In the USA today
only a couple of hundred people carry the surname Gase.
The American Gases mentioned on this web site are
descendants of two German brothers, Matthew
(Mathäus or Mathias) GÖS (later GASE) and John (Johann
Baptist), who settled in Seneca County, Ohio in
the early 1830's. In 2018 records from the Landesarchiv
Baden-Württemberg have been made available though
FamilySearch.org showing that both John and Matthew are
sons of Peter GÖS and Elisabetha ERBSLAND.
The GÖS (GASE) brothers traveled separately to the United
States from Baden, now part of the German state of
Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany. Their elder sister Rosa
GÖS, who was married to Joann AMANN in Germany, emigrated to the
USA as well on the same ship as her brother Matthew in
1817. The Amann-Gase family settled in Hamilton County,
Ohio in the 1830's.
Not until
1871, under the rule of Otto Bismarck, was Germany unified.
Before that time it was nothing more than a loose
confederation of kingdoms, duchies, lordships, palatinates
etc. Boundaries were constantly changing and many names on
maps of the first half of the 19th century have a different
spelling now. Baden is located along the Rhine river with
Alsace-Lorrain (now France) to the West, Württemberg to the
East, Switzerland to the South and Hessen to the North. In
Baden, in southwestern Germany we find the Black Forest
(Schwarzwald in German). In the late 1700’s and early 1800’s,
immigrants came from Baden as well as parts of Switzerland and
Alsace-Lorraine. In the 1810’s and 1820’s it was customary for
people from Switzerland, Alsace-Lorraine and West and
South-West Germany to travel down the Rhine river to Rotterdam
or Amsterdam, where they usually boarded ships that sailed
under British flag.
The written report on the trip of
the frigate Hope from Amsterdam to Philadelphia mentions
two groups of passengers on board the ship, a group from
Canton Aarau in northwestern Switzerland and the so-called
Schwarzwald Gruppe from Baden. There’s also a list of the
people who died during the terrible trip to the New World or
shortly after arriving in Philadelphia. Among them we find a
Johann Götz from Sasbach, Baden.
We have more proof for the exact location where the German
Gase family lived in Baden. In a book describing the history
of the St. Boniface Parish in New Riegel, Big Spring Township,
Seneca County, Ohio there’s a paragraph called “From Whence
They Came”. As background of the members of the Gös (Gase)
family who were among the earliest pioneers in Seneca County
Sarspach ad Rhenum, Latin for Sasbach am Rhein, is mentioned.
Furthermore, in the Record of Burials for St. Boniface
Catholic Church in New Riegel for 1839 – 1920 we find an entry
on page 18 for a Maria GOESS who died on Sep 15th, 1848 at the
age of 19 who also was “from Sarspach ad Rhenum”.
Finally,
the following announcement was published several times
in the local papers in Baden in January 1817:
Schulden Liquidation
Alle diejenigen, welche etwas an folgende aus dem Orte
Sasbach nach Nord Amerika auswandern wollende
Personen, als: Johann Bub, Dominik Mutter, Martin Göß,
Johann Amann, Johann Zipfel, Joseph Wanner, Jung
Joseph Vogelbach und Schreiner Anton Leri zu fordern
haben, werden aufgefordert, ihre Forderungen an die 4
ersten den 25., und an die 4 letzten, den 26. Februar
d. J. dem zur Erhebung der Schulden dieser Bürger
beauftragten Komminsar Drißler in Saspach im Engel
gehörig einzureichen,als sie sonst nicht mehr mit
Nachforderungen berücksichtigt werden können.
Endingen, den 23. Jänner 1817, Großherzogl.
BezirksAmt, Dr. Kapferer
Translation:
Debts Liquidation
All of those, who have something to collect from
the following persons of the village of Sasbach,
who are planning to emigrate to North America
being:
Johann Bub, Dominik Mutter, Martin Göß, Johann
Amann, Johann Zipfel, Joseph Wanner, young
Joseph Vogelbach und carpenter Anton Leri, are
invited, to present their outstanding debts
against the first 4, on the 25th and the last 4
on the 26th of February of this year, at the
Engel (a local pub in Sasbach, RAG) to the
commissioner Drißler responsible for the raising
of the debts of these citizens in Sasbach, as
they otherwise will not be allowed to put in
additional demands later on.
Endingen, den 23. January 1817, Grand Ducal
District Authority, Dr. Kapferer
Matthias arrived in Philadelphia, PA, USA, on
September 9th, 1817, listed as Mathias GOEZ, with
his family on the ship Hope which had left
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, four months earlier.
Johann followed them some fifteen years later,
first traveling on foot with his family from SW
Germany to Le Havre on the shores of the Atlantic
Ocean in France. From there he traveled on board
the ship la Melonie to New York where he arrived
on June 12th, 1832.
In the 1830 U.S. Federal Census he’s registered in Reading Township, Perry County, Ohio as Mathas GACE. In the 1840 census he lives in Seneca County, Ohio as Matthias GASS. In the 1850 and 1860 census we find him in Seneca Township, Seneca County, Ohio. In 1850 he’s Matthew GASE, born in Germany, in 1860 Matthias GASE born in Baden.
The first time we find John is in the 1840 census for Seneca County. He’s listed as John GASS. In the 1850 census John’s living in Seneca Township, Seneca County, Ohio living next door to his brother Matthew as John GASE from Germany. At the time of the 1860 and 1870 census he’s still living in Seneca Township as John GASE from Baden.
Many of their descendants are still living in Seneca County today.
