Person:Reinhard Ayd (1)

Birth

Who were the parents of Reinhard Joseph Ayd?

• CARL LUDWIG AYD and MARIA BARBARA OCHS?
  • POSSIBLE - A German birth record ¹ exists for a Reinhard Joseph Ayd, born to these parents on 1 Feb 1808 in Bilfingen, Baden, Germany.

• DANIEL AYD(T) and AGATHA RUBENAKER?
  • UNLIKELY - A German marriage record exists for a Reinhard Aydt marrying an Agatha Aydt in 1830 which lists the parents of Reinhard as Daniel Aydt and Agatha Rubenaker. However, there are also nine documented children to this marriage, all of whom were born in Germany and many of whom were born after our Reinhard's documented arrival in the U.S., therefore it is highly unlikely that this record is a match.

• From the birth records for Bilfingen Parish:

"On February 2, 1808 was born in Bilfingen and baptised at the same day at 7 p.m. Reinhard Joseph Ayd, son of the inn-keeper of the Crown (Kronenwirt) Carl Ludwig Ayd and Barbara Ochs. Godfather: Joseph Anton Brenk, citizen in Bilfingen." (Source: Catholic Church Records, Bilfingen Parish, Births (1806-1836), p. 14, No. 54; located at the German State Archives in Freiburg, Germany)

1833: Naturalization

No immigration record or passenger list has been found for Joseph Reinhardt AYD, but we do know that he filed a Declaration of Intent ² to become a U.S. citizen on 5 October 1833. “Joseph R. IDE (or IDES)” filed the declaration in Baltimore City Court. Records say he was formerly a citizen of the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany.

His naturalization appears to have been granted two years later on 5 October 1835 ³ [by law, I believe it's supposed to take no less than 3 years - Sketchdon]. "Joseph R. IDE" was naturalized at U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Maryland with Gerhard Hammer as his witness. (P.M. #4, folio 387)

NEED TO GET COPIES

1834: Joseph & John Ayd Buy a House

Baltimore City deed records show that, on 20 October 1834, Joseph Ayd & John Ayd (probably his older brother) bought a brick home and lot on Hull's Lane in Baltimore from John Benzinger for $490. The lot is described as:

"Beginning... at the corner formed by the intersection of the South side of Hulls Lane and the east side of Friendship street and running thence easterly bounding on Hulls Lane 33 feet... to include the easternmost one of the three houses erected... thence southerly parallel with Friendship street 37 feet, 6 inches... to an alley 2 feet and 5 inches laid out and opened by Barnett Kitts, thence westerly parallel with Hulls Lane and bounding on said alley with the right, use, and advantage then of 33 feet... to Friendship street and thence northerly bounding on Friendship street 37 feet, 6 inches... to the place of beginning, the same being part of the same ground devised and leased by John W. Glenn to _____ Kitts by indenture recorded in Baltimore County Court…" (Baltimore City Deed TK 242, pp.356-358)

No immigration records have been found for either Joseph or John, so we can only speculate that they may have come to America together in 1833. (One possibility to note is "John Att", age 34, farmer, who arrived in Baltimore from Germany in September 1834. Name of the ship is not listed on Ancestry)

NOTE: Hull's Lane (or Hull's Alley) is now part of May Street. This property was on the west side of Aisquith St., south of Orleans St. and just east of Forrest (formerly called Friendship St.).

1845: Carpentry Shop Fire

On 7 March 1845, "at about eleven o'clock a fire broke out in the carpenter's and cabinet shop of Mr. Joseph Ayd, adjoining a recently finished house which he had just built for his own use in Aisquith street, next above St. James' church. In the shop and alongside was a quantity of lumber, which burnt with great violence, and the small supply of water caused a difficulty in getting the engines under way. The shop was entirely burnt up, the house injured to a considerable extent, and much of the furniture also. After the fire had been nearly subdued, a portion of the apparatus left, and came into conflict between Madison and Monument streets, where a skirmish with brickbats and stones took place." (Maryland Sun, 10 Mar 1845)

Nothing further about the cause of the fire or the aftermath of the odd skirmish was reported, but it is interesting to note that just four weeks before this incident, "the committee on fire companies reported against granting leave to Joseph Ayd to add to a frame building..." (Maryland Sun, 5 Feb 1845, Vol. XVI, Issue 66, p 1)

