John Minch1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 17955, (abt 1812 - 1889)

Key Events:

Birth: about 2 Mar 1812, Darmstadt, Kurfuerstentum Hessen4,5,6
Marriage: 27 Apr 1837, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, Catharine Goembel (10 Apr 1813 - 14 Feb 1901)7,8,9
Death: 28 Sep 188910,11
Burial: Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois12
ChartsSelected Descendants of Sebastian and Anna Eva Goembel

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Narrative:

     John Minch was born about 2 Mar 1812 in Darmstadt, Kurfuerstentum Hessen.4,5,6 John's surname was originally spelled as Münch, but in the U. S. he used the spelling Minch.2
     John married Catharine Goembel, daughter of Sebastian Goembel and Anna Eva Schaeffer, on 27 Apr 1837 in Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois.7,8,9
     John and Catharine appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 4 Oct 1850, reporting real estate valued at $1,200. Their children Catherine, Polly, Jacob, Sebastian, Henry, George and John were listed as living with them.3
     John and Catharine appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 14 Jun 1860, reporting real estate valued at $9,600 and personal estate of $1,000. Their children Polly, Jacob, Sebastian, Henry, George, John, William, Daniel and Philip were listed as living with them.13
     John and Catharine appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 29 Jun 1870, reporting real estate valued at $26,000 and person estate of $1,800. Their children William, Daniel and Philip were listed as living with them, as were Anna Gill, age 10, relationship unknown, and Joseph Swisher, a 25-year-old farm laborer.14
     John was a farmer.3,13,14 By 1880 he had retired. He and Catharine moved into town.15
     He and Catharine appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 19 Jun 1880. Their daughter Polly was listed as living with them.16
     John died on 28 Sep 1889.10,11 He was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois.12

Children:
     Children with Catharine Goembel:

  • Catherine Minch7,17 (1 Jan 1838 - 26 Jun 1905)
  • Amelia Minch18,7,17 (20 Apr 1839 - 10 Feb 1930)
  • Jacob Minch19,7,17 (15 Nov 1840 - 14 Sep 1921)
  • Sebastian Minch7,17,20 (1 Mar 1843 - 4 Jun 1870)
  • Henry Minch21,7,17 (29 Mar 1845 - 29 Aug 1919)
  • George Minch7,17,20 (24 Mar 1847 - 8 Jan 1924)
  • John Minch7,17,20 (24 Feb 1849 - 15 Feb 1914)
  • William Minch7,20,22 (16 Feb 1851 - 13 Mar 1903)
  • Daniel Minch23,7,20 (23 Dec 1853 - 13 May 1927)
  • Philip Franklin Minch24,7,20 (15 Sep 1859 - 13 Feb 1932)

Citations

  1. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 41677483, John Minch, includes photo of tombstone with same.
  2. [S3526] Muller, histories of the Minch and Goembel Families, shows name as John Münch.
  3. [S3531] John Minch household, 1850 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  4. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 41677483, John Minch, shows age 77 y 6 m 26 d and includes photo of tombstone with same, and shows place as Darmstadt, Germany.
  5. [S3531] John Minch household, 1850 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows age 36 and country, as Germany.
  6. [S3534] John Minch household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows age 58, city, and state, as Hessen.
  7. [S3526] Muller, histories of the Minch and Goembel Families.
  8. [S3466] "Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860," Ancestry.com, record for John Minch and Catharine Kimble, citing FHL #1314687, shows date, county, and state.
  9. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 41677569, Catherine Goembel Minch, shows him as her husband, and includes photo of tombstone showing her as his wife.
  10. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 41677483, John Minch, shows date and includes photo of tombstone with same.
  11. [S3526] Muller, histories of the Minch and Goembel Families, shows year.
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 41677483, John Minch, includes photo of tombstone.
  13. [S3533] John Minch household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  14. [S3534] John Minch household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  15. [S3535] John Minch household, 1880 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows his occupation as retired farmer and they lived in the city of Washington.
  16. [S3535] John Minch household, 1880 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  17. [S3531] John Minch household, 1850 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  18. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Amelia Minch, citing FHL #1643654 and cert no 21 7318.
  19. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Jacob Minch, citing FHL #1570847 and cert no 30587.
  20. [S3533] John Minch household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  21. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Henry Minch, citing FHL #1562398 and pg 309, cert no 27333.
  22. [S3534] John Minch household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  23. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Daniel Minch, citing FHL #1614254 and cert no 19576.
  24. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Philip F. Minch, citing FHL #1684327 and cert no 5003.