzenheim. He married Anna Maria Schmitt on 01.04.1893 in Mainz Bretzenheim (certificate 4/1893). The marriage was short-lived, however, as Jacob died in Bretzenheim on 29.05.1893, the year of their wedding, at the age of 32. It was Anna Maria Schmitt's second marriage. Her first marriage was to the master saddler Heinrich Ditt, who died on 29.01.1882. In her third marriage she married Thomas Molitor on 01.07.1899 (document 18/1899) in Bretzenheim.

7.6.....Catharina Schömbs (*27.03.1864 Bretzenheim, +07.02.1916 Mombach)

Catharina married Franz Ditt (*1847) on 20 October 1883 in Bretzenheim.

7.7.....Elisabetha Schömbs (*27.07.1865 Bretzenheim)

death record of johann baptist 1826-1906

The 1906 Death Record of Johann Baptist Schömbs (1826-1906)
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Death Record of Johann Baptist Schömbs Transcribed

11.5.....Elisabetha Schömbs (*23.06.1828 Undenheim)

Elisabetha married Conrad Kuhn (*1819 Essenheim) on 22.02.1857 in Ober-Olm.

11.6.....Theresa Schömbs (*18.11.1830, +13.03.1852 Undenheim)

11.7.....Anton Schömbs (*06.10.1833 Undenheim, +06.10.1833 Undenheim)

11.8.....Elisabetha Katharina Schömbs (*25.11.1834, +25.11.1834 Undenheim)

11.9.....Mina Schömbs (25.11.1834, +25.11.1834 Undenheim)

Mina and Elisabetha were twins.

11.10.....Katharina Schömbs (*18.06.1836 Undenheim)

11.11.....Katharina Elisabeth Schömbs (*15.08.1837 Undenheim)

Katharina Elisabetha Schömbs was married in Gabsheim in 1864 to Adam Andreas Schmitt.

9.2..... Michael Schömbs (*23.06.1801 Undenheim)

Godfathers were Matthäus Schömbs und Johannes Lahr.

Birth Record for Michael Schembs, Undenheim, 1803
(time of the French Occupation)

9.3..... Peter Josef Schömbs (*02.01.1804 Undenheim, +03.11.1810 Undenheim)

Godfather was Matthäus Schömbs.

9.4.... Katharina Schömbs (*22.06.1805 Undenheim.

Entry in the marriage registry, Albig (1832)

Godfathers were Matthäus Schömbs and Johann Heller. Katharina Schömbs was married on 05.03.1832 in Albig to Laurentius Dietz, Bermersheim.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Anna Maria Dietz (*28.02.1833 Heimersheim)

2.1.....Thersia Dietz (*27.04.1841 Heimersheim)

9.5..... Anton Schömbs (*26.12.1807 Undenheim, +07.04.1867 Undenheim)

Anton Schömbs married on 15.05.1838 in Nierstein Anna Elisabetha Darmstadt (*20.12.1812 Dexheim, +28.11.1860 Undenheim). The wedding took place in Nierstein. Witnesses were Jacob Darmstadt and Margaretha Jochen. The couple lived first at Mainzer Gasse 56, later at Wörrstädter Straße 73.

Children: (8)

8.1.....Wilhelm Schömbs (*23.03.1839, +13.05.1840 Undenheim)

8.2.....Johann Schömbs (*23.03.1839, +26.03.1839 Undenheim)

Wilhelm and Johann were twins. Johann died at birth. Wilhelm a year later.

8.3.....Jacob Schömbs III. (*15.12.1840 Undenheim)

Jacob Schömbs III. married 29.08.1868 in Undenheim Philipina Darmstadt (*26.12.1833 Dexheim, +30.12.1910).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Katharina Schömbs (*01.06.1870 Undenheim, +13.11.1946 Mainz)

2.2.....Theresia Schömbs (*04.01.1872 Undenheim, +21.05.1953 Dexheim)

Theresia Schömbs was married 04.05.1901 to Peter Antony II (*02.10.1873).

