February newsletter

The February meeting was held in the museum on February 17th. There was some concern that there would be too much ice and snow piled up at the curb for some of us to get into the building but the village came and plowed it up. It's been a long and cold winter but the heating bill shows that our winterizing efforts were successful.

The new furnace for the music room is still in the planning stages and will be done in the spring by Tom & Jerry's. It was pointed out that there should be safety valves on the two gas furnaces so something will be done about that. We would also like to have the old dumb waiter removed.

There will be an article about us in the Progress supplement in the Sidney Daily News written by Jim Rosengarten.

Long-time member, Esther Borchers, has moved to Heritage Manor in Minster. If you would like to send her a card the address is 24 N. Hamilton, Minster OH 45865.

As the weather improves volunteers will be removing the Christmas decorations and generally getting things in order for opening this summer. Tom Busse has been cleaning and painting again this time in the walk-in cooler in the kitchen. The museum is lucky to have him and others who donate time and money. The county commissioners will be unable to give us any money again this year.

Summer hours will once again be Sundays from 1-4 from the beginning of June until the end of August. One can visit other times by calling Dorothy Quinlin 937-295-2659 or Karen Anthony 937-295-2353.

Tobias Roop

Tobias Roop was a farmer in McLean Twp, born in Pennsylvania. He died in December of 1879 at age 65 and reportedly weighed 460 pounds. It took 200 feet of lumber to make his coffin and several hundred people visited the undertaker just to view the casket. He was buried in the Walkup or Roop cemetery at the intersection of 705 and Brandewie Rd.

More foreign origins

Lachey/Lachet, Bordeaux, France
Lamm, Kappelrobeck, Baden
Lammers, (Ft. L) Bahwinkel amt Lingen, Hannover
Lammers, Ostbevern, Westphalen
Lange, Hannover
Laufersweiler, Derbach, Rhein-Pruessen
Lehmann, Schirrhein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace
Lehmkuhl, Hannover ?
Lennartz, Hoch Neuenkirchen
Lenz, Prussia
Lem, Rhein-Pruessen
Liening, Oldenburg
Linder, Ottingen, Ober-Elsass
Luebke, Damme, Oldenburg
Lump, Baden
Macke, Dummerlohausen, Damme, Oldenburg
Maurer, Allersburg, Bavaria
Menke, Oldenburg
Menker, Westfalen
Menkhaus, Hannover
Mertz, Ellinangen, Wurtemburg
Meyer, Hohenzollern
Meyer, Hunteburg, Hannover
Meyer, Neuenkirchen-Vorden, Oldenburg
Middendorf, Walstedde, Westfalen
Moorman, Oldenburg
Muhlenkamp, Billerbeck, Westfalen
Mueller, Neudorf, Baden
Muller Rhein-Pruessen
Nieberding, Steinfeld, Oldenburg
Niederkorn, Luxemburg
Niekamp, Essen, Oldenburg
Niemeyer, Emsburen, Amt Lingen, Hanover
Notheis, Wurtemburg

January newsletter

Due to the weather a meeting was not held this month.

We have received a donation to install a furnace with air
conditioner in the music room. It will be welcome in winter
or summer since the two heaters in there are ancient and
no longer function.

The furnace has been turned down and the water turned
off in the museum for the winter to save energy. The
museum will be open as usual in the summer on Sundays
from 1-4 and tours can be arranged for other times by
calling Dorothy Quinlin at 937-295-2659 or Jim Rosengarten
at 937-295-3998 or any of the other officers.

I would like to do a display this year on the German town
of Dinklage. Many of our local ancestors came from there
including Barlage, Bramlage, Bornhorst, Hilgefort, Grieshop,
Prenger, Seger and Sextro. If you know of any others let me
know. If you know of anyone doing research on these
families, If you are a descendant or have any photos of the
immigrant ancestors please contact me at 419-628-2481 or
catw43@gmail.com. I can copy photos and return them.
I have pictures of the Hilgefort ancestors but photos of the
others would be nice.

