Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume II, Part 90

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866- ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 716

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DEISEROTH In the province or princi- pality of Hesse-Cassel, Germany, the Deiseroth family lived for centuries and maintained an honorable reputation as good and substantial citizens. The old home, built of stone, vet stands on a homestead estate of the family, a most wonderful relic of four hundred years ago. Generation after generation has first seen the light under its old gray roof and passed out its heavy double door to the world beyond, making room in the old home for generations to follow and laying the founda- tion for homes of coming generations in lands often far distant from the land of their birth. The family has always been a progressive one, never taking a step backward but al- ways forward in the path of progress. In the United States they have possessed the same characteristics that distinguished the family in the Fatherland.

(I) The first of the name to settle in Al- bany, New York, was George Deiseroth, Jr., and Henry his brother, who came to the Uni- ted States in 1870, sons of George and grand- sons of John Deiseroth, born in Hesse-Cassel, later Hessen-Nassau, Germany. The native town of George Deiseroth, Sr., was Friede- wald, where he lived and died. He was the owner of a large farm many years owned in

the family, which he tilled and cultivated all' his life. He was a well-to-do farmer and lived to a good old age. He married Helen also a descendant of a good old Teutonic fam- ily, who also lived to a ripe old age. Chil- dren: 1. Henry, a well-known contractor of paving and kindred operations; married and reared a family of five sons and three daugh- ters. 2. Elizabeth, married Christopher Schu- man, also a contractor; they reared a family. 3. Gertrude, married, lived and died in Friede- wald. 4. George, see forward. A leading characteristic of this family of children was their decided musical talent, all being musi- cians of recognized merit.

(II) George (2), youngest son of George- (1) and Margaret (Schuman) Deiseroth, was born in Friedewald, Hessen-Nassau, Ger- many, 1818, died in his native city, where his useful life was passed, 1873. He was as- sociated with his brother Henry and brother- in-law, Christopher Schuman, in the contract- ing business, street paving and similar con- structive enterprises. He was a prosperous business man and gave his family good edu- cational advantages. He married Margaret Schuman, daughter of a good German fam- ily, her father being the proprietor of the village inn. She was born in 1813, died No- vember 1, 1869. Children: I. Elizabeth, born April 23, 1844, still (1910) a resident of her- native town in Hessen-Nassau, married Adam. Rothamel, accidentally killed in 1907, leaving children, Catherine and Anna. 2. Andrew, born December 25, 1846; came to the United: States, settling on a farm in Rensselaer coun- ty, New York ; he married (first) Mary Radz, and had children: Catherine, Emma and Helen; by a second marriage there was no. issue. 3. Peter, born July 13, 1848, died No- vember 21, 1908, in Albany, New York, where he settled in 1872 and engaged in the grocery business; married Elizabeth Koch ; children : William, Elizabeth, Edward and George. 4. Henry, born December 5, 1850; came to the United States in 1870; engaged in merchant tailoring and is now living retired in the city of Rensselaer, New York: married (first) Elizabeth Reinmuller; children: Catherine, Sophia, Theodore, Henry and Lida ; married (second) Mrs. Catherine (Kahnle) Starkey. 5. George, see forward.

(III) George (3), youngest child of George (2) and Margaret (Schuman) Dei- seroth, was born in Friedewald, Hessen-Nas- sau, Germany, July 17, 1855. He received a good education in the best German schools and in that respect was well equipped for life's battle. He was ambitious, and knowing the advantages the United States possessed for