8.4.....Elisabeth Schömbs (*07.06.1843 Undenheim, +11.04.1871 Undenheim)

Elisabeth married 08.06.1868 in Undenheim Jakob Frank (*13.04.1842 Undenheim, +19.10.1900 Undenheim).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Anton Frank II. (*07.11.1869 Undenheim, +13.05.1959 Undenheim)

Anton married Sophia Reichart (*03.11.1871 Schornsheim, +24.08.1928 Undenheim).

Children: (5)

6.1.....Jakob Frank (*16.12.1898 Undenheim, +23.12.1973 Undenheim)

Jakob Frank married Maria Luise Böhm (*13.02.1901 Bechtolsheim, +23.03.1989 Undenheim).

Children: (3)

3.1.....Benno Frank (*1935)

1984 Benno in Undenheim married La-iad Sangbandhit (*Thailand).

3.2.....Norbert Anton Frank (*14.08.1936, +29.04.1984)

On 29.10.1966 in Bottrop, Norbert and Ursula Bernsmann (*30.07.1939 Bottrop) were married.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Sybille Frank (*1970)

Sybille Frank married Günther Schürger.

2.2.....Julia Frank (*1971 Wiesbaden)

3.3.....Clemens Frank (*1944)

On 1972 Clemens Frank married in Undenheim Maria Luise Hofmann (*1951 Gau-Algesheim).

Children: (1)

1.1.....Lioba Frank (*1977)

Lioba Frank married 19.12.2002 Ralf Schmitt.

6.2.....Johann Frank (*22.11.1899 Undenheim, +16.01.1984)

Johann married Elisabeth Kröhler (*15.07.1900 Köngernheim, +06.12.1992)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Paula Frank (*31.03.1930 Undenheim)

Paula married Norbert Rösch (*, +16.03.2007 Mainz-Hechtsheim)

2.2.....Irmgard Frank (*16.12.1934 Undenheim)

6.3.....Anna Frank (*22.09.1901 Undenheim, +08.02.1902 Undenheim)

6.4.....Maria Frank (*21.01.1903 Undenheim, +02.09.1984 Alzey)

Maria married 24.11.1924 in Schornsheim Eugen Landgraf (*05.11.1896, +20.10 1977 Mainz).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Emma Sophie Landgraf (*26.01.1927 Mainz)

Emma married 19.05.1953 in Schornsheim Georg Dürr (*21.09.1924 Ullitz-CZ).

Children: (3)

3.1.....Johannes Dürr (*1954 Mainz)

Johannes Dürr married 05.09.1996 in Wörrstadt Renate Streich (*1957 Keil).

3.2.....Klaus Erwin Dürr (*1959 Mainz)

Klaus Dürr married 15.05.1997 in Obertshausen Monika Haun (*1969 Offenbach).

3.3.....Eva Maria Dürr (*1962)

2.2.....Erwin Johann Landgraf (*01.02.1930 Schornsheim, +15.02.1997 Mainz)

Erwin Johann married 23.01.1960 in Schornsheim Ottilie Geiger (*1939 Kieslau).

Children: (3)

3.1.....Hubert Georg Landgraf (*1961 Mainz)

Hubert Georg married 1985 Sybille Schindel (*1964 Mainz) in Wörrstadt.

3.2.....Marianne Landgraf (*1963 Mainz)

Marianne Landgraf married 05.05.1983 in Wörrstadt Karl-Heinz Philipp Ebling (*1957 Schornsheim).

3.3.....Gerhard Norbert Landgraf (*1966)

Gerhard Landgraf married 27.11.1998 in Arnsheim Birgit Steiner (*1956).

6.5.....Elisabeth Frank (*07.04.1904 Undenheim, +21.08.1976 Mainz)

Elisabeth Frank married Jakob Steib in Wörrstadt. Later Elisabeth married Jakob Illy.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Heinrich Steib (*23.06.1929 Sörgenloch, +26.01.1998 Sörgenloch)

Heinrich and Paula Maria Diel (*24.04.1929 Bechtolsheim) married on 2 June 1951 in Sörgenloch. Paula was the younger sister of Martha Diel Wenzel whose daughter Amanda (*1954) married Walfried Marx (*1847).

