The Family of Johann Lehn

Research by Henry A. Fischer

October 2007

Johann Lehn

Born 06.10.1898 Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Georg Lehn and Klara Grünwald

 

His Father:

Johann Georg Lehn

Born 09.01.1860 in Zsibrik, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Georg Lehn and Anna Maria Hoffmann

Married: Anna Maria Rull 4 1 1881 in Zsbrik, Tolna

Married: Klara Grünwald 29.01.1881 Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

 

His Grandfather:

Johann Georg Lehn

Born 17.11.1816 Zsibrik, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Philipp Lehn and Maria Catharina Jäger

Married: Anna Maria Hoffmann 16.04.1850 Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

His Great Grandfather:

Philipp Lehn

Born 22.03.1796 Zsibrik, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Peter Lehn and Magdalena Müller

Married: Maria Catharina Jäger 16.01.1816 Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 10.01.1835 Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

His 2^nd Great Grandfather:

Peter Lehn

Married: Magdalena Müller

 

The birth of some of their children can be found in the church records at the Lutheran Church in Batáapáti but the earlier entries for the Lutheran families living in Zsibrik are scattered throughout the area. The settlers in Zsibrik had originally settled in Cikó. This settlement took place in 1720 and consisted primarily of German Roman Catholics as well as thirty Lutheran Hessian families. The Lutherans formed a congregation and were served by a teacher who also led their worship life. When the bishop of Pécs ordered their conversion later in the late 1720s they abandoned Cikó and some of the families settled in nearby Zsibrik while others went on to settle in Gyönk. Although the Lutherans in Zsibrik were placed under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic priest in Bonyhad many of them still sought the pastoral services of Lutheran clergy in the area in congregations that were allowed to function or had an "underground" pastor. I have been unable to "patch" the rest of the Lehns together because of that but will continue to keep my eyes open whenever check any of the records.

The Distaff Side of the Family

Klara Grünwald

(Married Georg Lehn)

Klara Grünwald

Born 04.02.1870 in Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Johannes Grünwald and Margaret März

Married: Georg Lehn 29.01.1889 Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Johannes Grünwald

Born 26.02.1841 Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Grünwald and Eva Margaret Niclas

Married: Margaret März 09.02.1863 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Grandfather:

Johann Grünwald

Born 27.09.1812 Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Grünwald and Catharina Heimroth

Married: Eva Margaret Niclas 19.01.1836 Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

Died: 27.01.1875 Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Great Grandfather:

Johann Grünwald

Born 20.12.1785 in Raczkozar, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Georg Grünwald and Anna Elisabeth Enner

Married: Catharina Heimroth 17.04.1804 Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her 2^nd Great Grandfather:

Johann Georg Grünwald

No information on his birth

Married: Anna Elisabeth Enner 05.02.1771 in Mucsfa, Tolna County, Hungary

 

The Grünwalds were Heidebauren from Western Hungary, the descendants of Bavarian and Franconian settlers that Charlemagne had settled along the Danube frontier to ward off invasions from the Slavic and Magyar tribes coming from the east in the 10^th century. The first Grünwalds to appear in Tolna County arrived in Bikács in the 1720s others moved into the area in Paks, Györköny and other villages. I could not find the origins of Johann Georg. Mucsfa was originally settled by families from the Odenwald in Hesse.

 

Anna Maria Hoffmann

(Married Johann Georg Lehn)

Anna Maria Hoffmann

Born 20.05.1831 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Heinrich Hoffmann and Elisabeth Naass

Married: Johann Georg Lehn 16.04.1850 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Heinrich Hoffmann

Born 25.01.1803 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Jusst Hoffmann and Christina Merz

Died: 08.11.1874 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Grandfather:

Johann Jusst Hoffmann

Born 29.05.1776 Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Johannes Hoffmann and Anna Maria Weitzel

Married: Christina Merz 31.01.1797 Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 07.08.1851 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Great Grandfather:

Johannes Hoffmann

Born 15.04.1738 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Conrad Hoffmann and Maria Magdalena

Married: Anna Maria Weitzel 15.11.1763 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 20.02.1798 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her 2^nd Great Grandfather:

Conrad Hoffmann

Born around 1690

Married: Maria Magdalena

 

Conrad Hoffmann arrived in Hungary in 1722 and settled in Mucsi along with several other Hessian Lutheran families among a large number of Roman Catholics from Fulda. They left once pressure was put on them to convert and Conrad Hoffmann was one of the founders of Izmény.

