Johannes Horter was born in Epping, Heilbronn, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg on 11 November 1809 - son of Johannes Adam Horter and Eleonora Bickel. He immigrated [via Le Havre, Basse-Normandie, France] to New York City through Castle Garden on 15 June 1864 aboard the ship "Shakespeare", accompanied by his wife, Elisabetha [Goetz] Horter (whom he also married in Epping on 06 April 1834) and six of their twelve children. Three more children eventually immigrated to the US.
Four years following his arrival, Johannes/Johann/John Horter/Horder was buried on 07 July 1868, in Woodland Cemetery, Section B, Lot 4, (aka: Lot 4B) according to early transcribed Woodland Cemetery records. However, the owner of this lot, Elizabeth Hoyer, was living with husband Gottlieb in Omaha, Nebraska at this time and in fact had moved there just two years following John Horter's immigration.
Given the known ancestry and descendants of John and Elizabeth Horter, and the fact that the Gottlieb Hoyer family was from Thüringen, Prussia while the Horters were from Baden-Württemberg, with but two years to even meet in Newark before the Hoyers departed for Omaha, there is little reason why John Horter ("J. Horder" in cemetery records) would be buried in Lot 4B. There is also no apparent familial connection to the other surnames (besides Hoyer), associated with this lot: Baumann, Bross, Dowe, Koether, Kollmar, Loesch, Tauwalt. Furthermore, Gottlieb Hoyer immigrated to the US 24 years before John Horter (1840) and became a US citizen by 1847.
John's wife, Elizabeth, is buried not far away in Lot 49B together with some of their surviving (nine of twelve) children, all of whom were born in Epping and who either immigrated with them or soon after. With the exception of youngest child Adam Horter, their children were also buried in Woodland Cemetery in various lots.
Given the alpha-numeric similarity between "4B" and "49B", and the likelihood that the Horter and Hoyer families never met and are not related, the transcribed cemetery records for John Horter are now considered in error and an early transcriber's "slip of the pen." John is most assuredly buried in Lot 49B (not 4B), with his wife and several children.
John and wife, Elizabeth, chose to spell their surname "Horder" as recorded in Woodland Cemetery records and as listed in several Newark city directories leading up to his death. But by 1871, he long deceased, she is listed twice in the same directory under both spellings: "HORDER Elizabeth, wid. John" and "HORTER Elizabeth, wid. John".
All their children consistently went by "Horter".
Their daughter, Katharina (1839-1873), married the Newark brewmeister Gottfried Wilhelm Ephraim Krueger (1837-1926): founder of the G. Krueger Brewing Company, Democratic Party power broker, Newark City Council member, lay judge, and real estate entrepreneur/impresario as mastermind of Krueger Auditorium - the leading entertainment venue of its day.
While Katharina is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Gottfried (with second wife) is buried in Krueger Mausoleum, one of the finest nineteenth century mausoleums in the US - synonymous with Fairmount Cemetery itself.
Four years following his arrival, Johannes/Johann/John Horter/Horder was buried on 07 July 1868, in Woodland Cemetery, Section B, Lot 4, (aka: Lot 4B) according to early transcribed Woodland Cemetery records. However, the owner of this lot, Elizabeth Hoyer, was living with husband Gottlieb in Omaha, Nebraska at this time and in fact had moved there just two years following John Horter's immigration.
Given the known ancestry and descendants of John and Elizabeth Horter, and the fact that the Gottlieb Hoyer family was from Thüringen, Prussia while the Horters were from Baden-Württemberg, with but two years to even meet in Newark before the Hoyers departed for Omaha, there is little reason why John Horter ("J. Horder" in cemetery records) would be buried in Lot 4B. There is also no apparent familial connection to the other surnames (besides Hoyer), associated with this lot: Baumann, Bross, Dowe, Koether, Kollmar, Loesch, Tauwalt. Furthermore, Gottlieb Hoyer immigrated to the US 24 years before John Horter (1840) and became a US citizen by 1847.
John's wife, Elizabeth, is buried not far away in Lot 49B together with some of their surviving (nine of twelve) children, all of whom were born in Epping and who either immigrated with them or soon after. With the exception of youngest child Adam Horter, their children were also buried in Woodland Cemetery in various lots.
Given the alpha-numeric similarity between "4B" and "49B", and the likelihood that the Horter and Hoyer families never met and are not related, the transcribed cemetery records for John Horter are now considered in error and an early transcriber's "slip of the pen." John is most assuredly buried in Lot 49B (not 4B), with his wife and several children.
John and wife, Elizabeth, chose to spell their surname "Horder" as recorded in Woodland Cemetery records and as listed in several Newark city directories leading up to his death. But by 1871, he long deceased, she is listed twice in the same directory under both spellings: "HORDER Elizabeth, wid. John" and "HORTER Elizabeth, wid. John".
All their children consistently went by "Horter".
Their daughter, Katharina (1839-1873), married the Newark brewmeister Gottfried Wilhelm Ephraim Krueger (1837-1926): founder of the G. Krueger Brewing Company, Democratic Party power broker, Newark City Council member, lay judge, and real estate entrepreneur/impresario as mastermind of Krueger Auditorium - the leading entertainment venue of its day.
While Katharina is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Gottfried (with second wife) is buried in Krueger Mausoleum, one of the finest nineteenth century mausoleums in the US - synonymous with Fairmount Cemetery itself.
