George Krebs (1807-1896), Bavaria to Ohio
I have been doing reserarch on my mother's family, the Krebs of Zanesville, Ohio, for a good many years, and have found getting information on them in Ohio has been like pulling teeth. Anyhow. What I have on the immigrant Krebs, my grandfather's great-grandfather, are as follows:
George Krebs, born 1807 in Bavaria, Germany; emigrated to America during Oct-Dec 1836 by way of Baltimore with his wife and two children ("Krebs"); appeared in Richland Township, Holmes Co., OH in 1840 ("Kripps"); in Zanesville Ward 2 in 1850 ("Kreps"); lived at 94 National Road, Zanesville in 1860 ("Krebs," city directory); and in Zanesville Ward 4 in 1870 ("Kreps") and 1880 ("Krebs"). Shortly thereafter he moved out to Shelby Co. to be with his son John Krebs, who'd gone there around 1875; he died intestate in 1896 in Dinsmore Township, Shelby Co., OH and was buried in St Lawrence Catholic Cemetary, 3 miles east of Botkins. His wife Elizabeth, who he married around (I guess) 1832, was born c1803 in Bavaria (and was thus some years his elder) and died apparently before 1870 when George's wife's name was given as "Sophia" (who in turn was no longer around by 1880).
The Krebs family's arrival appears in the Quaterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists For Baltimore, 1820-1860: vol 3 (1834-37), pages 54=55, somehow curiously mingled with another family:
Adam Hoffman 27 male farmer from Gerto US
George Krebs 29 " " " "
Joseph " 2 " " "
Elizabeth " 34 female " "
Ann M." 4 " " "
Catherine Hoffman 36 " ""
Jno. " 3 male " "
Jno. B. " 33 " farmer " "
Valentine" 1 " " "
I am curious about a number things: whether anyone else here is working on this particular family - what means are available for finding a more exact date of arrival and port of exit - what part of Bavaria they came from - and so on. There were a couple of lines of descent from George & Elizabeth: my mother's family, from William Ellsworth Krebs (his grandson, son of Joseph* who died in the Civil War) of Zanesville, Monticello, IL and Lake Charles & New Orleans, LA; and the John Krebs of Shelby Co., OH (at least as far as around 1920 or so).
*I believe the Joseph Krebs listed above at Baltimore died soon after 1840 and was "replaced" by this Joseph, born 1842. Such is life on the frontier - Richland Township was the last part of Holmes County to be settled, so one can imagine the living conditions.
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