FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY
Garlich Thaden Egts
Son of Egt Abbigen Egts (a cottager) & unknown
Born: Wuppels, Oldenburg, Germany
Died: at age 37, parish of Middoge, Oldenburg, Germany
Buried: Germany
Occupation: Innkeeper, butcher
Married: May 27, 1830, Gerhardina Sophia Lueken, Middoge, Oldenburg, Germany
One child: Gerke Siebels “George” Egts
Gerhardina Sophia Lueken
Daughter of Goerike Siebels Lueken & Gretke Maria Fulfs
Born: Sep 13, 1807, Germany
Died: Mar 3, 1866 (age 58), Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; tumor
Buried: Mar 3, 1866, Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Married (1): May 27, 1830, Garlich Thaden Egts, Middoge, Oldenburg, Germany
One child: Gerke Siebels “George” Egts
Married (2): Aug 10, 1859, Gottlieb Meyer, Jever, Oldenburg, Grand Duchy, Germany
No children
(m2) Gottlieb Meyer
Born: abt 1810, Hanover, Germany
Died: Aug 13, 1863 (abt age 53); Civil War hospital in Tennessee or Mississippi (records vary); typhoid fever
Buried: 1863, cemetery unknown, possibly Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi
Military: U.S. Civil War, Union Army, 58th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company E, Private
Occupation: Farmer
Married: Aug 10, 1859, Gerhardina Sophia (Lueken) Egts, Jever, Oldenburg, Grand Duchy, Germany
No children
1. Gerke Siebels “George” Egts (George S. Egts)
Only known child of Garlich Thaden Egts & Gerhardina Sophia Lueken
Born: Jul 9, 1830, Parish of Middoge, Jever, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, Germany
Died: Sep 23, 1906 (age 76), Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; debility
Buried: Sep 26, 1906, Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Immigrated: Sep 2, 1851, New York, New York (Oldenburg, Germany, destination Illinois, on the ship Clementine with wife Maria Egts and 4-month-old, son Bernhard)
Naturalized: Mar 28, 1859, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Occupation: Farmer, laborer
Married (1): Jul 4, 1850, Gretke Marie Tammen, Jever, Germany
Five children: John Bernhardt Egts, Thomas Henry Egts, George Wilhelm Egts, Anton Ludwig “Lewis” Egts, Marie Joan Egts (born Johanna Marie Egts, aka J. Marie Egts)
Married (2): Feb 24, 1887, Catherine (Camp) Day (her 2nd marriage), Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
No children
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Timeline and Records
Spellings and information in the census and other records throughout are retained
as reflected in the original documents. My notes are added in italics.
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Sep 13, 1807: Birth of Gerhardina Sophia Lueken, daughter of Goerike Siebels Lueken & Gretke Maria Fulfs, Germany
abt 1810: Birth of Gottlieb Meyer, 2nd husband of Gerhardina Sophia Lueken) Egts, in Hanover, Germany
May 27, 1830: Marriage of Garlich Thaden Egts & Gerhardina Sophia Lueken, in Middoge, Oldenburg, Germany
Jul 9, 1830: Birth of Gerke Siebels “George” Egts, son of Garlich Thaden Egts & Gerhardina Sophia Lueken, in the Parish of Middoge, Jever, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, Germany
Jul 4, 1850: Marriage of Gerke Siebels “George” Egts & Gretke Marie Tammen, Jever, Germany
Five children:
1. John Bernhard Egts (Johann Bernhardt Egts)
1851–1938
2. Thomas Henry Egts (Henry Thomas Egts)
1853–1920
3. George Wilhelm Egts
1855–1927
4. Anton Ludwig Egts (Anton Lewis Egts) (Anton Louis Egts)
1858–1943
5. Joan Marie Egts (Marie Joan Egts) (J. Marie Egts) (born Johanna Marie Egts)
1860–1956
Sep 2, 1851: Arriving Passenger List (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island):
Name: Gerke Siebels Egts (record includes his wife Maria Egts and their 4-month-old son, Bernhard)
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1830
Aug 10, 1859: Marriage of Gerhardina Sophia (Lueken) Egts & Gottlieb Meyer, her 2nd husband, in Jever, Oldenburg, Grand Duchy, Germany. Gerhardina is the mother of Gerke Siebels “George” Egts (George S. Egts)
Jul 17, 1860: U.S. Census, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Name Gahardena Myer (Gerhardina S. Meyer)
Age 52
Birth Year abt 1808
Gender Female
Race White
Birth Place Alldenban
Home in 1860 Cleveland Ward 5, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Inferred Spouse: Godleib Myer: Age 50, born Hanover, farmer (Gottlieb Meyer, born abt 1810)
Gahardena Myer: Age 52 (Gerhardina S. Meyer)
Oct 11, 1861: Gottlieb Meyer enrolls as a Private in the Union Army for three years or during the length of the war.
Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865:
Name Gottlieb Meyer
Side Union
Regiment State/Origin Ohio
Regiment 58th Regiment, Ohio Infantry
Company E
Rank In Private
Rank Out Private
Film Number M552 roll 74
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The 58th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company E was comprised of many men from Cuyahoga County. Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, Oct 1, 1861, to Jan 28, 1862. Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb 10, 1862; thence to Fort Donelson, Tenn. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to Jul, 1862. Helena, Ark., District of Eastern Arkansas, to November, 1862, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Tennessee, to Dec, 1862. 1st Brigade, 11th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to Dec, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman’s Yazoo Expedition, to Jan, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to Feb, 1863. Detached duty on ironclads Mississippi Squadron to Sep, 1863. 1st Brigade 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to Sep, 1864. Post and Defences of Vicksburg, Miss., to Sep, 1865.
Source: Dyer’s Compendium
The regiment lost a total of 305 men during service; 3 officers and 85 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 215 enlisted men died of disease.
OHIO FIFTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Fifty-eighth Infantry. – Col., Valentine Bausenwein; Lieut.-Cols., Ferdinand F. Remple, Peter Dister, Ezra P. Jackson, William S. Friesner; Maj., Andrew Gallfy.
This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, from Oct., 1861, to Jan. 28, 1862, to serve for three years. It remained at Camp Chase, perfecting itself in the ”school of the soldier,” until in Feb., 1862, when it was transported by rail to Cincinnati, and there embarked on steamers for Fort Donelson, Tenn., where it
arrived on Feb. 13. Preparations were at once made to take part in the assault on the fort and after moving a short distance a furious attack was made by the enemy, but the shock was met with coolness, ending in the Confederates being hurled back into their entrenchments. Early on the morning of the 16th the regiment was marched to the center of the line, where it remained until the announcement of the surrender of the fort. It
went into the battle of Shiloh on the morning of the second day’s fighting and was under fire until 4 p. m., its loss being 9 killed and 43 wounded. Then came the tedious, exhausting march on Corinth, creeping with snail-like pace toward that miserable town, and after the evacuation the regiment with the rest of the army took possession. In a reconnaissance down the Mississippi on transports a Confederate steamer with 5,000 stands of arms and 2 pieces of artillery, was captured near Milliken’s bend, La. In the affair at Chickasaw bluffs the regiment lost 47 percent of the whole number engaged. It remained in this vicinity until in January, when it re-embarked on transports and sailed down the Yazoo river to its mouth; thence up the Mississippi and White rivers to Arkansas Post, where it took a prominent part in the capture of that place.
In March an expedition was ordered up the Yazoo river to Deer creek, resulting in a three days’ fight, in which the regiment lost a few men. In the battle of Grand Gulf the regiment lost heavily. It then joined the land forces at Vicksburg, where it remained until ordered home to be mustered out, which was
consummated on Jan. 14, 1865.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2
Shiloh after battle report:
Report of Col. Valentine Bausenwein, Fifty-eighth
Ohio Infantry.
HDQRS. FIFTY-EIGHTH REGT. OHIO VOLUNTEERS, camp near Pittsburg, Tenn., April 10, 1862.