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young men of energy and worth, came with his brother Henry to this country. They landed at Castle Garden, New York City, March 23, 1870, which he considers a red let- ter day in his life. They continued northward to Albany, where as stated, Henry engaged in merchant tailoring and George established himself after a time as a baker and caterer. His business became prosperous and for sev- eral years he continued both branches, but finally retired from catering, devoting himself entirely to the bakery business. Previous to his engaging in business for his own account in 1887, he thoroughly learned the baker's trade under capable instruction and became a thorough master of the trade and art of baking. Since 1887 he has been one of the prosperous, substantial and well-known busi- ness men of the South End, Albany. He is a strong Republican in politics, and a member of the Reformed church. In the Masonic order he is affiliated with Guttenburg Lodge, No. 737, Free and Accepted Masons : Temple Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and De Witt Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar. He is also a thirty-second degree Mason of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He married, in Albany, New York, November 24, 1879, Helen Hartman, born in Hessen-Nassau, Ger- many, October 13, 1856, daughter of Con- rad and Martha (Tripp) Hartman, both na- tives of the same German province, who late in life came to the United States and settled in Albany. Conrad Hartman died in Octo- ber, 1907, aged seventy-six years. Martha, his wife, died in 1897, at the age of seventy- seven years. They were both members of the Lutheran church. Mrs. Deiseroth is a mem- ber of the Reformed church, and prominent in the social life of her community.

HOVEMEYER

The American branch of this family has been resi- dent in Amsterdam, New

York, since 1881 ; consequently but little is to be recorded of them in America, the family being only in its second generation. Yet like all Teutons, when they take root in a strange soil they develop rapidly, promote prosperity, and become good citizens. The founder of the Amsterdam branch is Ernest H., a grand- son of Henry Hovemeyer, with whom this record begins.

(I) Henry Hovemeyer was born in West- phalia, Germany. He was of a line of agricul- tural ancestors of the better class, and of im- portance in their communities. Henry was given a good education, but reared to work on the farm. He was a teacher in the schools

of Westphalia for several years, but never relinquished his farm. That was his princi- pal business all through life. His intellectual attainments made him easily noticeable among his neighbors, and he was chosen to represent them in the law-making body of his district. He married a wife who was his equal in birth and intelligence, who bore him eight children. The Hovemeyers had been active members of the Reformed or Lutheran church for several generations, and in that society, Henry and his wife and children found their religious home.

(II) William, son of Henry Hovemeyer, was born in 1816, on the family homestead in Westphalia, owned by his father, and died in 1883. He succeeded his father on the farm, and was equally prominent. He held several official positions, and was a man of importance in his town. He married Marie Issabien Pohlman, born in 1822 in the village of Net- tlestadt, Westphalia. She was married when but fifteen, and died in 1868. She was the daughter of Henry Pohlman, a farmer of the district, father of four daughters and three sons, all of whom became heads of families. William and Marie Hovemeyer were parents of fourteen sons and daughters, ten of whom arrived at maturity and married. I. The old- est child, William, is now aged seventy; he succeeded his father on the homestead farm, not as an inheritance, but to operate for the benefit of the family; he served in the Ger- man army, and saw active service in three wars that Germany waged, the most important being the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. He was a non-commissioned officer and saw hard service, but escaped uninjured : his first wife was Marie Aspelmeyer, who bore him five children; his second wife was Dora Gra- the, who was mother of two daughters; he lives in Westphalia. 2. Frederick, married his kinswoman, Marie Hovemeyer, and has a son, he is now retired from active life in his na- tive land. 3. Marie, married Frederick Spel- ker, has a daughter living in Schenectady, New York ; she is deceased. 4. Louise, de- ceased, married Carl Nedderhoff and left a family of five. 5. Henry, for many years prior to his death a successful baker, doing business in Bremen, Germany ; his wife was Helen Iben, who left one child. 6. John, came to the United States and settled in Am- sterdam, where he was engaged in the man- ufacture of brooms ; he married in his native land Carie Gretebier ; they live in Amsterdam and have twelve children. 7. Carl, married in Germany, Louise Doehering; they came to the United States, settling in Amsterdam, where they reside with their children. 8.

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Marie L., married William Frundt in West- phalia, where they reside; they have a fam- ily of four. 9. Caroline, married Carl Sebe ; they came to Amsterdam, New York, where she still lives with her three children. 10. Ernest H., see forward.