Johannes Horter was born in Epping, Heilbronn, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg on 11 November 1809 - son of Johannes Adam Horter and Eleonora Bickel. He immigrated [via Le Havre, Basse-Normandie, France] to New York City through Castle Garden on 15 June 1864 aboard the ship "Shakespeare", accompanied by his wife, Elisabetha [Goetz] Horter (whom he also married in Epping on 06 April 1834) and six of their twelve children. Three more children eventually immigrated to the US.
Four years following his arrival, Johannes/Johann/John Horter/Horder was buried on 07 July 1868, in Woodland Cemetery, Section B, Lot 4, (aka: Lot 4B) according to early transcribed Woodland Cemetery records. However, the owner of this lot, Elizabeth Hoyer, was living with husband Gottlieb in Omaha, Nebraska at this time and in fact had moved there just two years following John Horter's immigration.
Given the known ancestry and descendants of John and Elizabeth Horter, and the fact that the Gottlieb Hoyer family was from Thüringen, Prussia while the Horters were from Baden-Württemberg, with but two years to even meet in Newark before the Hoyers departed for Omaha, there is little reason why John Horter ("J. Horder" in cemetery records) would be buried in Lot 4B. There is also no apparent familial connection to the other surnames (besides Hoyer), associated with this lot: Baumann, Bross, Dowe, Koether, Kollmar, Loesch, Tauwalt. Furthermore, Gottlieb Hoyer immigrated to the US 24 years before John Horter (1840) and became a US citizen by 1847.
John's wife, Elizabeth, is buried not far away in Lot 49B together with some of their surviving (nine of twelve) children, all of whom were born in Epping and who either immigrated with them or soon after. With the exception of youngest child Adam Horter, their children were also buried in Woodland Cemetery in various lots.
Given the alpha-numeric similarity between "4B" and "49B", and the likelihood that the Horter and Hoyer families never met and are not related, the transcribed cemetery records for John Horter are now considered in error and an early transcriber's "slip of the pen." John is most assuredly buried in Lot 49B (not 4B), with his wife and several children.
John and wife, Elizabeth, chose to spell their surname "Horder" as recorded in Woodland Cemetery records and as listed in several Newark city directories leading up to his death. But by 1871, he long deceased, she is listed twice in the same directory under both spellings: "HORDER Elizabeth, wid. John" and "HORTER Elizabeth, wid. John".
All their children consistently went by "Horter".
Their daughter, Katharina (1839-1873), married the Newark brewmeister Gottfried Wilhelm Ephraim Krueger (1837-1926): founder of the G. Krueger Brewing Company, Democratic Party power broker, Newark City Council member, lay judge, and real estate entrepreneur/impresario as mastermind of Krueger Auditorium - the leading entertainment venue of its day.
While Katharina is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Gottfried (with second wife) is buried in Krueger Mausoleum, one of the finest nineteenth century mausoleums in the US - synonymous with Fairmount Cemetery itself.
Four years following his arrival, Johannes/Johann/John Horter/Horder was buried on 07 July 1868, in Woodland Cemetery, Section B, Lot 4, (aka: Lot 4B) according to early transcribed Woodland Cemetery records. However, the owner of this lot, Elizabeth Hoyer, was living with husband Gottlieb in Omaha, Nebraska at this time and in fact had moved there just two years following John Horter's immigration.
Given the known ancestry and descendants of John and Elizabeth Horter, and the fact that the Gottlieb Hoyer family was from Thüringen, Prussia while the Horters were from Baden-Württemberg, with but two years to even meet in Newark before the Hoyers departed for Omaha, there is little reason why John Horter ("J. Horder" in cemetery records) would be buried in Lot 4B. There is also no apparent familial connection to the other surnames (besides Hoyer), associated with this lot: Baumann, Bross, Dowe, Koether, Kollmar, Loesch, Tauwalt. Furthermore, Gottlieb Hoyer immigrated to the US 24 years before John Horter (1840) and became a US citizen by 1847.
John's wife, Elizabeth, is buried not far away in Lot 49B together with some of their surviving (nine of twelve) children, all of whom were born in Epping and who either immigrated with them or soon after. With the exception of youngest child Adam Horter, their children were also buried in Woodland Cemetery in various lots.
Given the alpha-numeric similarity between "4B" and "49B", and the likelihood that the Horter and Hoyer families never met and are not related, the transcribed cemetery records for John Horter are now considered in error and an early transcriber's "slip of the pen." John is most assuredly buried in Lot 49B (not 4B), with his wife and several children.
John and wife, Elizabeth, chose to spell their surname "Horder" as recorded in Woodland Cemetery records and as listed in several Newark city directories leading up to his death. But by 1871, he long deceased, she is listed twice in the same directory under both spellings: "HORDER Elizabeth, wid. John" and "HORTER Elizabeth, wid. John".
All their children consistently went by "Horter".
Their daughter, Katharina (1839-1873), married the Newark brewmeister Gottfried Wilhelm Ephraim Krueger (1837-1926): founder of the G. Krueger Brewing Company, Democratic Party power broker, Newark City Council member, lay judge, and real estate entrepreneur/impresario as mastermind of Krueger Auditorium - the leading entertainment venue of its day.
While Katharina is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Gottfried (with second wife) is buried in Krueger Mausoleum, one of the finest nineteenth century mausoleums in the US - synonymous with Fairmount Cemetery itself.
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Listed in error in early cemetery records as buried in Lot 4B.
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