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Adolph THOMAS, Grandfather Ferdinand Johann THOMAS, Gr grandfather Johann Franz Wilhelm, THOMAS, 2nd gr grandfather Johann/Andreas Wilhelm THOMAS, 3rd gr grandfather Johann Jacob THOMAS, 4th gr grandfather	Maria Magdalena THOMAS SCHNECK, 2nd gr grandmother Andreas THOMAS, 3rd gr grandfather

My Grandfather, Adolph George THOMAS, came to the United States at the age of two with his parents, Ferdinand and Agnes nee SCHNECK, an older brother Herman, and Agnes' widowed mother, Maria Magdalena THOMAS SCHNECK.  Adolph was born on 21 July 1892 in Louisenthal, Prussia, which is now Borzysławiec, Poland, close to the present day Szczecin. They arrived in New York around 15 June 1893, and settled in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska. They later came to the St. Mary's community, near Humphrey, Platte County, Nebraska.  (More about Maria Magdalena SCHNECK's THOMAS family.)
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Adolph married Julia Mary ZACH on 15 February 1916 in St. Mary of the Angels Church, St. Mary's, Nebraska. Julia was a daughter of Ignatz and Anna Mary BRAUN ZACH. She was born 19 April 1891 in the St. Mary's community, Platte County, Nebraska. Adolph and Julia spent most of their married life in and around Albion, Boone County, Nebraska. They were the parents of 10 children. Adolph died 16 February 1980 in York, Nebraska; Julia died 17 November 1967 in Albion, Boone County, Nebraska.

Adolph George THOMAS b. 21 Jul 1892 Louisenthal, Prussia   d. 16 Feb 1980 York, York County, Nebraska bur. Albion, Boone County, Nebraska PARENTS: Ferdinand Johanna THOMAS Agnes Anna Magdlena SCHNECK

Married 15 Feb 1916 St. Mary of the Angels, St. Mary's, Platte Co., Nebraska

Julia Mary ZACH b. 19 Apr 1891 St. Mary's, Platte County, Nebraska d. 17 Nov 1967 Albion, Boone County, Nebraska bur. Albion, Boone County Nebraska PARENTS: Ignatz ZACH Anna Mary BRAUN

Children of Adolph and Julia ZACH THOMAS

Back: Eileen, Dorothy, Kathryn, Alice, Leonard, Donald, Henry, Wilfred Front: Virginia, Julia, Adolph, Gerhard
Leonard Ignatz	b. 13 May 1917 Albion, Boone County, Nebraska	d. 13 Nov 2004 Washburn, Mclean County, North Dakota
	m. Living
	b.	d.
Henry Ferdinand	b. 13 Jul 1918 Albion, Boone County, Nebraska	d.  29 Oct 2007 Rural Hankinson, Richland County, North Dakota Buried Calvary Cemetery, Hankinson, North Dakota
	m. 10 Jun 1946, St. Philip's Church, Hankinson, North Dakota Lorraine Betty WIRTZ
	b.5 Apr 1927 Hankinson, Richland County, North Dakota	d. 14 Jun 1989 Hankinson, Richland County, North Dakota
Wilfred Martin	b. 18 Dec 1919 Albion, Boone County, Nebraska	d. 14 Nov 2000 Riverside, Riverside County, California
	m. 28 Jan 1945, March Air Force Base, California Una Lee BATES
	b. 29 Aug 1925	d. 10 Apr 2003 Riverside, Riverside County, California
	Both are buried at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California
Dorothy Margaret	b. 2 Jul 1921 Albion, Boone County, Nebraska	d. 3 Jan 2005 Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Buried St. John's Cemetery, Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska
	m. Living
	b.	d.
Gerhard Henry (Jerry)	b. 30 Mar 1923 Albion, Boone County, Nebraska	d. 6 Mar 1995 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
	m. 3 Jun 1945, St. Mary's Cathedral, Grand Island, Nebraska Maggie Ruth FLEMING
	b. 29 Jul 1919 Odessa, Missouri	d. 11 Jan 1997 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Living	b.
Kathryn Mary	b. 17 May 1926 Bradish, Boone County, Nebraska	d. 9 Dec 2002 Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska
	m. 26 Feb 1945, Hot Springs, Arkansas Darwin Raymond THOMS
	b. 15 Oct 1915 Loretto, Boone County, Nebraska	d. 5 Sep 2003 Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska
	Both are buried in Doniphan, Nebraska
Alice Ann	b. 18 May 1928 Bradish, Boone County, Nebraska	d. 8 Nov 2005 Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska
	m. 10 Nov 1949, Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska Glen Milton WISEMAN
	b. 29 Apr 1920 Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska	d. 1 Jun 1991 York, York County, Nebraska
Eileen Walburga	b.  28 Nov 1929 Bradish, Boone County, Nebraska	d.  5 Mar 2006 Richardson, Texas
	m. Living
	b.	d.
Virginia Mary	b. 8 Jan 1932 Albion, Boone County, Nebraska	d. 12 Apr 1989 Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska
	m. 11 Apr 1958, Albion, Boone County, Nebraska William Harlan GALITZ
	b. 16 Oct 1932	d. 30 Jan 1997

