The Elberfelds Come to American
Tracking the Elberfelds was a challenge, in part because of the last name. In many transcribed online records, it appears a Eberfeld, Ebberfeld, Eberfelo, etc. Some are misspellings in the original, and some are errors caused by poor writing.
Maria Kathryn (Katharine) Eiselstein, Kid Elberfeld's mother, arrived in American with her family on July 31, 1849 in the Bark Ch. Colombe. She was about 3 years old at the time - far too young to have any contact with Philip Elberfeld, her future husband, in Germany.
John Reuter (spelled Rider or Ryder on most documents) was the husband of Eva Elberfeld, the older sister of Frederick, Jacob, and Philip (Kid Elberfeld's father) who left Lambsheim in the 1850s. Based on naturalization papers, John came from Havre, Germany to New York City on May 14, 1841. John was initially in Lawrence County at Ironton at least through 1846. Adam Elberfeld, possibly an uncle of Eva, was living in Ironton at that time, so it is logical John would go there.
Eva Elberfeld Reuter (Reuther) came from Lambsheim to America on June 24, 1843 on the Ship Cahacoba with her two children, Christina and Philip. On the same ship was the family of Leonard Eiselstein from Oppau, a small town next to Lambsheim. It cannot be a coincidence that both families ended up in Pomeroy, OH. Leonard was the Uncle of Maria Kathryn Eiselstein, Kid Elberfeld's mother. It seems the Elberfeld families knew each other in Germany and kept together in Pomeroy, OH
Frederick Elberfeld came over from Germany on the Rose Standish and landed in New York City on Nov 21, 1853. He may have been conscripted into the Austrio-Prussian Army and was fleeing to America to avoid serving. (Elba Gillman - source) Frederick served in the Civil war in the 1st. WV Cavalry as a hospital nurse. A copy of Frederick's service record shows two AWOLs and a desertion charge.
Jacob and Philip had established family waiting for them in America. A passenger list for a ship arriving at the Port of New York on Aug 15, 1854 from London (Liverpool), the American Union with a Captain Alexander Kelly, lists Philip Eberfeld 25 male grocer Mecklenburg , and Jacob Eberfeld 23. According the naturalization papers, Jacob and Philip arrived in Pomeroy about a week apart in September of 1854.
Meigs County Ohio History Book: THE ELBERFELDS - It is recalled through oral tradition and family records that Jacob Elberfeld of Lambshein Canton, Frankenthahahl, Rhemkreis, Bavaria, came to America in his twentieth year, arriving in New York on August 15, 1854. After a journey via Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and thence to Marietta by boat, Mr. Elberfeld arrived in Pomeroy by wagon with his brother-in-law, John Reuter, on September 10. Working in the coal mines near Monkey Run as a stone-mason making water boxes, Mr. Elberfeld saved his money, enrolled in the Pomeroy Academy, and also worked as a clerk in a store. Entering into business for himself on October 1, 1864, by selling goods to the public, Mr. Elberfeld started a mercantile business that survives to the present. Mr. Elberfeld, on January 24, 1860, married Anna Mary Genheimer.
It is possible there was family feud at some time, as the families of Philip, Jacob, and Frederick had little or no contact for almost 100 years until John Elberfeld (Kid Elberfeld was his great uncle) went to Ohio and met with descendants of Jacob and Frederick. Elberfeld family histories in Pomery books rarely mention Jacob's brothers.
Maria Kathryn (Katharine) Eiselstein, Kid Elberfeld's mother, arrived in American with her family on July 31, 1849 in the Bark Ch. Colombe. She was about 3 years old at the time - far too young to have any contact with Philip Elberfeld, her future husband, in Germany.
John Reuter (spelled Rider or Ryder on most documents) was the husband of Eva Elberfeld, the older sister of Frederick, Jacob, and Philip (Kid Elberfeld's father) who left Lambsheim in the 1850s. Based on naturalization papers, John came from Havre, Germany to New York City on May 14, 1841. John was initially in Lawrence County at Ironton at least through 1846. Adam Elberfeld, possibly an uncle of Eva, was living in Ironton at that time, so it is logical John would go there.
Eva Elberfeld Reuter (Reuther) came from Lambsheim to America on June 24, 1843 on the Ship Cahacoba with her two children, Christina and Philip. On the same ship was the family of Leonard Eiselstein from Oppau, a small town next to Lambsheim. It cannot be a coincidence that both families ended up in Pomeroy, OH. Leonard was the Uncle of Maria Kathryn Eiselstein, Kid Elberfeld's mother. It seems the Elberfeld families knew each other in Germany and kept together in Pomeroy, OH
Frederick Elberfeld came over from Germany on the Rose Standish and landed in New York City on Nov 21, 1853. He may have been conscripted into the Austrio-Prussian Army and was fleeing to America to avoid serving. (Elba Gillman - source) Frederick served in the Civil war in the 1st. WV Cavalry as a hospital nurse. A copy of Frederick's service record shows two AWOLs and a desertion charge.