1850: St. James Building Association

In December 1849 and January 1850, Joseph Ayd is listed in city deed records as one of three trustees for the St. James Building Association, along with John George Huber and Joseph Batzer. The deeds located so far refer to loans made from the Building Association to prospective homebuyers--first, $315 on 20 December 1849, then $197 on 16 January 1850, both to the families of Philip & Margaretha Emge and Valtin & Clara Emge, who were trying to purchase 60 acres of land outside the city of Baltimore. (Baltimore Co., MD Deed Books A.W.B. 425, p.254 and A.W.B. 426, p.488)

Historical records show that the St. James Building Association was incorporated by act of the Maryland State Assembly in March 1850 and was the first of many such building associations created in Baltimore to help immigrants secure loans to buy homes for their families. According to author Brother Thomas W. Spalding, "the German Catholics of Baltimore led the way not only among Catholics but among immigrant groups in general in the establishment of the mutual aid variety of savings and loan association for the purpose of acquiring homes." (Spalding, Thomas W. "The Premier See: A History of the Archdiocese of Baltimore," Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1995; p.144; and Maryland Sun, 16 March 1850)

1851: Brother's Passport

Joseph's older brother, John AYDT, immigrated to the U.S. from Baden, Germany to Baltimore, MD in 1844. He filed a Declaration of Intent to become a naturalized citizen on 23 September 1844 with witnesses Louis Habel and Michael Willinger. On 6 November 1848, he was naturalized.

On 9 July 1851, John AYDT received an official U.S. Passport from the state of Maryland. Joseph vouched for John's identity:

“I, Joseph B. Williams, Notary Public, by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the State of Maryland, commissioned and duly qualified, residing in the City of Baltimore, in the State aforesaid, do hereby CERTIFY, ATTEST, AND MAKE KNOWN, That on the day of the date hereof, before me personally appeared John Aydt an American naturalized citizen, Aged 50 years or thereabouts, Height 5 feet 6 inches, Forehead medium, Eyes grey, Nose straight, Mouth medium, Chin round, Hair brown, Complexion dark, Face long, who being by me duly and solemnly sworn did depose and say that he is a naturalized Citizen of the United States of America, being born in Baden, Germany, & naturalized by Baltimore City Court in State of Maryland on 6th Novr. 1848. (John Aydt). At the same time appeared before me the said Notary, Rinehart J. Aydt, a Citizen of the United States, who being by me duly and solemnly sworn did depose and say, that he has been acquainted with the above named and described John Aydt, all his (deponent’s) life time, and knows that he is a naturalized citizen of the United States, and is a resident of Baltimore, Maryland (Rinehart Joseph Aydt)” (National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 566612 / MLR Number A1 508; NARA Series: M1372; Roll #: 37.)¹⁵

1859: Foreclosure on Aisquith St. lot

On 9 April 1859, James Bush filed a chancery suit in Baltimore City Superior Court against Reinhart J. Ayd to foreclose on the mortgage for his lot on Aisquith St. It's not clear if this included his home or was just an adjacent lot. The case file has not yet been read or copied. Here is the reference info from the Maryland State Archives site:

Date: 04/09/1859

Description: C6: James Bush vs. Reinhart J. Ayd. Mortgage foreclosure on lot on Aisquith St.

Location: 02/16/06/048

MdHR Number: 40,200-5613

MSA Citation: MSA C168-1226

It's likely no coincidence that on 20 April 1859, an ad appeared in the Maryland Sun announcing a trustees sale of five adjacent dwellings on Aisquith St., including 263 Aisquith, where we know Joseph Ayd was living in 1855.

