NEW COUSINS--The Michigan Jansons

Dielheim

Our folks came from a few small towns south of Mannheim--Baiertal, Balzfeld, Dielheim, Horrenburg--all in a string within 5-10 miles of each other.  They left for Amerika in the 1880s, particularly JOHANNES, DANIEL, JOSEF...and STEPHAN. 

We know Johannes, Daniel and Josef settled in Minnesota in 1883, and our just-revealed Stephan arrived in Michigan 1889 or so.  How did these men connect to each other?


Well, the ancestor-couple we have in common was Georg Valentin Janson (b 1773) and his wife Eva Katherina Reissfelder (b 1781).  They had a son, Johannes (1803), who married Maria Juliana Bayer (1801), and their youngest son was Josef (1844), our great grandfather, who settled in Buckman, Mn.


Ok so far?


Now, Georg Valentin and Eva Katherina Janson had another son, Daniel, (1816), who was married twice and so had two families. The first wife was Regina Schweigert (1820), and their firstborn was Johannes (b 1845) who came here with his cousin, GG Josef.


When Regina died in 1847, Daniel married Maria Anna Helfinger (1822).  THEIR son Daniel (1850) was the Janson who settled in Rice, Minnesota, and, their son STEPHAN (1857) was the Janson who settled in Michigan, and whose great grandson contacted Kenny and me this week.  


Now, I hope I got that all straight, and that YOU understood even half of it.  Remember, the test at the end will constitute 75% of your grade.

YAY! Welcome (back) to Stephan's descendants--we've been waiting for you! ☺