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My name is Thelma
(Crafton) Gahimer. My husband – Troy Edward Gahimer
- is a descendant of Johann
Jacob and Maria (Deprez)
Gegenhiemer. I would like to submit my husband’s
ancestry as we know it.
We found the
Gegenheimer name was changed to Gahimer around
Michael’s Generation. His brother, William, was married
to a woman by the name of Catherine who died when she was only 24 yrs old.
She is buried in the
Zion
Church
Cemetery,
Shelby County, Indiana as Catherine Gegenheimer.
William later married a woman name Salome
Hirtzel. When these two were
buried the name on their stone is Gahimer. The reason
for this change may be the American way of butchering family names.
Johann Jacob bought land in
Rush
County
and the deed held the correct spelling of the name. In
the 1840 Census, the name was listed as Jacob Gaghamer.
When Michael married Margaret, his name was written
Gegenheiner. Maybe there
were legal issues and maybe they just thought it would be easier.
We will update
any other information as we find it and would love any information from
Johann George on back. I am also including a family
picture taken about 2003. The kids are older now but we
have nothing more current.
Thank you,
Thelma L. Gahimer
Email:
only_eddies@yahoo.com |