"TRUSTEES SALE OF FIVE DESIRABLE DWELLINGS ON AISQUITH STREET. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, sitting in equity, the subscribers as Trustee, will sell on MONDAY, May 9th, at 4 o'clock P.M., on the premises, all the following described valuable property, viz: All that PIECE or PARCEL OF GROUND, situate and lying in the city of Baltimore aforesaid, which is described as follows, to wit:

" Beginning for the same at the northeast corner or intersection of Aisquith and Eager streets, and running thence northerly, bounding on Aisquith street, 71 feet; thence easterly, parallel with Eager street, 110 feet to an alley 10 feet wide; thence southwardly, bounding on the west side of said 10 foot alley, and parallel with Aisquith street, 71 feet to Eager street; and thence westwardly, bounding on the north side of Eager st., 110 feet, to the place of beginning, with the use and privilege of said 10 foot alley, etc. The improvements, Nos. 257, 259, 261, 263 and 265, being FIVE well-built two-story and attic BRICK DWELLINGS, with brick back buildings, (the corner store, etc.) and subject to the ground rent of $1 per front foot, etc. Terms of sale--One-third cash; balance in equal installments of three and six months, with interest and approved security, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. They will be sold separate. THEO. GLOCKER, Trustee; SAML. H. GOVER, Auctioneer."(Maryland Sun, 20 April 1859)

NOTE: An ad in the Maryland Sun on 30 October 1852 announced the sale of 263, 264 and 266 Aisquith, so Joseph likely bought 263 at this time. NEED TO LOOK THROUGH DEEDS.

NOTE: In 1865, the city directory shows him living at 259 Aisquith St.

1868: Plan for the Encapsulation of Jones' Falls in Baltimore

On 24 July 1868, a disastrous flood struck Baltimore.

"...violent storms of rain, which lasted several hours... poured down in torrents from early in the morning, and about midday the water in Jones's falls--that delectable stream which passes directly through the city--rose with great rapidity, soon overflowing its walled banks, backing into numerous contiguous streets, and penetrating dwellings, stores and innumerable basements, creating great alarm and damaging and sweeping off property, carrying away bridges, &c. The water rose suddenly nearly 20 feet, and poured into the streets, at one time covering a space of ground on the west side of the falls, extending westwardly to the intersection of Lexington and Calvert streets, thence northerly to the Calvert station, the interior of which was converted into a large lake... All communication between the eastern and western sections of the city was cut off for the time, except by the Eager street bridge, at a high point on the north, it being too dangerous to attempt to cross the torrent in boats. The scene from the bridge at Eager street when the water was at its greatest height was very striking. Its yellow flood came down with a turbulent roar like some mountain torrent, bringing in its headlong rush fragments of bridges and buildings, uprooted trees, drift wood, fences, sheds, outhouses, oil tanks, barrels, merchandise, &c. As soon as the rain slackened, crowds of people flocked to the banks of the stream to witness and view the scene of destruction..." ("A Terrible Flood," Maryland Sun, 25 July 1868)

Earlier in the year, the Baltimore City Council had discussed several plans for building new bridges over Jones' Falls, namely, a stone bridge at John Street and a wood-and-iron bridge at Northern Avenue. Less than a week after the flood, the council put those plans on hold and instructed "the city commissioner to delay the construction of the new bridges... until the joint select committee appointed to suggest the most feasible plan of diverting the course of said falls" had completed its report. (Maryland Sun, 18 April 1868 and 30 July 1868)

In the weeks following the flood, the Maryland Sun published several editorials and letters discussing ideas for how to remedy the problems surrounding Jones' Falls. Then, in early October, the engineering committee presented an exhaustively researched report discussing a flooding history of the area back to 1817, details of the value of the land in the flooded zone, and the advantages and disadvantages to the various proposals about widening, diverting, bridging, etc. The mayor and city council resolved to push the State Legislature to pass a law authorizing the city "to provide for the straightening, widening or deepening of Jones's falls, or for diverting the channel thereof; to provide for filling up or tunneling the streets in the district submerged by the inundation of 1868; to condemn private property, if necessary..." (Maryland Sun, 6 October 1868)

In 1910, this article appeared in the Maryland Sun paper in which Joseph Reinhard Ayd's son claimed that his father had been the first citizen of Baltimore to present a plan for the encapsulation of Jones Falls.

