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An excert taken from the Immigrant Transcribers Guild Vol 6-Ship Samuel M. Fox, 4 Aug 1852, translated by Fritz Braun. DAVID RUTH IS THE BROTHER OF JOHANNES RUTH AND HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE MENNONITES. Excert begins: Ruth, David, Mennonite, b. Harxheim a.d. Pfrimm, county of Kirchheimbolanden, 12/10/1808, d. Summerfield, Illinois, 3/3/1867, son of Gerhard Ruth and Elisabeth Rupp of Harxheim; m. Wagenried/Eichenstock, county of Dachau, Upper Bavaria, 5/21/1837 Katherine Strohm, b. Boßweilerhof near Kriegsheim, county of Worms, 11/28/1815, d. Halstead, Kansas, 10/26/1892, daughter of Johannes Strohm (see there) and Barbara Lehmann. The parents of David Ruth had moved in 1819 from the "Polzmüllerhof", which probably refers to the "Petzmühle" near Harxheim a.d. Pfrimm, to Eichstock in Upper Bavaria, where David Ruth was elected preacher of the Mennonite congregation in 1839. When the couple and their 5 children emigrated to America, he carried a fortune of 10,000 fl. David Ruth was an Elder of the Mennonite congregation in Franklin Center, Iowa, USA. After his death his widow married Michael Lehmann and moved with him and the children to Halstead, Kansas. (7,9,10,15,17,18,19) Children, 1-8 born in Eichstock: 1. Johann W., b. 5/3/1838, d. Halstead 4/1/1921; m. West Point, Iowa, 3/24/1861 Elise Augusta, daughter of Peter Strohm and Barbara Schowalter, 2. Susanna, b. 4/22/1840, d. Halstead 4/19/1920; m. Christian Krehbiel, 3. Barbara B., b. 11/13/1841, d. Halstead 12/10/1931; m. David Lehmann, 4. David C., b. 12/30/1843, d. Halstead 12/10/1927, 5. Katherina Maria, b. 10/28/1845, d. Haltstead 3/9/1923, 6. Heinrich Gotthelf, b. 6/27/1847, d. Halstead 3/10/1926; m. Marie Hirschler, b. 10/18/1850, 7. Jacob Ernst, b. 11/26/1848, d. Halstead 8/10/1935, he is the author of this travel journal, 8. Maria, b. 10/28/1850, d. West Point, Iowa, 12/9/1852, buried next to her grandfather Johannes Strohm, 9. Gerhard Benjamin, b. Lee county, Iowa, 10/4/1853, d. De Ridder, Louisiana, 8/21/1922, 10. Christian Emanuel, b. Franklin Prairie, Iowa, 9/8/1855, d. there 11/16/1855, 11. Marie Amalia ("Malchen"), b. Franklin Prairie, Iowa, 8/27/1857, d. there 8/24/1864. 293 Ruth David 43 m Bavaria; 294 Ruth Catharina 37 f Bavaria; 295 Ruth Johann 14 m Bavaria; 296 Ruth Sousanne 10 f Bavaria; 297 Ruth David 8 m Bavaria; 298 Ruth Barbara 9 f Bavaria; 299 Ruth Catharine 6 f Bavaria; 300 Ruth Henri 5 m Bavaria; 301 Ruth Jacob 3 m Bavaria; 302 Ruth Marie 9mo f Bavaria. End of excert. |
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Article from the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (www.gameo.org) titled "Strohm (Strahm) family"; Excert begins: Strohm (Strahm), a Mennonite family, formerly living in Switzerland. Ulrich Strohm emigrated to the Palatinate, Germany, in 1671; Martin Strahm (Strohm), of Höchstetten, was in prison at Bern, Switzerland, because of his Mennonite convictions, and was expelled from the country in 1711; he probably also settled in the Palatinate. Here Heinrich Strohm was a preacher of the Oberflörsheim and Griesheim congregations 1758-90, and Johannes Strohm was a preacher of the Erpolzheim and Friesenheim united congregation 1757-80. Another Johannes Strohm (born 1781 at Kriegsheim, died 1852 at West Point, Iowa), a preacher of Schway, Bavaria, 1821-47, immigrated to America with some children and many grandchildren. One of these was the preacher Matthias Strahm. End of excert. Bibliography- Source 1: Mennonite Quarterly Review: XXX (1956): 164, No. 62. Source 2: Müller, Ernst. Geschichte der Bernischen Täufer. Frauenfeld: Huber, 1895. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. de Graaf, 1972: 202, 307. Source 3: Naamlijst der tegenwoordig in dienst zijnde predikanten der Mennoniten in de vereenigde Nederlanden. Amsterdam. Citation:MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Strohm (Strahm) family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 07 February 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/strohm_strahm_family. |