Children: (1)

1.1.....Waltraud Steib

Children: (1)

1.1.....Töchter Steib

3.2.....Margarete Steib (*18.09.1932)

and with Jakob Illy:

3.3.....Rita Illy (*1943)

6.6.....Emma Frank (*27.02.1907 Undenheim, +29.11.1997 Weinolsheim)

Emma married Josef Berkes (*Weinolsheim).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Hildeburg Berkes (*18.08.1934)

2.2.....Walter Berkes (*13.08.1936)

Walter Berkes married Marianne.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Heidrun Berkes

3.2.....Andrea Berkes

3.3.....Hans Peter Berkes

2.2.....Johannes Frank (*11.02.1871 Undenheim)

8.5.....Anton Schömbs (*24.09.1845, +1845 Undenheim)

8.6.....Anna Maria Schömbs (*15.04.1848 Undenheim)

Anna Maria Schömbs on 10.06.1838 married Peter Förster.

8.7.....Theres Schömbs (*24.01.1850 Undenheim)

8.8.....Barbara Schömbs (*03.12.1852 Undenheim, +1936 Dexheim)

Barbara Schömbs was married on 09.06.1873 in Dexheim to the carpenter Anton Darmstadt (*01.11.1842 Dexheim). Witnesses were Johannes Koch and Adam Darmstadt.

9.6.... Wilhelm "Guillaume" Schömbs (*14.09.1810 Undenheim)

9.7.... Klara Schömbs (*17.07.1813 Undenheim, +02.12.1813 Undenheim)

- Dexheim Line -

9.8.... Jakob Schömbs I. (*16.01.1815 Undenheim)

Jacob Schömbs I. married Theresia Darmstadt (*14.09.1816 Dexheim) in 1841 in Dexheim. Jakob Schömbs was a baker.

Children: (3)

3.1.... Theresia Schömbs (*10.10.1841 Dexheim/Nierstein)

Theresia Schömbs had one child with Heinrich Diedewich.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Elisabetha Schömbs (*27.11.1870 Nierstein)

3.2.... Karl Schömbs (*05.04.1843 Dexheim)

Carl Schömbs was married 03.11.1869 in Dexheim to his first wife Anna Maria Friedrich (*29.05.1841 Dexheim). In a second marriage 18.11.1878 he wed Maria Margaretha Lenhardt (*12.08.1835 Ludwigshöhe). He was like his father a baker in Dexheim.

Children: (8)

8.1..... Adam Schömbs (*15.06.1879 Dexheim)

8.2..... Elisabetha Schömbs (*15.06.1879, 02.06.1950 Dexheim)

Elisa Schömbs married Ludwig Wiener (*28.08.1866 Groß Bardorf, +13.05.1930 Dexheim). The husband of Elisa Schömbs was for many years an independent master-baker in Dexheim.

Children: (4)

4.1.....August Wiener (*11.07.1897, +24.10.1978 Dexheim)

4.2.....Lina Wiener (*11.12.1898 , +06.09.1922 Dexheim)

Lina Wiener married a Herr Jäger.

4.3.....Anna Wiener (*19.12.1901, +23.12.1964 Dexheim)

Anna was married to a Zang.

4.4.....Willi Wiener (*06.04.1903, +28.01.1934 Dexheim)

8.3..... Anna Schömbs (*11.03.1881 Dexheim)

Anna Schömbs was married 21.04.1903 in Dexheim to Friedrich Wilhelm Gailling (*19.12.1878 Stuttgart-Königsruh).

8.4..... Katharina Schömbs (*23.06.1883 Dexheim, +10.11.1884 Dexheim)

8.5..... Karl Wilhelm Schömbs (*08.08.1886 Dexheim, +1945 Russia)

Karl Wilhelm Schömbs married Betty Horst. He was by profession a master butcher, and had a shop in Rüsselsheim. He died in World War II on the Russian front.