Dr. John Ayd, 1937 East Monument street, says the first plan ever presented to the city authorities for the covering and tunneling of Jones' falls, as is now proposed, was that of his father, the late Joseph R. Ayd, whose plan was drawn up in 1868 and which is very similar to the one now in the hands of the authorities. Mr. Ayd, who died in 1870, was a carpenter, but he took a deep interest in the proposition of covering Jones' falls, or John's falls, as it was called then, and it is the belief of his family that the ill success of his efforts was partially responsible for his death. The plan of Mr. Ayd was drawn directly after the flood of 1868 and proposed to prevent the recurrence of the destruction of property which took place at that time as the result of the overflowing of the stream. He planned that the falls should be bridged from Baltimore street north to Eager street, having a tunnel amply able to care for all floods. Turning at Fager street, the falls should be diverted northwesterly, crossing NOrth, Calvert, St. Paul and Charles streets, thus avoiding the double S. In the plan of Mr. Hendrick this is to be done on a smaller scale. Mr. Ayd proposed that the stone for the bridge work be gotten from the excavation for the tunnel north of Fager street, as the land there was rocky. Mr. Ayd presented the plan to the city authorities several times, but they refused to consider it. Dr. Ayd says he has tried to get the newspapers to take notice of the dream of his father, but he has been unsuccessful. "My father's plans were made six years before those of Mr. Winans, which were discussed in this morning's SUN," stated Dr. Ayd some days ago. The plans, which were found in the papers of Mr. Ayd some years ago, are much worn by the ravages of time, yet they show clearly the purpose for which they were made. Made at a time when the city north of Fager street was mostly undeveloped it is interesting to notice that on the plans Preston street is called John street and the falls is lettered as John's falls. On the paper is a drawing of the old grist mill that stood on Biddle street and the falls and Mr. Ayd showed his consideration for the owner in his proposals to take the falls away from his mill in providing for a ditch to carry water to the mill that the residents of Biddle street of half a century ago should not want for cornmeal. Dr. Ayd is proud of the fact that his father's ideas were almost 50 years ahead of those of his fellow citizens. (Maryland Sun, 15 Dec 1910, p 10)

[Note: While it is possible that Ayd's plan was the first one presented to the city at the time, it is also possible that Ayd was one of many citizens who proposed solutions to the city at that time when severe flooding was occurring on a frequent basis. See: this history of Jones Falls for more information.]

1870: Deeds All Property to Carolina Before Death

"This Deed made this eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy by Reinhart Joseph Ayd of the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland. Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the natural love and affection the said Reinhart Joseph Ayd bears unto his wife Carolina Ayd and of five dollars lawful money to him in hand paid the said Reinhart Joseph Ayd doth hereby grant bargain and sell assign transfer alien enfeoff and convey unto his wife the said Carolina Ayd her heirs executors administrators and assigns. All and singular the property and estate of every nature and kind whether real personal or mixed wheresoever situate belonging to him the said Reinhart Joseph Ayd and especially all lands and tenements absolute or conditional estates in lands or tenements situate in the City of Baltimore and all notes bills accounts securities moneys claims and valuables due and owing and belonging to him or to become due and owing to him and all goods ware merchandize furniture household stuff and chattels personal and real wheresoever the same may be. To have and to hold all and singular the said property and estate of every nature and kind & wheresoever situate unto and to the only proper use benefit and behoof of the said Carolina Ayd her heirs executors administrators and assigns absolutely and as fully to all intents and purposes as the said Reinhart Joseph Ayd might hold the same by any means whatever. Witness my hand and seal, R. Joseph Ayd" (Baltimore Co., MD Deed Book GR-492, p184)

1872: Eva (Wernig) Ayd's Grave Moved to St. Alphonsus

Two years after Joseph's death, his name appeared in a court case as the owner of lots in the St. John's German Catholic Church burial ground. Matthias Benzinger and nearly 30 others filed suit against the Archbishop of Baltimore, Most Holy Rev. James R. Bayley, in Baltimore City Circuit Court in December 1872. The purpose was to force the Catholic Church to sell the burial ground. According to the suit:

"...the said Burial Ground is situate near to Madison avenue in the city of Baltimore, with a front on Schoolhouse lane of about one hundred and seventy one feet, and a depth of about an average of one hundred and eighty feet, being the same ground which, by deed dated 3d day of February 1840, and recorded among the land records of said city in liber T. K. No. 295, folio 484 &c., was conveyed by the trustees of St. John’s German Catholic Church of Baltimore to the Most Reverend Samuel Eccleston, Archbishop of Baltimore, and his successors...

"That said ground was for many years dedicated and used for the purpose of burial, but that it is now no longer suitable or used for that purpose, but is altogether abandoned as a graveyard; and that all bodies therein interred have some time since been removed to other places of burial, and the said ground is entirely without fences and is a vacant common.