(III) Ernest H., of the first American generation, was born in Westphalia, where he received a good common school education. He believed that better opportunities existed in the United States for an ambitious young man than in his own land, and he decided to emigrate thither. In 1881 he sailed from Bremen, on the steamship "Nectar," landing in New York City in March of that year. He settled in Amsterdam, New York, where he established a grocery business that prospered under his management. In 1892 he admitted a partner, Ferdinand Marosky, a native of Prussia, but resident of the United States since 1876. The combined efforts and energy of the partners has increased the business as a profitable commercial enterprise. Mr. Hove- meyer and wife are members of the Lutheran church of Amsterdam, where for twenty-one years he has been a member of the church council. He is a member of the German Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and of the Ger- man Christian Benevolent societies. In poli- tics he is a Democrat. Ernest H. Hovemeyer married, in Amsterdam, New York, Novem- ber 20, 1884, Bertha Buske, born in Germany, 1866. She was a young woman when she came to the United States. She is a fitting helpmeet and a useful factor in her husband's advancement. Four sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hovemeyer: I. Ernest H. (2), born January, 1887, died in sixth year. 2. William B., March 11, 1889; educated in the public schools, and is learning to be a ma- chinist. 3. Henry B., June 15, 1896. 4. Ernest H. (3), July 28, 1907.

The ancestral home of YOSTMEYER this family is Westphalia, Prussia, village of Net- talestedt, where they were resident for many generations. This is an agricultural commun- ity and the fathers were usually farmers. Prior to 1750 the name was Meyer. The town records, which included birth, death and marriage dates, were destroyed by fire, which prevents more definite detail. The first of the family in direct line from Ernest Henry Wil- liam Yostmeyer was Joseph Meyer, ancestor, during whose life the prefix Yost was added to the name, making it as it is now used, Yost- meyer. He was a native of Nettalestedt, mar- ried and reared a family.

(II) Johann Herman, son of Joseph Yost-

meyer, was born in Nettalestedt, Westphalia, Germany, about 1765. He was a farmer; lived and died on the family homestead, which he cultivated as had his forefathers for be- tween two and three centuries. He married, 1785, Emma E. Pohlmann, of the same town. They reached the ages of seventy, and left issue.

(III) Colon Johann Herman, son of Jo- hann Herman and Emma E. (Pohlmann) Yostmeyer, was born at the homestead, Net- talestedt, Westphalia, October 10, 1809, died there March 12, 1862. He followed the fam- ily pursuit, agriculture, and cultivated the homestead farm. He married, April 15, 1827, Margaret Louise, born May 10, 1811, daugh- ter of Johann Herman Nedderhof, of Net- talestedt, also of an old Westphalia family. Colon Johann Herman Yostmeyer served his time in the Prussian army, as had his father and grandfather. He had issue.

(IV) Heinrich Wilhelm, son of Colon Jo- hann Herman and Margaret Louise (Nedder- hof) Yostmeyer, was born at the family homestead in Nettalestedt, Westphalia, Sep- tember 14, 1832, died March 26, 1865. He married, November 28, 1863, Marie Louise Siebe, born in Nettalestedt, January 16, 1843- They had an only son, Ernest Heinrich Wil- helm Yostmeyer, see forward. Mr. Yost- meyer only lived two years after marriage, and his widow married (second) Henry Moeller, a Westphalian farmer, who died De- cember 13, 1909. The widow resides (1910) in Nettalestedt. Children by second marriage : I. Mary Louise Carolina, born October 6, 1867, died February 7, 1880. 2. Louise Ma- rie Carolina, May 28, 1869; married Freder- ick Tiemann; she is now deceased. 3. Hein- rich Frederick Wilhelm, April 5, 1874; still resides in Germany ; cigar manufacturer. 4. Frederick Wilhelm, September 20, 1876, cigar maker in Amsterdam, New York. 5. Charles H., April 7, 1878; married and died in Germany, where his widow survives him. 6. Johann G., May 9, 1880; married and lives in Germany. 7. Marie Elizabeth, February 10, 1882; married Frederick Tiemann, first husband of Louise Marie Carolina. 8. Caro- lina M. L., July 13, 1884; she is unmarried and lives with her mother in Nettalestedt.