Children: (1)

1.1..... Karl Wilhelm Schömbs (*17.11.1914, +1982)

Four man crew training (1931): 3. v. l. Karl Schömbs
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1932 Youth rowers after a victory in Heilbronn, 3 v. l. Karl Schömbs
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Roller racing and rowing Club of Rüsselsheim in 1938, hintere Reihe.: 4. v. links Karl Schömbs
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Karl Wilhelm Schömbs married Hertha Kohl. He was like his father a butcher, and worked in the family busines in Rüsselsheim. Later they moved to Hochheim

In his youth Karl Wilhelm was active in the Rüsselsheim Rowing Club. He continued this involvement until the end of his life. In 1958 he was honored by the Club for his long-standing membership on the 50th anniversary of the Club.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Irene Schömbs (*~1940)


Hesse champions in girls and boys indoor hockey, 1955 Back row: 2.v. r. Irene Schömbs click to enlarge	Womens rowing club outing, 1957: 5. v. l. Irene Schömbs click to enlarge

8.6..... Christina Schömbs (*18.02.1890 Dexheim)

8.7..... August Schömbs (*02.09.1891 Dexheim)

8.8..... Anna Schömbs (*20.10.1891 Dexheim)

3.3... Jakob Schömbs IV. (*16.05.1855, +17.04.1940 Dexheim)

Jakob Schömbs IV. married Gertrude Schulmerich (*11.11.1858, +03.12.1926 Dexheim). Jakob Schömbs IV. was by profession a carpenter. According to the memories of Maria Schömbs (granddaughter) Jakob Schömbs IV was a calm, reserved man.

Jakob Schömbs IV and wife Gertrude Schulmerich with Children (ca.1901)
back Row: v.l. Jakob, Karl and Elise Schömbs;
front row: v.l. Anna, Maria, Eva and Heinrich Schömbs

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Children: (8)

8.1.....Karl Schömbs (*10.11.1886, +12.02.1958 Dexheim)

Karl Schömbs was married to Eva Gerhard (*10.01.1892, +25.01.1943 Dexheim).

Karl Schömbs and Eva Gerhard (Engagement Picture 1913)

Karl Schömbs was a carpenter and had his own business in Dexheim. Karl's daughter Maria remembers her father as very serious, principaled, purposeful, and dutiful. He was strict, but loyal in providing for his family. The memories of Karl are very good, as they are of their mother who represented a balance to the dominant Karl. Karl Schömbs became disabled in the Second World War (leg), and as a result was no longer able to practice his trade after the War.

An intelligent and personable man, he found another vocation after the War. In the family home on Zöllerstraße he established a local bank and post office, and managed the town's (Dexheim's) finances. In his leisure time he was an active gymnast, and was the long-time chairman of the Dexheim Chant Club (Gesangsverein).

Children: (3)

3.1.....Eva Katharina "Käthe" Schömbs (*24.10.1913 Dexheim, +14.11.1999 Sprockhövel)

Käthe Schömbs

Käthe Schömbs married a Mr. Riethe. They lived many years in Mainz. After the death of her husband she moved back to her hometown, Dexheim. At the time of her death in 1999 she was living with her daughter Anne Langefeld in Sprockhövel.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Helga Riethe (*1941)

Helga Riethe married Mr. Schaub. They live in Bodenheim.

3.2.....Anne Karin Riethe (*1942)

Anne Karin Riethe married Günther Langefeld. The family lives in Sprockhövel.

3.3.....Leo Riethe (*1950)

Leo Riethe lives in Dörrebach in the Hunsrück.

3.2.....Maria Schömbs (*1916 Dexheim)

Maria Schömbs married the baker Ernst Michel.