Margaret März

(Married Johannes Grünwald)

Margaret März

Born 27.08.1842 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Adam März and Margaret Grünwald

Married: Johannes Grünwald 09.02.1863 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

Died: 21.06.1902 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Johann Adam März

Born 02.06.1823 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Adam März and Eva Maria Altvater

Married: Margaret Grünwald 11.02.1840 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

Died: 05.01.1877 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Grandfather:

Johann Adam März

Born 13.10.1786 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Adam März and Anna Maria Brust

Married: Eva Maria Altvater born ca. 1797, oo 4 Mar 1817 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

Died: 15 Feb 1839 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Great Grandfather:

Johann Adam März

Married: Anna Maria Brust

 

There were numerous other März families in Tolna County where the families who settled in Tékes came from but I could not make a definite connection anywhere and there were no clues in the church records. The März family was from Hesse.

 

Maria Catharina Jäger

(Married Philip Lehn)

Maria Catharina Jäger

Born 22.01.1797 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Heinrich Jäger and Anna Maria Kern

Married: Philipp Lehn 16.01.1816 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 05.11.1844 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Johann Heinrich Jäger

Born 23.05.1773 in Majos, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Hermann Jäger and Anna Catharina Rasch

Married: Anna Maria Kern 26.01.1796 Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 27.12.1844 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Grandfather:

Hermann Jäger

Born around 1726

Married: Anna Catharina Rasch 17.06.1755 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 06.09.1779 in Majos, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Elisabeth Naass

(Married Heinrich Hoffmann)

Elisabeth Naass

Born 23.05.1803 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Nikolaus Naass and Anna Elisabeth Fink

Married: Heinrich Hoffmann 26.01.1819 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 20.12.1836 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Nikolaus Naass

Born 11.12.1769 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Jakob Friedrich Naass and Anna Elisabeth Schiller

Married: Anna Elisabeth Fink 02.02.1790 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 17.12.1845 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Grandfather:

Jakob Friedrich Naass

Born around 1745

Married: Anna Elisabeth Schiller 24.11.1767 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 21.02.1815 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Eva Margaret Niclas

(Married Johann Grünwald)

Eva Margaret Niclas

Born 13.01.1815 in Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Jakob Niclas and Elisabeth Bartz

Married: Johann Grünwald 19.01.1836 in Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

Died: 08.11.1873 in Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Jakob Niclas

No information on his birth

Married: Elisabeth Bartz 20.02.1798 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

At the time of their marriage Jakob Niclas was living in Nagy Ag. Nagy Ag, was settled by Hessian Lutherans from the Tolna villages after 1770. It was a mixed village with Roman Catholic Hungarians. I could not pick up the trail of the family prior to their move to Nagy Ag and their name was also spelled: Nikolaus.

 

Margaret Grünwald

(Married Johann Adam März)

Margaret Grünwald

Born 25.03.1821 in Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Bernhard Grünwald and Barbara Allrutz

Married: Johann Adam März 11.02.1840 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Bernhard Grünwald

Born around 1776

Married: Barbara Allrutz 07.01.1806 in Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

 

At the time of his marriage his age was listed as 30 years, while his bride was only 17 years old, which indicates that in all probability he was a widower, but outside of that I could not connect him with any of the Grünwalds back in Tolna County and Heideboden in Western Hungary where the family originated. I would not be surprised if there was a relationship between the two Grünwald families in your family tree.