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Great Grandparents
Ferdinand Johann THOMAS and Agnes Anna Magdlena nee SCHNECK

My great grandfather Ferdinand Johann THOMAS was a son of Johann Franz Wilhelm THOMAS (Frank) and Henriette Wilhelmine Caroline nee KÖHLER (Wilhelmina), born 19 Mar 1867 in Prussia, died 25 Sep 1954 in Platte County, Nebraska. On 21 Nov 1891 in Louisenthal, Prussia, he married Agnes Anna Magdalena SCHNECK. Agnes Anna Magdalena SCHNECK was a daughter of Carl  Friedrich Wilhelm SCHNECK and Maria Magdalena nee THOMAS.  She was born 8 Nov 1872, and died 9 Dec 1932 in Platte County, Nebraska. Ferdinand and Agnes immigrated to the United States with their two sons, Herman and Adolph, and Agnes' mother Maria Magdalena SCHNECK. They arrived in New York around 15 June 1893 on the ship H. H. Meier.
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Ferdinand's father Frank THOMAS immigrated to the United States with his daughter Augusta and her husband Joseph PETERMANN.  The 1910 U.S. census for Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, indicated that Frank, Augusta and Joseph immigrated in 1903.  Frank was born 21 Nov 1839 in Louisenthal, Prussia, and died 22 Dec 1915 in the St. Mary's Community, near Humphrey, Platte County, Nebraska. Frank is buried in the St. Mary's Cemetery.

Agnes' mother, Maria Magdalena THOMAS SCHNECK, was born 15 Aug 1841 in Louisenthal, Prussia.  She was a daughter of Andreas THOMAS and Anna Maria HASE / HAASE.  She died 20 Nov 1901 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska and is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska.  Her maiden name was THOMAS, but I have not connected her family line to this THOMAS family.  (More about Maria Magdalena THOMAS SCHNECK)

Ferdinand Johann THOMAS b. 19 Mar 1867 Prussia   d. 25 Sep 1954   Nebraska bur. Holy Family Cemetery, Platte County Nebraska PARENTS: Johann Franz Wilhelm THOMAS Henriette Wilhelmine Caroline KÖHLER

Married 21 Nov 1891 Louisenthal, Prussia

Agnes Anna Magdalena SCHNECK b. 8 Nov 1872     d. 9 Dec 1932   Nebraska bur. Holy Family Cemetery, Platte County Nebraska PARENTS: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm SCNHECK Maria Magdalena THOMAS

Children of Ferdinand and Agnes SCHNECK THOMAS:

• Herman Charles August, b 17 Jan 1890, Louisenthal, Prussia; d 8 Jun 1966, Newman Grove, Nebraska
  
  married 25 Dec 1912, Kansas City, Kansas
  
  Elsie Etna KING, b 5 Dec 1892, Pierce, Nebraska; d 16 Nov 1967, Newman Grove, Nebraska
  
  
• Adolph George, b 21 Jul 1892, Louisenthal, Prussia; d 16 Feb 1980, York, Nebraska
  
  married 15 Feb 1916, St. Mary's, Nebraska
  
  Julia Mary ZACH, b 19 Apr 1891, St. Mary's, Nebraska; d 17 Nov 1967, Albion, Nebraska
  
  
• Hellmuth Paul, b 13 Jul 1893, Norfolk, Nebraska; d 15 Sep 1946, buried Rosholt, South Dakota
  
  married 13 Feb 1917, Humphrey, Nebraska
  
  Elizabeth Mary BROCKHAUS, b 13 Nov 1892, Humphrey, Nebraska; d 11 Oct 1982
  
  
• Frank, b 29 Dec 1895, Norfolk, Nebraska; d Aug 1896, buried Battle Creek, Nebraska
  