Maria Schömbs (1956)

Maria Schömbs managed a stationery business for 50 years in Dexheim after World War II. Her husband had come back from the War with injuries and died unexpectedly in 1949. She experienced several tragedies in her life but applied her energies to the success of the business. She lived after 1949 in the family home on the Zöllerstraße until she was 84 years old. She very much enjoyed beautiful literature and music. She visited the United States several times where her daughter was living. Today (2001) Maria Schömbs continues to be very active with versatile interests and her reading.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Ursula Michel (*1943)

Ursula Michel married Tomas Vollet. They live in America (Sommerville, MA) and have no children.

3.2.....Klaus Michel (*17.10.1944, +1999)

Klaus Michel is a teacher.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Jens Michel (*1972, +1996)

3.3.....Maria Michel (*1947)

Maria Michel married Michael Mohr. Die Familie lives in Ingelheim.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Maria Mohr (*1974)

3.2.....Cordula Mohr (*1975)

Cordula is married to Le Bourne.

3.3.....Mathias Mohr (*1979)

3.3.....Anna Schömbs (*1920 Dexheim, +21.05.2015 Dexheim).

Anna Schömbs married Behrend (+1974). She lives in her parents old home on the Zöllerstraße.

8.2.....Elisabetha "Elisa" Schömbs (*04.11.1888 Dexheim)

Elisa Schömbs married Herr Nicklas in Mainz.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Josef Nicklas

3.2.....Karl Nicklas

3.3.....Hans Nicklas

8.3.....Anna Theresia Schömbs

Anna Schömbs married the landowner Johann Engel IV. (*30.07.1890 Nierstein).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Hans Engel

2.2.....Elli Engel

8.4.....Jakob Schömbs V. (*14.05.1890 Dexheim, +10.12.1960 Mainz)

Jacob Schömbs V. owned a transport company and had a farm. He married the widow Elisabeth Racky. Elisabeth had a son from her first marriage, Christian Racky. Jakob was an enthusiastic member of a singing club in Dexheim in his free time. He was known by the nickname "Caramba".

Children: (2)

2.1.....Eva Schömbs (*1925)

Eva Schömbs married Franz Josef Duttenhöfer.

Children: (3)

2.2.....Jakob Schömbs VI. (*24.10.1928, +15.03.1992 Dexheim)

Jakob Schömbs VI. was by profession farmer and vintner. He married Anna (*05.04.1931) in Dexheim.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Hermann Schömbs (*1956 Dexheim)

Hermann Schömbs married Christa Nüdling in Dexheim. Like his grandfather, he is an active member in a singing group.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Karsten Schömbs (*1992)

2.2.....Florian Schömbs (*1994)

2.2.....Bernhard Schömbs (*1959 Dexheim)

Bernhard Schömbs works in sales and marketing for IBM in Mainz.

8.5.....Heinrich Schömbs (*20.11.1891 Dexheim, +21.10.1915)

Heinrich Schömbs did not marry. He died as a young man in the First World War.

8.6.....Maria Magdalena Schömbs (*04.06.1893, +18.09.1972 Dexheim)

Maria Schömbs married Karl Gotha (*28.04.1895, +22.09.1968) in Dexheim.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Ruth Gotha

2.2.....Elisabeth Gotha

8.7.....Konrad Josef Schömbs (*ca. 1898)

Josef Schömbs married Sophia Brukhard from Dalheim. The family lived in Mainz-Weisenau. Josef Schömbs was a cooper, one who repairs barrels. During the First World War he suffered a serious lung illness from which he died.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Margot Schömbs (+)

3.2.....Franz Willi Schömbs (*15.02.1924, +23.10.1943 Weisenau / gefallen im 2. Weltkrieg))

3.3.....Helmut Schömbs

Helmut Schömbs lived in Weisenau.

8.8.....Eva Schömbs (*1900)

Eva Schömbs was married on 18.03.1924 in Dexheim to Karl Zimmermann (*24.12.1892 Nierstein).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Heinz Zimmermann

2.2.....Karl Zimmermann

9.9.... Anna Maria Schömbs (*15.09.1817 Undenheim, +24.12.1833 Undenheim)

6.6..... Johann Mathäus Schömbs (*05.12.1781, +19.04.1783 Undenheim)

Godfather was Johann Mathias Jochem, Dexheim.

