Johann Michael Martin Feucht

Male 1845 - 1926  (80 years)


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  • Name Johann Michael Martin Feucht 
    Born 14 Sep 1845  Mittelsteinbach, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Mar 1926 
    Person ID I0210  Gerber Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2011 

    Father Johann Michael Feucht,   b. 28 Apr 1813, Geddelsbach, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1890, Buchhorn, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Maria Christine Walther,   b. 12 Mar 1812, Tommelhardt, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1885  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 25 Feb 1838  Unterheimbach, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F0102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margarethe Jacobine Christine Friedrik Schambach,   b. 24 Nov 1853, Neuhutten, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1933  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 19 Sep 1876  Neuhutten, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Married in born in Finsteroth, Wurttemberg, Germany
    Children 
    +1. Gottfried Feucht,   b. 27 Sep 1877, Neuhutten, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1966  (Age 88 years)
     2. George Feucht,   b. 27 Sep 1877,   d. 27 Sep 1877  (Age 0 years)
     3. Rosena Christine Feucht,   b. 24 Oct 1878, Neuhutten, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1972  (Age 94 years)
    +4. Albrecht Gottfried Feucht Field,   b. 9 Apr 1880, Neuhutten, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1935  (Age 55 years)
    +5. Carl Albrecht Feucht,   b. 10 Apr 1881, Boeckingen, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1949  (Age 68 years)
    +6. Caroline Rosine Feucht,   b. 30 Oct 1882,   d. 3 Mar 1932  (Age 49 years)
     7. Frieda Rosena Feucht,   b. 25 Dec 1883,   d. 22 Feb 1978  (Age 94 years)
     8. Willhelm Gottfried Feucht,   b. 15 Apr 1885, Neuhutten, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1885  (Age 0 years)
     9. Louise Feucht,   b. 2 Mar 1888, Neuhutten, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1889  (Age 0 years)
     10. Pauline Feucht,   b. 9 Aug 1890,   d. 18 Feb 1976  (Age 85 years)
     11. William Feucht,   b. 14 Nov 1891,   d. 13 May 1957  (Age 65 years)
    Histories
    Feucht, Johann - History
    Feucht, Johann - History
    History of Johann Feucht from Feucht Family Record
    Census Reports
    Feucht, Johann and Jacobine Feucht 1910 Census
    Feucht, Johann and Jacobine Feucht 1910 Census
    Larchwood, Lyon County, IA
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2011 
    Family ID F0096  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Sep 1845 - Mittelsteinbach, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Sep 1876 - Neuhutten, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany Link to Google Earth
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  • Location Photos
    Mittelsteinbach, Germany Photograph
    Mittelsteinbach, Germany Photograph
    Photograph of Mittelsteinbach, an ancestral home of the Feucht family

  • Notes 
    • born in Finsteroth, Wurttemberg, Germany
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      Excerpted from "The Feucht Family Record" dated ABT 1968

      Johann Feucht (born Sept. 14, 1845) was married to Jacobena Schambach (born Nov. 24, 1853) in the spring of 1876 at Finsteroth, Wurttemberg, Germany. They owned several acres of ground, a little here and there, near the village of Finsteroth, on which they raised wheat for flour, hay for cattle, potatoes, etc., and all the food needed to sustain their family. They also had an orchard which fruit was mostly used for their family. Some was dried for use in the winter. At first the farming was all done by hand, but later with horses especially for the plowing. Cows produced the dairy products for the family and later goats were used for milk too.

      Johann bought fruit and wood from others and then with his horses drove to the big town of Heilbron to sell them at a stand that he had set up. While the horses were resting, he would sell his goods and then return home.

      Eleven children were born to this union; the first two being a set of twin boys, of which the one died at birth. Of the other three sons and six daughters, one of each died before they reached one year of age. The other eight children, with the exception of Pauline and William who were just six and five when they came to America, all attended the little village Lutheran school in Finsteroth. (Finsterrot)

      Jacobena was brought up Lutheran, then went to the Methodist church awhile, but still was not satisfied. A neighbor invited her to attend church with her once, which happened to be the Apostolic Christian Church. She felt that here was a faith that she had been looking for, and in 1894, she and her daughter Caroline, were taken up as members.

      Jacobena had a cousin, George Schambach, living in Elgin, Illinois, and after some correspondence back and forth it was decided that one by one the children and then the folks would move to America where living conditions were better and where there was no military service for the boys.

      So in May 1892, their oldest son Gottfried (14 years old) came over to America by himself. Two years later, in 1894, Rosena and Albert (ages 15 and 14) came over, followed by Carl and Frieda in May 1895 (then 14 and 11 years old).

      In the spring of 1897, Father and Mother with their three last children, Caroline (14), Pauline (6) and William (5) packed up their belongings, said goodbye to their friends at Finsteroth, W^irttemberg, Germany, and headed for Antwerp, Belguin (a three days ride by train from Heilbron, Germany), where they boarded a ship called "Freesland .

      They were on the ocean about 9 days and were often sick. When they finally landed in New York, they took a two days journey by train to Elgin, Illinois, where they were met by some of their family and the Geo. Schambachs.

      Their son, Carl, was farming near Elgin at the time, so they moved in with him and were there for about seven years before moving to Stark, Illinois in 1904. They were near Stark for another four years, spending two years with Carl again (before he moved to Lester) and the other two years with their son, Fred. During the winter of 1906 and the spring of 1907, they, along with their daughter Caroline, made a visit to Germany.

      In 1908, they moved to Iowa, living on a farm near Larchwood for about two years. In 1910 their daughter, Caroline, got married and they lived in with her and her husband until their deaths.

      Johann passed away on March 27, 1926, and Jacobena, who had been in ill health for some time, passed away on June 9, 1933. Their final resting places are in the Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery south of Lester, Iowa.
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