  
• Raymond Frank, b 18 Mar 1897, Norfolk, Nebraska; d 10 Oct 1981, Michigan
  
  married 31 May 1949, Canada
  
  Gertrude Mae BOCK SWEINER, b 17 Dec 1897; preceded her husband in death
  
  
• Ernesta Magdalena, b 18 Mar 1899, Norfolk, Nebraska; d 28 Dec 1986, Columbus, Nebraka
  
  married 11 Nov 1919, Humphrey, Nebraska
  
  William Andrew STEINER, b 17 Feb 1893, Creston, Nebraska; d 6 Nov 1966, Columbus, Nebraska
  
  
• Margaret Agnes, b 7 Nov 1901, Lindsay, Nebraska; d 21 Jan 1976, Schuyler, Nebraska
  
  married 11 Jan 1922, Humphrey, Nebraska
  
  Rudolph Daniel STEINER, b 24 Oct 1896, Creston, Nebraska; d 20 Apr 1967, Clarkson, Nebraska
  
  
• Rudolph Bruno THOMAS, b 28 Jan 1904, Norfolk, Nebraska; d 2 Dec 1963, Huron, South Dakota
  
  married 20 Dec 1928, Wheaton, Minnesota; divorced 1953
  
  Lauretta May MATTESON, b 4 Apr 1909, Sisseton, South Dakota; d, 26 Dec 1997, Washington (State)
  
  
• Veronica Mary THOMAS, b 2 Dec 1905, St. Mary's (near Humphrey), Nebraska; d 7 Nov 1975
  
  married 1 Sep 1937, Columbus, Nebraska
  
  Henry John KUHLEN, b 26 Apr 1900, Nebraska; d 25 Dec 1971
  
  
• Mary, b 1906, St. Mary's (near Humphrey), Nebraska; d 1906
  
  
• Rose Erma, b 24 Oct 1907, Norfolk, Nebraska; d 20 May 1997
  
  married (1) 21 Jan 1931, Lindsay, Nebraska
  
  Raymond Floyd KOCH, b 25 Mar 1907, Creston, Nebraska; d 1936
  
  married (2) 9 Jul 1941, Columbus, Nebraska
  
  Frederick Alois HOFFMANN, b 5 May 1910, Pierce, Nebraska; d 12 Sep 1980, Omaha, Nebraska
  
  
• Martha Mary, b 27 Sept 1909, St. Mary's (near Huphrey), Nebraska; d 24 Apr 2005, Columbus, Nebraska
  
  married 27 Jul 1933, Columbus, Nebraska
  
  Everett Roy JONES, b 16 Jan 1908, Platte Center, Nebraska; d 22 Jun 1990, Columbus, Nebraska
  
  
• Joseph Henry, b 22 Oct 1910, St. Mary's (near Humphrey), Nebraska; d 7 Dec 1985, Fremont, Nebraska
  
  married 7 Nov 1939, Pierce, Nebraska
  
  Eleanor Anna ZACH, b 18 Feb 1913, Pierce, Nebraska; d 13 Mar 2001
  
  
• Hildegard Adala (Hilda), b 22 Jun 1912, St. Mary's (near Humphrey), Nebraska; d 16 Apr 2005, Michigan
  
  married 1 May 1937, Elkpoint, South Dakota
  
  Paul Francis FRANKS, b 26 Dec 1912, Duluth, Minnesota; d 1 Feb 1980, Riverview, Michigan
  
  
• Fridolin John (Fritz), b 15 May 1915, Humphrey, Nebraska; d 3 Jun 1973
  
  married (1) 22 May 1936, Columbus, Nebraska
  
  Rosella KUMPF
  
  married (2) 31 Mar 1946, Norfolk, Nebraska
  
  Margaret Louise KRUMWIEDE, b 14 Mar 1920, Bancroft, Nebraska; d 25 Jan 2005, Nebraska
  
  
• Frances Mary, b 28 Jan 1917, Creston, Nebraska; d 6 Feb 1918, Creston, Nebraska

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Great Great Grandparents
Johann Franz Wilhelm THOMAS and Henriette Wilhelmine Caroline nee KÖHLER