Jacob and Philip had established family waiting for them in America. A passenger list for a ship arriving at the Port of New York on Aug 15, 1854 from London (Liverpool), the American Union with a Captain Alexander Kelly, lists Philip Eberfeld 25 male grocer Mecklenburg , and Jacob Eberfeld 23. According the naturalization papers, Jacob and Philip arrived in Pomeroy about a week apart in September of 1854.
Meigs County Ohio History Book: THE ELBERFELDS - It is recalled through oral tradition and family records that Jacob Elberfeld of Lambshein Canton, Frankenthahahl, Rhemkreis, Bavaria, came to America in his twentieth year, arriving in New York on August 15, 1854. After a journey via Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and thence to Marietta by boat, Mr. Elberfeld arrived in Pomeroy by wagon with his brother-in-law, John Reuter, on September 10. Working in the coal mines near Monkey Run as a stone-mason making water boxes, Mr. Elberfeld saved his money, enrolled in the Pomeroy Academy, and also worked as a clerk in a store. Entering into business for himself on October 1, 1864, by selling goods to the public, Mr. Elberfeld started a mercantile business that survives to the present. Mr. Elberfeld, on January 24, 1860, married Anna Mary Genheimer.
It is possible there was family feud at some time, as the families of Philip, Jacob, and Frederick had little or no contact for almost 100 years until John Elberfeld (Kid Elberfeld was his great uncle) went to Ohio and met with descendants of Jacob and Frederick. Elberfeld family histories in Pomery books rarely mention Jacob's brothers.
Part of the American Union passenger list on LDS microfilm 017550
Thanks to Mary Paullin Elberfeld Whitman, I have the above paper which I believe confirms the birth and death dates of the parents, and the years the three brothers came to America. If anyone can read the hand-written German, please let me know what it really says. (I'll even send you a copy on paper, if that will help!)
John Reuter is listed as a miner and Frederick is listed as a stone mason in the early census reports. Jacob eventually started Elberfeld's Store. Philip also helped create a competing store with George Eiselstein in 1868. In 1878 Philip moved his family to Cincinnati, where he is listed as a cobbler and shoe merchant. It may be that setting up competing stores caused a family rift because there was little contact among the three Elberfeld lines until very recently.
Once Jacob, Philip, Frederick and Eva settled in Pomeroy, the Elberfeld clan started to grow.
PHILIP ELBERFELD was born April 28, 1831 in Lambsheim Co., Frankenthal, Reinkreit, Bayern (Bavaria) Germany, and died January 18, 1916 in Cincinatti OH. He married KATHERINE (MARIA KATHRYN) EISELSTEIN October 18, 1856 in Pomeroy, OH, daughter of JOHANN EISELSTEIN and MARIA EISELSTEIN. She was born February 16, 1836 in Oppau, Germany, and died January 05, 1917 in Cincinatti OH.
John Reuter is listed as a miner and Frederick is listed as a stone mason in the early census reports. Jacob eventually started Elberfeld's Store. Philip also helped create a competing store with George Eiselstein in 1868. In 1878 Philip moved his family to Cincinnati, where he is listed as a cobbler and shoe merchant. It may be that setting up competing stores caused a family rift because there was little contact among the three Elberfeld lines until very recently.
Once Jacob, Philip, Frederick and Eva settled in Pomeroy, the Elberfeld clan started to grow.
PHILIP ELBERFELD was born April 28, 1831 in Lambsheim Co., Frankenthal, Reinkreit, Bayern (Bavaria) Germany, and died January 18, 1916 in Cincinatti OH. He married KATHERINE (MARIA KATHRYN) EISELSTEIN October 18, 1856 in Pomeroy, OH, daughter of JOHANN EISELSTEIN and MARIA EISELSTEIN. She was born February 16, 1836 in Oppau, Germany, and died January 05, 1917 in Cincinatti OH.
LDS Microfilm 0317446 lists all the marriages. Notice that Philip's last name is listed as Elbafield, and Catharine's name is spelled Eiselstein at the left, but Eiselstine at the right.
Philip (1890) and Katherine (1891) Elberfeld. Philip was Kid Elberfeld's father.
