Lost in America
From Baden, Germany
by Joan Riehle Ruse

My great-grandfather, Clemens Riehle, and his brother, Martin Riehle, emigrated in the 1850s from the village of Wagshurst, in Baden, Germany.  Many of their cousins and other relatives also emigrated to America, but in over twenty years of research, I have not been able to find them in this country.

Following is a list of Riehle family descendants who left southwest Germany for America. Entries in the Catholic Parish registers of the villages of Wagshurst and Renchen in Baden stated that these persons left for America, and in some case, the date is mentioned.

I have listed these persons in the hope that someone searching for their German ancestors might recognize the names, or researchers might check the source records available to them in their area to determine if any of these persons settled near them.

Any information anyone can supply will be greatly appreciated.

Joan Riehle Ruse
Email Joan care of Riehle.Net

 
MUNDY, LUDWIG BONIFACE, born 1812 Wagshurst; married there in 1839 to
            Maria Josefa HURST, left for America 2 September 1839 with daughter,
            Balbina MUNDY.
            FOUND? - A Mundy family descendent has information suggesting
             that this couple died in an accident shortly after arriving in America.
             If you have additional information, please let us know. 

LAMPERT, ALOYSIUS, born 1864 Wagshurst; to America 1883

HURST, ANTON, b. 1787 Wagshurst; married there 1811 Maria Barbara KIENZ,
            Went to America 1830 with four children: Prisca HURST, b. 1809; Johan
            Georg HURST, b. 1815; Katharina HURST b. 1818 & Brigitta HURST,
            b. 1820

SEILER, SIMON & wife Isabella RIEHLE, b. 1811 - to America

BEHRLE, LUDOVICA, b. 1812 Wagshurst; married there to Lorentz FRICK or
            FRUH - to America

HUBER, CLEMENS, b. 1815 Wagshurst ; son of Christian HUBER and Maria
            Theresia RIEHLE. To USA with brothers: Benedict HUBER , born 1818
            And Mathias HUBER, born 1823

RIEHLE, RUDOLPH, born 1834 Wagshurst - to America

RIEHLE, HYAZINTH, born 1786 Wagshurst; married there to Katharina HURST
            To America 18 October 1847/48. along with children:
            Martin RIEHLE b. 1819 & wife Franziska HURST, and daughter, Maria
            Anna RIEHLE b. 1826

Klotilde RIEHLE, b. 1822 & husband Gregor WAHLE & child, Hermione
            WAHLE, b. 1845

SPAETH, ANTON, born 1843 Wagshurst; died unmarried 1870, age 27 years in
            America - left Wagshurst June 1866

RIEHLE, AGATHA, born 1825 Wagshurst & her brother, Gregor RIEHLE - to USA

BERGER, ANDREAS, born 1825 Wagshurst, s/o Christian BERGER & Maria Eva
            RIEHLE

BERGER, THOMAS, brother to Andreas above, born 1830 Wagshurst; married there
            In 1853 to Amalia HUBER - to America

BOSCHART, FRANZ XAVIOR, born 1828 Renchen, Baden; "died in America 20
            December 1902" son of Johan BOSCHART & Maria Franciska RIEHLE

BRANDSTETTER, PHILLIP, b. 1867 Renchen;- to America

BAUMERT, LUDWIG, b. 1879 - to America 18 January 1927;

BAUMERT, ANNA MAGDALENA - (SISTER ISABELLA) b. 1885 Renchen; died
            in America 1961 - went to America 1929

BAUMERT, HELENA ANNA, b. 1911 Renchen; to America 18 January 1927

ECHELE, KAROLINA, b. 1820 Wagshurst; mar. in Wagshurst 1843 SEBASTION
            GOEPP/GOPP  - to Jasper, Indiana 16 January 1847 (search of Dubois
            County, Indiana, records reveals nothing)

LITSCH, MARTIN, b. 1862 - to USA 1883

BAUMERT, DAMASCUS, b. 1838 Wagshurst - to America 1865

WEISENBACH, KONRAD, b. 1860 Wagshurst - to USA 1881

WEISENBACH, ANTON, b. 1862 Wagshurst - toAmerica 1884

WEISENBACH, MAGDALENA, b. 1901 Wagshurst; married there FREDERICK
            BERGER - to Buffalo, NY - (no record found there)

HURST, FRANZ, b. 1897 Wagshurst; "died in USA 1940"' married (to whom?) in
            1925 in Germany

SERMERSHEIM, FRANZ JOSEF, b. 1854 Wagshurst - went to America

DOLL, ANTON, b. 1788, with sister, GENOFEVA DOLL, b. 1791 & sister, EVA   
            DOLL, b. 1793 with her husband, ANTON HARTER - all went to America
              FOUND!

SERMERSHEIM, VITAL, b. 1777 Wagshurst; "died 1855 in Indiana"; married 1801
            in Wagshurst to Christina LORENZ who died in 1830, widow of Mathias
            Eckstein - Vital to USA with son NIKOLAUS SERMERSHEIM on ship
            "Formosa" from Havre, France to New York 18 July 1836. Nikolaus' wife
            was Anna BECKERT & their children who went to America with them
            were  SEVERN SERMERSHEIM, b. 1833 & ALBERTINA
            SERMERSHEIM, b. 1834

LITSCH, NICHOLAS - b. 1824 Wagshurst with brother, ERHARD LITSCH, b. 1828
            and sister KATHARINA LITSCH, b. 1834 - all to America

ECKSTEIN, HELENA, b. 1871 Wagshurst - to America

BOSCHERT, JOSEF, b. 1860 Wagshurst to America 1884

HURST, KATHARINA, b. 1820 - with sister FRANZISKA HURST, b. 1826 who
            "died in America" and brother LEOPOLD HURST b. 1840 - all to America
            on 29 March 1865

HURST, FRANCISKA, born 1858 Wagshurst - to America; with sister, EMMA
            HURST, b. 1864 Wagshurst

LITSCH, BERNHARD, b. 1824 Wagshurst - to America

HUBER, JUSTINA, b. 1835 Wagshurst & sister, THERESIA HUBER, b. 1836

BERGER, ANDREAS, b. 1864 Wagshurst- to America 1881
             Found in Ripley County, Indiana!  (More information available from
             Joan Riehle Ruse.)

BERGER, AUGUST, b. 1795 - to America

BERGER, ALEXANDER, brother of August above, born 1802 Wagshurst & wife,
            VIKTORIA FRITSCH - & children, COLESTIN BERGER, b. 1829 and
            JUSTINA BERGER, b. 1830 - to America

DUPPS, GERMAN, born 1845 Waghurst - to America June 1866

SCHUTT, AMAND, b. 1837 Wagshurst "died in America 1917" and wife,
            SUSANNAH DUPPS, b. 1840 Wagshurst & children: SIGMUND SCHUTT,
            b. 1866 - to America 1882; MARTIN SCHUTT, b. 1867 - to America 1884
            PETER SCHUTT , b. 1868, - to America

DOLL, JOSEF & wife JOHANNA BERGER, b. 1811 - to America 1836

See also: The Immigrants

See also: Wuerttemberg Emigrant List