John Esswein, Sr. and Catherin Sachs
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Buehlertal, The Grand Duchy of Baden
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| Bühlertal Kategorie: Stadt / Gemeinde Bundesland: Baden Württemberg Landkreis: Landkreis Rastatt Regierungsbezirk: Karlsruhe |
| Catherine Esswein prayed that one of her grandchildren would become a religious. Her son Michael had a daughter Clara (who became Sr. Adele, OSF) and a son Albert (who was a priest in the Wichita, Kansas Diocese). Her daughter Ursula (my great-grandmother) had two daughters Catherine (Sr. Mary Andrew, C.PP.S.) and Barbara (Sr. Mary Julitta, C.PP.S.) who became nuns. Her son Anthony had three daughters Emma (Sr. Lawrentine, CPP.S.), Josephine (Sr. Adelgundis, C.PP.S.) and Marie (Sr. Antonilla, C.PP.S.) who became nuns, and a son Anthony, Jr. who became a priest of the St. Louis Archdiocese. Monsignor Anthony Esswein died at the age of 62. Her daughter Catherine married Frank Micka. They had five daughters who became nuns, Helen (Sr. Mary Paul, O.S.F.), Leona (Sr. Mary Frances, C.D.P.), Sophie (Sr. Catherine, C.D.P.), Beatrice (Sr. Anselms, O.S.F.), and Rose Marie (Sr. Rose Marie, C.D.P.). (Editors Note: Two of their sons became Franciscan Friars, both eventually were stationed in my home parish of St. Francis of Assisi in Oakville.) Tow of their sons, Frank (Father Ermin Micka, O.F.M.) and his brother Victor (Father Victorine Micka, O.F.M.) who was a missionary, for years, in Brazil). (Editors Note: Fr. Ermin helped me to be inside the Franciscan Church of St. Peter's in the Loop, in Chicago, to be within 5 feet of Pope John Paul II during his visit.) Although Catherine did not live to see that day, when one of her grandchildren did become, you can see by the above that her prayers were answered by the great number of her descendants who entered either the priesthood or the religious life as Sisters. |
Buehlertal,
Baden-Wurttemberg
Baden-Wurttemberg
| Picture of the Esswein Family taken in the front yard between 1904 and 1910. Couples left to right: #1. Alois and Sophie Roth Esswein; #2 Melchoir and Lena Esswein; #3 Michael and Mary Esswein; #4 (standing ) Caroline Esswein, her husband Johann Esswein, Jr. is deceased, seated is their mother, Catherine Barbara Sachs Esswein; #5 Frank Micka and Kathryn Esswein; #6 Joseph and Anna Spinner Esswein; and #7 Anton and Mary Erbs Esswein. Siblings of Ursula Maurer. |
| Esswein 1. German: variant of Ösenwein, a nickname for a heavy drinker of wine, from Middle High German ösen ‘to guzzle’ + win ‘wine’. 2. Alternatively, it may be from a personal name Össwin, a variant of Oswin, composed of the Germanic elements ans ‘demigods’ + win ‘friend’ |
Bühlertal, Rastatt Kreise; Karlsruhe Regierungsbezirke,
Mittlerer Oberrhein (Middle Upper Rhie) Landschaftsverbände;
Baden-Wurttemberg Bundesländer, Deutschland
Mittlerer Oberrhein (Middle Upper Rhie) Landschaftsverbände;
Baden-Wurttemberg Bundesländer, Deutschland
| A campaign sticker, translated, A campaign sticker, translated, This is German." This is an allusion to the fact that Baden-Württemberg is one of the an allusion to the principal centres for innovation in Germany with many inhabitants having distinctive dialects. |
| Sachs (family crest above) Origins Available: German, Jewish First found in the city of Breslau, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Johan Adam Sachs and Johann Jacob Sachs, both of whom arrived in Philadelphia in 1749. They were followed by Daniel Sachs with his wife and children in 1751. |
| Grand Duke Frederick I (ruled 1856 - 1907) had from the first opposed the war with Prussia, but had perforce yielded to popular resentment at the policy of Prussia in the Schleswig-Holstein question. The ministry, now at one, resigned; Baden announced her withdrawal from the German Confederation; and on August 17, 1866 signed a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia. Bismarck himself resisted the adhesion of Baden to the North German Confederation: he had no wish to give Napoleon III of France so good an excuse for intervention; but the opposition of Baden to the formation of a South German confederation made the ultimate union inevitable. The troops of Baden took a conspicuous share in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870; and it was Grand Duke Frederick of Baden, who, in the historic assembly of the German princes at Versailles, was the first to hail the king of Prussia as German emperor. The internal politics of Baden, both before and after 1870, centre in the main round the question of religion. The signing on June 28, 1859 of a concordat with the Holy See, which placed education under the oversight of the clergy and facilitated the establishment of religious orders, led to a constitutional struggle which ended in 1863 with the victory of Liberal principles, making the communes responsible for education, though admitting the priests to a share in the management. The quarrel between Liberalism and Catholicism, however, did not end. In 1867, on the accession to the premiership of Julius von Jolly (1823-1891), several constitutional changes in a Liberal direction occurred: responsibility of ministers, freedom of the press, compulsory education. In the same year (September 6) a law compelled all candidates for the priesthood to pass government examinations. The archbishop of Freiburg resisted, and, on his death in April 1868, the see remained vacant. In 1869 the introduction of civil marriage did not tend to allay the strife, which reached its climax after the proclamation of the dogma of papal infallibility in 1870. The Kulturkampf raged in Baden, as in the rest of Germany; and here as elsewhere the government encouraged the formation of Old Catholic communities. Not until 1880, after the fall of the ministry of Jolly, did Baden reconcile with Rome; in 1882 the archbishopric of Freiburg was again filled. |
| Baden A fairly inconsequential margraviate that was divided between various branches of its ruling family for much of its history, it gained both status and territory during the Napoleonic era, when it was also raised to a grand duchy. In 1871 it became one of the founder states of the German Empire. The Grand Duchy of Baden was a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine. It existed between 1806 and 1918. |
| Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden (Frederick Wilhelm Ludwig) (September 9, 1826 – September 28, 1907) was the sixth Grand Duke of Baden from 1856 to 1907. |
| Seated far right: Father Ermin (Frank) Micka, OFM |
| Ursula Esswein and Johann Maurer |
Bühlertal
is a town in the district of Rastatt in
Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
is a town in the district of Rastatt in
Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
| Rastatt Coat of arms |
| Ursula Esswein (Frank's wife) was born in Buehlertal, Grand Duchy of Baden on 4-16-1873. She was the daughter of John Esswein,Sr. and Catherine Sachs. With his first wife he had two sons (John Esswein, Jr. who married and came to the U.S.A. The second son is thought to have emigrated to Australia) before her death. Catherine was his second wife with whom he had seven children. Ursula was their fourth child. John Esswein, Sr. had been a farmer (small family farm), who raised food for his own family. He was known as a very charitable man. Although he was very poor, he was ready to share the little he had with others who were needy. As it is told he used his horse or horses to help haul rocks or stone for the building of a church, which resulted in the death of the animal/s. This was a great economic loss to him. He sold his remaining property and brought his family to the U.S.A. to get a new economic beginning. |
Rasatt district (kreise)
Regierungsbezirk: Karlsruhe
| Karlsruhe is one of the four administrative districts (Regierungsbezirk) of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the north-west of the state. It is subdivided into the three regional associations (Regionalverband): Mittlerer Oberrhein (Middle Upper Rhine), Unterer Neckar (Lower Neckar) and Nordschwarzwald (Northern Black Forest). |
Mountains around Buhlertal
Buhlertal graveyard
| Since 1943, Franciscans from the Midwest of the United States have been serving in seven civil districts of the state of Pará in the Amazon-Tapajos Valley of Brazil. The area reveals a wide range of development, (including the cities of Belém with its population of approximately one million people, Santarém [population approximately 300,000] and Itaituba at the gateway to one of the major gold-mining areas of Northern Brazil). In this are, there are also medium sized towns and villages, small rural communities and undeveloped jungle. At one extreme of the area is the Jari Project, begun by Daniel L. Ludwig, and at the other, the tribal lands of the indigenous Mundurucu people. (Fr. Victorine Micka, OFM served as a missionary in Brazil for years) |
| Palmer House, Chicago, IL Anthony Esswein president October 1951 Joseph Stenger vice-president October 1951 Clement Bastnagel gen. sec. & treasurer October 1951 James Brown recording secretary October 1951Canon Law Society of America Anthony Esswein, Extrajudicial Penal Powers of Ecclesiastical Superiors, Canon Law Studies No. 127, (Catholic University of America: Washington, DC, 1941). |
| St. Leo Council 2774 The present officers of the Council are: Grand Knight, Wm. Lubbers; Deputy Grand Knight, Frank Hauser; Chancellor, Lawrence Spade; Recorder, Roman Kerschen; Financial Secretary, Clarence H. Kampling; Treasurer, George Beat; Lecturer, John Schnittker; Advocate, Mike Schnittker; Warden, Frank Mauler; Inside Guard, Frank Reif; Outside Guard, Donald Simon; Trustees, John Schnittker, Bruno Harbert, Lawrence Spade; Chaplain, Rev. Albert Esswein. The Council now has 86 members, 55 insurance and 31 associate. |
Bühlertal - Schwarzwald
- Second son is thought to have emigrated to Australia
a. twins Joseph and Ann b. John c. Aloys 2. Michael Esswein married Mary ---- a. Mary (died about the age of 21) b. Rose c. John d. Anna e. Clara (became Sr. Adele, OSF) f. Albert (became a priest in the Wichita, Kansas Catholic Diocese) 3. Melchior Esswein married Carolyn (Lena) --- a. John (who became a civil engineer) 4. Ursula Esswein married Johann Franz Maurer a. Anna (who died in infancy) b. Mary c. Carolyn (Lena) d. Klara (Catherine) (who became Sr. Mary Andrew, CPPS) e. Mathilda (who died in infancy) f. Petronilla (Ella) g. John (Jack) h. Frank i. Ottilia (Tillie) j. Barbara (who became Sr. Mary Julitta, CPPS) k. Louis l. Un-named girl who died one hour after birth m. Victor n. Henry o. Dorothy 5. Anthony Esswein married Mary Erbs (she was the first Secretary of the Sisters' Friends Club, See Joseph Schilly, SR for more info) a. Antoinette (I) (who died in infancy) b. Emma (who became Sr. Lawrentine, CPPS) c. Antoinette (II) (who died at the age of 21) d. Theodore (who died at the age of 33) e. Josephine (who became Sr. Adelgundius, CPPS) f. Marie (who became Sr. Antonilla, CPPS) (she was born 9/10/1908, entered the Sisters of O'Fallon of the Precious Blood on 6/10/1926; had her formal receeption on 8/18/1927; first vows on 8/10/1929; and died from tuberculosis on 10/20/1929 g. Anthony (became a Cannon Lawyer, and Monsignor in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, died at the age of 62 - he had just had a coronary stress test, walked out into waiting room and dropped dead) 6. Catherine Esswein married Frank Micka a. Catherine (Kate) Backer b. Helen (who became Sr. Mary Paul, OSF) c. Leona (who became Sr. Mary Francis, CDP) d. Frank (who became Father Ermin Micka, OFM) e. Frances (who died in infancy) f. Bernard (who became Father Victorine Micka, OFM) g. Sophie (who became Sr. Catherine, CDP) h. Beatrice (who became Sr. Anselms, OSF) i. Rose Marie (who became Sr. Rose Marie, CDP) j. Delores (who died about the age of 21) 7. Aloysius Esswein married Sophie Roth a. Aloysius (Ollie) b. Frank c. Leo (I) d. Agnes e. Leo (II) f. Richard (who was born after the family moved to California on account of his father's health) |
| Ebay listed the following: A diverse mix of material that includes interesting representation of registered delivery labels as issued for the Vatican, both used and unused with a large variety of serial numbers - ideal for specialist analysis. Then much material of the 1920s onwards with some useful items such as hi values of the 1936 'Catholic Emancipation' series, used, 75cts 1938 'Catacombs', many mint blocks of 4 of the 1940s onwards and much that would be ideal for breaking down into several series of the 1950s. Also, an interesting selection of postal history which includes FDCs, card official souvenir sheets, commemorative covers delivered by registered post with further series applied. Also some Italy with a cover from the 'Catholic Book Agency', delivered from Rome to Rev Anthony Esswein, at the |
| Sr. Mary Julitta Maurer, CPPS wrote: John Esswein, SR. (my grandfather) was known as a very charitable man. Although he was very poor, he was ready to share the little he had with others who were needy. |
| Sr. Adelgundis (Josephine) Esswein, CPPS (daughter of Anton Esswein and Mary Erbs, born 12/22/1905; died 12/9/1996 from cerebral hemorrhage) - entrance 8/14/1924; reception 8/31/1925; first vows 8/10/1927; final vows 8/10/1930; 69 years a Sister of the Most Precious Blood of O'Fallon - from her nephews and nieces Sr. Julie Marie, ASCJ, Sr. Mary Therese, CSJ, and Michael Esswein who was ordained in 1998; and a cousin on her mothers side, Sr. Alice Regine Zipfel, CPPS - taught elementary school at: a. St. George, St. Monica and Holy Innocents in St. Louis, Mo. b. All Saints in St. Peters, Mo. c. St. Vincent in Dutzow, Mo. d. St. Henry in Charleston, Mo. f. St. Mary in Glasgow, Mo. g. St. Joseph in Martinsburg, Mo. - taught secondary school at Bishop DuBourg High School 1957-1978 - volunteered at Bishop DuBourg Convent 1978-1983 - moved to the Motherhouse in O'Fallon in 1983 |
Sachs
| Sr. Lawrentine (Emma) Esswein, CPPS (daughetr of Anton Esswein and Mary Erbs, born 6/19/1900; died 12/21/1982 from pulmonary embolus) - entrance 1/6/1921; reception 8/10/1921; first vows 8/10/1923; final vows 8/10/1926; 59 years a Sister of the Most Precious Blood of O'Fallon - sacristan for the Motherhouse 1923-1944 - talented seamstress, serving in the Motherhouse sewing room for 23 years - served at the Chancery residence and at St. Elizabeth Academy - a member of the St. Joseph's Retirement Community from 1981 until her death. |
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