Would like to know where the Catholic cem. is in Plymouth, am familiar with
31 and east/west 30, does anyone have directions,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thank
you
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From: George Meister <george.meister(a)gmx.de>
To: <INMARSHA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 5:39 AM
Subject: [Marsh'll] MEISTER/KELLER Lookup St. Michael's Plymouth
Augustin MEISTER, my g-grandfather, emigrated sometime in the
1850's from
Hesse-Cassel to Newark NJ, where he married Elisabeth KESSLER about 1860,
worked as a "molder," fathered 9 children, and died in 1886. Of the 9
children, all were born in Newark - except for the fourth: Rudolph
Johannes
MEISTER was born 18 July 1870 in Plymouth IN and baptized there 28
Aug
1870
in St. Michael's RC Church. Godparents were Rudolph KELLER and
wife (three
of whose children were also born in NJ). This information has just been
provided by Linda Hindman from the Plymouth Library, who also found
Augustin and Elisabeth MEISTER in the 1870 US Census for Plymouth. Thank
you , Linda!
My question now is, why this Indiana intermezzo for the MEISTER family
from
NJ? By Nov 1872 they were back in Newark , where they remained for
the
birth of the other 5 children. Linda Hindman suggested one possibility -
Augustin worked on the County Courthouse, which was built 1870-72. (He was
a molder, which may have been a brick maker or plasterer). But why was it
Plymouth that he chose to live in for a few years? Was he invited there by
family (MEISTER/KESSLER) or by friends (Rudolph KELLER was his son's
godfather)?
Perhaps the parish records for St. Michael's RC Church could provide a
clue.Does anyone have access to the FHL microfilm #1617055 for the parish?
If so, I'd appreciate a lookup for the names MEISTER, KESSLER, and KELLER
in the period 1868-72.
Thanks very much.
George Meister
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