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) and John (Johann Baptist) GASE
(GÖS), 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
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Internet Family Tree
starting with the
parents of Johann and
Matthias GASE (or
GOES).
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of individuals
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tree.
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.
Sarah
Lynn Wonderly
of Fremont,
Ohio has
assisted me
since the
summer of 2018
in finding all
descendants of
Aloysius
Oliver
Wonderly and
Theresia
Schock. She
has also
pointed out
several
mistakes on my
side and
provided me
with many
additions
since.
Carol Owen
Kern has
supplied a lot
of information
on descendants
of Ralph
Joseph Magers
and Alice
Victoria
Michaels for
which I am
very
grateful!!
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,
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
more than
500,000
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
between 2004
and 2018 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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