(V) Ernest Heinrich Wilhelm, only son and child of Heinrich Wilhelm and Marie Louise (Siebe) Yostmeyer, was born in Net- talestedt, Westphalia, June 22, 1864. His father died when he was a mere infant. He was given a good practical education in the German schools. At the age of seventeen his ambition led him to emigrate to the United States. On March 13, 1881, he sailed from

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Bremen on the steamship, "Neckar," landing in New York on the 26th of the same month. He passed a year at Fort Hunter and then came to Amsterdam, New York, where he secured employment as a carpenter, later as a clerk at the "Farmers Hotel." Here he remained a short time, when he engaged in the same line for the late Ernest Kurlbaum, where he remained until September 16, 1885, then engaged in the same capacity for George Reich in his Main street café, remaining until January 9, 1893. On the following day, he purchased the business and became proprie- tor, changing the name of the "Farmers Ho- tel" to the "Yostmeyer." By close attention to the details of his business he has made it profitable, and he is recognized as one of the substantial Germans of the city, where he is well known and respected. He is not active in political affairs, independent in his own actions, but usually votes the Republican tick- et. He is an active member of social and fraternal societies, being a member of the Amsterdam Lodge, No. 134, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows; Star Encampment, No. 298; Oriental Degree, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Red Men, No. 149; Bron- son Social Benevolent Association; Arion Singing Society; the Turn Verein: German American Alliance, of which he is treasurer ; the two German Benevolent associations of the city, and others of similar character. In many of these he is an official member.

He married, November 18, 1886, Augusta F., born in Neiquacagn, Province of Pommern, Prussia, October 27, 1868, daughter of Fer- dinand and Carolina (Balfenz) Buske, thrifty Germans, whose ancestors were native to Germany for a long term of years. They were of the Lutheran faith, as are the Yost- meyers, from the days of Martin Luther. Mr. and Mrs. Buske emigrated to the United States and both died in Amsterdam, aged, re- spectively, seventy-eight and seventy-six. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. W. Yostmeyer are active members and liberal supporters of the Am- sterdam Lutheran Church. Their children, all born and educated in Amsterdam, where they all reside at home: 1. Augusta Maria, Sep- tember 29, 1887. 2. Carolina Louise, June 7, 1889. 3. Louise Alvina, April 2, 1891. 4. Heinrich Wilhelm, April 29, 1893. 5. Wil- helm Ferdinand, February 7. 1895. 6. Mairs Gilchrist Ernest Leopold, July 31, 1897.

The father of the American GEISE founder of the Geise family in Amsterdam was a descendant of a German family, for many generations natives of the kingdom Pommern, Prussia, once an

independent kingdom, now a part of the great German Empire. Johann Geise was born in Pommern, where he lived and died. He mar- ried Catherine F. Wangerie, of the same lo- cality. They had issue.

(II) Frederick, son of Johann and Cath- erine F. (Wangerie) Geise, was born No- vember 16, 1843, in Stoelitz, Pommern. He learned the blacksmith trade, which he fol- lowed until August 30, 1863, on which date he enlisted in the Germany army for active service against Austria. He had previously served as a citizen soldier as required by Ger- man military law. He fulfilled all the re- quirements of the law in regard to military duty and was honorably discharged March 24. 1868. During his term of active service he was in several engagements but escaped in- jury. After receiving his discharge from the army, which seems to have been the one link holding him to his native land, he decided to emigrate to the United States. He sailed from Bremen for New York City, where he re- mained for a time, later was in business in Amsterdam, later going to Topnotch, town of West Galway, Saratoga county, New York, where he established a blacksmith's shop. He later removed to Akin, where he operated a smithy for several years. He af- terwards abandoned his trade to become a lab- orer in one of the many mills of the section. He later purchased a good farm at Scotch Bush, which he cultivated for several years, then retired to Amsterdam, where he died Oc- tober 5, 1904. He married Mary Danfield, of German parents, and most likely born in Ger- many or very soon after the family emigra- tion to the United States. She died at the age of twenty-four, leaving four children: I. Minnie. died in childhood. 2. William. see forward. 3. Mary, married Charles Hugo, of Rockton, and has Earl, Victor, Harvey and John H. Hugo. 4. George, a farmer of Mont- gomery county, unmarried. Frederick Geise married (second) Frederika Morganstern, who bore him a son, Nathan J., March 6, 1881, died in childhood.

