Name/Location
Familysearch.org References:
- Search by place as: Germany, Saxe-Meiningen, Meiningen, Wernshausen
- If nothing appears, Try broader levels:
- Germany, Saxe-Meiningen, Meiningen
- Germany, Saxe-Meiningen
The modern (contemporary) way to refer to the town is: Wernshausen, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany
Significance to my family
Home to the Kümpel (Kimball) branch of my family.
Me -> Anna Lorraine Amborn (1923 – 2019) -> George D. Amborn (1872 – 1933) -> Martha Elonore Kimball (1844 – 1911) -> Just David Kuempel (1801 – 1868)/Margarethe Elizabeth Jung (1809 – 1881)
David, Margarethe and their children emigrated from Germany in May 1847 and settled in Hudson, Walworth, Wisconsin. They were reportedly part of a group of 16 – 18 families who left the region together.
Wernshausen is located about a mile West of Niederschmalkalden where the Amborn family (who were part of the 1847 group) lived.
Resources
- Wikipedia page for Wernshausen .
- gov.genealogy.net page for Wernshausen .
- Meyers Gazetter Entry for Wernshausen .
- Church records for Wernshausen are archived at the State Church Archives of the Evangelical Church of Central Germany/Eisenach and are available on archion.de
- It does not appear that an Ortsfamilienbuch (OFB/Local Family Register) was created for Wernshausen.