By
clicking here you can
start exploring the
Internet Family Tree
starting with the parents
of Johann and Matthias
GASE (or GOES).
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individuals mentioned in
this Internet Family Tree.
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Most
information on
descendants of
Joseph Andrew Gase
and Lavina Welly
and the ancestors
of Mary Catherine
Guyton has been
provided by Eugene
J. Phillips of
Tiffin, Ohio, USA.
We've stayed in
contact ever since
and I feel very
fortunate having
been able to meet
Gene and his wife
Mary Catherine
(Guyton) Phillips
in Tiffin during
my visits to Ohio
between 2009 and
2019.
Most information
on the descendants
of Edward Jacob
Werley and Ida
Isabella Gase has
been collected by
Michael
Longanbach. Mike
also kindly
photocopied many
valuable
obituaries from
Seneca County
newspapers for me.
Mike, thanks a
lot! In September
of 2009 Mike has
made his full
database available
to me enabling me
to add many
ancestors of him
and his wife to my
database. Thank
you cousin!
Data on
descendants of
Charles Nicholas
Gase and Lena
Marie Leihgeber
have been
collected and
shared by the late
Virgil C. Gase Jr.
of Fairfield,
Ohio, USA.
Additional
information on the
members of the
Gase Family that
moved to St.
Joseph County,
Indiana, and their
descendants has
been supplied by
the late Daniel
Thomas (Dan) Rich
and Irving L.
Morse. Dan Rich
and I combined our
efforts in our
study of the
genealogy of the
Steigmeyer, Geels,
Geimer, Lengerich,
Omlor and Reiling
families from
Indiana. Dan has
collected hundreds
of very valuable
obituaries
regarding members
of these families
for which I am
very grateful.
Dan, may you rest
in peace.
Phyllis ("Pj")
Johnston has been
very helpful in
collecting
additional
information on
(ancestors and
descendants of)
Sylvester Joseph
and Christina
Wilhelmina (Sorg)
Gase.
Data on the family
of Russell Albert
and Margaret Mary
(Rall) Gase have
been collected by
Stephen Thomas
Gase. Steve is
also the writer of
"The Family Tree"
containing the
family history of
Gase/GÖS,
published in 1996.
This publication
has been forwarded
to me in 2001 and
has since been
used by me as a
very important
source of
information and
clues. In August
of 2009 Steve has
given me access to
his full database
enabling me to add
many dates and
middle names to
members of the Nye
and LaFontaine
families included
in his family
tree. Steve,
without you my
project would have
been much more
time-consuming and
less accurate.
Thank you!
Ralph Yost has
been my
brother-in-arms
regarding the
Yost/Nye
genealogy. Ralph,
your help has been
tremendous and is
still very much
appreciated.
The late
Gregg Rounds of
Fort Wayne IN has
helped me through
the years
eliminating
mistakes,
sometimes multiple
mistakes a day!
Thanks Gregg. It
is very much
appreciated! Rest in
peace!
Marianne
(Lowery) Hughes
has been a great
help in gathering
data on all the
descendants of
Harley John Lowery
and Clara Theresa
Boes. Marianne, it
has been and still is a
pleasure working
with you!
The original
information on
descendants of
George Leonard
Tavernier and
Veronica Marie
Gase has been
compiled by the
late Mary Louise
Tavernier Davis
and forwarded to
me by her daughter
Alma Jeanne Davis
Makurat for which
I am very
grateful.
Updated information on descendants of Walter Martin Coleman and Helen Regina Reinhart provided in 2018 has been kindly forwarded by their descendant Mark James Coleman.
Sam Weller and Sarah Lynn Wonderly of Fremont, Ohio have assisted me in the summer of 2018 in finding all descendants of Aloysius Oliver Wonderly and Theresia Schock.
Ryan J. McCammon provided me a framework that helped me trace most descendants of Priscilla Leota Freiburger and Charles (Carl) Lewis Strack, their partners and in-laws.
Data
available on the
Internet,
especially on
Ancestry.com,
RootsWeb.com,
FamilySearch.org
and MyHeritage.com
have been used,
but also personal
data supplied to
me by individuals.
In particular the
assistance Carolyn
Reinbolt has given
me since 2004 has
been invaluable!!
In August 2014 she
has made her most
recent master
file, containing
over 532.000
individuals,
accessible for me
thereby enabling
me to make many
additional
connections and
add many data to
my database. Thank
you Carolyn!
Without your
tremendous help
through the
thousands of
e-mails we have
exchanged on
genealogy since
2004 this project
would not have
been possible!!
A
special word of
thanks goes out to
the late Ramon and
Beatrice (Fox)
Lowery. Ramon, a
Nye and Yost
descendant, has
done a lot of
research for me on
the Lowery and
Boes families to
which he also
belongs and the
Fox family of his
wife, Bea. Ramon
has introduced me
to many
interesting people
during my nine
visits to Ohio
between 2009-2019.
Ramon and Bea,
thanks for your
friendship, for
your hospitality
and for everything
you did for me!
You have been the
best of friends!
May you both rest
in peace!
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| bd | birth date | geboortedatum |
| bpd | date of baptism | datum doop |
| rel | religion | geloof |
| occ | occupation | beroep |
| dd | death date | overlijdensdatum |
| brd | date of burial | datum begrafenis |
| cmd | date of cremation | datum crematie |
| m | marriage | huwelijk |
| bef | before | vóór |
| aft | after | na |
| abt | about | circa |
| sp | spouse | echtgeno(o)t(e) |
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