Johannes Janson's family historian and genealogist (Carrie) took the time to scan almost 30 pages of an application prepared in Horrenberg, Germany, in 1853, when Johannes' parents wanted to emigrate to America. They were Daniel Janson and his wife Maria Anna (Helfinger) Janson and six children.
A fascinating part of the era when Daniel and Maria Anna Janson were denied permission to leave Horrenberg was that other Jansons did leave that year.
Carrie mentioned information she has from someone named Robert Heimann. She said "in 1999, he gave me a list of Jansons who emigrated in the 1800s from Horrenberg. Egidius Janson to NJ bef 1873, Joseph b. 1844 to US 1883 (yours), Katharina b. 1831 to US 1852, Valentin to Columbia/USA 1853, Sophie, Theresia, Valentin & Veronika to US 1853". (NOT a complete list, we know).
But according to him, six Janson individuals left, probably with spouses, that year. We don't know what generation four of them represented, but one of the Valentins could have been Dan's older brother, born in 1805.
This calls for more investigatin' ☺, I think!
BTW, it's fun to see how MANY times you can find "Daniel Janson" in these pages. (I know, it depends on your idea of "fun"...lol)
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