"That while said ground was used as a burial ground certain lots therein were sold and certificates issued to certain persons as lotholders therein, whose names are as follows, to wit: Matthias Benzinger, Frederick Crey, Joseph Ayd, Peter Kinnk, Margaret Cook, Joseph Kreger, Joseph Munch, U. Latsch, Michael Michels, Gerhard Fledderman, George Rosensteel, John Eschbach, John Sandmeir, John Barkman, Julia Dougherty, Simeon Sturgeon, Louis Holden, John Adams, Frank Burkamp, John Gross, M. Lippert, Joseph Kathman, M. G__i_, Joseph Fenne, Anton Debring, Christian Hillerman, Henry Funk, Peter Cla_tis and John Fillinger.

"The bill alleges that it is necessary and would be for the interest and advantage of the parties interested therein that said ground should be sold, and prays for a decree for the sale thereof... the complainant has constructed to sell the said ground... to a certain Alonzo Lilly, for the sum of fourteen thousand dollars..." (Maryland Sun, 17 December 1872)

It is not known how many lots Joseph Ayd still owned or if his widow received any compensation from the sale of the burial ground, which was finalized in 1873. The land had been deeded to St. John's German Catholic Church in 1833 and had been in use since 1834. The number of graves in the cemetery is not known, but Catholic Church historical records say all graves were removed to St. Alphonsus Cemetery. No listing of what remains were removed exists and individual graves were reportedly not marked when they were reinterred. It is only assumed that Eva's grave was moved. (http://www.stmarys.edu/archives/closed_cemeteries.pdf)

after 1906: Joseph Ayd's Grave Moved to Most Holy Redeemer

When Joseph died in 1870, it appears that he was originally buried in St. Alphonsus Cemetery, which had already become the new burial ground for St. James parish, as well as St. Alphonsus and its predecessor, St. John's German parish. For reasons that aren't clear, the St. Alphonsus Cemetery (Biddle Street & Edison Highway) was closed in 1907. A total of 2,431 remains were removed and reinterred at the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery (4430 Belair Road). Catholic Church records say the closure happened in 1917, but newspaper accounts imply otherwise. Reported burials in St. Alphonsus dropped rapidly after 1903 and a Maryland Sun article, dated 4 October 1907, mentioned that undertaker Frank Cvach had been removing bodies from St. Alphonsus since the previous fall for reinterrment at Most Holy Redeemer. Many of the remains, mostly from the Strangers' Row area, were even found in a petrified state.

Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery is owned by the Redemptorist Fathers. None of the reinterred remains received individual markers, but designated sections are identified by 4” x 4” marble markers. Archivists for the Redemptorist church say that if family members had their loved ones specifically removed, then a record of the reburial exists, but if the remains were not removed by the family, then they were put into a mass grave and no records exist.

Since we know a marker exists with Joseph Ayd's name on it, we can assume his widow, Carolina, had his remains removed at some point. The records have not been searched to discover when this happened.

NOTE: St. Alphonsus Cemetery burial ledgers, which date to 1845 and are written in German in the Sueterlin script, are maintained by the Redemptorist Fathers, who have refused to have them microfilmed. Most Holy Redeemer no longer maintains an office in Baltimore, so questions regarding St. Alphonsus Cemetery should be sent to Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery Office, 7401 German Hill Rd, Baltimore, MD 21222; 410-284-0648.

Different variations of his name found in the records

Reinhard Joseph Aydt, Reinhardt Joseph Aydt, Joseph Reinhard Aydt, Joseph R. Aydt, Joseph R. Ide, Reinhard Joseph Eidt, Reinhard Joseph Eid, Joseph R. Aidt, Joseph Aidt, Joseph Ite

Joseph Ayd's signature, 1846

1. ↑ Reinhardus Josephus Ayd, in Germany. Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898: index. (FamilySearch MyHeritage).

   indexing project (batch) number: C95308-1
   system origin: Germany-EASy
   source film number: 1053591
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   Reinhardus Josephus Ayd; Birth: 01 Feb 1808 Katholisch, Bilfingen, Karlsruhe, Baden; Parents: Father: Carolo Ludovico Ayd, Mother: Barbara Ochs

   
2. ↑ Joseph R Ide, in Oszakiewski, Robert Andrew. Maryland naturalization abstracts. (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1995)
   Vol 1, p 193.