Minster Historical will be doing a display on the Civil War
this year and is looking for related artifacts. If you have
anything you would like to loan temporarily you can call
Mary Oldiges at 419-628-4600 or moldiges@hotmail.com.

Hilgefort

Henry Hilgefort and his brother Clemens came to this country from Dinklage with their parents and sister, Elizabeth and brother Joseph in 1847.

Deeds

These are the owners of the museum building back to 1841.

Deeds, inlot 12, Ft. Loramie

G.H. Weichman to Mathias Kapfer, lot 12
vol. L, p. 248, 1 Oct, 1841

Mathias Kapfer to H.H. Dressman, lot 12
vol. L, p.252, 9 Dec. 1843

H.H. Dressman heirs to H.J. Dressman, lot 12
vol. 49, p. 41, 1 April 1879

Henry Dressman to Gerhart Kleinhenz, lot 12
vol. 50, p. 589, 6 August 1881

Gerhart Kleinhenz to G.B. Gerling, lot 12
vol. 73, p. 537, 20 Sept. 1897

G. Barney Gerling to Mathias Brucken, inlot 12
vol. 85, p. 146, 28 April 1906

Mathias Brucken et ux, to Clara Pauwell, inlot 12
vol. 89, p. 129, 18 August 1908

Ben Pauwell et al to Alfred Gehring, inlot 12
vol. 121, p. 176, 1141, option, 13 Sept. 1933

Clara Pauwell et vir to Genevieve Gehring, inlot 12
vol. 121, p. 370, 2104, 7 August 1934

Genevieve Gehring et vir to Elmer Reser et al, inlot 12
vol. 142, p. 254, 26022, 11 July 1952

Elmer Reser to Margaret Wright, inlot 12
vol. 147, p.4, 36247, 18 Feb. 1957

Margaret Wright to Violet Danzig, part of lot 12
vol. 169, p. 614, 59200, 19 Oct. 1965

FKA Margaret Wright, Margaret Albers to Ft. Loramie Historical, lot 12, vol. 204, p.490, 84824, 23 May 1973

Violet Danzig to Ronald Woehrmyer, part of lot 12
vol. 218, p. 214, 96891, 19 April 1976

Ronald Woehrmyer to Ft, Loramie Historical, part of lot 12
vol. 219, p.291, 97849, 28 June 1976

Merry Christmas

I was unable to assemble a list of all of the many people who helped to make the Christmas dinners a success this year but their assistance is much appreciated as always.

Photo

November Newsletter

The preparations for the Christmas dinners are mostly complete except
for the food that has to be prepared just before. The building has been
decorated inside and out and looks very festive. Tom Busse has been
setting up the tables and chairs. Reservations are still available for
singles or groups. Call Dorothy Quinlin at 937-295-2659.

Jim and Rosemary Brussell donated an HP copier-printer-fax to the
museum. It will be a great help to us.

The Cub Scouts toured the museum recently and Alice and Catherine
spoke to the Active Older Adults group at the scout house in Minster
this month.

Don Gusching fixed the sidewalk on the north side of the building where
the concrete had broken up. The roof on the barn next to the alley has
been damaged probably by a large truck moving between there and
Bruckens.

Jim and Jean Rosengarten braved the basement and crawl space and did some rewiring on the west side of the building so a heater can be plugged
in there. In the process they found a large gap behind the baseboard
where cold air has been coming in. Jim sprayed several cans of
expandable foam in there and it should be much warmer in the barroom
this winter.

Jim has made a limited number of small bread/cheese boards out of
floorboards from the old elementary school. We will be selling them for
$12.50 each. They're about 6X12. You can get them at the museum during
the dinners or call Jim at 295-3998.

The Ft. Loramie Area Chamber of Commerce will be holding their
Hometown Family Christmas Sun. December 12. The museum along with
local businesses will be open that day. The miniature train will be set up in
the music room as usual and refreshments will be served. Catherine
Wolken will display her paintings.

Visitors

The third graders from Ft. Loramie Elementary toured the museum in September.