Person:Johann Von Thurn (14)

Title: Descendants of Joannes Von Thrun From Robert J Houser October 2001

Below: Hayes Presidential Library: Fremont OH

Thurn Family

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Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content

Inventory

Introduction

The Thurn family materials were donated to the Rutherford B Hayes Presiden tial Center by Dr. Richard Thurn in 2003. Additional materials on the Thu rn Family may be found in the Hayes Center’s Biographical File and in T he History of the Von Thurn/Thurn/Thurn Family: from Eusserthal, Germa ny to Ottawa and Sandusky CO OH by James Blum. The Thurn family genealo gy is located in the reading room.

Biographical Sketch

Born in 1808 in Eusserthal, (Bavaria) Ger, Johann Jacob Von Thurn/Thu rn was the eldest of the six children of Johann Friedrich Adam Von Thurn/T hurn (1784-1849) and Maria Catherina Hopfinger (1786-1863). At the a ge of 24, Johan Jacob immigrated to the United States with his father. Th ey settled in Sandusky OH, and later moved to Bay Twp Ottawa CO OH. Jac ob married Elisabeth Shef in Cleveland OH, in 1838. Ten years later, t he couple divorced. The couple’s two children remained with their mothe r. Jacob then married Maria Catherine Waggoner who had emigrated from Alsa ce-Lorraine in 1844. They settled in Rice Twp Sandusky CO OH, where they r aised ten children. Jacob continued to farm in Bay Twp until March 1864 wh en he purchased 80 acres in Scott Twp Sandusky CO OH. He resided on this f arm until his death in 1874. He is buried in the Metzgar Cemetery in Sco tt Twp. Maria Catherine married James Wm Barnes two years later. She di ed in 1896 and was buried beside Jacob in the Metzgar Cemetery.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of original documents of the Von Thurn/Thurn/Thu rn family, dating from 1784 to 1923. The bulk of the material is vital rec ords documents abstracted from German church and civil records. Only the l and grant of Wm McFarland, the valedictory address of Russell Eugene Thur n, and the confirmation certificate of Gustavus Adolphus Thurn are writt en in the English language. However, Thurn family descendants have includ ed descriptive explanations of each document.

Inventory

Ac. 5605 9 items

1. Von Thurn/Thurn family record listing the father, grandfather, great gr andfather and great great grandfather of Friederich Adam Von Thurn/Thur n, who was born in 1784. The document was abstracted from the church recor ds of Eusserthal, Ger, on 30 January 1789, by Johannes Heyer, "priest. "

2. Baptismal certificate of Johann Friederich Adam Von Thurn/Thurn, 178 4, abstracted from the Lutheran Church, Godramstein, Ger, 1789.

3. Marriage record, Georg Friedrich Von Thurn/Thurn and Dorothy Escherman n, 1782, abstracted from the Lutheran Church, Godramstein, Ger, 1789.

4. Marriage record of Friedrich Adam Von Thurn/Thurn and Maria Catherina H opfinger, 1807, and baptismal record of the children of Friedrich Adam V on Thurn/Thurn and Maria Catharina Hopfinger.

5. Document executed by the mayor of Albersweiler regarding the immigrati on of Friederich Adam Von Thurn/Thurn to the United States in 1832.

6. Document executed by the mayor Eusserthal, Bavaria, on behalf of Friede rich Adam Von Thurn/Thurn, 1832.

7. Passport of Friedrich Adam Von Thurn/Thurn, dated 16 June 1832, Bavaria ,(includes a physical description of Von Thurn/Thurn).

8. United States federal land grant, Wm McFarland, Crawford CO OH, 1835.

9. Document dated 1844, Luxemburg, written in the French language with Ger man translation. The document also includes the names of the children of J acob Von Thurn/Thurn and wife Maria Catharine Waggoner who were born betwe en the years of 1845 and 1856.

10. Confirmation certificate of Gustavus Adolphus Thurn, Evangelical Luthe ran Church, Fremont OH, 1884.

11. Valedictory address of Russell Eugene Thurn and commencement progra m, Jackson Twp High School, Sandusky CO OH, 1923.