MySource:Bvlocker/Ancestor Seekers LLC Project 14761 session 1

Project Title Project 14761 session 1

Objective: Find additional information about the family of Frederick Louis Jahn.

Records Searched:

Zeitz church records.

Results:

I began my research by searching for the birth record of Anna Jahn. I searched in the baptismal records for Michaeliskirche in Zeitz. There I found the baptism of Anna Marie Jahn.

Evangelische Kirche Michaeliskirche Zeitz (KrSt. Zeitz), Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1700-1874, FHL Film 1190859. No: 210 Birth Date: Saturday, 2 October 1852 at 7 o’clock in the evening Baptismal Date: Sunday, 10 October 1852 Child: Anna Marie, 3rd child, 2nd daughter Father: Friedrich Louis Jahn, brickmaker, residing on the Wradische Berge, born in Meusehoitz Mother: Johanne Christiane Stehfest, born in Hermsdorf bei Heukewalde Witnesses: 1. Friedrich Moritz Jahn, brickmaker in Schlonhain, 2. Johann Karl Adolph Dietzold, inn proprietor here, 3. Joh. Gottlob Beyer, tailor in Roda bei Kagun, 4. Rosine widow of the wool merchant Gentzsch of Wintersdorf, 5. Sophie wife of Michael Wimmer, innkeeper in Zettweil, 6. Friederike Luise wife of Karl August Hermann Müller, ropemaker here

Next, I calculated that if there were two children older than Anna Marie Jahn, then Friedrich Louis Jahn and Johanne Christiana Stehfest were probably married around 1847. I searched the marriage records for Michaeliskirche, 1845-1849, but did not find their marriage record (FHL Film 1190858). So, I went back to the birth records for Michaeliskirche to see if I could find the births for those two older children. I searched 1847-1851 and found only the second child, Ida Selma Jahn.

Evangelische Kirche Michaeliskirche Zeitz (KrSt. Zeitz), Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1700-1874, FHL Film 1190859. No: 260 Birth Date: Monday, 9 September 1850 at 3 o’clock in the afternoon Baptismal Date: Thursday, 26 September 1850 Child: Ida Selma, 2nd child, 1st daughter Father: Friedrich Louis Jahn, brickmaker here (Wendberg), born in Meuselwitz Mother: Johanne Christiane Stehfest born in Hermsdorf bei Heukewalde Witnesses: 1. Johann Heinrich Jahn, brickmaker in Wintersdorf, present was his wife Joh. Sophie Jahn, 2. Joh. Gottfried Sauppe, brickmaker in Zipfendorf, 3. Joh. Sophie widow of Friedrich Imme clothmaker in Meuselwitz, 4. Rosine Sophie wife of Elias Stehfest farmer in Oberwedessen.

Since the marriage record and oldest child do not seem to be recorded in Michaeliskirche’s parish records, I decided to try and find the birth record of Johanne Christiane Stehfest without finding her marriage record first. Luckily, the birth records are detailed enough to allow for this type of search.

There is a Heuckewalde in the county of Zeitz. Google Maps shows that there is a Hermsdorf right next to it. Heuckewalde has some parish records available at the Family History Library. I searched their birth records, 1823-1824, and found a birth record for Johanna Christiana Stehefest that would appear to match up with the information that we know about her.

Evangelische Kirche Heuckewalde (Kr. Zeitz), Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1799-1874, FHL Film 1335206. No.: 13 Birth Date: 23 April 1823 at 2:30 in the morning Baptismal Date: 25 April 1823 Child: Johanna Christiana, 3rd child Father: Johann Gottlob Stehefest, farmer in Hermsdorf Mother: Maria Rosina Rähling Witnesses: Gottfried Stehefest, farmer and horse groomer in Schippach, 2. Johanna Christiana Vietsch wife of Christoph Vätsch, farmer in Heuckewalde, 3. maiden Rosina Gentsch, daughter of Elias Gentsch farmer and horse groomer in Großpörten.

Conclusion:

During this research session, I have found the birth of Anna Marie Jahn. Her birth record indicated that she was the third child of Friedrich Louis Jahn and Johanne Christiane Stehfest. I was able to find the birth record of only one of her older siblings, Ida Selma Jahn.

I have searched the Michaeliskirche parish records for the marriage of Friedrich Louis Jahn and Johanne Christiane Stehfest but their marriage has not been found.

I found the birth record of Johanna Christiana Stehefest in the church records for Heuckewalde, Zeitz, Sachsen, Preußen.

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Yours sincerely,

Malia Carlisle

Senior Research Consultant, Ancestor Seekers LLC