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Ten Children of Philip and Katherine
Left to right: Jack, Charlie, Sam, Wesley, Norman (Tabasco Kid) Left to right: Lill, Mary, Jessie, Maggie, Ella
Adolph died young
Children of PHILIP ELBERFELD and KATHERINE EISELSTEIN are:
Children of EVA ELBERFELD and JOHN REUTER are:
Children of FRIDERICK ELBERFELD and MARY STROHMEYER are:
Children of JACOB ELBERFELD and ANNA GENHEIMER are:
Eiselsteins
Philip Elberfeld married Katherine Eiselstein. According to her death certificate, Catherine Eiselstein was born Feb. 16, 1836 in Germany, and died Jan. 5, 1907 in St. Louis, MO. On the death certificate, filled out by her daughter, her parents are listed as "unknown." Family notes show she was born in Oppau, a very small town just a few miles east of Lambsheim. She and Philip were married Oct 16, 1856 in Pomeroy, OH, according to the court marriage records.
Determining her parents beyond a shadow of a doubt has been a challenge, since very little is known about her. A hand-written note in the family papers shows her father was John Eiselstein, and her mother ___?___ Deus - but the handwriting is hard to interpret. It also states she came to America and arrived in NY in 1838. Unfortunately, no Eiselstein in Meigs County matches this information exactly.
Johannes Eiselstein (1774-1834) and Maria Katherine Bauman (1776-1834) had eight children. Their eldest child, Johannes (1799-1885) was married three times, and in 1840 brought his entire family to America. Their fifth child, Leonhard Eiselstein, married in 1831 and came to America in 1843. Their eighth child, Conrad Eiselstein, came to America also in 1840 and married in 1841. All three settled in the Pomeroy, OH, area.
Of these three families of Eiselsteins in Meigs County, OH, only Johannes (1799-1885) has a daughter of Catherine Eiselstein's age - Maria Kathryn (1837). In the pasesenger list for the Ch. Colombe, which arrived in Baltimore on July 31, 1940, the family of Joh. Eiselstein is listed, but the daughter of Catherine's age is listed as Elizabeth. Since another, older daughter is also listed as Elizabeth, this seems to be an error. The 1850 census, which lists them as the Irelstine family, the same children appear, but with a Catherine (in place of the young Elizabeth on the pasenger list) who is the right age to be my great grandmother. Experts on the Eiselstein family confirmed the Maria Kathryn Eiselstein was the daughter of Johannes and Miaria Katherine Eiselstein.
Left to right: Jack, Charlie, Sam, Wesley, Norman (Tabasco Kid) Left to right: Lill, Mary, Jessie, Maggie, Ella
Adolph died young
Children of PHILIP ELBERFELD and KATHERINE EISELSTEIN are:
- SAMUEL LOUIS ELBERFELD, b. June 04, 1869, Pomeroy OH; d. April 25, 1953, East Boston, MA.
- MARGARET ELBERFELD, b. November 26, 1857, Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio.
- MARY LYDIA ELBERFELD, b. September 22, 1859; d. December 31, 1928.
- JACOB EDWARD ELBERFELD, b. August 24, 1861; d. September 18, 1898.
- ELLA ELBERFELD, b. February 16, 1863.
- CHARLES ELBERFELD, b. February 02, 1865; d. March 22, 1922.
- WESLEY WASHINGTON ELBERFELD, b. May 04, 1867, Date not positive; d. September 15, 1932.
- LILLIAN ELBERFELD, b. April 06, 1871, Ohio; d. January 22, 1953.
- JESSIE JEANETTE ELBERFELD, b. April 28, 1873; d. January 10, 1939.
- NORMAN ARTHUR "The Tabasco Kid" ELBERFELD, b. April 13, 1875, Pomeroy, Meigs Co., OH; d. January 13, 1944.
- ADOLPH RICHARD THEODORE ELBERFELD, b. September 16, 1877, Pomeroy. Meigs County, Ohio; d. May 1881.
Children of EVA ELBERFELD and JOHN REUTER are:
- CHRISTINA REUTER, b. September 06, 1836, Christened, Sankt Stefanus Katholisch, Lambsheim, Pfalz, Bayern.
- PHILIP REUTER, b. 1841, Lambsheim, Pfalz, Bayern; m. MAGDELENA HOFFNER, January 15, 1864, Meigs County, OH.
- MARGARET REUTER, b. 1845, Pomeroy, Meigs County, OH.
- AMERILLA REUTER, b. June 15, 1849, Meigs Co., Ohio; m. PETER PRIODE, June 24, 1866, Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio; b. December 15, 1845, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio.
- EMMA EVALINE REUTER, b. 1852, Pomeroy, Meigs COunty, OH; m. JACOB PRIODE, February 22, 1864, Meigs County, OH.
- CATHERINE REUTER, b. November 26, 1857, Meigs Co., Ohio; d. March 25, 1917, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH; m. HENRY CLAY GEYER, March 19, 1874, Meigs County, Ohio.
