Eisemann Home

I recently ran across some church records from the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, New York. These records, written in German, amazingly give details about the origins of their members, one of whom was our ancestor, Carl (Charles) Eisemann. For us, this means that we now know the German homes of our third great-grandparents:

• Johann Friedrich Carl EISENMANN, aka Carl/Charles Eisemann, born 20 Oct 1834 in Trauzenbach, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Württemberg, Germany 
• Elisabeth MÜLLER, born 3 Nov 1833 in Rehborn, Rheinpfalz, Bayern, Germany 

What's even more amazing is that I found a correspondent in Germany who has been able to confirm the Eisenmann connection. He explained:

In the 19th century you will find either the spelling EISEMANN or EISENMANN for the same family. This depends on the pronunciation in the Wuerttemberg idiom [dialect] "Swabian".

Trauzenbach is not easy to find on today's maps. If you can find Frankenweiler, you're close (you have to play with different zoom levels if using google maps). Another village to look for is Eschenstruet; Trauzenbach is directly east from there.

The story of our Eisemann family on the Germany side tells us that Carl was orphaned by the time he was 6 years old. We're not sure where he lived for the rest of his childhood, but it appears that he arrived in New York by himself at the age of 21. I believe it was in NY (Long Island) that he married and started his family of 11 children, the oldest girl being our 2nd g-grandmother, Katharine Eisemann who would some day marry Johann Friedrich Kaiser, a family that would later cross paths with the Irish Crown's of Brooklyn. What a story!

As an aside, if you have any ancestors who come from the Murrhardt area northeast of Stuttgart, you might find your ancestor's name here. You might also be able to help the person who posted this website. He is compiling an Ortsfamilienbuch for the area, and wants to include information about families who emigrated to America. This work will be multiple volumes and approximately 2800 pages! If you contact him, be sure to tell him Vielen Dank!