Re: JACOB & PETER MATHEW KIRSCH - NY-IOWA-MO
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Re: JACOB & PETER MATHEW KIRSCH - NY-IOWA-MO
Barbara Russell 5/25/07
Barbara,
Your notes exactly match what information I have on Michel and Johannah (Schaf) Kirsch.Michel was b. 1813, d. 1868, age 55 and is buried in East Union Cemetery, north of Murray, IA.
Michel was a tailor by trade in Weiten, Germany. Their five children's baptism records are in the Parish at Oeft, Germany. They sailed to the U.S. 1855 or 1856 and settled in Perkinsville, NY.They had seven more children with only four of those surviving.
My g.grandfather is Mathias Kirsch, oldest son of Michel and Johannah.Mathias settled in Henry Co, MO and his youngest child, Cecelia (Kirsch) Engeman inherited the family farm northwest of Montrose, MO.
Carol (Engeman) McLaughlin
I have more information about Michel and Johannah's children (the move from NY to Iowa to MO) if anyone would like my notes, just email me.