(III) William, oldest son of Frederick and Mary (Danfield) Geise, was born August 6, 1870. He was reared to farm labor, which he followed for eight years after reaching manhood. He was energetic, thrifty and ac- cumulated sufficient means to purchase a good farm of one hundred and twenty acres at Scotch Bush, which he cultivated until 1904. Since that date he has leased his farm and resided in Amsterdam, where he is constantly occupied at general mill work. He is a mem- ber of the German Evangelical Lutheran church, and a decided Republican. He mar-

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ried, in Amsterdam, February 26, 1896, Rosa Schumm, born in New York state, educated in Germany, where she was taken when a small child. She is a member of the same church as her husband. Children: I. Lena C., born March 6, 1897. 2. Lillian M., Au- gust 16, 1900. 3. Lydia C., twin of Lillian M., died in infancy. 4. Rosa A., born Oc- tober 29, 1907.

GILCHRIST This name is written in ear- ly deeds "Kilchrist," "Gil- creas" and "Gilchrest." There were two brothers named Gilchrist, who were born in Ayrshire, Scotland. They emigrated to the vicinity of Londonderry, Ire- land, and came to America about the year 1730. They settled at Chester, New Hamp- shire. Robert Gilchrist bought land in Ches- ter, on which he settled and reared a family. His will, proved September 24, 1746, men- tions wife Agnes, who died September, 1758, and sons John, William, Alexander and Rob- ert, daughters Agnes and Elizabeth, and brother William, the executor. Children: I. John, born in Chester, New Hampshire, 1731, he never married, and was a house carpenter. 2. Alexander, (mentioned below). 3. William, born January 8, 1736, died unmarried. 4. Ag- nes, born May 28, 1738, married John Kelso. 5. Elizabeth, never married, but made her home with her unmarried brother William. 6. Robert, born October 8. 1743, settled in Goffstown, and is said to have died in the "old war."

(II) Alexander, son of Robert and Agnes Gilchrist, was born in Chester, New Hamp- shire, October 28, 1733. He used to say he never had but two days' schooling in his life, yet he acquired such an education that he surveyed lands and wrote deeds. About 1763 he went to Goffstown and bought a farm near the Bedford line. He married Martha, daugh- ter of John Shirley. He had seven children : I. John, (mentioned below). 2. Samuel, born January 12, 1764; married, in 1791, Sarah Aiken, and died 1822; they had sixteen chil- dren, three of whom, John, James and Mat- thew, were physicians. 3. Mary, died unmar- ried. 4. Janet, born June 12, 1768, died 1839, she married William Riddle, and had eight children. 5. James, died young. 6. Alexan- der (2), born 1772 ; married Margaret Moore, and had five children. 7. David, born Decem- ber, 1777, died November 28, 1847; married Hannah, daughter of Robert Kennedy, and had eight children.

(III) John, son of Alexander and Martha (Shirley) Gilchrist, was born in Goffstown, New Hampshire, May 8, 1763, died Septem-

ber 8, 1853. He married Sarah Akin, and had eleven children, among them being Alex- ander, Frederick and Robert.