Anna Katharina Schömbs (*10.08.1740 Undenheim)2.1.3/8

Godmother was Anna Katharina Schömbs, daughter of Joh. Heinrich Schömbs. Anna Katharina Schömbs married on 08.02.1764 in Hahnheim Johannes Jacob Sieben from Dienheim. Witnesses were Nicolas Sieben und Mathäus Schömbs.

Children: (3)

3.1..... Helenia Sieben (*21.05.1765 Hahnheim)

3.2..... Johannes. Nicolaus Sieben (*14.02.1768 Hahnheim)

3.3..... Nicolaus Sieben (*14.01.1770 Hahnheim)

Maria Magdalena Schömbs (*09.06.1744, +30.05.1745 Undenheim)2.1.3/9

Godmother was Maria Magdalena, daughter of Johann Peter Zetto.

Anna Margarete Schömbs (*1704, +26.12.1774 Undenheim)2.1.4

Anna Margaretha Schömbs married in 1723 the juryman Johann Peter Lahr (*1702, +28.06.1765 Undenheim). The family lived at Untergasse 30.

Children (9)

Johann Peter Lahr (* 13.08.1724 Undenheim) 2.1.4/1

Godfather was Peter Escher.

Johann Mathias Lahr (*02.03.1727 Undenheim, +11.01.1746 Undenheim) 2.1.4/2

Godfather was Mathias Schömbs.

Johann Peter Lahr (*09.02.1729 Undenheim) 2.1.4/3

Johann Peter Diel was godfather.

Johann Valentin Lahr (*09.03.1731 Undenheim, +17.03.1798 Undenheim) 2.1.4/4

Godfather was Johann Valentin Schömbs, son of Philipp Schömbs. Johann Valentin Lahr married on 10.09.1765 in Undenheim Philippine Margarete Bork (Böhm) (*1739 Bechtolsheim, +16.12.1815 Undenheim). He was by profession a Gerichtsmann and Kirchenvorsteher.

Children (9)

9.1..... Anna Elisabeth Lahr (*1776)

9.2..... Anna Maria Lahr (*1768)

9.3..... Johann Maurus Valentin Lahr (*1770)

9.4..... Johannes Lahr (*1772)

9.5..... Maria Katharina Lahr (*1775)

9.6..... Kaspar Isidor Lahr (*1778)

9.7..... Anton Lahr (*1781)

9.8..... Peter Lahr (*1785)

9.9..... Valentin Lahr II. (*1790)

Maria Eva Lahr (*06.09.1733 Undenheim, +30.07.1735 Undenheim) 2.1.4/5

Godmother was Maria Eva, wife of Philipp Michel, Zornheim.

Katharina Margarete Lahr (*29.06.1736 Undenheim) 2.1.4/6

Katharina Margarete Lahr married Adrian Münzenberger (*27.10.1755). The family lived in Mommenheim.

Apollonia Lahr (*14.06.1739 Undenheim) 2.1.4/7

Godmother was Apollonia Geist, wife of Valentin Geist.

Johannes Lahr (* 10.01.1742, + 19.09.1824 Undenheim) 2.1.4/8

Johannes Lahr, farmer and gerichtsmann was in 1765 married to Anna Maria Wagner (*1745 Gabsheim, +18.04.1769 Undenheim).

Children (1)

1.1..... Johann Valentin Lahr (*1766)

Johann Balthasar Lahr (*18.01.1745 Undenheim, +05.07.1745 Undenheim) 2.1.4/9

Godfather was Johann Balthasar Münzenberger.

Anna Dorothea Schömbs (*31.03.1706, +10.11.1707 Undenheim)2.1.5

Anna Sybilla Schömbs (*05.02.1708, +09.03.1712 Undenheim)2.1.6

Godmother was Anna Sybilla Schömbs, wife of Heinrich Schömbs.