CAPT.: I have the honor to present herewith a report of the part which the Fifty-eighth Regt. took in the battle of the 7th instant, near Pittsburg, Tenn. The Fifty-eighth Regt., belonging to the Third Division, Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace, Second Brigade, Col. J. M. Thayer, First Nebraska, commanding was stationed on the left shore of the Tennessee River. Sunday, the 6th of April, in the morning, we received orders to be ready for marching at a moment’s notice. At 12 o’clock m. the whole brigade moved forward. We marched all the afternoon in quick-time through ravines and swamps until we arrived, about an hour after dusk, at a point a mile south of Pittsburg Landing. The enemy being only about three-quarters of a mile distant, no fires were made, and the regiment laid on their arms all night. With daylight the firing commenced, and our regiment received orders to fall into line of battle. The Fifty-eighth was first posted in the rear of the First Nebraska, but after leaving the woods and reaching open ground we fell in the line of the First Nebraska, and in that position we advanced all day, the enemy contesting with great valor every inch of ground. Having passed into a large open field we became engaged with the enemy, which lasted some twenty minutes, where I received orders from Col. Thayer to press forward into the timber. Having passed into the woods and ascending a steep hill we found ourselves opposed to two regiments of the enemy, drawn up in line of battle. We attacked them forthwith. The action continued for nearly two hours. Our men stood their ground bravely. Their ammunition being nearly exhausted, we fell back a few rods to a ravine, for the purpose of procuring a new supply. After procuring it we moved forward into again, when the enemy field. The officers and men of my regiment did their duty throughout the whole day. Especially do I desire to make mention of Lieut.-Col. Rempel, Maj. Dister, and Lieut. Scheid, acting adjutant (Adjutant Christie being absent on special duty ) who during the whole engagement behaved with great coolness, and were always
with me in the advance, under the heaviest fire of the enemy. Our loss is, officers wounded, 2; non-commissioned officers and privates, 39; killed, 10.
I am, very respectfully, yours,
BAUSENWEIN,
Col., Cmdg.
S.A. STRICKLAND, A.A.A.G., Second Brigade.
Source: Official Records: Series I. Vol. 10. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 10
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Aug 13, 1863: Death of Gottlieb Meyer (abt age 53), the 2nd husband of Gerhardina Sophia (Lueken) Egts, in a Civil War hospital in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi or in Tennessee (records vary); typhoid fever
Aug 1863: Burial of Gottlieb Meyer in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi or in Tennessee (unknown, no record, but likely at Vicksburg National Cemetery)
Vicksburg National Cemetery: Established in 1866 by an act of Congress, Vicksburg National Cemetery has the largest number of Civil War interments of any national cemetery in the country. Of the approximately 17,000 interments, however, only 5,000 are identified. In addition to the Civil War soldiers, veterans of the Mexican War, the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and the Korean conflict are buried here. The cemetery has been closed to new reservations since 1963.
58th Ohio Infantry (Union) Monument
This memorial in the Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi, commemorates the 58th Ohio Infantry, involved in the Siege of Vicksburg. At the Siege of Vicksburg, from 18 May to 4 July 1863, about 77,000 Northern soldiers under the command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant fought against 33,000 Southern soldiers. The battle ended with the surrender of Vicksburg and almost 30,000 Confederates. Victory here and at Port Hudson gave the Union control of the Mississippi River. The Union lost 4835 men (dead, wounded, or missing), the Confederates, 3202 men.
Official roster of the soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Vols. 1-12
58th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry: Roll of Honor of Ohio Soldiers (pg 738):
Names. Co. Rank. Died. Buried. Remarks.
U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865:
Name Gottleib Meyer (Gottlieb Meyer)
Death Date 13 Aug 1863, Feb Int Congestion
Death Place Regtt Hospital (or Regit?, perhaps stands for Regiment)
Enlistment State Ohio
Rank Private
Company E
Regiment 58 Ohio Inf
Box Number 44
Civil War Widow’s Pension cover sheet:
Sep 16, 1863: Probate Record for Gottlieb Meyer (2 pages):
Transcription of above record:
State of Ohio} On this 16th day of September A.D. 1863 personally appeared
County of Cuyahoga} before me a judge of the Probate Court, it being a court of Record.
Gerhardina Meyer a resident of the City of Cleveland in the County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, aged fifty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath makes the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress approved July 14, 1862: That she is the widow of Gottlieb Meyer who was a private in Company “E”, now commanded by Sergt. Chs. Beeker – in the 58th regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the War of 1861, who died on the 13th day of August A.D. 1863, at Vicksburgh {sic} in the State of Tennessee of a fever. Typhoid fever she is informed.