Children of FRIDERICK ELBERFELD and MARY STROHMEYER are:
- GEORGE ELBERFELD, b. April 27, 1860, Meigs Co., Ohio; d. September 19, 1919, Pomerory, Meigs Cnty, Salisbury Twp, OH.
- SOPHIA ELBERFELD, b. Abt. 1860, Ohio; d. December 13, 1914, Athens County, OH. (Committed as a lunatic)
- CHARLES ELBERFELD, b. 1865
- CAROLINE ELBERFELD, b. 1868
- ELIZA ELBERFELD, b. August 18, 1869, Pomery, Meigs, Ohio.
- MARY ELBERFELD, b. November 28, 1871, Pomeroy. Meigs County, Ohio.
Children of JACOB ELBERFELD and ANNA GENHEIMER are:
- LYDIA ANN ELBERFELD, b. December 14, 1861, Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio; d. June 17, 1942, Los Angeles, CA; m. C. H. VICKERS.
- WILLIAM PHILIP ELBERFELD, b. September 12, 1863, Ohio; d. May 18, 1910, Pomeroy, Meigs County, OH.
- EDWARD JOHN ELBERFELD, b. November 12, 1865, Pomerory, Meigs Cnty, Salisbury Twp, OH; d. February 03, 1920, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH.
- JACOB BAUER ELBERFELD, b. January 07, 1868, Pomerory, Meigs Cnty, Salisbury Twp, OH; d. October 23, 1963, Pomerory, Meigs Cnty, Salisbury Twp, OH.
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER MILTON ELBERFELD, b. March 22, 1870, Pomerory, Meigs Cnty, Salisbury Twp, OH; d. March 07, 1919, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH.
- HENRY DANIEL ELBERFELD, b. June 30, 1871, Pomeroy. Meigs County, Ohio; d. April 16, 1945, Los Angeles County, CA.
- ALFRED GENHEIMER. ELBERFELD, b. May 12, 1873, Pomerory, Meigs Cnty, Salisbury Twp, OH; d. February 20, 1935, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH.
- ADA MAY ELBERFELD, b. June 14, 1875, Pomeroy. Meigs County, Ohio; d. September 11, 1876.
- SIEGWARD ELBERFELD, b. January 12, 1877; d. September 06, 1877.
- ONWARD BENJAMIN ELBERFELD, b. June 15, 1878, Pomeroy. Meigs County, Ohio; d. May 04, 1955; m. GOLDIA MOORE; b. May 05, 1881; d. January 1969.
- MAUD HELEN ELBERFELD, b. April 29, 1881, Pomeroy. Meigs County, Ohio; d. November 17, 1885.
- JOSEPH ELBERFELD, b. January 25, 1885; d. September 06, 1885
Eiselsteins
Philip Elberfeld married Katherine Eiselstein. According to her death certificate, Catherine Eiselstein was born Feb. 16, 1836 in Germany, and died Jan. 5, 1907 in St. Louis, MO. On the death certificate, filled out by her daughter, her parents are listed as "unknown." Family notes show she was born in Oppau, a very small town just a few miles east of Lambsheim. She and Philip were married Oct 16, 1856 in Pomeroy, OH, according to the court marriage records.
Determining her parents beyond a shadow of a doubt has been a challenge, since very little is known about her. A hand-written note in the family papers shows her father was John Eiselstein, and her mother ___?___ Deus - but the handwriting is hard to interpret. It also states she came to America and arrived in NY in 1838. Unfortunately, no Eiselstein in Meigs County matches this information exactly.
Johannes Eiselstein (1774-1834) and Maria Katherine Bauman (1776-1834) had eight children. Their eldest child, Johannes (1799-1885) was married three times, and in 1840 brought his entire family to America. Their fifth child, Leonhard Eiselstein, married in 1831 and came to America in 1843. Their eighth child, Conrad Eiselstein, came to America also in 1840 and married in 1841. All three settled in the Pomeroy, OH, area.
Of these three families of Eiselsteins in Meigs County, OH, only Johannes (1799-1885) has a daughter of Catherine Eiselstein's age - Maria Kathryn (1837). In the pasesenger list for the Ch. Colombe, which arrived in Baltimore on July 31, 1940, the family of Joh. Eiselstein is listed, but the daughter of Catherine's age is listed as Elizabeth. Since another, older daughter is also listed as Elizabeth, this seems to be an error. The 1850 census, which lists them as the Irelstine family, the same children appear, but with a Catherine (in place of the young Elizabeth on the pasenger list) who is the right age to be my great grandmother. Experts on the Eiselstein family confirmed the Maria Kathryn Eiselstein was the daughter of Johannes and Miaria Katherine Eiselstein.