 

Anna Maria Kern

(Married Johann Heinrich Jäger)

Anna Maria Kern

Born 09.10.1778 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Heinrich Kern and Julianna Rück

Married: Johann Heinrich Jäger 26.01.1796 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 05.11.1844 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Johann Heinrich Kern

Born 29.07.1747 in Kistormás, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Tobias Kern and Maria Margaret

Married: Julianna Rück 31.01.1769 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 25.04.1811 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Grandfather:

Tobias Kern

Married: Maria Margaret

The family settled in Kistormás on their arrival in Hungary and came from Hesse.

 

Christina Merz

(Married Johann Jusst Hoffmann)

Christina Merz

Born around 1778 in Töfu, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Hartmann Merz and Maria Magdalena Theiss

Married: Johann Jusst Hoffmann 31.01.1797 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 07.08.1851 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Johann Hartmann Merz

No information on his birth

Married: Maria Magdalena Theiss 29.01.1771 in Töfu, Baranya County, Hungary

 

The church records for Töfu are very scattered during the early period as they too were placed under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic clergy in the area but they frequently went to the neighbouring legal Lutheran congregations but I found no clues about them anywhere but I will keep an eye out for them. I wonder if Merz and März have a common origin. In some records they are also identified as the Mertz family not to be confused with Fred and Ethel on "I Love Lucy".

 

Anna Elisabeth Fink

(Married Nikolaus Naass)

Anna Elisabeth Fink

Born 08.05.1774 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Johannes Fink and Anna Barbara Ermel

Married: Nikolaus Naass 02.02.1790 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 16.02.1828 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Johannes Fink

Born around 1737

Married: Anna Barbara Ermel 02.03.1756 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Catharina Heimroth

(Married Johann Grünwald)

Catharina Heimroth

Born around 1783

Parents: Johann Georg Heimroth and Elisabeth Döll

Married: Johann Grünwald 17.04.1804 in Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

Died: 18.08.1821 in Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Johann Georg Heimroth

Married: Elisabeth Döll

 

Elisabeth Bartz

(Married Jakob Niclas)

Elisabeth Bartz

Born 16.05.1779 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Georg Philipp Bartz and Veronika Drechsler

Married: Jakob Niclas 20.02.1798 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 18.11.1834 in Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Georg Philipp Bartz

Born 13.11.1745 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Paul Bartz and Maria Barbara Löb

Married: Veronika Drechsler 20.02.1770 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 04.10.1791 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Grandfather:

Paul Bartz

Born around 1710

Married: Maria Barbara Löb

Died: 26.06.1789 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

The family name was later Magyarized and written Barcz.

 

Magdalena Brandt

(Married Johann Adam März)

Magdalena Brandt

Born 03.11.1785 in Töfu, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Franz Brandt and Anna Elisabeth Stautz

Married: Johann Adam März 09.11.1802 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

Died: 06.02.1817 in Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Franz Brandt

Married: Anna Elisabeth Stautz

 

Barbara Allrutz

(Married Bernhard Grünwald)

Barbara Allrutz

Born 11.10.1789 in Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

Parents: Valentin Allrutz and Anna Maria

Married: Bernhard Grünwald 07.01.1806 in Nagy Ag, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Valentin Allrutz

Married: Anna Maria

 

Anna Catharina Rasch

(Married Hermann Jäger)

Anna Catharina Rasch

Born around 1736

Parents: Nikolaus Rasch and Anna Maria

Married: Hermann Jäger 17.06.1755 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 14.02.1795 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Nikolaus Rasch

Married: Anna Maria

Died in 1755 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Julianna Rück

(Married Johann Heinrich Kern)

Julianna Rück

Born 04.12.1750 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Johann Wilhelm Rück and Anna Catharina Kindermann

