Person:Christian Grimm (1)
Christian Grimm
b.30 Mar 1822 Baumholder, Rheinland, Preußen, Germany
d.1 Jul 1889 Wabash County, Indiana
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m. 22 Mar 1849
  1. Cathariena Grimm1850 - 1918
  2. George G. Grimm1852 - 1907
  3. Elizabeth Grimm1856 - 1929
  4. Christian GrimmEst 1860 -
  5. Jacob Grimm1861 -
  6. Philippina Grimm1862 - 1954
  7. Lucy GrimmEst 1865 -
  8. Sophia Grimm1869 - 1887
  9. Phillip GrimmEst 1872 -
  10. Daniel Grimm1873 - 1944
  11. Ludwig Grimm1876 - 1876
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Name[2][3][4] Christian Grimm
Gender Male
Birth[1] 30 Mar 1822 Baumholder, Rheinland, Preußen, Germany
Marriage 22 Mar 1849 Tuscarawas County, Ohioto Maria Elisabeth Shultz
Emigration? 1850 Wabash County, IndianaAfter Feb 1850
Census? 1860 Noble Township, Wabash County, IndianaAge 39
Occupation? 1860 Wagon Maker
Census[5] 1880 Paw Paw Township, Wabash County, Indiana
Death[1] 1 Jul 1889 Wabash County, Indiana
Burial[1] Urbana, Wabash, Indiana, United StatesUrbana Cemetery

BAUMHOLDER is a town about 20 miles southwest of WALDGREHWEILER, in the Palatinate, from where many of the early Urbana area pioneers had migrated.

Other related families of Tuscarawas County, Ohio had their origins in Baumholder, such as the Conrad and Rausch families. In modern times there are other Grimm families living in Jefferson Township, Tuscarawas County, but no connection has been found.

Christian migrated to Wabash County, Indiana after February 1850. He was listed as one of the 18 founders of St. Peter's Church in Urbana. He owned a wagon shop in Urbana.

CHRISTIAN is as far back in time that we know of this line. However, Dorothy Keffer Glazier, a Tuscarawas County professional genealogist, working for a few of us many years ago, discovered a letter from Breungenborn, in the Palatinate, dated 25 Feb 1850. It described a wedding ceremony, and a dinner in Baumholder, at Wilhelm GRIMM's. The letter mentions some in the Arth and Leonhardt families, related to a Peter Jacob (Arth?) in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The letter was very interesting as it described conditions in the Palatine community at the time Christian Grimm was migrating from Tuscarawas County, Ohio to Wabash County, Indiana.

--White Creek 11:27, 4 August 2012 (EDT)

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URBANA CEMETERY circa 1963
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URBANA CEMETERY circa 1963
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Haupert, James. St. Peter's Cemetery Records.
  2. ↑ Helm, Thomas B. History of Wabash County, Indiana: containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, military records portraits of early settlers and prominent men, personal reminiscences, etc. (Chicago: J. Morris, 1884).

    Christian is listed with the 18 men who were listed as founders of the: "Evangelical (German) Church". He was also listed in the book as one of the principal citizens of Paw Paw Township.

  3. ↑ Wabash County Historical Society (Indiana); Linda Robertson; and North Manchester Historical Society (Indiana). Wabash County history, bicentennial edition, 1976, Wabash, Indiana. (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Company, c1976).
  4. ↑ Metcalfe, Howard Hurtig. Forty north: lineages of some early settlers along the fortieth parallel : being the ancestry of Barbara Lenore Snowberger, including her parental lineages of Snowberger, Paul, Brumbaugh, Metzger, Covalt, Gustin, Cory, and Davis, and her maternal lineages of Barnes, Lee, Wagoner, West, Lippicott, Keaffaber, Haupert and Schultz. (Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen, c1997).

    The book index lists 38 persons with the GRIMM surname.

  5. ↑ Occupation: Farmer
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