Johann Hermann Kohues (Germany)
John Kohus (America)
1828-1875
1860 Census (#1014)
1870 Census
(#1021)
Birth record, Saint Ambrosus Church Books, Ostbevern, Germany
(#156)
Status Animarum, "German Church Census" Ostbevern, Johann Herman b.19. Sep. 1828. d. 24 Oct. 1875, immigrated 1850, Ostbevern (#158) (#159) (probably immigrated in 1849, see obituary)
Letter written by Johann Kohues shortly after immigration concerning his friend Bernard's death. Sent from Cincinnati to Westphalia, Prussia 19 Aug 1854 English translation (#349) German (#349a) (#349b)
Restored Hamilton County marriages 1850-1859, (#151).
Contract between Johann's mother Gertrud (Piegelbrock) Kohues, and her children
which gave away all her property. English
translation
(#111)
Original German
copy
(#111a)
Passport application 1865 with a description of John Kohus (Johann Herman
Kohues)
(#1204)
Office of Benno Speyer, Nos. 7 and 8 West Third Street, Cincinnati, Feb. 6,
1865. Hon. Wm. H. Stewart
Secretary. Of State Washington, City. Sir, I beg to enclose herein citizen
papers and an oath of allegiance of John H. Kohus, Requesting to forward
passport, at your earliest convenience. With great respect, your able servant,
Benno Speyer. Age 36, Forehead low, Eyes grey, Mouth regular, Nose full, Chin
Oval, Hair dark brown, Complexion fair, Face oval.
Death index, John Kohus Hamilton County, Ohio
1874-1877
(#152). John died of Bright's Disease (a kidney disease).
Obituary, from the Cincinnati Volksfreund, (German Newspaper) 25-26 Oct. 1875,
(#153)
KOHUS, Johann (Obituary). He was born on 19 Sep 1828 in Ostbevern, Westphalia. After he had learned the tailoring trade in his hometown, he emigrated on 29 Sep 1849, via Bremen, landing in New Orleans in October of the same year. He arrived in Cincinnati in the spring of 1850, where he opened his own business and attained comfortable circumstances. He has lived, since becoming a member of the Pionier-Verein in November 1874, on the corner of Poplar Street and Western Avenue, where he died on 25 Oct 1875. He is survived by his wife and several children, who mourn his early death. (from the Der Deutsche Pioniere. Translated and included in Ninetheenth-Century German Settlers in Ohio, Kentucky, and other states, part 3 Cliffird Neal Smith Westland Publishing, McNeal, AZ.)
John Kohus is named in son Franz Joseph Obituary, Cincinnati Volksfreund (#192)
John Kohus is named in son Johann Henrich Obituary, Cincinnati Volksfreund (#209)
John Kohus is named in wife, Veronica
Determan Kohus Obituary, Cincinnati Volksblatt,
(#255)
Last Will and Testament, Probate Court Records, Cincinnati, Ohio,
(#150)
(#150a)
(#150b)
(#150c)
(#150d)
Louis Moorman of the business Kohus & Moorman is a neighbor on 1860
census
(#1014)
Passenger and Immigration Lists
Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Joh Herm Kohues
Year: 1850
Place: America
Source Publication Code: 5861
Primary Immigrant: Kohues, Joh Herm
Annotation: Westphalian emigrants in the 19th century: emigration from the
governmental district of Muenster, part 1. From state archives in Muenster and
in Detmold, West Germany. The lists cover pp. 57-389, with 6,453 numbered
entries. Of 4,100 persons who emigrated.
Source Bibliography: MUELLER, FRIEDRICH. "Westfaelische Auswanderer im 19.
Jahrhundert-Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Muenster, Part 1. 1803 -1850."
In Beitraege zur westfaelischen Familienforschung, vols. 22-24 (1964-1966), pp.
7-484. Page: 379
Cemetery; St. John Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
