Fellow Researchers, Although I have been saddened by the recent rash of cemetery vandalisim (in this tri-county area) and vandalism to some churches stained glass windows, this weekend we had a pleasant experience. A first for us. Here was a cemetery that really cares! While placing flowers on a Medina County cemetery, there was a small canvas shade shelter set up at the entrance drive that was manned by volunteer teens. They passed out survey cards & a pencil. After you had visited the intended grave sites, you just filled in the card and handed it to another volunteer at the exit driveway. Some of the questions were: Are you from this area? If not, where did you travel from? Are you visiting the grave of a friend or relative? The name of the deceased? Did you have any problems locating a grave? (This particular cemetery has no upright markers) Did you find it well maintained? Was the surrounding area well maintained? Please feel free to leave any comments concerning this cemetery on this card. There were also spaces for name, address, phone, & email address that were optional. While visiting five other cemeteries these past three days, sadly some were not nearly as well kept. I did forget to ask those teens about their connection to the cemetery, if any, but perhaps they were working for 4-H or Eagle Scout credit or a young folks group from an area church. Hope you see a local Memorial Day Parade today! Nancy Meyers

Yes Nancy there are some misskept cemeteries in this county and it is a shame. And to let you all know if you need a name from Camden Twp. just let me know the clrek is working of fixing the miskept cemetery records from years ago. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Meyers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 09:24 Subject: [OHLORAIN] another 1st > Fellow Researchers, > Although I have been saddened by the recent rash > of cemetery vandalisim (in this tri-county area) > and vandalism to some churches stained glass > windows, this weekend we had a pleasant > experience. A first for us. > Here was a cemetery that really cares! > While placing flowers on a Medina County > cemetery, there was a small canvas shade shelter > set up at the entrance drive that was manned by > volunteer teens. They passed out survey cards & > a pencil. After you had visited the intended > grave sites, you just filled in the card and > handed it to another volunteer at the exit > driveway. > Some of the questions were: > Are you from this area? > If not, where did you travel from? > Are you visiting the grave of a friend or > relative? > The name of the deceased? > Did you have any problems locating a grave? > (This particular cemetery has no upright markers) > Did you find it well maintained? > Was the surrounding area well maintained? > Please feel free to leave any comments concerning > this cemetery on this card. > There were also spaces for name, address, phone, > & email address that were optional. > While visiting five other cemeteries these past > three days, sadly some were not nearly as well > kept. I did forget to ask those teens about > their connection to the cemetery, if any, but > perhaps they were working for 4-H or Eagle Scout > credit or a young folks group from an area > church. > Hope you see a local Memorial Day Parade today! > Nancy Meyers > > > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page > http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >

I have been trying to find the parents of John Leimbach, my great grand father, for sometime now. He was born 21 May 1841 in Hesse, Germany suposidly in Castle but no clear documentation of it, died 17 Sept 1899 in Sandusky, Erie Co., OH. His first wife was Sophia Lapp and his second was Angeline Curth. He spent most of his life in American in the Brownhelm area and worked as a stone mason. I know when i was younger, mid 90's, there was a family reunion held at Mill Hallow, but no one from my branch of the Leimbach's got a record of the who goes whit who. If any one can help please email me. thanks, jason