She further declares that she was married to the said Gottlieb Meyer on the 10th day of August in the year 1859 at Jever in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in Germany; that her husband the aforesaid Gottlieb Meyer died on the day above mentioned, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will swore fully affirm by reference to the proof hereto annexed; that she was married as aforesaid to the said Gottlieb Meyer by the Rev. Groenniger: that she is not in possession of record of said marriage, that the same does not exist as she verily believes: or if it does exist it cannot be obtained without, if at all, great inconvenience and expense: that at the time of her husbands, the said Gottlieb Meyer’s death there was living under the age of sixteen years no children issue of her marriage with the said Gottlieb Meyer. She also declares that she has not in any manner been engaged in or aided or abetted this rebellion in the United States, and the said attorney to prosecute this claim, and to receive and receipt for a certificate.
Gerhardina Meyer
Also personally appeared Henry Manzelmana and George Shafer residents of the City of Cleveland in the County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who bring by me duly sworn depose and say that they were present and saw Gerhardina Meyer sign her name to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be: that there never was child or children born to her, issue of her marriage with Gottlieb Meyer deceased named in the foregoing declaration: and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Jusuf {??} Manzelmana
Geo. Shafer
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of September A.D. 1863 and I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim.
I hereby certify that I reside at} Chas. D. Everett
No 71 Syracuse Street, in} Claimants Atty
Cleveland Ohio and that my} Cleveland Ohio
Post Office address is “Gerhardina}
Meyer Cleveland Ohio”}
Gerhardina Meyer.
Oct 15, 1863: Act of July 14, 1862, Pension Office:
Note: One record states he died in the state of Mississippi, another in the state of Tennessee
Dec 2, 1863: U.S. Civil War Widows Pension Application:
Name Gerhardina Meyer
Event Type Pension
Event Date 1861 – 1934
Event Place Ohio
Relationship to Veteran Widow
Veteran’s Name Gottlieb Meyer
Veteran’s Military Unit 58 Ohio Infantry
Veteran’s Military Company E
Application Number WC20837
Affiliate Record Group 15
Affiliate ARC Identifier 300020
May 8, 1864: U.S. Civil War Widows’ Pension:
Aug 13, 1863: Pension of $8.00 per month: (War of 1861, i.e. Civil War)
Transcription of above record:
WAR of 1861.
Brief in the case of Gerhardina Meyer, Widow of
Gottlieb Meyer a
Private in Co. “E” 58. Ohio vols
Cuyahoga County, and State of Ohio.
Act of July 14, 1862
Post Office address of Applicant, Cleveland, Ohio
Claim for Widows Pension.
Declaration and Identification in due Form.
PROOF EXHIBITED
Rolls show that the soldier was
mustered as a Private October 11, 1861, and died
at Vicksburg Aug. 13, 1863.
Surgeon General reports that the
Soldier died of Intermittent Fever.
Marriage of the parties is found to have
taken place in Germany in 1859. “Common reputation”
found since that date as man and wife.
No children.
Admitted April 13, 1864 to a Pension of $8.00 per month, commencing
August 13, 1863.
Chas. D. Everett, Esq.
Cleveland,Ohio
Mar 3, 1866: Death of Gerhardina Sophia (Lueken) Egts Meyer (age 58), wife of (1) Garlich Thaden Egts and (2) Gottlieb Meyer, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; tumor
Mar 3, 1866: Ohio Death Records:
Name Gerhardina S Myer
Gender Female
Race White
Age 58 (58 yrs, 5 mo, 17 days)
Birth Date abt 1808
Birth Place Germany
Death Date 3 Mar 1866
Death Place Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Clifton St)
Mar 3, 1866: Burial of Gerhardina Sophia (Lueken) Egts Meyer in Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; Sec 31, Lot 46, Grave 1
Mar 3, 1866: Woodland Cemetery Records, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; Gerhardina S. Meyer:
Tumor: a malignant and invasive growth or tumour. A virulent swelling or sore, not to be cured. Synonyms: malignant growth, cancer, carcinoma
Mar 3, 1866: Woodland Cemetery Records, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; Gerhardina Meyer:
1880: Note: seventeen Egts families are recorded living in the state of Ohio, which is 71% of all Egts families in the United States (as per Ancestry.com)
Sep 23, 1906: Death of Gerke Siebels “George” Egts (age 76), the only known child of Garlich Thaden Egts & Gerhardina Sophia (Lueken) Egts Meyer, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; debility
Sep 26, 1906: Burial of Gerke Siebels “George” Egts in Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; Sec 31, Lot 47, Grave 2 (refer to above Woodland Cemetery data record for family interments)
Debility: Dying from lack of movement/living life in bed; abnormal bodily weakness or feebleness; decay of strength
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Woodland Cemetery History
Woodland Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 6901 Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Established in 1853, it became Cleveland’s main public cemetery after its founding and remained so for the next half-century. It fell into extreme disrepair, and most of its outstanding architectural features were dismantled or demolished. In 1986, Woodland Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The cemetery has since undergone restoration.
