The JoHantgen Family in Ohio
Franz JoHantgen 1798 - 1874
The Emigration Story
Cemetery data
Census data
1870 thru 1930 Federal Census
Dayton City Directory
Obituaries
Blessing, Leigh JoHantgen, 1877-1963
Blessing, Leroy, 1877-1949
Brown, Agnes JoHantgen, 1920-2006
Duprey, Berneace Gilliland, 1899 - 1985
Duprey, Carrie Augusta JoHantgen, 1868 - 1934
DuPrey, Margaret Hiller, 1883-1967
Duprey, Rei, 1895 - 1957
Duprey, Richard E., 1922 - 1998
Garber, Ronald E., 1935 - 1991
Good, David, 1907-1972
Good, Ruth JoHantgen, 1913 - 1999
Ireland, Harold E., 1913 - 1999
JoHantgen, Alpha Boyven, 1899 - 1909
JoHantgen, Carrie V. Hiller, 1885 - 1967
JoHantgen, Clara E. Siegel, 1882 - 1970
JoHantgen, Edward J., 1866 - 1888
JoHantgen, Francis Marion, 1882 - 1938
JoHantgen, Frank N., 1855-1928
JoHantgen, Hayes Wheeler, 1877 - 1918
JoHantgen, Horace Peter, 1872 - 1960
JoHantgen, John Walter, 1910 - 1953
JoHantgen, Laura Gilliland, 1876 - 1918
JoHantgen, Lena Colton, 1881-1946
JoHantgen, Mary Jane Schwanengal, 1845 - 1888
JoHantgen, Jr., Niles, Jr., 1957 - 1992
JoHantgen, Olaf Leister, 1880-1946
JoHantgen, Robert Grant, 1884 - 1957
JoHantgen, Vertie O'Della Casteel, 1880 - 1937
Keyzers-Allen, Paula Sue, 1942-2004
Luersman, Mary K. JoHantgen, 1916-2007
McCleery, Florence Ireland, 1907 - 1991
Starr, Paul B., 1911-2000
Immigration and Naturalization
Military Records
Johantzen Peter Civil War record enlisted 09 March 1865 in Ohio; enlisted as a Private at age 45 in Co I – 196th Infantry Regiment of Ohio on 25 Mar 1865; mustered out of the same company at Baltimore, MD on 11 Sep 1865.
Vital Records
Mary Catherine (Dietz) JoHantgen, 1798 - 1873
Children of Franz and Mary Catherine JoHantgen:
Nicholas JoHantgen
1826 - 1895
Peter JoHantgen
1830 - 1897
John JoHantgen
1834 - 1923
Franz JoHantgen
1837 - 1905
Nicholas JoHantgen
1826 - 1895
Peter JoHantgen
1830 - 1897
John JoHantgen
1834 - 1923
Franz JoHantgen
1837 - 1905
The Emigration Story
On May, 1837, Franz Johantgen, and his wife, Maria Katerina Dietz sailed from Le Havre, France, with their three sons - Nicholas, Peter, and John - for the United States and a new life. They sailed on the Le Chevalier with a large group of Bavarians. They landed at Baltimore, Maryland on August 4, 1837. A fourth son, Francis, Jr., was born in Virginia a few months after their arrival. We do not know their itinerary from Baltimore, to Virginia, and then eventually, to Dayton, Ohio. Their money may have been exhausted on arrival and perhaps, they had to work to save up enough for the trip to Ohio . By 1840, they settled down amongst fellow German immigrants, for Dayton and Cincinnati were filled to overflowing with Germans at this time.
Francis, as he anglicized his name, although he was more generally called ?Frank?, and his wife, Mary Catherine (Dietz), were not religious zealots or separatists as were many of the German and Swiss-German immigrants of this period. They were Catholic in their little communities of Wadern and Nunkirchen in the Diocese of Trier, on the Mosel river which flows to the Rhine River at this area. Francis and Mary Catherine remained Catholic till death and are buried in a Catholic cemetery (Calvary Cemetery) in Dayton, Ohio.
Francis, on Sept. 5, 1843, made his first Declaration of Intention in Decatur, Indiana, on Sept. 5, 1843 and on Sept. 4, 1847, made his Second Declaration of Intent on Sept. 4, 1847 in Dayton, Ohio, upon which time he was issued a certificate of citizenship. It is interesting to note that though his three older sons are mentioned in the first Declaration of Intent, his wife is not. This is because wives were automatically naturalized along with the husbands, and so were not listed in their own right.
In 1850 Francis is listed in the census for Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio; on a farm northeast of Dayton. As a harness maker, blacksmith and saddler, he would have been in great demand in this pioneer country.
Besides the year or more in, or close to, Indiana, and a few more years on a farm northeast of Dayton (Bethel Twp., Miami Co.) Francis and Mary Catherine remained in Dayton until their deaths in 1873-1874. There was a moderate estate and the four sons shared equally.
from The JoHantgen Story, compiled by Wilson Duprey, 1993
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