GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main





LEONHARD HOLZAPFEL

(1825-1881)

21 November 1825 Leonhard is born in Stockstadt am Main.

Father: Johann Adam Holzapfel (1785-1835)
Mother: Barbara Bauer (1783-1829)

Godfather: Leonhard Fäth, son of Matthäus Fäth
5 October 1846 Leonhard is godfather to Edmund Holzapfel.
EMIGRATION

3 May 1847
Leonhard is 21 years old when he emigrates to the US, together with his brother's family

Port: Le Havre - Cork
Ship: Alecto
Arrival: New York
Date: 3 May 1847

Family members (as given in the ship list):

Holzapfel Leonhard, 27

Holzapfel Adam, head and Leonhard's brother, 39
Holzapfel Eva Katharina, Adam's wife, 22 (= Katharina Seitz)
Holzapfel Ferdinand, Adam's son, 2

Holzapfel Ulrich, relative, 26
Seitz Eva, Eva Katharina's sister, 12

Further passengers from Stockstadt am Main:

Zang Christoph, male, 26
Lang Johann, male, 24
Oberle Charitas, female, 26 (ship list says "male"!)
Bauer Peter, male, 40
Depp Maria Anna, female, 19

Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
abt 1850 Leonhard marries Barbara Royer (Rüger/Rücker?) from Germany.
abt 1851 Some sources say that the daughter Catherine is born in 1851 in Pennsylvania.  No proof for that yet!
12 June 1855 The daughter Philomena Holzapfel is born in Lawrence County, Ohio.

Philomena marries Frank Mahle. She dies on 8 August 1936 in Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio.

Source: Findagrave
21 August 1859 The daughter Sarah C. Holzapfel. is born in New Castle, Lawrence, Ohio.  

Sarah marries Jacob J Assmann (Essmann). She dies on 8 May 1952 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.

Source: Findagrave
1861 The son Andrew Holzapfel is born in Hamilton, Lawrence County, Ohio.

Andrew marries Mary Assmann (Essmann). He dies on 26 March 1900 in Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio.

Source: Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001
8 July 1866 The son Henry H Holzapfel is born in Coal Grove, Ohio.

Henry marries Lena Knapp. He dies on 29 July 1950 in Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio.

Source: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
1868 The daughter Sophia Holzapfel is born in Ohio.
26 April 1870 The daughter Rose Holzapfel is born in Lawrence, Ohio.

She marries Martin Christopher Manz.
26 March 1872 The son John Edward Holzapfel is born in Lawrence, Ohio. He dies in March 1873 and is buried in St Marys Catholic Cemetery, Pine Grove, Lawrence, Ohio.

Source: Findagrave
January 1875 The daughter Alice Margaret is born in Lawrence, Ohio.

She marries George S. Loudner.

Alice Margaret dies on 28 November 1953 in Wellston, Ohio.
17 December 1881 Leonhard dies and is buried in St Marys Catholic Cemetery, Pine Grove. Lawrence, Ohio.

Source: Findagrave