My great great grandfather Johann Franz Wilhelm (Frank) THOMAS was born 21 November 1839 in Louisenthal, Prussia. He was a son of Johann Wilhelm THOMAS and Maria Carolina nee SENFT. On 14 October 1858 Johann Franz Wilhelm THOMAS married Henriette Wilhelmine Caroline (Wilhelmina) KÖHLER / KOHLER, a daughter of Johann KÖHLER / KOHLER. Based on her age at the time of her marriage, Wilhelmina was born about 1840. Frank THOMAS immigrated to the United States with his daughter Augusta and her husband Joseph PETERMANN. According to the 1910 census for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Frank immigrated in 1903.  I located Franz, Augusta and Jozef listed on the S. S. Pretoria passenger list.  The Pretoria sailed from Hamburg, Germany, on 29 May 1903, arriving at the Port of New York on 11 Jun 1903.  They gave their last place of residence as Züllchow / Zullchow, Germany, now Żelechowa / Zelechowa, Poland, which is located on the northeast edge of today's Szczecin, Poland.  Their final destination was Norfolk, Nebraska; their passage was paid for by son and brother-in-law.  They were going to join son and brother-in-law, Ferdinand Thomas of Norfolk, Nebraska.
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Wilhelmina died in Prussia, prior to Frank immigrating to the U.S.  Frank died of pneumonia on 22 Dec 1915 in the St. Mary's community just a few miles south of Humphrey, Platte County, Nebraska  He was buried in the St. Mary of the Angels Cemetery.  My mother wrote in her genealogy notes that the family could not afford to buy a grave marker, so Frank's son Ferdinand outlined the grave with a band of concrete.  The initials F.T. were etched on one edge.

According to The THOMAS Family History, written by two of my mother's first cousins, Frank and Wilhelmina had 18 children:

Frank and Wilhelmina had 18 children, some of whom settled in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The names of their children are Wilhelm, Bernard, Albert, Herman, August, Robert, Ferdinand (our grandfather, born March 19, 1867, the place is unknown, maybe near at Louisenthal), Frank, Joseph, Emma, Alvina, and Augusta. Six children died in infancy or at birth.

I have a copy of a letter written in German that Augusta PETERMANN wrote to her brother Ferdinand on the occasion of Ferdinand's birthday.  The letter was dated 19 March 1939 and was written from Lincoln, Nebraska.  In the letter she writes about three of the brothers who are still in Germany.  From a translation of the letter:

Have you heard anything from Germany from Robert, Wilhelm and Joseph. I wish to write them but do not have the address.

Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939.  After WW II this area that included the village of Louisenthal, the town of Züllchow, and the city of Stettin, that once was part of Prussia, were given to Poland.  The German speaking people of the area had to relocate to other areas within the borders of Germany.  I currently do not know if there is a way to find where the THOMAS brothers Robert, Wilhelm and Joseph relocated.

I have information on the following children:

• Alwine Caroline Auguste THOMAS (Alwina), b 25 Jan 1859, Louisenthal, Prussia
  
• Franz Wilhelm Bernhard THOMAS, b 8 Jun 1860, Louisenthal, Prussia
  
• Albert Wilhelm Carl THOMAS, b 24 Sep 1865, Louisenthal, Prussia
  
• Ferdinand Johann THOMAS, b 19 Mar 1867, Prussia; d 25 Sep 1954, buried Holy Family Cemetery, Lindsay, Platte County, Nebraska
  
  married 21 Nov 1891
  
  Agnes Anna Magdalena SCHNECK, b 8 Nov 1872, Prussia; d 9 Dec 1932, buried Holy Family Cemetery, Lindsay, Platte County, Nebraska
  
• August Jules THOMAS, b Dec 1868; d 7 Apr 1925, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, buried Oakhill Cemetery, Janesville, Wisconsin
  
  married about 1892
  
  Alvina DRAVELL, b 23 Feb 1865; d 15 Jun 1929, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, buried Oakhill Cemetery, Janesville, Wisconsin
  
  Children of August and Alvina DRAVELL THOMAS:
  
  • William THOMAS, b about 1898, Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska
    
  • Irene THOMAS, b about 1899, Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska
    
  • Otto Bernard THOMAS, b 31 May 1900, Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska; d 5 Jan 1971, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, buried Oakridge Cemetery, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin
    
    married (1) 1 Aug 1918, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin
    Hazel HOMAN, b about 1902, Wisconsin
    
    married (2) 27 Feb 1923
    
    Clara Lou AKERS, b 7 Feb 1901, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin; d 8 Mar 1985, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, buried Oakridge Cemetery, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin
    
• Robert Wilhelm Albert THOMAS, b 31 Oct 1874, Louisenthal, Prussia.  On the archive record the religion of the father was noted as Catholic, the religion of the mother was "evangelischer" or Lutheran.
• Wilhelm, b 5 Nov 1876, Louisenthal, Prussia.  On the archive record of birth the religion of the father was noted as Catholic, the religion of the mother was "evangelischer" or Lutheran.
• Theresa Wilhelmina Augusta, b 14 Jan 1879, Louisenthal, Prussia.  Date of death noted on record, 25 Feb 1879.  On the archive record the religion of the father was noted as Catholic, the religion of the mother was "evangelischer" or Lutheran.
  