Woodland Cemetery was opened and dedicated on June 14, 1853. More than 2,000 people attended the ceremony,[1] among them Cleveland Mayor Abner C. Brownell, the entire city council, and most of the city’s clergy. Samuel Starkweather, attorney for Benjamin Butler (and a former mayor) attributed the cemetery’s existence to council member Staughton Bliss, city cemetery sexton James A. Craw, and architect Howard Daniels. The total cost of the burial ground’s construction was about $4,430 ($162,244 in 2023 dollars).
Three major incidents of vandalism occurred at Woodland in the 1970s and 1980s. The first occurred in June 1973, when vandals toppled 200 headstones. The second occurred in March 1977, when vandals overturned 150 headstones. The third occurred in November 1980, when a visitor discovered that several crypts had been broken into. Grave robbers had kicked open the doors and caved in the roofs of several mausoleums, scattering remains in their search for gold and jewelry. There was evidence that at least one crypt had been used as a dwelling for some months.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland_Cemetery_(Cleveland)
Note: This may explain why there are no headstones found for anyone in the Egts family buried there.
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MRIN File by Donald E. Braden (5 pages):
Google: MRIN and RIN • The Marriage Identification Number or MRIN (for short) ties the family together. Every individual has their own unique record ID number (RIN), but it is the family group record number where everyone is tied together. • The H:1 means that the husband’s record identification number, or RIN is 1. • The number next to the W is the wife’s RIN. • M stands for marriage.
Genealogical Tree for Garlich Thaden Egts & Gerhardina Sophia Lueken, by Donald E. Braden:
May 26, 1998: Two-page letter from Donald E. Braden to Elsie [Heather] (Kellogg) McAdams Reed (the daughter of Leo Yates Kellogg & Joan Marie Egts) regarding Egts history:
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2024: Researched and compiled by Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau, a distant shirt-tail relation: the father of my sons was the son of Louis Dunand Sevenau. Louis’ parents were Ernest Eugene Sevenau & Edna [Clement] Kellogg. Edna’s 2nd husband was Milo Bailey Kellogg with whom she had two children, the older being Leo Yates Kellogg. Leo was married three times and his 3rd wife was Joan Marie Egts. This is Joan’s line, which means I’m six degrees of separation.
Thank you to Elsie [Heather] (Kellogg) Reed, for her generous contribution of family photos and her maternal Egts history. Heather is the daughter of Leo Yates Kellogg & Joan Marie Egts, the granddaughter of John Louis Egts & Anna Elsie Schultz, the great-granddaughter of Thomas Henry Egts & Augusta Sophia Brunner, and the great-great-granddaughter Gerke Siebels “George” Egts & Gretke Marie Tammen.
Also a bow of gratitude to Lauren Egts, the great-great-granddaughter of Howard Alexander Egts, Sr. & Mary Virginia Alexander, who provided a vast amount of early history, documents, and newspaper clippings for this Egts line.
And thank you to Gaylen Towt for her photos and contributions, excellent editing, and for updating her Ancestry page to reflect these posts. Gaylen is the great-great-granddaughter of Gerke Siebels “George” Egts & Gretke Marie Tammen, great-granddaughter of George Wilhelm Egts & Martha Jane Cline, granddaughter of Anna Dale Egts & Carlos Goodrich, and the daughter of Russell & Lorraine Goodrich.
Donald Eugene Braden, Egts researcher:
Son of Howard Robert Braden & Myra Jeanette Egts
Grandson of George Wilhelm Egts & Martha Jane Cline
Great-grandson of Gerke Siebels “George” Egts & Gretke Marie Tammen
Born: Feb 12, 1928, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Died: Nov 24, 2012 (age 84), Fountain Hills, Maricopa Co., Arizona
Buried: Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; Sec 3, lot 12 1