ANYONE RESEARCHING ANY OF THESE NAMES PLEASE E-MAIL ME.
I'VE STANDARDIZED THE NAME-SPELLINGS
I noticed interesting patterns of naming, ages, propinquity,
and country of origin of these families in Spencer Township
of Jennings County, Indiana, USA, in the 1870 federal census.
Does anyone on the list know if
these families came from the same
area of Lorraine - or even Alsace?
I suspect Lorraine / Moselle (57),
but I could be wrong.
It seems there are enough names to find the area
they came from asuming it WAS the same area.
Some of the wives MIGHT have been
KIRSCHes before marriage.
PROXIMITY OF LAND OWNERSHIP:
239 OLINGER Balser 28 OH
OLINGER Margaret 63 France
251 MA[R][s]CHINO John 27 France
MA[R][s]CHINO Catherine 67 France
276 MA[R][s]CHINO Peter 37 France
279 OLINGER John 57 France
284 OLINGER Jacob 26 OH
289 MA[R][s]CHINO Nicholas 32 France
293 [HOUSEBAKER]
HAUSBERGER Adam 52 France
294 MA[R][s]CHINO John 47 France
300 KIRSCH John 54 France
301 KIRSCH Balser 28 France
307 MEGEL Peter 46 France
KIRSCH Adam 20 IN
310 OLINGER Adam 35 OH
311 MEGEL Nicholas 37 France
312 KIRSCH John [3rd] 35 France
KIRSCH John [1st] 72 France
313 KIRSCH Balser 47 France
325 KRACKENBERGER [transcribed as "CROCKEDFERGER"]
Peter 37 France
326 KRACKENBERGER
B. 31 France
328 CAOLAOF, Adam 33 Hesse-Darmstadt [?!!]
KRACKENBERGER
John 14 IN
331 MEGEL John 52 France
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