Theisen, Johann Michael

1818 - 1896  (78 years)

• Name	Theisen, Johann Michael
  Nickname	John Michael
  Birth	6 Jan 1818  [1]
  Baptism	7 Jan 1818	Duempelfeld, Kries Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Prussia   [1]
  	St. Cyriacus Catholic Church
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Mar 1896	Reimerzhoven, Mayschoss, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Prussia   [2]
  Person ID	I5803	Theisen & Allied Families
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Theisen, Johannes Michael,   b. 18 Dec 1793, Niederadenau, Dümpelfeld, Adenau, Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Prussia d. Between 4 Aug 1870 and 1871, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mueller, Maria Catharina,   b. 25 Aug 1793, Dümpelfeld, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Prussia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	11 Jan 1814	Dümpelfeld, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Prussia   [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cossmann, Anna Maria   d. Aft 6 Jan 1906, Reimerzhoven, Mayschoss, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Prussia
  Marriage	8 Feb 1847	Reimerzhoven, Mayschoss, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Prussia   [2]
  	Translated note from Germany in Mathias's probate record in Detroit
  Children	1. Theisen, Elisabeth,   b. Aft 8 Feb 1847, Reimerzhoven, Mayschoss, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Prussia d. 28 Dec 1881, Laach, Mayschoss, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate (Age < 33 years)   2. Theisen, Peter,   b. CA 1851, Reimerzhoven, Mayschoss, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Prussia d. Aft 6 Jan 1906, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte, Troisdorf, RheinTroisdorf, Rhein-Sieg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Prussia-Sieg, North Rhine-Westphalia (Age > 55 years)   3. Theisen, Hubert,   b. CA 1857, Reimerzhoven, Mayschoss, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Prussia d. Aft 6 Jan 1906, Clinton (formerly Lyons), Clinton County, Iowa, United States (Age > 49 years)   4. Theisen, Mechtildis,   b. 22 Oct 1861, Reimerzhoven, Mayschoss, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Prussia d. Aft 6 Jan 1906, Reimerzhoven, Mayschoss, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Prussia (Age > 45 years)
  Family ID	F1628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Johann Michael is the only one of his brothers who did not immigrate to the United States with his parents, according to younger brother Mathias's 1905 probate record in Detroit Michigan.

  
  

• Sources

  [S296] Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/71368657:9866?ssrc=pt&tid=14446582&pid=262087820320. [S667] Will and Probate Records, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-N383-Z9HL-R. [S247] Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929, FHL microfilm # 573,599 Page 128?. [S1] FamilySearch Family Tree, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NTQN-WRJ. "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NTQN-WRJ : 26 August 2020), Joannes Josephus Theisen, 1815. [S355] Birth Certificate or Record, Order 655,002 VK No. 284; Birth, marriage and death register of the mayor's office of Adenau 1815. Translation of the record by Wilma Hofmann, whgermantranslation@gmail.com: No. 196 Birth record of Joan Joseph Theisen from Niederadenau Today, on the 22nd day of the month of March 1879 [comment by Gary: The researcher who sent this document to Gary on Mon 7/15/2024 7:58 AM, Simon Schmitz at the State Main Archives Koblenz stated in his email: “(1) born 1815 Niederadenau Order 655,002 VK No. 284 Birth, marriage and death register of the mayor's office of Adenau 1815.” He obviously had the benefit of seeing the record in context of the book it came from], came to me, mayor of the parish of Adenau, officer of the civil registry of the parish Niederadenau, Adenau, Rhein and Mosel districts: Joan Michel Theisen, farmer, 22 years of age, residing in Niederadenau, who declared to me that this afternoon, his wife Maria Catharina Müller gave birth to a child of male sex. The child was given the name Joan Joseph. The above report and the presentation of the child happened in the presence of the witnesses Joan Joseph Bündgen, farmer, 30 years of age, and Peter Joseph Bauer [somewhat unsure of “Peter”], farmer, 43 years of age, both from Leimbach. The witnesses signed this report with me after it had been read aloud.