• Augusta Wilhelmina THOMAS, b 15 Jul 1880* Louisenthal, Prussia; d 9 Feb 1944, buried St. Bonaventure Cemetery, Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska.  On the archive record of birth the religion of the father was noted as Catholic, this is the first record that shows the religion of the mother as Catholic.
  * Date of birth from the Archive in Szczecin, Poland is 15 Jul 1880; the Thomas Family History says 15 Jul 1881; her tombstone has 11 Jul 1881.  At the time of  the 1910 census Augusta and her husband Joseph were living in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  Franz THOMAS, Augusta's widowed father, was living with them.  Joseph and Augusta indicated they had been married 7 years, so they were married about 1903.
  married about 1903 in Prussia
  Joseph PETERMANN, b 2 Jan 1879; d 12 Mar 1926
Children of Joseph PETERMANN and Augusta THOMAS

• Marie PETERMANN was born about 1904 in Nebraska.
  
• Bernard J. PETERMANN was born 15 Apr 1907.  According the to 1920 census, Bernard was 13 years old and born in Nebraska.  Bernard married Mary LOEFFLER on 5 Jun 1933 at St. Bonaventure Church in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska.  Mary was born 28 Feb 1912.  Bernard died 15 Feb 1985; Mary died 10 Aug 1998.  Bernard is buried at St. Bonaventure Cemetery in Columbus.
  
• Gertrude PETERMANN was born about 1911 in Wisconsin.
  
• Joseph J. PETERMANN was born about 1913 in Wisconsin.
  
• Anthony PETERMANN was born about 1915 in Nebraska.
  
• Rose PETERMANN was born about 1917 in Nebraska.
  
• Ann PETERMANN was born about 1919 in Nebraska.
  
• John PETERMANN was born about 1923 in Kansas.
  
• Wilhelmina, b 15 Jan 1886, Louisenthal, Prussia.  Date of death noted on birth record, 20 Jan 1886.  (transcription of archive birth record by Pawe³ Bandur, Szczecin, Poland, May/June 2006.)
  

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Great Great Great Grandparents
Johann / Andreas Wilhelm THOMAS and Maria Carolina SENFT

My 3^rd great grandfather Johann / Andreas Wilhelm THOMAS was born the 6^th or the 16^th of February 1816 in Hoppenwalde, Prussia (now Hoppenwalde, Germany).  He was a son of Johann Jacob THOMAS and Johanna Regina GÜNTHER / GUNTHER.  Johann Wilhelm THOMAS, a 19-year-old from Hoppenwalde, married Maria Christine SENFT, 22-year-old daughter of Valentin SENFT of Louisenthal, on 9 August 1835 in Louisenthal, Prussia.  Hoppenwalde and Louisenthal were both part of the parish of Sankt Johannes parish in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland).  Johann Wilhelm THOMAS died on 23 March 1882 in Louisenthal, Prussia, at the age of 66 years 1 month 7 days.

The only record that names Wilhelm as Andreas Wilhelm instead of Johann Wilhelm is his birth/baptism record.  Even though there is this discrepancy, I believe the birth record is his.  Information from the Archive's photocopy of his death record gives his date of birth as 16 Februar 1816, his place of birth as Hoppenwalde, and names his parents as Jacob Thomas and Regina geborene Günther.  In the LDS microfilm birth/baptism records is an Andreas Wilhelm Thomas born on 6 February 1816 in Hoppenwalde to Johann Jacob Thomas and Johanna Regina nee Günther.

I have found birth/baptism records for 13 children born to Johann Wilhelm and Maria Carolina.

