Robert Morrison was born in 1754 in Washington, Indiana, Pennsylvania. He served in the military with the Snowden Company, Second Regiment U.S. Levies, Lieutenant Colonel Gibson. Robert was a private between 1791 and 1792. Robert and his wife, Margaret, reared a family of five boys and two girls.
By 1826, Robert and his family had moved to Ohio and bought a land patent of about 33 acres in Crawford and Morrow Counties, at the Whetstone Creek area and another three mile strip of land. The land was divided into seven parts for him and his heirs. But Robert died soon after this purchase, after November 1828, at the age of 74. His will was written and signed on the 18th of November of 1828 and it was filed on the 10th of February in 1830.
Robert Morrison
Born: 1754 Washington, Indiana, PA
Married: Probably in Indiana, PA
Died: after Nov 1828 Sandusky, Crawford, OH
Sources: Military records; 1807 Tax List of Washington, Indiana, PA; Census of 1810 and 1820 Washington, Indiana, PA; Will dated 18 Nov 1828 Sandusky, Crawford, OH
As I mentioned last weekend, Anna Maria Kraemer married Josphus Maus on the 28th of June in 1827 at the Roman Catholic Church in Bingen Stadt, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. Assuming that Anna was about 18 years of age when she wed, we could estimate that her birth happened about 1809. I feel fortunate to have found this marriage record at FamilySearch.org in their IGI records just recently.
Josephus and Anna Maria's first child, Joseph Maus, was baptized at this same church in 1829.
Anna Maria Kraemer
Born: abt. 1809 Probably in Bingen Stadt, Germany
Married: 28 Jun 1827 in Bingen Stadt, Germany
Died: Unknown Probably in Bingen Stadt, Germany
Sources: FamilySearch.org IGI records
Maus Castle on the Rhine River
This 3g grandfather's marriage record was found in the International Genealogical Records last week at FamilySearch.org, much to my surprise. It pleases me greatly to see that so many world wide records are being digitized and collected for us family historians to find. This marriage event took place at the Roman Catholic Church in Bingen Stadt, Germany. See below:
Josephus Maus mentioned in the record of Josephus Maus and Anna Maria Kraemer
Name Josephus Maus
Spouse's Name Anna Maria Kraemer
Event Date 28 Jun 1827
Event Place Roemisch-Katholische, Bingen Stadt, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt
So, with this record, I also learn the name of my 3g grandmother which includes her maiden name as well. The location of their church is also instructive, pinpointing the probable place where they lived and worked and had their family.
Next, I immediately went to Wikipedia to find out more about Bingen, which I understand is a city and also the name of the county in the state of Rheinhessen, in the region of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. I was able to find photographs of some of Bingen's landmarks and a map of the area around Bingen. Interestingly, my Barnhisel ancestors lived near Bingen at Bad Kreuznach, just southwest of Bingen. The Rhine River runs through the town of Bingen.
In 1955, I boarded a tourist boat on the Rhine River in Weisbaden, Germany, which I notice is just northwest of Bingen. It's thrilling for me to reflect on that wonderful trip down the Rhine, at age 23, listening to the tour guide tell the stories of some of the castles along the river, to include, mind you, the Castle Maus' story. See below:
"Local folklore attributes the name of Castle Maus to the Counts of Katzenelnbogen's mocking of the Electors of Trier during the 30 years of construction, who reportedly said that the castle was the "mouse" that would be eaten by the "cat" of Burg Katz. The originally intended name was Burg Peterseck (or St. Peterseck). A matched castle on the left bank (to control the bank north of Burg Rheinfels) that was to be named Burg Peterberg was never constructed. Other names by which Burg Maus is known are Thurnberg (or Thurmberg) and Deuernburg."
Here is a list of the Castles, Fortresses and Palaces in The Middle Rhine Valley (North to South) from Wikipedia:
Lower Middle Rhine Valley
Poppelsdorf Palace, Godesburg, Schloss Drachenburg, Drachenfels
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Stolzenfels Castle, Lahneck Castle, Marksburg, Sterrenberg Castle, Liebenstein Castle. Maus Castle, Rheinfels Castle, Katz Castle, Schönburg, Gutenfels Castle, Pfalzgrafenstein Castle, Stahleck Castle, Fürstenberg Castle, Nollig Castle, Heimburg in Niederheimbach, Sooneck Castle, Reichenstein Castle, Rheinstein Castle, Mouse Tower, Ehrenfels Castle, Klopp Castle, Boosenburg Brömserburg
Will I learn someday that there was a connection of my Maus ancestors to this old castle?
Construction of the castle was begun in 1356 by Archbishop-Elector of Trier Bohemond II and was continued for the next 30 years by successive Electors of Trier. The construction of Burg Maus was to enforce Trier's recently acquired Rhine River toll rights and to secure Trier's borders against the Counts of Katzenelnbogen (who had built Burg Katz and Burg Rheinfels). In the latter half of the 14th century Burg Maus was one of the residences of the Elector of Trier.
Maus Castle (German: Burg Maus, meaning Mouse Castle) is a castle above the village of Wellmich (part of Sankt Goarshausen) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies on the east side of the Rhine, north of Katz Castle (Cat Castle) in Sankt Goarshausen and opposite Rheinfels Castle at Sankt Goar across the river.
Josephus Maus
Born: abt. 1806
Married: 28 Jun 1827 Bingen Stadt, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
Died:
Sources:IGI at FamilySearch.org: Marriage Record. Wikipedia articles about Bingen and Maus Castle
Robert Morrison was born in 1754 in Washington, Indiana, Pennsylvania. He served in the military with the Snowden Company, Second Regiment U.S. Levies, Lieutenant Colonel Gibson. Robert was a private between 1791 and 1792. Robert and his wife, Margaret, reared a family of five boys and two girls.
