Nick Eichof
On his extensive website about the migration of the Danube Swabians, Dave Dreyer describes the link between villages in the Banat and cities in the United States. This link is clearly evident when studying the recorded references to Nick Eichof, the older brother of my great-grandmother Catherine Eichof Gilde.
Nick Eichof came to Mansfield, Ohio in April of 1903 via the Bremen to Baltimore shipping route. His wife Magdalena followed the following January. They are the first members of the Vogel side of my family to arrive in the United States. Nick’s name appears in a number of subsequent ship manifest records for Setschan residents immigrating to Mansfield. This includes the July 1907 listing of the SS Kaiser Wilhelm when Jacob Gilde, my great-grandfather; Anton Keipp, his brother-in-law; and four other men from Setschan arrived at Ellis Island.
Nick was the oldest son of Anton and Theresia Eichof. Three of his sisters followed him to Mansfield: Catherine Eichof Gilde, Theresia Eichof Keipp and Catherine Eichof Schemine. According to Catherine Schemine’s passenger manifest, Nick paid for her ticket. Dreyer mentioned that prepaid tickets were frequently used to bring family members to the United States. A record also exists of Nick Eichof returning to Setschan for a visit in 1911.
In 1927 Nick’s parents Anton and Theresia Klopp Eichof joined their children in Mansfield. Anton died in 1931; however, Theresia lived primarily in the Schemine home at 332 Harker St until 1952. She was 94 when she died. Both of these great-great grandparents are buried in the Mansfield Catholic Cemetery. The 1927 immigration was mentioned in Theresia Eichof’s obituary.
Another record which links Nick Eichof to my family is a transcription of a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen which was found on the Richland County USGenWeb site. Under Nick Eichof’s name on 9 December 1906 was John Leitenberger. John’s son Tony married my grandmother Catherine Gilde Vogel’s sister, Teresa in 1934.
Nick was a full time farmer and had a large family. The 1920 U.S. Census listed him in Springfield Twp with eight children. He was born 25 Oct 1887 at Setschan, Austia-Hungary and died in Lexington, Ohio 11 April 1956. His wife Magdalena died 27 March 1963.
Nick Eichof came to Mansfield, Ohio in April of 1903 via the Bremen to Baltimore shipping route. His wife Magdalena followed the following January. They are the first members of the Vogel side of my family to arrive in the United States. Nick’s name appears in a number of subsequent ship manifest records for Setschan residents immigrating to Mansfield. This includes the July 1907 listing of the SS Kaiser Wilhelm when Jacob Gilde, my great-grandfather; Anton Keipp, his brother-in-law; and four other men from Setschan arrived at Ellis Island.
Nick was the oldest son of Anton and Theresia Eichof. Three of his sisters followed him to Mansfield: Catherine Eichof Gilde, Theresia Eichof Keipp and Catherine Eichof Schemine. According to Catherine Schemine’s passenger manifest, Nick paid for her ticket. Dreyer mentioned that prepaid tickets were frequently used to bring family members to the United States. A record also exists of Nick Eichof returning to Setschan for a visit in 1911.
In 1927 Nick’s parents Anton and Theresia Klopp Eichof joined their children in Mansfield. Anton died in 1931; however, Theresia lived primarily in the Schemine home at 332 Harker St until 1952. She was 94 when she died. Both of these great-great grandparents are buried in the Mansfield Catholic Cemetery. The 1927 immigration was mentioned in Theresia Eichof’s obituary.
Another record which links Nick Eichof to my family is a transcription of a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen which was found on the Richland County USGenWeb site. Under Nick Eichof’s name on 9 December 1906 was John Leitenberger. John’s son Tony married my grandmother Catherine Gilde Vogel’s sister, Teresa in 1934.
Nick was a full time farmer and had a large family. The 1920 U.S. Census listed him in Springfield Twp with eight children. He was born 25 Oct 1887 at Setschan, Austia-Hungary and died in Lexington, Ohio 11 April 1956. His wife Magdalena died 27 March 1963.
posted by Cliff Vogel | 10:51 AM
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I am working on the Emond family history for my sister-in-law. She is the granddaughter of Olivine Emond. I have some info that you might be interested in, and I am still researching. It is definitely a work in progress.
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