(IV) Robert, son of John and Sarah (Akin) Gilchrist, was born in 1782, died June 8, 1862. He settled in the town of Argyle, Washington county, New York, where he was a farmer and merchant. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a man of high standing. He married Elizabeth Dawson, born 1788. Children: I. Ellen, married Robert Cuthbert. 2. Andrew, married Julia Davis. 3. Mary, married Wil- liam Davis. 4. Jane, married Bart- lett. 5. Margaret, married Alonzo Wood. 6. Ralph. 7. Martha, married John Millwood ; children : Emma, married Myron Whittemore, Phoebe J., married Le Roy Hatch. 8. Thom- as, mentioned below. 9. Elizabeth, married Joseph Broughton ; children : Harry and Har- riet (twins).

(V) Thomas, eighth child of Robert and Elizabeth (Dawson) Gilchrist, was born in the village of Argyle, Washington county, New York, May 20, 1829. He moved with his parents, about 1840, to Hartford, in the same county. He was educated in the com- mon school. He adopted agriculture as his business, and became a large landowner, farmer and shipper of farm products. He bought up and shipped to New York City the first carload of potatoes that ever went out of Washington county to that city. He was an extensive dealer and a man of ample means and influence. He served in several public positions in his town, and was a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a Republican. He died in New York City, December 5, 1886. He married, Janu- ary I, 1851, Maria, daughter of John and Phebe (Qua) Powell. Children : Frank, mentioned below; Charles, born February 5, 1860; married Laura Foster, and has a daughter, Nina Jeannette.

(VI) Frank, eldest son of Thomas and Maria (Powell) Gilchrist, was born in Hart- ford. Washington county, New York, on the homestead farm, January 7, 1857. He was reared on the farm, and educated in the pub- lic schools, Fort Edward Collegiate Institute and Troy Conference Seminary. He was a farmer and produce dealer along the same lines followed by his father with such suc- cess. He continued in this most prosperous business until 1909, when he became con- nected with the Glen Falls Coal Company, succeeding James M. Hunting as president and manager. He now devotes his energies to the management of the coal company. He was a member of the board of assessors of

Frank Gilchrist

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Glen Falls for nine years, resigning in 1909. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a supporter of the Republican party. He married, August 1, 1876, Min- nie C., daughter of John F. and Mary Calista (Brayton) Whittemore, of Hartford, New York. Children: 1. Mabel Calista, born June 8, 1879; married Harry D. Gill, and has a daughter, Minnie Eloise, born March 27, 1905. 2. Thomas Byron, mentioned below. (VII) Thomas B., son of Frank and Minnie C. (Whittemore) Gilchrist, was born May II, 1885. When ten years of age his parents re- moved to Glen Falls, where he obtained his early education and prepared for college. He entered Cornell University, where he was graduated from the law school, class of 1906. He was admitted to the bar in Rochester, New York, in 1906, and to the Saratoga county bar in September of the same year. He is now (1910) practicing his profession in New York City. He married, September 14, 1909, Alice Edith, daughter of Samuel B. Goodman, of Glen Falls, New York.

This family was established in

DEALY the United States in 1858, when Patrick Dealy, born at Foines, Limerick county, Ireland, landed at Portland, Maine. He was then about twenty-four years of age. Patrick Dealy did not long remain in Portland; for a time he worked in New York City ; spent some time in Orange coun- ty, New York, working at farming and gar- dening ; finally settling in Ulster county, New York, where he now resides (1909). He en- gaged in horticulture. He married, in New- burg, New York, Katherine Lane, born in Ireland, died in 1905; came to the United States with her sister Mary ; settled in Orange county, New York. Mary married Daniel Lucey, of New Paltz, New York, who died in 1905; she died in 1908. Children : I. Katherine (2), born in 1864, died 1904, un- married. 2. Elizabeth, 1865, unmarried. 3. William, 1867, is engaged in business with his father in Ulster county. 4. John, 1868, unmarried. 5. Mitchell, 1870, unmarried. 6. Jacob H., see forward. 7. Mary F., 1874; has been a teacher in the schools of New York City since 1896. 8. Alice, 1877, un- married. The unmarried children and father form the Ulster county home and conduct the business established by Patrick Dealy.

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Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume II, Part 90

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866- ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 716

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866- ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 716