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Article from the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (www.gameo.org) called "Ruth Family;" excert as follows: Ruth (Rutt), a Swiss family represented in the Lancaster and Franconia conferences (Mennonite Church) of eastern Pennsylvania. In Lancaster the name is spelled Rutt, and in Franconia, Ruth. Henry Ruth settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1720. Some outstanding persons of this family in the history of the Franconia Conference Mennonites were David Ruth (d. 1820), bishop of the Plains and Lexington congregations; Benjamin Ruth (1849-1904), deacon of the Towamencin congregation; Joseph G. Ruth (1857-1928), bishop of the Line Lexington congregation; and the latter's nephew, Arthur D. Ruth (b. 1892), senior bishop of the Franconia congregation in the mid 20th century. In the Lancaster Conference Martin Rutt (1840-1905) served as bishop in the Risser district; he was a strong figure in the conference. Abraham Rutt (1838-98) was a deacon in the Strickler congregation and Edwin Rutt, his son, succeeded him as deacon. Albert B. Rutt, a Lancaster Mennonite, served for a time as a missionary in Chicago early in the 20th century, but later went into business. J. L. Rutt served for a number of years as a missionary (MC) in Argentina. In the Wisler division of 1872 in Indiana and Ohio the Rutts of Ashland County, Ohio, followed Jacob Wisler. The references to Swiss Mennonite church leaders of 1645 bearing the name Ruth as an apparent Christian name are not entirely clear. -- JCW. According to the "Haus und Hand-buch für die Familie David Ruth zu Eichstock, 1852" (in Mennonite Library and Archives [North Newton, KS]), Gerhard Ruth and his family migrated from the Rhein area to Upper Bavaria in 1819, where he purchased the Eichstock estate near Dachau. About 1852 his son David Ruth, emigrated from Eichstock to Franklin Center, Iowa, and there he served as a preacher. From here family members moved to Halstead, Kansas, and have also spread to other states. The children of David Ruth were John W., Susanna A., who married Christian Krehbiel, David C, Henry G., Jacob E., and Gerhard B. Ruth. The "Haus und Hand-buch" contains historical and genealogical data about the family in Bavaria, Iowa, and Kansas. The original German narrative has been translated into English. -- CK. Bibliography: Source 1: Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: Part II, 823. Source 2: Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 1122. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm. Citation: MLA style: Wenger, John C. and Cornelius Krahn. "Ruth family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 07 January 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/ruth_family |
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Article from the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (www.gameo.org) titled "Kriegsheim (Rheinland-pfalz, Germany);" excert begins: Kriegsheim (formerly known as Kresheim until 1794 and also known as Griesheim) is a village near Worms in Rheinhessen, Germany. It is located seven miles west of the City of Worms on the west bank of the Rhine River in the heart of the German Lower (Rhenish) Palitinate in between the cities of Ludwigshafen and Mainz. After 1815 it belonged to the Alzey district of the Palatinate. It was the seat of a Mennonite congregation until 1820; since 1821 the adjacent Monsheim is its center. In 1969 Kriegsheim was incorporated into Monsheim. The origins of the congregation here presumably lie in the early period of the Anabaptist movement. For the period 1588-1608 there are sparse official records, which afford a glance into the lot of an oppressed, long-established Anabaptist group (reports of the local Reformed pastor and his inspector to the church council, measures passed by the Burgrave of Alzey and the government at Heidelberg), which is typical of the suppressive attitude of the Palatinate, especially in the Alzey district. In 1600 there were 13 couples in Kriegsheim; in 1601 a report mentions 66 persons. Cross-examinations by the Burgrave of Alzey on 29 December 1601 and 11 January 1602 were fruitless. The Anabaptists did not have the local clergy marry them, were designated as "despisers of the holy sacraments" by the state church, were even said to have mocked churchgoers. They were by trade craftsmen and peasants (weavers, farmers, saw filers, glaziers, cobblers, and vinedressers).The following family names are listed: Strohm, Zunich, Moroldt, Meyer, Schmidt, Labach, Scherer, Bidinger, Herstein, Bekker, Mezger, Brosam, and Bischoff. Among the citizens they seem to have been respected, since they were apparently given public office "before other