General Notes

(Information from Arlene Brackensick:)

The earliest information I have is from the church book in Krockow, West Prussia.  On 8 November, 1803 Johann Karnuth, former Hussar in the von Bluecher Regiment, son of the deceased Jacob Karnuth, married Christiana Elisabeth Brusberg, youngest daughter of the second marriage of the deceased Johann Brusberg, royal under-forester near Sobiensitz.

The name of the mother is a question.  In later records she was called Louisa, but I don't know if that was a nickname for Elisabeth or if Johann married a second time, maybe a sister of his first wife.

Unfortunately, the Krockow church book showing births from 1763 to 1824 is missing from the films at the LDS library, but I think the following children were born there:

Caroline Philippine, born about 1805, Married Johann Zielske in Bellgard in 1824

Christian, born about 1806, married Luise Bock, date unknown, married Albertine Bock in Krockow in 1846.

Unknown daughter

Louisa, listed as the third daughter, born about 1807, married Johann Gronau in Bresin in 1831

Then there is a gap in birth dates.  I don't know for sure when Henrietta was born, but the next children are:

Henrietta, married Johann Schitketer (that was the spelling in the church book) in Bresin between 1835 and 1837  (another gap in the church records)  They had a son Johann Theodor, born in Miggow April 10, 1837.  The father was a Jaeger in Miggow.

Wilhelmina, born about 1815, married Daniel Wachlin in Garzigar, Kreis Lauenburg, Pomerania in 1837

Juliane Dorothea, born about 1817, married Michael Johann Gutzkow in Bresin in 1837

Johann Friedrich, born in 1818 in Prinkowo, West Prussia (Bohlschau Parish), married Henriette Panzen

I have also come across the names Johann, Wilhelm, Albertine and Florentine Karnuth, but I don't know how they are related.

So in 1803 the family lived in Krockow, West Prussia.  In 1818 they lived in Prinkowo, West Prussia in the Bohlschau parish.  In 1824, when Caroline married Friedrick Zielske, the family lived in Heide, Pomerania in the Charbrow parish,.  From 1825 to 1844 they lived in Miggow, Pomerania, in the Bresin parish.  Then they disappeared and I have not been able to fined any trace of them.  If you know where they lived after that, I would really like to know.  I keep thinking if I find where some of these people died, it may say when and where they were born.

My great-grandparents, Wilhelmina Karnuth and Daniel Wachlin, had five daughter in Garzigar.  Your Henrietta was the sponsor for Ottilie Wachlin, born in 1847 in Garzigar.  The Garzigar church book listed her residence as a place that looks like Prczovo, but I have been unable to find any town that looks like that.

In 1854 the Wachlin family came to the US and settled in Quincy, IL, my hometown.  My grandfather Charles Wachlin was born there.

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DANIEL WACHLIN BIOGRAPHY:
Daniel WACHLIN was born on March 21, 1803 in Obliwitz, Kreis Lauenburg, Pomerania, in the parish of Garzigar. After World War II Pomerania was divided between Poland and East Germany. The village of Garzigar is now Garczegorcze, Poland, and the village of Obliwitz is now Obliwici.

The Garzigar church book that shows births from 1791 through 1825 is missing from the archives in Gdansk, which has all the other books. Daniel was definitely the grandson of Jacob WACHLIN and Helen SAWASCH and the great-grandson of Hans WACHLIN and his first wife, and I have concluded that he was the son of George WACHLIN and Catharina KRUGER.

The Hans WACHLIN family apparently moved to Garzigar about 1740, when the name began to appear in the church registers. When he died, Hans WACHLIN was a councilman in Garzigar. When Daniel was born his parents lived in the village of Obliwitz, which was one of several small towns in the Garzigar parish. Between 1825 and 1835 he was sponsor for several children and was listed as "the tailor Daniel WACHLIN of Obliwitz." He was living in Garzigar when he was married and his five daughters were born there.