• Johan Auguste Wilhelm THOMAS, b 17 Jul 1836, Louisenthal, Prussia
• Maria Friedricka Wilhelmina THOMAS, b 4 Apr 1838, Louisenthal, Prussia; d 28 Apr 1840, Louisenthal, Prussia
• Johann Franz Wilhelm, THOMAS, b 21 Nov 1839, Louisenthal, Prussia; d 22 Dec 1915, St. Mary's near Humphrey, Platte County, Nebraska USA.  Johann Franz Wilhelm is my great great grandfather.  See above for more information.
• Maria Caroline Fredricka Wilhelmina THOMAS, b 21 Jan 1841, Louisenthal, Prussia; d 3 May 1841, Louisenthal, Prussia
• Maria Caroline Friedorine(?) THOMAS, b 14 Mar 1842, Louisenthal, Prussia
• Friedrich August Ferdinand THOMAS, b 10 Jul 1843, Louisenthal, Prussia
• Auguste Mathilde THOMAS, b 11 Jul 1845, Louisenthal, Prussia; d 30 Mar 1846, Louisenthal, Prussia
• Carl Heinrich Hermann THOMAS, b 21 Nov 1846, Louisenthal, Prussia; d 2 Jan 1847, Louisenthal, Prussia
• Wilhelm August Hermann THOMAS, b 29 Feb 1848, Louisenthal, Prussia
• Maria Wilhelmine Auguste THOMAS, b 1 Feb 1850, Louisenthal, Prussia
• Maria Wilhelmine Henriette THOMAS, b 4 Feb 1852, Louisenthal, Prussia
• Johann August Bernhard THOMAS, b 16 Jan 1854, Louisenthal, Prussia
• Joseph Franz THOMAS, b 10 Jun 1856, Louisenthal, Prussia
  

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4th Great Grandparents
Johann Jacob THOMAS and Johanna Regina GÜNTHER / GUNTHER

My 4th great grandfather was Johann Jacob THOMAS.  At the time of his death on 14 April 1823 in Hoppenwalde, Prussia, he was 42 years old, so he was born about 1781.  Johann Jacob THOMAS and Johanna Regina GÜNTHER / GUNTHER, a daughter of  a soldier GÜNTHER of Anklam, were married in Hoppenwalde, Prussia, in 1811.  Johanna Regina was born about 9 February 1784; she was 57 years, 9 months and 2 days old at the time of her death on 11 November 1841.

Five children were born to Johann Jacob and Johanna Regina:

• Anna Maria Friderica THOMAS, b 11 Jun 1811, Hoppenwalde, Prussia
• Anna Maria Elisabeth THOMAS, b 19 Aug 1812, Hoppenwalde, Prussia.
  married 13 December 1830 , Hoppenwalde, Prussia
  Friedrich RHEIN of Viereck, Prussia, age 26
  Children of Friedrich RHEIN and M. Elisabeth THOMAS
• Johann Wilhelm RHEIN, b 7 Jun 1834, Hoppenwalde, Prussia
• Daughter RHEIN, probably stillborn.  No baptism record.  Death record dated 22 Apr 1836, Hoppenwalde, Prussia, had no age recorded.
• Maria Carolina Friederika RHEIN, b 30 Apr 1837, Hoppenwalde, Prussia
• Maria Wilhelmina Charlotte RHEIN, b 28 Feb 1839, Hoppenwalde, Prussia
• Maria Friederika Elisabeth RHEIN, b10 Aug 1841, Hoppenwalde, Prussia
• Maria Elisabeth Henrietta RHEIN, b 16 Jul 1843, Hoppenwalde, Prussia
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Henrietta RHEIN, b 11 Aug 1845, Hoppenwalde, Prussia
• ** There may be more children, but the records end with the year 1845
  
• Johann / Andreas Wilhelm THOMAS, b 6 or 16 Feb 1816, Hoppenwalde, Prussia; d 23 Mar 1882, Louisenthal, Prussia.  Johann Wilhelm is my 3rd great grandfather.  See above for more information.
• Johann Franz Jacob THOMAS, b 11 Sep 1818, Hoppenwalde, Prussia; d 10 Mar 1819, Hoppenwalde, Prussia
• M. Carolina THOMAS, b 14 Apr 1820, Hoppenwalde, Prussia
  

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Great Great Grandparents
Maria Magdalena nee THOMAS and Carl Friedrich Wilhelm SCHNECK

As I noted above, my grandfather was Adolph George THOMAS.  Adolph's mother was Agnes Anna Magdalena nee SCHNECK.  Agnes' mother, my great great grandmother, was Maria Magdalena nee THOMAS.  I am descended from two separate THOMAS lines.  Both families were part of the Sankt Johannes parish in Stettin, Prussia.

