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 1819 - 1878

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• Birth	7 Jan 1819	Wehlen, Rhine Prov, Prussia
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	John Jacob Tharnish
  Immigration	1 Sep 1840	New York, New York, NY
  Buried	Oct 1878	St. Cecilias Cemetery, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA   [1]
  Died	16 Oct 1878	Bennington, Wyoming, New York, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I248	Tarnish Family | Descendants of Elias Thanisch
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2007
  Father	Thanisch Johann Jacob,   b. 24 Apr 1791, Wehlen, Rhine Prov, Prussia ,   d. 5 Feb 1837, Wehlen, Rhine Prov, Prussia
  Mother	Ketter Maria Lucia,   b. 24 Nov 1789, Erden, Rhein Province, Germany ,   d. 18 Feb 1864, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA
  Married	11 Feb 1818	Wehlen, Rhine Prov, Prussia
  Family ID	F114	Group Sheet
  Family	Meyer Catherine,   b. 2 Apr 1820, Mettnich, Saarland, Prussia ,   d. 16 Feb 1891, Bennington, Wyoming, New York, USA
  Married	Oct 1840	St. Louis Church, Buffalo, Erie, NY   [1]
  Children	> 1. Tharnish Peter,   b. 7 Jul 1841, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 1 Jan 1912, Exira, Audubon, IA > 2. Tharnish John H,   b. 11 Dec 1842, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 26 Apr 1914, Atlantic, Cass, IA > 3. Tharnish Joseph Peter,   b. 2 Aug 1845, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 5 Nov 1899, Audubon, IA   4. Tharnish Stephen,   b. Abt 1846,   d. Abt 1846 > 5. Tharnish Michael,   b. 29 Feb 1848, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 6 Aug 1916, Erie County Hospital, Buffalo, Erie, NY > 6. Tharnish Magdalena,   b. 1 Mar 1850, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 9 Jun 1925, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA > 7. Tharnish Catharine,   b. 1851, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 6 Jun 1893, Attica, Wyoming, New York, USA > 8. Tharnish Elizabeth,   b. Jun 1854, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 22 Nov 1914, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA > 9. Tharnish Mary,   b. 1855, Bennington, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 26 Jul 1936, Wales, Erie, NY > 10. Tharnish Martin,   b. 3 Nov 1857, Bennington, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 31 May 1914, Sardinia, Erie, NY > 11. Tharnish Margaret,   b. 22 Feb 1860, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 11 Feb 1934, Blasdell, Erie, New York, USA
  Documents		Map of Sheldon, NY in 1853. Status: Located. From Scott Barvian, "John Tarnish is just to the left of the punch hole at the top center. The dashed red/white line is the Bennington/Sheldon town line. Tarnish's lived on what is now Rt. 77, about 1/2 mile north of 20A." Geo Hoffower is north of Dutch Hollow just above P. Zittel.
  Last Modified	17 May 2006
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Birth - 7 Jan 1819 - Wehlen, Rhine Prov, Prussia Immigration - 1 Sep 1840 - New York, New York, NY Married - Oct 1840 - St. Louis Church, Buffalo, Erie, NY Buried - Oct 1878 - St. Cecilias Cemetery, Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, USA Died - 16 Oct 1878 - Bennington, Wyoming, New York, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents		Birth Certificate - John Jacob Thanisch Status: Located.
  		Iowa Ship Log - 2 of 2 Status: Located. Arrival Date: September 1, 1840 Port of Arrival: New York Port of Departure: Havre Ship: Iowa
  		Thanisch-Meyer Marriage Record Status: Located. From St. Louis RC Church (Buffalo) microfilm
  		1850 St. Cecilia's parish census book - p.32 - Thanisch entry - 1 of 2 Status: Located. The columns are a) husband and wife b) marriage c) their parents d) their siblings e) their birth info
  		1850 US Census Status: Located.
  		1860 US Census Status: Located.
  		Bennington, NY Map - 1866 Status: Located. John Thanisch farm is listed near the bottom at the Sheldon border.
  		Bennington, NY Map - 1866 (zoomed in) Status: Located. John Thanisch farm is listed near the bottom at the Sheldon border
  		1870 US Census Status: Located.
  		Will - John Tharnisch (transcribed) Status: Located. p. 1 of 3
  		Will - John Tharnisch (transcribed) Status: Located. p. 2 of 3
  		Will - John Tharnisch (transcribed) Status: Located. p. 3 of 3
  Headstones		John Thanisch Status: . Section A-2
  		John Thanisch Status: . Section A-2
  		John J. & Catharine Thanisch Headstone Status: . This stone was donated in the memory of the Tharnish family's immigrant ancestors by Stan Boyle.

• Notes	John J. Tarnish was born in Mussle, Prussia, in 1819. He came to America in 1840, and lived in Sheldon until his removal to Bennington in 1850, when he bought the farm where he lived until his death, October 18th, 1879. In 1840 he married Caroline, daughter of Plater and Mary Myer, formerly of Prussia, who survives him. [3] Tarnish, John, (Bennington,) lot 2, farmer 85. [4]

• Sources

  [S20485] St. Cecilia's Parish Records, Meg Sibbernsen. [S3] Marcella Peters. [S200739] History of Wyoming County, F. W. Beers & Co., (Republished by Heart of the Lakes Publishing - Interlaken, NY (1994)), p.161. [S200740] Wyoming County 1870 Directory, Hamilton Child, (Republished by Heart of the Lakes Publishing - Interlaken, NY (1994)), p.147. Bennington Section