Schwartengräber Immigrants

I met Heinrich Ostholt in Germany in May 2017. Though we are not related, he has researched and created family histories for the people who lived in the town of Füchtorf, Germany, using the local parish records. He sent me information about the family of Johan Wilhelm Schwartengräber and Anna Catharina Schnübke, including a list of the people who emigrated to the United States. There were two sons, two daughters, and a nephew who moved to Ohio.

I knew about one of them, their daughter and my 2nd great-grandmother, Anna Catherine, who married Bernard Anton Fortmann in 1836. They came to Ohio shortly thereafter. The others are:

Jürgen Heinrich "Henry" Schwartengräber, born 5 August 1806 in Füchtorf. Though he was the oldest child, he likely emigrated later than his siblings. He was living with his brother Joseph in Delphos, Allen County, Ohio, in 1865. He didn't marry or have children. He died in Putnam County, Ohio in 1877.

Anna Catherine Schwartengräber - same name, different person - was born in Füchtorf on 15 August 1819.  I'm not sure when she immigrated or if she got married in Germany or Ohio. Her husband was Johan Theodore Kuhlman and together they had 7 children. The oldest son was born in Ohio in 1846. The family lived in Ottawa Township, Putnam County, Ohio. Anna died in 1877.

Josef "Joseph" Wilhelm Schwartzengräber was born 15 October 1825 in Füchtorf. Professor Ostholt's notes show his baptismal name as Heinrich Josef but records in Ohio show the above.  He came to Ohio around 1845 and settled in Allen County. His wife was Maria Elisabeth Lause.  They were members of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Delphos. They had 5 children.

  Johan's nephew was the next member of the family to emigrate.

Georg Heinrich Schwartzengräber was born 22 August 1844 in Füchtorf.  He was in Ohio by 1869, when he married Maria Anna Fembert. They lived in Ottawa Township, Putnam County, Ohio with their 5 children.  

I am researching the descendants of all of these people. The best source of information is the church books. The parish records for the church in Füchtorf, St. Mariä Himmelfahrt, can be found at Matricula Online. The parish records for the Diocese of Toledo, which include the churches in Putnam and Allen County, Ohio, can be found on FamilySearch.