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Wedding Wednesday: Gottfried Wimmers and Maria Eva Müller

6/25/2013

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Yesterday, just after dinner, I received an email from the LDS Family History Library's photoduplication services.  On May 29, I sent an email request for an electronic copy of Gottfried Wimmers and Maria Eva Müller's marriage record.  (Gottfried and Maria Eva are two of my husband's 3x great-grandparents on his Mom's (Tumbusch) side of the family.)  I had found the record in their online index, so I provided them with the film number and reference number.  I had heard of other researchers waiting for months for their requests to be fulfilled, so I was surprised to get the record less than a month after I requested it. (I believe most of these requests are handled by volunteers, and the service is provided free-of-charge, so I understand the longer turn around times.)  Click on each image to view a larger copy.
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Wimmers-Müller Marriage Record, Page1
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Wimmers-Müller Marriage Record, Page 2
Of course, like most original genealogical documents, these papers contain MUCH more information than simply what is listed on the searchable index page.  The name of the town where the marriage occurred IS listed on the index, but the document itself states more specifically what governmental department the town is located within. So, if the name of the village is common throughout Germany, you are better able to pinpoint exactly where THIS town is located.  Also, the spelling of the bride's surname and her hometown on the original is slightly different than the spellings on the index.  Her surname is listed as 'Müller' on the original and 'Mueller' on the index, which I understand is a common way to substitute the u with umlaut, but it still could be an important clue when searching for other records.  I now also have names, ages, and places of residence of witnesses to the wedding, which can be huge clues to figuring out other family members and close friends.

Gottfried and Maria Eva were married on January 31, 1833 in Garzweiler, Germany.  The village of Garzweiler no longer exists; instead a huge lignite open-pit surface mine is in the location where the village once stood.  The couple immigrated to the U.S. with their children in about 1852 and settled in Mercer County in western Ohio.

For more information about FamilySearch's photoduplication services, including a link to their new online request form, go to: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Photoduplication_Services
6 Comments
Celia Lewis link
6/26/2013 10:24:22 am

Wonderful results here, Emily! And the handwriting is so well done it's even legible (more or less) to my eyes. Excellent. I may ask for help as well with an emailed copy.

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Judi Nelson
7/10/2014 05:39:23 pm

Gottfried & Maria Eva are my 2X great grandparents on my mother's side. Their son, Jacob, married & had a son named for Gottfried; he was my grandfather. He changed his name to Fredrick sometime between 1890 & 1900. He died in Emsworth, PA in 1914 when my mother was 7. Do you have any old family pictures of Gottfried, his children or his grandchildren? I have been searching for over a year trying to find just one picture. Thank you so much for posting the copy of Gottfried & Maria Eva's wedding certificate.

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Paul Hartinger
2/21/2015 06:36:16 am

I came across this post 2-22-2015. My Wimmers family is the William Wimmers side that moved to Cincinnati Ohio. William became a cobbler and lived in St. Bernard area where P&G got its start. I have just two photos of William, but extensive work done on the group here. Would like to connect the relations in northern Ohio, have been looking for a long time and finally made the connection here.

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Judi Nelson
7/26/2015 06:49:29 pm

Paul, my grandfather, Gottfried Wimmers, was the son of Jacob & Margarethe Wimmers and the grandson of Gottfried & Maria Eva. I have also been searching a long time for information about the family & especially for pictures; I have never seen a picture of my grandfather. I would very much like to see your pictures of William & share with you what knowledge I have of this family. Please e-mail the pictures to me if you can (just-we2@msn.com). Hope to hear from you soon...

Judi

Judi Nelson
2/23/2015 12:15:09 pm

Emily. So nice to meet you, well sort of meet you. You mentioned that you have a couple of pictures of William; I would love to see them. I have no pictures of any Wimmers family members except my Uncle Clarence and of course, my mother. Would love to share the information I have found about the family and also to hear your stories...send me an e-mail sometime~~~

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Emily Schroeder
2/23/2015 12:42:40 pm

Hi Judi,

No, the comment regarding the photos was left by a Paul Hartinger, who says he has photos of William. I have no photos of the Wimmers family, unfortunately. ~Emily

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