Katharina Elisabeth Schömbs (*07.01.1710 Undenheim)2.1.7

Godmother was Katharina Elisabeth Suther, Sulzheim. Katharina Elisabeth Schömbs married on 30.01.1725 Johann Peter Diel, Wörrstadt. Witnesses were Philipp Schömbs und Johann Peter Laar.

Johann Schömbs junior (*28.02.1712, +27.02.1780 Undenheim)2.1.8

Godfather was Pantaleon Häffner, priest. Johannes Schömbs junior was five times married.

Children: (total 12), from the first marriage: 4, from the second marriage: 6 and from the third marriage: 2

I.) On 20.02.1738 Johannes Schömbs was wed in Undenheim to Maria Elisabeth Bernst(*1712 Mainz, +06.05.1745 Undenheim).

Marriage record of Johann Schömbs junior and Maria Elisabeth Bernst
Catholic Churchbook Undenheim, 1738

Children from the first marriage (4):

Maria Charitas (*26.10.1733 Gabsheim, illegitim)2.1.8/1

Godmother was Maria Charitas Koch, Undenheim.

Johannes Schömbs (*07.05.1739 Undenheim)2.1.8/2

Godfather was Johannes Schömbs, son of Mathäus Schömbs and his wife Anna Dapper.

Katharina Schömbs (*20.11.1740, +16.10.1746 Undenheim)2.1.8/3

Godmother was Catharina Lager, widow of Joh. Georg Lager, Waldbickelheim.

Anna Maria Schömbs (*27.06.1743, +1743 Undenheim)2.1.8/4

Godmother was Anna Maria Walter.

II.) On 22.09.1745 Johann Schömbs junior (*1712) was wed in his second marriage in Undenheim to Maria Elisabeth Diel (*1715 Dalheim, +22.12.1753 Undenheim).

Children from the second marriage (6):

Anna Maria Schömbs (*23.12.1745 Undenheim)2.1.8/5

Johann Peter Schömbs (*26.05.1746, +10.08.1746 Undenheim) 2.1.8/6

Godfather was Joh. Peter Zetto.

Johann Peter Schömbs (*28.09.1747 Undenheim)2.1.8/7

Godfather was Johann Peter Laar.

Anna Margarethe Schömbs (*15.08.1749 Undenheim)2.1.8/8

Godmother was Anna Margaretha Escher, wife of the schoolmaster. Anna Margarete Schömbs married Georg Petri (* Montabauer), day laborer and gardner. The couple probably lived in Gernsheim where Georg worked.

Valentin Schömbs (*27.08.1751 Undenheim)2.1.8/9

Godfather was Valentin Geist, Bäcker.

Christian Schömbs (*13.08.1752 Undenheim)2.1.8/10

Godfather was Christian Koch.

III.) On 22.02.1757 in Undenheim Johannes Schömbs junior was wed for the third time to Anna Maria Stahl (*1738 Schornsheim, +nach 1759). Witnesses were Matthias Stahl and Georg Escher.

Children from the third marriage (2):

Jacob Ludwig Schömbs (*13.11.1757 Undenheim)2.1.8/11

Godfather was Jakob Ludwig Pharo.

Johann Adam Schömbs (*01.07.1759, +26.11.1765 Undenheim)2.1.8/12

Godfather was Johann Adam Orth, Lörzweiler.

IV.) Johannes Schömbs junior on 26.10.1762 was wed in Undenheim for the fourth time to Ursula Neukirch (*1716, +10.11.1776 Undenheim), Oberbrechen. Ursula Neukirch was the widow of Johann Konrad Fessenfeld (+1762)

V.) And finally on 30.05.1777 Johannes Schömbs junior in Undenheim was married for the fifth and final time. His new wife was Maria Anna Stahl (*24.11.1738 Undenheim, +01.04.1794 Undenheim). Wife five was probably a cousin of wife three -- Anna Maria Stahl and Maria Anna Stahl, both born in 1738 but in different towns.

Johannes Melchior Schömbs (*20.05.1715, +10.06.1716 Undenheim)2.1.9

Godfather was Joh. Melchior, a tailor from Köngernheim