On November 4, 1837 at age 34 Daniel married Wilhelmina KARNUTH, age 22. Wilhelmina's obituary in the St. Peter's church record in Quincy says that she was born on June 26, 1815 near Putzig, West Prussia (now Puck, Poland), but the church record from Putzig does not show her birth or any other record of the KARNUTH family. The marriage record in Garzigar lists her father as Johann KARNUTH, Pachter (tenant farmer) at Miggow, a village in Pomerania near Garzigar, but in the Bresin parish. A fragment of a certified copy of Wilhelmina's birth certificate that was issued on July 25, 1854 in Garzigar gives her mother's name as Louise BROSBERG. The family most likely obtained copies of their birth certificates in preperation for their trip to America.

Daniel and Wilhelmina had five daughters in Garzigar: Johanna in 1839, Wilhelmina in 1842, Augusta in 1844, Ottilie in 1847 and Dora in 1851. All were baptized in the church at Garzigar.

In the fall of 1854 the family started their journey to the United States, traveling from Danzig to Berlin to Bremen and ending in Bremerhaven. They boarded the Old Bark Johanne on Saturday, October 7 and sailed the following day, traveling in steerage. Wilhelmina was apparently about five months pregnant at the time. Daniel kept a diary of the journey, but commented only on the weather. After experiencing several storms on the crossing, they arrived in New Orleans on December 5.

On December 6 the family started up the Mississippi River, ending in Cincinnati where they spent their first Christmas in America. They moved on to St. Louis almost innediately, arriving there on New Year's Day. A son Herman Julius was born there on February 15, 1855 and was baptized there on July 15.

Later in 1855 the family moved further up the Mississippi to Quincy, Illinois. Their first recorded address in 1859 was 99 Kentucky (between 7th and 8th). From 1861 to 1880 they lived on South 7th between State and Kentucky in a house owned by John VOGELPOHL. The address was at various times given as 96 7th, 7th es 5 s Kentucky and 139 South 7th. A son Carl (Charles) was born there on May 2, 1861.

On July 15, 1878 Daniel and Wilhelmina lost their oldest son Herman at age 23. He died of tuberculosis, which his family thought resulted from his job as a carriage painter at the E. M. Miller Carriage Company. He was buried in Woodland Cemetery.

In 1879 their landlord died and the property was sold to Henry STORK. The house was torn down and a furniture warehouse was built on the site. On April 24, 1880 Daniel bought the property at 615 Monroe from George GOODAPPLE. At this time only Charles was still living with his parents. Daniel and Wilhelmina lived at this address for the rest of their lives.

It appears that Daniel and his family originally belonged to Salem Church on 9th and State. Most of this church's records were destroyed in a fire in the 1950s, but one of the few remaining books shows that Daniel paid $1.00 in 1858 and another dollar in 1859 for a pew in the balcony. In 1860 Salem Church was split by a doctrinal dispute and the Pastor, Simon Liese, took a sizable contingent of the members to St. Peter's Lutheran Church where he became Pastor. Liese is quoted as saying he was "taking the sheep with him; the goats he was leaving behind." Charles was baptized at St. Peter's on May 19, 1861, and Daniel and Wilhelmina remained members of the church for life.

Daniel's occupation was listed as master tailor in the church records in Garzigar and as tailor in the 1860 and 1880 US censuses, but the Quincy City Directories consistently listed him as a laborer and, in 1876 when he was 73, as a wood sawyer. After 1884 when he was 1881, no occupation was given.

On February 5, 1888 Wilhelmina died of tuberculosis at age 72. The two had been married for over 50 years. She was buried next to her son Herman in Woodlan Cemetery.

Daniel remained vigorous and in good health into his 80s. He lived to see the birth of 30 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He died of typhoid fever in his home on September 24, 1891 at age 88. The funeral was held in his home on September 26, the service consisting of hymns and a scripture reading (Psalm 90:1-12) that he himself had selected. He was buried in Woodland Cemetery next to his wife and son.

Biography by Arlene Brackensick