Maria Magdalena THOMAS was born 15 August 1841 in Louisenthal, Prussia (now Borzysławiec, Poland).  Maria Magdalena's parents were Andreas THOMAS and Anna Maria HASE / HAASE.  She married Carl Friedrich Wilhelm SCHNECK.  They were probably married in Louisenthal, Prussia, but proof still needs to be found. Carl and Maria Magdalena were the parents of two known daughters:

• Anna Maria Magdalena SCHNECK, was born 28 March 1864 in Louisenthal, Germany, according to her husband's Petition for Naturalization filed in Madison County, Nebraska, 22 September 1913.  Anna died in 1947 and is buried at St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery in Humphrey, Platte County, Nebraska.
  married 9 May 1885, Louisenthal, Prussia
  Franz Friedrich Wilhelm DOLLERSCHELL, born 12 January 1861 in Louisenthal, Prussia.  He died 12 Aug 1938 and is buried at St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery in Humphrey.
  
• Agnes Anna Magdalena SCHNECK, was born 8 Nov 1872, according to her death certificate from the State of Nebraska.  Agnes is my great grandmother; she married Ferdinand Johann THOMAS.  See above for more information.
  

Since there was an eight year difference in Anna and Agnes' ages, one could speculate there were probably more children born to Carl and Maria Magdalena.  As of now, I have not found a source for the birth or baptism records for this time period.  (The LDS microfilm covers 1809 through 1861; the civil records at the archive cover 1874 through 1901, with a few gaps here and there.  So far I have no records for the years between 1861 and 1874.)

Maria Magdalena's husband Carl died 29 December 1884 in Louisenthal, Prussia.  In 1893 she accompanied her daughter Agnes and family when they immigrated to the United States.  In the 1900 U.S. census for Nebraska Maria Magdalena was enumerated (as Helen) with her daughter Anna and son-in-law Frank DOLLERSCHELL in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska.  A year later, on 20 November 1901, Maria Magdalena died in Norfolk at the age of 60.  For many decades her gravesite went unmarked.  When two of my mother's first cousins began work on The Thomas Family History in 1989, no one knew where Maria Magdalena was buried.  In 1997 Jerry Thomas, another first cousin of my mother's, located Maria Magdalena's burial place in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Norfolk, Nebraska.  Jerry placed a tombstone on her grave that had been unmarked for close to 96 years.

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3rd Great Grandparents
Andreas THOMAS and Anna Maria nee Hase / Haase

The birth and the marriage information for my 3rd great grandparents, Andreas THOMAS and Anna Maria nee HASE / HAASE has yet to be found.  The microfilmed records for Sankt Johannes parish begin in 1809.  The earliest record I have found so far for this family is the birth/baptism record of a daughter born in January of 1822 in Louisenthal, Prussia.  I searched the marriage records for Louisenthal back to 1809, but found no record.  I also looked through the records of the other villages of this parish to see if Andreas and Anna Maria were married elsewhere in the parish, but I did not find a marriage record for them.

Anna Maria HASE / HAASE died at the age of 52 years on 22 September 1853 in Louisenthal, Prussia.  Her calculated year of birth would be 1801.  The death records end with the year 1857; I found no death record for Andreas between 1853 and 1857.


Andreas and Anna Maria were the parents of at least 11 children:

• Maria Elizabeth THOMAS, b 22 Jan 1822, in Louisenthal, Prussia (now Borzysławiec, Poland)
  married 18 Jan 1852, Louisenthal, Prussia
  Johann Franz HASE, b about 1825, of Blumenthal, Prussia (now Germany)
• Heinrich Wilhelm Julius HASE, b 24 May 1855, in Louisenthal, Prussia
• Julius Wilhelm HASE, b 11 Nov 1857, in Louisenthal, Prussia; d 11 Feb 1858, in Louisenthal
• Anna Maria HASE (twin), b 20 Sep 1858, in Louisenthal, Prussia; d 11 Nov 1858, in Louisenthal
• Hedwig Catharina HASE (twin), b 20 Sep 1858, in Louisenthal, Prussia, d 28 Apr 1860, in Louisenthal
  
• Maria Caroline THOMAS, b 2 Aug 1823, in Louisenthal, Prussia; d 15 Aug 1823, in Louisenthal
• Johann Heinrich Wilhelm THOMAS, b 11 Jul 1824, in Louisenthal, Prussia; d 15 Feb 1889
  married 1854, Louisenthal, Prussia
  Wilhelmine SPLINTER, b 13 Nov 1833, in Moritzfelde, Stargard, Prussia, daughter of Johann Friedrich; d 24 Apr 1893, Louisenthal, Prussia
  
