Ohlemacher Family

The Ohlemacher Family lived in Burgschwalbach, Hessen-Nassau, Germany. This is within a few miles of where the Fuchs family lived (Netzbch), and the Birlenbach family lived (Niederneissen) and the same village where the Shoenborn family lived..

The following information was found in the Kirchenbuch (parish records) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Burgschwalbach; the Ahnentafel (ancestor table) of Erna Fuchs provided by Dieter Weigang, Netzbach, Germany, an Ohlemacher descendant; and from Tanja Schmidt, an Ohlemacher descendent from Hohenstein, Germany.

This is a very large family and I have not listed here all the descendents recorded in the parish records. According to Tanja Schmidt, some of the early Ohlemachers were shepherds and moved around a lot so their children were not all born in one place. My Ohlemacher ancestors did not immigrate to the United States.

The surname is spelled Ohlenmacher in some parish records and Ohlemacher in others. According to Tanja Schmidt, this change was sometimes made to distinguish between branches of the family. In addition, the feminine form of Ohlemacher was spelled Ohlemacherin or Ohlemacherinn in some parish records.

Direct ancestors of the author are shown in bold type below.

	I. Nikolaus Ohlemacher (abt. 1642 - 1718) and Elisabeth Acker (died abt. 1727) the author's g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-grandparents. She was the daughter of Johannes Acker. They had a least one child: Johann Georg Ohlemacher (abt. 1670 - 1715, see below)
	II. Johann Georg Ohlemacher (abt. 1670 - 1715) and Anna Dorothea Bauer (abt. 1672 - 1730) the author's g-g-g-g-g-g-g-grandparents. He was a grist miller in Ketternschwalbach and they had at least two children: Elisabetha Ohlemacher (1696) born prior to her parents marriage Johann Jakob Ohlemacher (born between 1697 and 1704)
	III. Johann Jakob Ohlemacher (born bet. 1697 - 1704) and Maria Katharine Kelschenbach (1715 - 1787) the author's g-g-g-g-g-g-grandparents. He was a shepherd and they had at least one child: Johann Valentin Ohlemacher (1737 - 1800, see below)
	IV. Johann Valentin Ohlemacher, (1738 - 1800) and Katrina Elizabeth Schmidt, (born before 1753) the author's g-g-g-g-g-grandparents. Her parents were Johann Nikolaus Schmidt and Maria Margaretha Pfeiffer. They had at least one son: Johann Heinrich Ohlemacher (1770 - 1848, see below)
	V. Johann Heinrich Ohlemacher (1770 - 1848) and Anna Maria Haberstock (1773 - 1857) the author's g-g-g-g-grandparents. They had at least ten children: Johann Philip Ohlemacher (1794 - 1864, see below) Johann Heinrich Ohlemacher (1796 - ) married Maria Catharina Spriestersbach (ten documented children): Johanna Dorothea Frederika Catharina Spriestersbach (1824 - ) Maria Elizabetha Margaretha Spriestersbach (1826 - ) had two children before she married Philipp Wilhelm Hofmann: Philipp Friederich Wilhelm Ohlemacher (1848 - ) - died at age 1 1/5 Carolina Augustina Ohlemacher (1850 - ) Philipp Heinrich Ohlemacher (1828 - ) Johann Philipp Daniel Ohlemacher (1830 - ) Johann Heinrich Karl Ohlemacher (1833 - ) Wilhelmina Margaretha Ohlemacher (1835 - ) Christiana Philippina Ohlemacher (1838 - ) Friederich Philipp Ohlemacher (1840 - ) Johann Christian Ohlemacher (1844 - ) Heinrich Wilhelm Ohlemacher (1847 - Johannes Ohlemacher (1799 - ) married Maria Elizabetha Grunemann (one documented child): Maria Katharina Ohlemacher (1824) married Johann Georg Becker Philipp Christian Ohlemacher (1801 - ) Philipp Daniel Ohlemacher (1803 - ) married Maria Margaretha Spriestersbach Maria Catharina Ohlemacher (1805 - ) married Johann Heinrich Seel Maria Dorothea Ohlemacher (1807 - ) married Philipp Christian Hund Johann Daniel Ohlemacher (1809 - ) married (1) Dorothea Philippina Seher/Sauer (per Tanja Schmidt, the surname may have been changed at a later time or misrecorded in parish records) (five documented children): Elizabeth Charlotta Ohlemacher (1834, likely died in infancy). Tanja Schmidt records this persons name as Caroline. Philippina Ohlemacher (1836 - ) She emigrated to the US in 1856, married William Miller and settled in Erie County, Ohio. Johann Friederich Ohlemacher (1841 - ) Johann Philipp Ohlemacher (1844) - He emigrated to the US in 1856. Elizabeth Ohlemacher (1847 - ) Christiana Philippina Ohlemacher (1850 - ) and married (2) Dorothea Henrietta Maria Metz (five documented children): Unnamed Male Ohlemacher (1856) died at birth) Philippina Wilhelmina Ohlemacher (1857 - ) Philipp Wilhelm Ohlemacher (1859) died at two weeks of age Henrietta Wilhelmina Ohlemacher (1862 - ) Christiana Charlotta Ohlemacher (1864 - ) Johann Heinrich Ohlemacher (1812 - 1818) Maria Philippina Ohlemacher (1815 - ) married Johann Georg Spriestersbach
	VI. Johann Philip Ohlemacher (1794 - 1864) and Elisabeth Margaretha Seelin (1802) the author's g-g-g-grandparents. Johann was listed as a shepherd in the parish records. Seelin is a feminine form of Seel. They had nine documented children: Maria Philippina Ohlemacher (1822 - ) married Johann Jacob Poths Christiane Elizabeth Ohlemacher (1824 - ) married Wilhelm Kramm Johann Friederich Ohlemacher (1826 - ) married Maria Blau Maria Dorothea Ohlemacher (1829 - ) married Anton Kramm Johann Heinrich Ohlemacher (1832 - ) married Philippina Frederika Carolina Blau (six documented children): Louisa Philippine Ohlemacher (1860 - ) Dorothea Wilhelmina Ohlemacher (1862 - ) Johanetta Elizabeth Ohlemacher (1864 - ) Unnamed Female Ohlemacher (1867) died at birth Carl Friederich Ohlemacher (1869) lived two months Philipp August Ohlemacher (1871 - ) Anna Katherina Ohlemacher (1835 - ) the author's great-great grandmother married Andreas Fuchs Heinrich Philipp Ohlemacher (1838 - abt. 1864) Johann Christian Ohlemacher (1841 - ) married Johanetta Elizabetha Bondorf (four children): Wilhelm Carl Ohlemacher (1865 - ) Johanetta Wilhelmina Ohlemacher (1867 - ) Elizabeth Wilhelmina Ohlemacher (1869 - ) Johann Philipp Ohlemacher (1873 - ) Heinrich Carl Ohlemacher (1845 - )