Full name[]
Abraham Fickeisen
Vital statistics[]
- Sex: Male
- Born: April 20, 1825 at Gumbsweiler, Pfalz, Bavaria
- Died: February 19, 1895 at Washington County, Ohio at age 69
- Interment: month d, year at Ludwig Cemetery, Washington County, Ohio
Pedigree[]
Adam is the son of Jean Adam Fickeisen (1791-?) of Hundheim, Pfalz and Maria Marthe Doll (?-?).
Spouse[]
- Margaretha Mueller (1825-1902) of Buborn, Pfalz, Prussia
Offspring[]
- Catherine Fickeisen (1850-1936)
- Margaretha Fickeisen (1851-1925)
- Carolina Fickeisen (1853-1942)
- Adam Fickeisen (1854-1909)
- Eva Fickeisen (1857-1950)
- Anna Maria Philobina Fickeisen (1859-1959)
- Johann Eduard Fickeisen (1862-?
- Louisa Fickeisen (1864-1888
- Abraham Fickeisen, Jr. (1866-1915)
- Jacob Fickeisen (1868-?)
- Charles Fickeisen (1870-1937)
- Daniel Fickeisen (1873-?)
Biography[]
Abraham Fickeisen grew up in the Rhineland Pfalz and emigrated to the United States with his wife, Margaretha Mueller Fickeisen sometime before 1850. It is probable that he had little formal education beyond grammar school. He actually left Germany to escape the strict military conscription that was occurring there. Starting in New York State, he and Margaret gave birth to several children as they moved west, eventually ending up in Washington County, Ohio around 1857.
Abraham bought a farm of 40 acres in Lawrence Township and lived there for the rest of his life. His wife, Margaretha, continued to bear children, a total of 6 boys and 6 girls in all, until 1873. They were an established family in the German Community on Pleasant Ridge in Washington County, Ohio.
For a time, Abraham attended the Ludwig Church on Pleasant Ridge, but was later banned from it for not paying church fees for his family and his children. However, the family was firmly schooled in the Lutheran evangelical tradition.
Gallery[]
Contributors[]
Sources[]
- Conversations of her son, James Fernand Andris, with Ella Lorene Sullivan Andris, Abraham and Margaretha's great-granddaughter
- The Berg Church Records, trans. by Barbara Gerhart Matt, Washington County Genealogy Library, Marietta Ohio.