subjects" (in the list of 1608 a field-keeper was arrested). "Subjects" even married the children of Anabaptists, which is the more remarkable because the Burgrave of Alzey had in 1588 reckoned the Kriegsheim heretics among the serfs. This group of Anabaptists apparently did not disapprove of mixed marriages or holding civil office; in this respect the original Palatine Anabaptists differed from the stricter Swiss Brethren, who came after the Thirty Years' War. They had a leader (Vorsteher) and held their meetings at night. In a house between Kriegsheim and Pfeddersheim a well-attended meeting was surprised on 13 August 1608, and two Vorsteher who preached were arrested. The Kriegsheim congregation appears to have survived the storms of the Thirty Years' War which devastated the Palatinate; it was augmented by Swiss Brethren who began to arrive in 1650. About 1657 a group of Kriegsheim Mennonites joined the Quakers through the influence of Ames. But this Quaker group emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1685; thus members of the Kriegsheim group were a part of the early German settlement at Germantown. The brief period during which there were Quakers at Kriegsheim was marked by a series of conflicts with the church and the state. There was also tension between them and the Mennonites, as a letter written by Hinrich Cassel, a Mennonite preacher of Gerolsheim, in 1679 shows. The Quaker writings breathe the spirit of the English Revolution, in sharp contrast to the "devoted subject" style of Mennonite petitions. In contrast to the Mennonites, the Quakers refused all payment of taxes to church or state, the large or small tithe, or even congregational fees. "It seems strange to us that money is required of us to pay for our liberty of conscience." Confiscation of crops, cattle, furniture, and wine, as well as arrest and imprisonment were the order of the day. It is to be feared, writes the "entire poor congregation at Kriegsheim" to the Oberamt in 1680, that "the best inhabitants will leave the village and settle elsewhere." The Quakers were strengthened in their radical position by emissaries from England, who reported back to the Quaker annual conference in London -- William Penn was also in Kriegsheim in 1667; nevertheless in 1664 they succeeded in obtaining an investigation of events in Kriegsheim, probably by means of a letter written by the village schoolmaster, John Philley, to the elector, which resulted in negotiations with the Quakers and Mennonites in the presence of the author of the letter. In consequence the Mennonites were granted toleration on 4 August 1664, which also applied to the Quakers, who were frequently officially called "Manists." In 1669 the government decided "that the Quakers either pay money for their religious freedom as the Anabaptists did or be put out of the country." In 1685 they were expelled. In 1710 the Mennonites of Kriegsheim were compelled to do military service, not only to be a guard under arms, but even to join the regular militia. Their protest to the government at Heidelberg in 1711 resulted in their release from these duties the following year. The size of the Kriegsheim church can be estimated from the tables drawn up for the electoral cabinet for the levy of the protection fee. According to these lists of Mennonites, Kriegsheim had 52 persons in 1680, and 41 in 1773. In 1738 the following family names were registered: Voldt, Bäcker, Strohm, Kühn, Kramer, Janson, Müller, Hüthwohl.A protocol of 1768 shows that the Mennonites of the Zeller Valley (Lichti and Linscheid of Harxheim) were members of the Kriegsheim church. The same is true of Monsheim; for this protocol is signed by David Mollinger as the president of the Kriegsheim church. The Kindenheim Mennonites were also counted as part of Kriegsheim. In 1803 Preacher Christian Eymann signed the Ibersheim Resolutions for Kriegsheim. Peter Kolb was an elder of the Kriegsheim congregation in the early 18th century; in 1728 he was succeeded by Christian Weber, who served until about 1770. The Dutch Naamlijst, which always lists Kriegsheim as "Griesheim," names the following ministers of the 18th century: Wilhelm Krämer, Johann Schörger, Henrich Müller, all serving until about 1769, Henrich Strohm 1758-90, Peter Müller until about 1775, Michel Stiess, preacher from 1766, elder from 1772 until after 1802, Jacob Krehbiel 1763-ca. 1784, Jacob Kägy 1771- ca. 1784, Christian Eymann