Married: Johann Heinrich Kern 31.01.1769 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 07.02.1803 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Johann Wilhelm Rück

Born 05.03.1706 in Reichelsheim, Hesse

Married: Anna Catharina Kindermann 20.10.1739 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Anna Maria Weitzel

(Married Johannes Hoffmann)

Anna Maria Weitzel

Born 29.02.1746 in Kalaznó, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Johannes Weitzel and Anna Elisabeth Schlosser

Married: Johannes Hoffmann 15.11.1763 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 15.11.1800 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Johannes Weitzel

Married: Anna Elisabeth Schlosser 05.04.1731 in Varsád, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Anna Elisabeth Schiller

(Married Jakob Friedrich Naass)

Anna Elisabeth Schiller

Born around 1750

Parents: Johann Kaspar Schiller and Anna Magdalena Göbelmann

Married: Jakob Friedrich Naass 24.11.1767 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 21.02.1815 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Johann Kaspar Schiller

Born around 1710

Married: Anna Magdalena Göbelmann 12.11.1739 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: Around 1753 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Anna Barbara Ermel

(Married Johannes Fink)

Anna Barbara Ermel

Born 02.02.1740 in Kistormás, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Abraham Ermel and Anna Catharina

Married: Johannes Fink 02.03.1756 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

Died: 12.03.1813 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Abraham Ermel

Married: Anna Catharina

 

Veronika Drechsler

(Married Georg Philipp Bartz)

Veronika Drechsler

Born around 1753 in Murga, Tolna County, Hungary

Parents: Kilian Drechsler

Married: Georg Philipp Bartz 20.02.1770 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Kilian Drechsler

He settled in Murga, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Murga was first opened for settlement in 1735 and most of the settlers who took up land there had been living in nearby communities.

 

Anna Maria Brust

(Married Johann Adam März)

Anna Maria Brust

Born around 1750

Married: Johann Adam März

Died: 08.10.1812 Tékes, Baranya County, Hungary

 

Anna Catharina Kindermann

(Married Johann Wilhelm Rück)

Anna Catharina Kindermann

Born in 13.11.1716 Eulersdorf bei Grebenau, Hesse

Parents: Cornad Kindermann and Susanna Hamel

Married: Johann Wilhelm Rück 20.10.1739 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Conrad Kindermann

Born around 1675 in Püenstadt, Hesse

Parents: Johann Heinrich Kindermann

Married: Susanna Hamel 11.02.1716 in Eulersdorf, Hesse

Died: 19.11.1759 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Grandfather:

Johann Heinrich Kindermann

Lived in Püenstadt, Hesse

 

Anna Magdalena Göbelmann

(Married Johann Kaspar Schiller)

Anna Magdalena Göbelmann

Born around 1724

Parents: Isaac Göbelmann and Maria Catharina

Married: Johann Kaspar Schiller

Died: 27.05.1786 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Isaac Göbelmann

Married: Maria Catharina

 

Maria Barbara Löb

(Married Paul Bartz)

Maria Barbara Löb

Born 21.02.1721 Haisterbach, Hesse

Parents: Hans Jakob Löb and Anna Maria Schäfer

Married: Paul Bartz

Died: 07.01.1785 in Izmény, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Her Father:

Hans Jakob Löb

Born in Haisterbach, Hesse

Married: Anna Maria Schäfer

On arriving in Hungary settled in Mucsfa, Tolna County, Hungary

 

Susanna Hamel

(Married Conrad Kindermann)

Susanna Hamel

Born in Eulersdorf, Hesse

Parents: Johannes Hamel and Elisabeth Blum

Married: Conrad Kindermann 11.02.1716 in Eulersdorf, Hesse

 

Her Father:

Johannes Hamel

Born in Eulersdorf, Hesse

Married: Elisabeth Blum in Eulersdorf, Hesse

 

The other women’s names not listed have no additional information and are not listed separately. This does not conclude the search entirely but it is a good start.