Jonathan Alexander Ohnmeiss

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Jonathan Alexander Ohnmeiss

Birth
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
13 Sep 1893 (aged 68)
Carroll, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Carroll, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 17, Marker 2
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At the age of 23 or so, he emigrated to America in 1848. His name is also spelled as: Ohnmeis. According to the genealogy records of his grand-daughter, Margaret Jessie (Ohnmeiss) Fox, it is believed that his first wife -- whose name is thought to be Sophia Regina Von Kerker -- died shortly after arriving in America, due to shock of the death of a child born on the ship enroute to America. According to this uncorroborated tale, the child was buried at sea.

He was the husband of Christiana Mary Rahrer/Rehrer. Their children were: Daniel Henry, Emma, Sarah, Alexander, Charles E., Kathryn, Ida C., Annie Jane, and Rebecca Mary Ohnmeiss. At the age of 53, he joined the Sugar Valley Church of Brethren, Eastville, Pennsylvania on June 10, 1879.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Found Dead in Bed.
Jonathan Ohmeis (sic), an aged German citizen of Greene Township, was found dead in bed Tuesday morning. The evening previous he had retired in good health, and when he was found dead in the morning his family was shocked with sorrow and grief. He spent about 45 years of his life in America.
Jonathan died at the age of: 68 years, 1 month, 2 days. His cemetery headstone reads: "And the dead in Christ shall rise first. Thess. 1:16"
At the age of 23 or so, he emigrated to America in 1848. His name is also spelled as: Ohnmeis. According to the genealogy records of his grand-daughter, Margaret Jessie (Ohnmeiss) Fox, it is believed that his first wife -- whose name is thought to be Sophia Regina Von Kerker -- died shortly after arriving in America, due to shock of the death of a child born on the ship enroute to America. According to this uncorroborated tale, the child was buried at sea.

He was the husband of Christiana Mary Rahrer/Rehrer. Their children were: Daniel Henry, Emma, Sarah, Alexander, Charles E., Kathryn, Ida C., Annie Jane, and Rebecca Mary Ohnmeiss. At the age of 53, he joined the Sugar Valley Church of Brethren, Eastville, Pennsylvania on June 10, 1879.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Found Dead in Bed.
Jonathan Ohmeis (sic), an aged German citizen of Greene Township, was found dead in bed Tuesday morning. The evening previous he had retired in good health, and when he was found dead in the morning his family was shocked with sorrow and grief. He spent about 45 years of his life in America.
Jonathan died at the age of: 68 years, 1 month, 2 days. His cemetery headstone reads: "And the dead in Christ shall rise first. Thess. 1:16"

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