   Name: Joseph R. Ide; Year: 1833; Place: Baltimore, Maryland; Source Publication Code: 6419.20; Primary Immigrant: Ide, Joseph R
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   [The author cites two sources: (1) Baltimore Court “Rough Minutes” 1832-1835 on MSA C420-1 MdHR 14396-2 f. 208 (IDE) and (2) Baltimore Court Minutes 1832-1838 on MSA C386 MdHR 14403 f. 67. (IDES)]

3. ↑ Joseph R Ide, in United States. Circuit Court (Maryland). Clerk. Indexes to naturalization petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for Maryland: 1797-1951. (Washington [District of Columbia]: National Archives. Central Plains Region, 1982)
   M1168:8.

   Name: Joseph R Ide; Birth Location: Baden; Issue Date: 5 Oct 1835; State: Maryland; Locality, Court: District of Maryland, Circuit and District Courts
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   [per Sketchdon: (P.M. #4, folio 387) NEED COPIES]

4. ↑ Ayd Joseph, in Matchett's Baltimore Directory 1842, vol 490, p 70.

   "Ayd Joseph, carpenter, s side Hulls land e of Forest st"

5. ↑ Joseph Ite, in Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1850; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 8, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_284; Page: 436A; Image: 168.
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   Name: Joseph Ite Age: 40 Birth Year: abt 1810 Birthplace: Germany Home in 1850: Baltimore Ward 8, Baltimore, Maryland Gender: Male Family Number: 1313

   
6. ↑ Joseph Ayde, in Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1860; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 8, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: M653_462; Page: 479; Image: 219; Family History Library Film: 803462.
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   Name: Joseph Ayde Age in 1860: 53 Birth Year: abt 1807 Birthplace: Baden Home in 1860: Baltimore Ward 8, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland Gender: Male Post Office: Baltimore

   
7. ↑ Joseph Ayd, in Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1870; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 7, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: M593_574; Page: 106A; Image: 601; Family History Library Film: 552073.
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   Name: Joseph Ayd Age in 1870: 62 Birth Year: abt 1808 Birthplace: Baden Home in 1870: Baltimore Ward 7, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Baltimore

8. ↑ Reinhard Joseph Ayd, in Find A Grave.

   Find A Grave memorial #45070761. Includes headstone photo.

9. ↑ Ide, Joseph, in Matchett's Baltimore Directory 1855-1856, vol 565, p 171.

   "IDE JOSEPH, carpenter, 263 Aisquith"

10. ↑ Ayd, Reinhardt, in Matchett's Baltimore Directory 1853-1854, vol 564, p 21.

    "Ayd Reinhardt, carpenter, Aisquith n of Eager".
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    [Another references shows "Ayds ——— carpenter, 169 Stirling", which is likely his half-brother, John (b. 1822), but that is not confirmed.]

11. ↑ City Directory for the City of Baltimore, Maryland
    28, 1865.

    "Ayd, Joseph, carpenter, 259 Aisquith"

    
12. ↑ City Directory for the City of Baltimore, Maryland
    30, 1867.

    "Ayd, Joseph, carpenter, 259 Aisquith"

    
13. ↑ City Directory for the City of Baltimore, Maryland
    30, 1868.

    "Ayd, Joseph, carpenter, 259 Aisquith"

    
14. ↑ Joseph Ayd, in St. James the Less Catholic Church Death Register.
    
15.   Rinehart J. Aydt, in National Archives and Records Administration. The National Archives, Washington DC, and College Park, Maryland: information for visitors. (Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995).

    National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 566612 / MLR Number A1 508; NARA Series: M1372; Roll #: 37
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    [Transcription of text included in body of page above.]

    
16. ↑ ^16.0 16.1 Births (1806-1836), in Catholic Church Records for Bilfingen Parish, German State Archives in Freiburg, Germany
    14, No. 54.

    Translation: "On February 2, 1808 was born in Bilfingen and baptised at the same day at 7 p.m. Reinhard Joseph Ayd, son of the inn-keeper of the Crown (Kronenwirt) Carl Ludwig Ayd and Barbara Ochs. Godfather: Joseph Anton Brenk, citizen in Bilfingen."