Jason, I believe I have information on this family in my database as llows. -Deb I have Johannes "John" Leimbach born May 21, 1841 and died Sep 17, 1899 buried at Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky, Ohio. He married Sophie Emilie Lappe on July 1, 1865 in Lorain County, and they lived in Brownhelm Twp, Erie Cty, Ohio. Sophie was born Apr 28, 1839 and died in 1875. She is buried by herself at North Ridge Cemetery. Sophie was the daughter of Ludwig Lappe and Emilie Caroline Batz who were married Dec 7 1836 in Evangelisch, Marggrabowa, Ostpreussen, Preussen, Germany, where Sophie was believed to be baptized. John and Sophie had 5 children that I know of: 1. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Leimbach. (b: 1866 and married twice -- to Mr. Wilkinson and then Mr. Bartzen, buried Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio) 2. Anna Katherine Leimbach (b: 1867, married Mr. Brooks, buried Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio) 3. George Leimbach (b: Mar 1868, married a Julia in ~1892, died Sep 4 1926 in Elyria, Ohio, lived Vermilion at one time, had 2 sons named Frank and Louis) 4. Zachariah B. "Zachie" Leimbach (b: Apr 25, 1870, died Aug 22, 1942 in Kern, California, married Mary Louise Wolcott (b: Jan 21, 1876-Sep 2, 1957), buried Union Cemetery, Kern Cty, Calif., and had a son Kenneth Zachariah Leimbach who died in 1998 in Bakersfield, California and had 3 children: Richard, Janice, and Mary Louise) 5. Henry Leimbach (b: 1873) John's parents were J. Zacharias "Zachie" Leimbach and Elisabeth Schneider. Zacharias was born Nov 1, 1801 in Kreis Rotenberg, Hesse-Kassel, Germany and died in Brownhelm March 1, 1879. He was a shepherd in Germany before coming to America. He married Elisabeth Dec 25, 1841 in Lorain, Ohio. John had at least one sister, child of Zacharias that I know of -- Katherine Elizabeth Leimbach (b:May 1837) who married in Oct 1858 Johann George Lappe, came to America in 1863, and died in Vermilion, Ohio. J. Zacharius' parents were Christoph Conrad Leimbach and Sophia Volmar Mueller. Christoph was born Dec 15, 1785 in Kreis Rotenburg, Hesse-Kassel, Germany and died Jan 5, 1866 in Brownhelm, Ohio, and is buried at N. Ridge Cemetery in Brownhelm. Sophia Volmar Mueller was born May 12, 1788 in Blankenheim, Hesse-Kassel, Germany and died Nov 25, 1878 in Brownhelm, Ohio, with burial at North Ridge Cemetery, Brownhelm. Their children, besides J. Zacharius, were (that I know of): 1. Conrad Leimbach. (Married 3 times. b: Nov 23, 1811 in Kreis Rotenberg, Hesse-Kassel, d: Sep 4, 1873 of a heart attack at Mr. Geigenheimer's house in Vermilion, Ohio, buried at Erie Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, married to Anna Pfaff (died 1847), Catherine?, and Margaret Geigenheimer (May 4, 1820-May 5, 1892, married Apr 15, 1852). With Margaret had Peter John, Catherine, Caroline Catherina, and Philip. With Anna Pfaff, had Henry, Stephen, Christina, and Elisabeth. She died in childbirth. And with Caroline, he had Paul.) 2. Caroline Catherine Leimbach. (b: 1813, married Peter Howe on Dec 25 1839 in Lorain County) 3. Paulus Leimbach. (b: Feb 11, 1815- Mar 4, 1890 Brownhelm, Ohio, married Catherine Baeker on Apr 23 1843 in Lorain, OH) 4. Anna Christina Leimbach. (b: 1818 - Feb 3 1905 Cleveland, Ohio, married Philip Minch (a merchant b: Jan 12, 1818) on Aug 25 1841 in Brownhelm, Ohio, their children were famous sailors of the region, with 2 ships named after their mother -- the "Anna Christina" mentioned in the book "Namesakes 1930-1955" by J.O. Greenwood. The children were: Peter Minch who married Anna Delker, Philip Minch, Sophia Fredericka Minch who married Henry Steinbrenner and had a son George Michael Steinbrenner, and Charles Paul Minch) ----- Original Message ----- From: "jason leimbach" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 10:29 PM Subject: [OHLORAIN] John Leimbach >I have been trying to find the parents of John Leimbach, my great grand >father, for sometime now. He was born 21 May 1841 in Hesse, Germany >suposidly in Castle but no clear documentation of it, died 17 Sept 1899 in >Sandusky, Erie Co., OH. His first wife was Sophia Lapp and his second was >Angeline Curth. He spent most of his life in American in the Brownhelm area >and worked as a stone mason. I know when i was younger, mid 90's, there was >a family reunion held at Mill Hallow, but no one from my branch of the >Leimbach's got a record of the who goes whit who. If any one can help >please email me. thanks, > jason > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page > http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen > >