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Simon Amrhein

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Descent: Benjamin James Weber ← Virginia Anne Kelble ← James Richard Kelble ← Margaret Mary Amrhein ← George E Amrhein ← Simon Amrhein

In brief

1810s–1840s

Born 10 March 1819 in Rottenburg, near Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, to George I. Amrhein and Anna Eva Hufgard. Family tradition says he escaped the army by swimming out to an America-bound ship. Married Anna Margaretha Rosenberger in Franklin County, Indiana, on 20 June 1848.

1850s–1860s

Farmed in Highland Township, Franklin County, and from about 1860 on forty acres in Kelso Township, Dearborn County, belonging to St. Joseph's parish at St. Leon. Naturalized in 1854. Raised about ten children.

1860s–1890s

Moved in 1867 to a 112-acre farm in Ray Township, near Oldenburg. Died at Oldenburg on 9 May 1897.

Family

Father
George I. Amrhein
Mother
Anna Eva Hufgard
Spouse
Anna Margaretha “Margaret” Rosenberger
m. 1848

Children

  • Anthony Wendelin “Wendel” “Winfield” Amrhein
    b. July 5, 1849, in St. Leon, Dearborn County, Indiana
    m. Catherine “Kate” Hahn, February 2, 1875, in St. Mary’s Church in Greensburg, Indiana
    d. October 20, 1920, in Washington Township, Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana due to uremia caused by bladder cancer
  • Mary Magdalena/Magdalene “Helen” “Lena” Amrhein
    b. December 13, 1850, in St. Leon, Dearborn County, Indiana
    m. Joseph Clements, June 27, 1872, in Greensburg, Indiana
    d. August 22, 1932, Oldenburg near Enochsburg, Franklin County, Indiana due to Senility
  • George E Amrhein · in this line
    b. April 1852 · Indiana; baptized at St. Joseph’s Church, St. Leon
    m. Barbara Ann Hahn, September 12, 1880, in Oldenburg, Franklin County, Indiana
    d. October 17, 1906 · Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana
  • Adam Amrhein
    b. September 7/9, 1853, in Indiana
    d. July 31, 1925, due to accidental dynamite explosion while clearing timber for farming in Missouri
  • Adam Joseph Amrhein
    b. December 10, 1854, in St. Leon, Dearborn County, Indiana
    m. Theresa Heinz, March 4, 1889
    d. August 27, 1927, in Kickapoo, Peoria County, Illinois
  • Mary Margaret/Maria Margaretha “Maggie” Amrhein
    b. January 1857, in St. Leon, Dearborn County, Indiana
    m. Joseph Kramer
    d. October 19, 1931, in Oldenburg, Franklin County, Indiana
  • Anna Marie/Maria Amrhein
    b. February 6/April 5, 1860, in St. Leon, Dearborn County, Indiana
    d. Abt. September 1860, in St. Leon, Dearborn County, Indiana
  • Francis “Frank” X. Amrhein
    b. December 10, 1861, in St. Leon, Dearborn County, Indiana
    m. Regina Wuestern, June 23, 1920, in Hamilton County, Ohio
    d. April 8, 1948
  • Anthony Amrhein
    b. October/December 6, 1862, in St. Leon, Dearborn County, Indiana
  • Mary/Maria Appolonia Amrhein
    b. February 3, 1867, in Oldenburg, Franklin County, Indiana

Siblings

  • Anna Mary Amrhein
    b. May 17, 1821, in Rottenburg, Bavaria (now Germany)
    m. Anton Hartmann
    d. May 25, 1900, in Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana due to heart failure caused by “nervous prostration”
  • Wilhelmina “Minnie” Amrhein
    b. Aug 12, 1823, in Rottenburg, Bavaria
    m. Michael Kuhn
    d. February 25, 1898, in Wolf Creek, Franklin County, Indiana
  • George Michael Amrhein
    b. May 7, 1826, in Rottenburg, Bavaria (now Germany)
    m. Margaret Williams
    d. December 14, 1897, in Oak Forest, Franklin County, Indiana
  • Conrad Amrhein
    b. March 20, 1823, in Rottenburg, Aschaffenburg, Bavaria
    m. Margaret Hornung, October 6, 1851
    d. December 5, 1915, in Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana, USA due to Arteriosclerosis

Life story

A Swim to America

Simon Amrhein was born on March 10, 1819, in Rottenburg, in the Aschaffenburg district of Bavaria, the son of George I. Amrhein and Anna Eva Hufgard. Family tradition says that when he was drafted into the army, he buried his uniform and swam out to a ship bound for America; his brother Conrad may have been on the same ship. His sisters Anna Mary and Minnie and his brother George Michael also settled in southeastern Indiana, where Anna Mary married Anton Hartmann and Minnie married Michael Kuhn.

Simon settled in Franklin County, Indiana, and on June 20, 1848, he married Anna Margaretha Rosenberger, a Bavarian girl who had come over with her family in 1840. In 1850 they were farming in Highland Township. On September 3, 1854, Simon became an American citizen at the Dearborn County court. By 1860 they had a forty-acre farm in Kelso Township, Dearborn County, worth $850, and belonged to St. Joseph's Church at St. Leon, where their children were baptized. Those children were Wendel (1849), Lena (1850), George (1852, Ben's 2x-great-grandfather), Adam (1853), Adam Joseph (1854), Maggie (1857), Anna Marie (1860), who died as a baby, Frank (1861), Anthony (1862), and Mary Appolonia (1867); the family also raised an adopted daughter, Anna Eisenhart.

In 1867 the family moved to a 112-acre farm in Ray Township, Franklin County, near Oldenburg, which they held until 1882. Simon died at Oldenburg on May 9, 1897, and his son George came from Decatur County for the funeral. He was buried in the Holy Family Church cemetery at Oldenburg. In his records his name was spelled every way a clerk could manage: Emerine, Amrhine, Amshine, Ameraen.

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Sources (14)
  1. “George Amrhein received word…,” Greensburg New Era (Greensburg, IN), 12 May 1897, page 1, col 4; web archives (https://newspaperarchive.com/greensburg-new-era-may-12-1897-p-4/ : accessed 13 January 2021).
  2. Carolyn AmRhein, The AMRHEIN Genealogy (Cincinnati, Ohio: Abt. 1991); privately held by a family member.
  3. 1860 United States Census, Kelso Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, population schedule, page 23, dwelling 180, family 176, Family of Simon Ameraen; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 252; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4215019_00559 : accessed 20 October 2023).
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  5. 1880 U.S. census, Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana, population schedule, enumeration district 87, page 7, dwelling 58, family 63, Simon Amrhein family; NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 278; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4240586-00418 : accessed 20 October 2023).
  6. 1850 United States Census, Highland Township, Franklin County, Indiana, population schedule, page 13, dwelling 94, family 94, Family of Simon Emerine; NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 146; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4191992_00368 : accessed 20 October 2023).
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  9. Dwain C. Rosenberger, Ancestors of Wendel Amrhein; privately held by a family member.
  10. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77393109/simon-amrhein : accessed 14 April 2025), memorial page for Simon Amrhein (10 Mar 1819–9 May 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77393109, citing Holy Family Cemetery, Oldenburg, Franklin County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Patrizia (contributor 47524848).
  11. “Conrad Amrhein Dead,” The Batesville Tribune (Batesville, IN), 9 December 1915, page 1, col 5; web archives (https://newspaperarchive.com/batesville-tribune-dec-09-1915-p-1/ : accessed 14 April 2025).
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