Cathy Dyer April 2014
Problem: Determine the maiden name of Barbara Deierlein and town in Bavaria before emigration to
Michigan. Most documents list her husband’s name and her first name. Some say Raustock or
Ronstock and two others Brendel. Based on age at marriage and first child, it is not likely that she was
previously married. Both surnames are found in Bavaria. This is my mitochondrial line.
Timeline:
1824/5 birth in Bavaria
marriage ca. 1852
1852 immigration per 1900 census and listing: Bremen to NY 15 May 1852 Georg Deuerleins farmer
b. ca.1826 age 25 and 6/12 and Barbara R_____________ Ronstock? (hard to read) age 24 The
ancestry index says Burnstok, but I enlarged it and it is an R
1853 Feb birth of Peter in Detroit
1855 Aug birth of Anna
1857 Mar birth of Eva
1860 May birth of Margaretha Grosse Pointe, MI
1860 census cannot locate them after extensive search of index
1864 Nov birth of Herman Warren, MI
1867 Feb birth of Helena Roseville, MI
1870 Oct birth of Mary K Warren, MI
1870 census Geo, Barbara, Anna age 15, then Eva and Margaret are missing (ages 12 and 10) but they
list Ephriam male age 12 and Israel male age 10 and Earnest age 8! Why make your girls into boys?
then Herman and Helena are correct. They could have had an Ernst-dates work if he died young.
1875 plat map
1880 census Geo, Barbara an Anna age 17, Margaret 19, Lena, Herman and and Mary age 9.
1882 Geo and Barbara were baptism sponsors - her surname not listed
1887 marr of Helena
1891 marr of Mary for both marriages father is George Deierlein and mother Barbara ________.
Why blank if she is alive?
1891 marriage of Herman both MI record and Macomb co record clearly list her name as Brendel
1891 baptism sponsors - her surname not listed
1895 plat map
1897 death of Margaret obit does not mention parents
1900 census both with son Herman and his family
1904 his death obit? none found thru index
1908 death of Herman certificate says Barbara BRENDEL
will and testament of George no surname for her, no place in Bavaria
1909 her death St Peter’s Lutheran record reads: Barbara Deierlein geb. Raustock (geb. is short for
born in German)
her obit does not give maiden name nor town in Bavaria
1920 death of Eva mother’s surname not listed
1930 death of Anna
mother’s surname RONSTOCK
1942 death of Peter
mother’s surname not listed
1951 death of Helena mother’s surname not listed
ALL trees on Ancestry and Family Search only go as far as I do. All say BRENDEL based on Herman’s info.
Other Deierleins in the US came from area around Nuremburg Bavaria.
IDEAS:
Look for church records Trinity Lutheran church in Detroit 1852- 1859
Land records?