• Anna Marie Wilhelmine THOMAS, b 24 Dec 1857, in Louisenthal, Prussia
• Anna Maria Wilhelmine THOMAS, b 29 Jul 1858, in Louisenthal, Prussia
• Carl Julius Johann THOMAS, b 28 Mar 1860, in Louisenthal, Prussia
  
• Heinrich Bernhard THOMAS, b 27 Feb 1826, in Louisenthal, Prussia
  married 1851, Louisenthal, Prussia
  Maria Elisabeth HASE
• Maria Henrietta THOMAS, b 22 Nov 1827, in Louisenthal, Prussia
• Andreas Hermann THOMAS, b 22 Sep 1829, in Louisenthal, Prussia; d 22 Sep 1829, in Louisenthal
• Carl Ferdinand THOMAS, b 30 Apr 1832, in Louisenthal, Prussia
• Johan Herman THOMAS, b 31 Oct 1833, in Louisenthal, Prussia; d 7 Nov 1833, in Louisenthal
• Dorothea Friederika Henrietta THOMAS, b 15 Sep 1834, in Louisenthal, Prussia
• Maria Magdalena THOMAS, b 2 Sep 1836, in Louisenthal, Prussia; d 2 Sep 1836, in Louisenthal
• Maria Magdalena THOMAS, b 15 Aug 1841, in Louisenthal, Prussia; d 20 Nov 1901, Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska USA.  Maria Magdalena was my great great grandmother.  See above for more information.
  

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Currently this is as far as I can trace my THOMAS lines.  The microfilmed baptism records for Sankt Johannes parish in  Stettin, Prussia, cover the years 1809 - 1861.  The Archive records in Szczecin, Poland, cover the years 1874-1901.  My cousin Paweł Bandur lives in Szczecin, Poland.   In one of his historical books about Pomerania he found an article telling about the colonization of the area that includes the villages of the Sankt Johannes parish.  According to a map in Pawe³'s book, Viereck was found in 1747, Hoppenwalde in 1748, and Louisenthal not until 1809, which is when the records begin.  I wonder if there are other records available prior to 1809 for Viereck and Hoppenwalde.

Sources / Resources

LDS Microfilms

Following is a description of the LDS microfilm I've used in researching my Thomas family. My Grandfather Adolph THOMAS and his parents came from Louisenthal, Prussia. Through a DOLLERSCHELL researcher I "met" on the web, I discovered these microfilmed church records.

For a more detailed description of each microfilm visit the LDS web site at http://www.familysearch.org/

LDS microfilm 544873; Kirchenbuch, 1809-1861 Katholische Kirche. Johanniskirche Stettin; Church records of baptisms, marriages, deaths, etc. for Sankt Johannes parish Stettin, Germany, now Szczecin, Poland. Includes the villages of Augustwalde which is now Wielgowo, Poland, Blumenthal, Hoppenwalde, Luisenthal which is now Borzysławiec, Poland, and Viereck.

Civil Records

Archiwum Pañstwowe w Szczecinie, Polska  http://www.szczecin.ap.gov.pl/oap.html
Inwentarz Zespołu (zbioru) akt Urzędu Stanu Cywilnego w Lubczynie z lat 1874-1901
Nr zespo³u 623

Louisenthal, the birthplace of my THOMAS ancestors, registered their births, marriages and deaths in Lübzin, Prussia, now Lubczyna, Poland.  These records are located in the Archive in Szczecin, Poland. My cousin Paweł Bandur, who lives in Szczecin, has helped me find records in the Archive that are not in the microfilmed church records.  I am extremely grateful to him for his help. 

In June 2006 I had the good fortune to visit my cousin in Szczecin.  Together we visited the Archive in Szczecin, where I obtained photocopies of several of these civil records.

Nebraska GenWeb

Platte County, Nebraska http://www.rootsweb.com/~neplatte/
Madison County, Nebraska http://www.rootsweb.com/~nemadiso/


Other

Columbus and Norfolk Nebraska Historical Obituaries http://www.onelibraryne.org/obituaries/
California Death Index http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
Social Security Death Index http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
Ellis Island Database Search http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ellisgold.html

Timeline of Polish History http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/history.html