About 4 months ago, through the internet, more specifically through Ancestry.com, I met a distant cousin. We compared notes and found that we were definitely related through the Guths. We have the same ancestor who came over here in 1854, with her son and a couple of daughters, one of which was the ancestor of my newly found distant cousin. On top of that, we found another distant cousin who is related through my ancestor, Jean George Guth, who is the father of my great grandfather, George William Guth (formerly Georg Wilhelm Guth). This newly found distant cousin is related to the daughter of Jean George Guth, who was Amelia Guth Wallace, George William's older sister.
So, I will not overwhelm this post, but suffice it to say that I will put a little basic information that I have, and in future blogs, I will include more detailed information. It is easier to grasp information when it is given in small amounts.
Let's start with my dad, George Frederick Guth.
George Frederick Guth - mother, Margaret Markwith Guth. Father - George Robert Guth (b. 1890)
George Robert Guth - Mother, Capitola Grinlinton. Father - George William Guth (b. 1862 NYC)
George William Guth - Mother, Catherina Gitz. Father - J. George Guth (b. 1826, Gumbrechthoffen)
Gumbrechtshoffen is in Alsace-Lorraine. Alsace-Lorraine has been owned on and off by Germany and France. At this time, Germany owned Alsace-Lorraine.
J. George Guth - Mother, Elizabeth Schweitzer. Father - Diebold Guth (b. 1797? Uhrwiller?).
So there you have it in a nutshell. Other families who married into the Guth family were Merdingers, Wallace, Ringer.
We also found where J. George Guth and Catherina Gitz Guth are buried. We found them at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery in New York. I have pictures of their grave stones, but they are covered with snow and plants right now.
Here is a pic of the house/apartment where the Guth family originally lived at 5 S. Center Street in Orange, N.J.
Here is a pic of the place where Merdinger's Market was. It was in the place where Epstein's is in this picture. You can see the back of the apartment or house that the Guth family lived in as it was right around the corner from this market.
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| Merdinger's Meat Market was where the yellow building is in this picture. It is now a hardware store. It is located on Main Street in Orange, N..J. |
The brick building on the left is the same building as the top picture, but from another angle. You can see how close the place of living was to the place of work. Both George Guth and Jacob Merdinger worked at Merdinger's Market. Jacob Merdinger was married to J. George Guth's sister, Magdalena.
UPDATE: J. George Guth came over to America with his sisters and a future brother in law. Marguerite Schweitzer Guth did not come over on the ship with her son, Jean George. She had passed away along with her husband Diebold Guth, in Alsace-Lorraine. The future brother in law was not Jacob Merdinger, but, Michael Merdinger. J. George Guth's sisters were; Magdalena, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Margaret. They all immigrated to NYC, but a brother named Diebold was left behind.
UPDATE: J. George Guth came over to America with his sisters and a future brother in law. Marguerite Schweitzer Guth did not come over on the ship with her son, Jean George. She had passed away along with her husband Diebold Guth, in Alsace-Lorraine. The future brother in law was not Jacob Merdinger, but, Michael Merdinger. J. George Guth's sisters were; Magdalena, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Margaret. They all immigrated to NYC, but a brother named Diebold was left behind.
