Matrilineal Monday: Louisa Kahlig Braun

Yesterday, I posted the obituary and death certificate of Louisa Kahlig Braun, one of my husband's great-great-grandmothers through his maternal line. Today I thought I would share a record I recently found through FamilySearch.org: Louisa's baptism record. (Click for larger view.)

Baptism Record of Aloisia Kahlig

The Catholic church book record states that 'Aloisia' was born 25 Feb 1870 to Franz Kahlig and Judith Beier. The record is written in German and the Kahlig family members were native German speakers. They lived in the Moravian-Silesian Region of what is now the Czech Republic. When they immigrated to America in 1871, they listed their country of origin as Austria, because their homeland was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. When she was born, Louisa had two older siblings - a brother Josef, born in 1865, and a sister Ludmilla ('Amelia' in the U.S.), born in 1862. A younger sister, Caroline, was born in the U.S. in 1873. Here is her parents' marriage record from 1861. In this record, her mother, Judith's surname is spelled Beyer. (Click for larger image.)

Marriage Record of Franz Kahlig and Judith Beyer.

The Kahlig family settled in rural Mercer County, Ohio and ran a farm. Around 1890, Louisa married John M. Braun, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Uhleman) Braun. Between 1892 and 1912, they had ten children. John passed away in 1936 and Louisa in 1948. You can view information regarding their children on my Braun Family page at this link.

More documents and information about the Kahlig Family can be found at this link.

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Baptism Record Source: FamilySearch.org, Czech Republic Church Books, 1552-1963, Catholic, Novy Jicin, Jesenik nad Odrou, Baptisms 1858-1896 (vol 2049), Image 84/274.

Marriage Record Source: FamilySearch.org, Czech Republic Church Books, 1552-1963, Catholic, Novy Jicin, Jesenik nad Odrou, Marriages 1836-1871 (vol 2038), Image 61/93.