from 1774, Peter Weber 1778-1781, Johann Dettweiler from 1784, Heinrich Krämer from 1788. A complete list of the localities belonging to the Kriegsheim church at the beginning of the 19th century is found in a register drawn up for the erection of a new church about 1820. When the first theologically trained minister in South Germany, Leonhard Weydmann, was employed (1818-1836 at Monsheim, then at Krefeld), he was promised a new church building. The villages enumerated are Biedesheim, Bockenheim, Bubenheim, Dirmstein, Kindenheim, Kriegsheim, Monsheim, Niederflorsheim, Pfeddersheim, and Offstein; and the family names were Bühm, Christoffel, Dettweiler, Eymann, Geber, Hahn, Hüthwohl, Hirschler, Hiestand, Janson, Krehbühl, Kieferndorf, Neef, Krämer, Möllinger, Kaege, Rupp, Seitz, Stauffer, Strohm, Schneider, Vogt, Weis, Weber, Wiehner.The Kriegsheim Mennonites had their own cemetery; the Catholic church now stands on the site. The hall in which they had held their meetings being in need of repair as well as being too small, it was sold in May 1820, especially since it was exposed to floods of the Pfrimm. The proceeds were applied to the new building at Monsheim. Bibliography: Source 1:Correll, Ernst. Das Schweizerische Täufermennonitenium. Tübingen, 1925. Source 2: Fellmann, Walter. "Kriegsheiraer Mennoniten und Quäker in ihrer religiösen Verschiedenheit." Beiträge zur Geschichte der Mennoniten. Weierhof, 1938: 19-24. Source 3: Hege, Christian. Die Täufer in der Kurpfalz. Frankfurt, 1908. Source 4: Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 572 f. Source 5:Hubben, W. Die Quäker in der deutschen Vergangenheit. Leipzig, 1929. Source 6: Neff, Christian. "Geschichtliches aus der Gemeinde Monsheim." Mennonitische Blätter (1892): Nos. 1-4. Citation: MLA style: Fellmann, Walter. "Kriegsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 08 March 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/kriegsheim_rheinland_pfalz_germany. |
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Article from the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (www.gameo.org) titled "Eichstock (Oberbayern, Freistaat Bayern, Germany);" excert begins: Eichstock, a Mennonite congregation northwest of Dachau in Upper Bavaria, Germany, which was founded in 1818 by Mennonites from the Palatinate, Baden, Alsace, and Donaumoos. In the first 25 years about 35 families settled on farms and in small villages in the wooded region of Eichstock; often from two to six families lived at one place, as in Eichstock, Hammerhof, Thann, Schwaig, and Singern, which were at that time almost exclusively Mennonite settlements. All of these families owned their land. Since they came from regions which were farther advanced, they were able to be a progressive influence on the peasants of the Dachau region. The principal reason for settling here was probably the fact that land was cheaper than in the Palatinate or Baden.Religious services were held alternately in Eichstock and Hammerhof in the homes of members until the church was built. There was some difference of opinion as to where it should be erected; the government of Upper Bavaria decided in favor of Eichstock because of its burial site, and granted the concession on 18 January 1841 (Records of the B.K.M. No. 25, 606). The funds were raised by the members. Thus the church had its wished-for meetinghouse, in which they could worship undisturbed. Economically the families were also prosperous. But a certain restlessness took possession of many families; in the years 1844-1856, 22 families emigrated to America, most of them to Iowa ; six families returned to the Palatinate. The church decreased rapidly, but until the end of the 19th century a considerable number remained. Then still other families left, chiefly for economic causes, so that by 1922 the little church was nearly deserted; only three Mennonite families were left.The following preachers served the congregation through 1956: Johannes Strohm 1821-1847, Franz Krämer 1821-1824, Jakob Seitz 1825-1839, Jakob Haury 1825-1839, Elias Dettweiler 1839-1845 and 1854-1855, David Ruth 1839- (emigrated to America), Jakob Krehbiel 1845- (emigrated), Johannes Stiess 1845-1848, Georg Zeiset (1844 until he emigrated), Christian Dettweiler 1851-1855 (emigrated), Ulrich Hirschler 1854- ?, Johannes Berger 1855- ?, Jakob Dester 1861- ?, Jakob Schowalter 1861- ?, 1856, 1862-1864; Häuser (no dates), Jakob Ellenberger (called to Friedelsheim in 1881), Michael Landes 1881-1887, Johannes Hirschler 1887-1899, Daniel Bahr 1889-1905, Emanuel Landes of the Ingolstadt congregation 1905-1954; Hermann Schmutz 1954- .In 1954 meetings were held monthly at Eichstock. In addition, the young people of Munich as well as those of the Regensburg and Ingolstadt congregations held youth conferences here, for the church is very beautifully located. On the Sundays when there was no service in the church, the families gathered in various homes for Bible study. The congregation belongs to the Vereinigung and is incorporated. The membership in 1954 was 20. Bibliography: Hege, Christian. "Der Kirchenbau zu Eichstock bei Dachau."Mennonitische Geschichtsblätter (December 1937): 57-60. Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: I, 534. Kauman, Edmund G. The development of the missionary and philanthropic interest among the Mennonites of North America. Berne, IN: Mennonite Book Concern, 1931: 37. Krahn, Cornelius. "Zur Auswanderung der Mennoniten von Maxweiler und Eichstock." Mennonitische Geschichtsblätter (December 1938): 81. Mennonitische Blätter 3 (1856): 62-64; 9 (1862): 32. Ringenberg, Richard. Familienbuch der Mennonitengemeinde Eichstock. Schriften des Bayerischen Landesvereins für Familienkunde, No. 18. München: Bayerischer Landesverein für Familienkunde, 1942. MLA style:Dettweiler, Hermann and Emmanuel Landes. "Eichstock (Oberbayern, Freistaat Bayern, Germany)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 02 January 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/E473.html. |
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Article from the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (www.gameo.org) called "Ruth Family;" excert as follows: Ruth (Rutt), a Swiss family represented in the Lancaster and Franconia conferences (Mennonite Church) of eastern Pennsylvania. In Lancaster the name is spelled Rutt, and in Franconia, Ruth. Henry Ruth settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1720. Some outstanding persons of this family in the history of the Franconia Conference Mennonites were David Ruth (d. 1820), bishop of the Plains and Lexington congregations; Benjamin Ruth (1849-1904), deacon of the Towamencin congregation; Joseph G. Ruth (1857-1928), bishop of the Line Lexington congregation; and the latter's nephew, Arthur D. Ruth (b. 1892), senior bishop of the Franconia congregation in the mid 20th century. In the Lancaster Conference Martin Rutt (1840-1905) served as bishop in the Risser district; he was a strong figure in the conference. Abraham Rutt (1838-98) was a deacon in the Strickler congregation and Edwin Rutt, his son, succeeded him as deacon. Albert B. Rutt, a Lancaster Mennonite, served for a time as a missionary in Chicago early in the 20th century, but later went into business. J. L. Rutt served for a number of years as a missionary (MC) in Argentina. In the Wisler division of 1872 in Indiana and Ohio the Rutts of Ashland County, Ohio, followed Jacob Wisler. The references to Swiss Mennonite church leaders of 1645 bearing the name Ruth as an apparent Christian name are not entirely clear. -- JCW. According to the "Haus und Hand-buch für die Familie David Ruth zu Eichstock, 1852" (in Mennonite Library and Archives [North Newton, KS]), Gerhard Ruth and his family migrated from the Rhein area to Upper Bavaria in 1819, where he purchased the Eichstock estate near Dachau. About 1852 his son David Ruth, emigrated from Eichstock to Franklin Center, Iowa, and there he served as a preacher. From here family members moved to Halstead, Kansas, and have also spread to other states. The children of David Ruth were John W., Susanna A., who married Christian Krehbiel, David C, Henry G., Jacob E., and Gerhard B. Ruth. The "Haus und Hand-buch" contains historical and genealogical data about the family in Bavaria, Iowa, and Kansas. The original German narrative has been translated into English. -- CK. Bibliography: Source 1: Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: Part II, 823. Source 2: Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 1122. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm. Citation: MLA style: Wenger, John C. and Cornelius Krahn. "Ruth family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 07 January 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/ruth_family. |
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