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Note: ia Schuh. With the decision made to come America in 1854, he was the last of the Allgeyer family to be born in Gamshurst, Baden, Germany. As an infant then, Nicholas emigrated to the United States, but nearly failed to make the trip across the Atlantic ocean alive. In an account told and passed down through the generations, Nicholas was thought to have "died" en route to this country aboard the ship. It was practice to bury the dead at sea, so when the time came to "bury" Nicholas, they wrapped his small body in a bag, then, as soon as they were ready to commit his body to the sea, he began to whimper and move about! The people immediately pulled Nicholas back into the ship. By 1860 according to the U.S. Census Nicholas was living in Mercer County Ohio, with his three brothers and one sister, and at the age of 9 in 1862, ludlow, Kentucky is where Nicholas called home. And by 1870, Nicholas is listed as a 17 year old helping his father in the garden according to the census. The decade of the 1880's was a period of growth, not only for the communtiy of Ludlow, with the coming of the railroad, but also the Allgeyer family. Nicholas hired on with the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railroad (forerunner of the Southern Railroad, as it is known today), first as a boiler washer and laborer, but later as a railroad car inspector and carpenter and then a foreman. A sample entry from the City Directory (1908-1909 p.629) notes: Nicholas as a car repairer residing with his 4 children at the south west corner of Linden and helen Street. At the age of 29, Nicholas married Frances Konermann in Saint Boniface Church in Ludlow, Kentucky with his sister Magdalena as one of the witnesses. Nicholas and Frances settled in Ludlow, Kentucky and moved into the house at #175 Linden Street (later re-numbered 605 today) located at the southwest corner of Linden and Helen Streets. The 1910 census notes too that Nicholas spoke German more than English for one of the questions that appears on the census indicates if the person spoke english or not. The resto fothe family spoke English. It appears too, that his mother-in-law Anna Konermann resided at the house next door at 177 West Linden. Nicholas and Frances Allgeyer had 6 children but 5 survived childhood, with the youngest Leo, passing away at teh age of 2 months. By 1910, per the Kentucky Census Nicholas could proudly say that his 5 children were employed in various trades. Both his sons were tinners; the oldest daughters were seamstresses, with the youngest, Frances, was a box maker. Nicholas, as mentioned above, worked for the railroad for many years of his adult life, eventually becoming a train inspector but lost both of his legs below the knee in a railroad accident in April 1914, and retired from the Queen & Crescent Railroad as it was known then. Early information concerning Nicholas Allgeyer was obtained from all the microfilmed records of the Gamshurst church (Saint Nicholas) LDS Church reference numbers: 958349, 958350, 958351, 958352, 958353. There are records also available from the Saint Boniface Church in Ludlow Kentucky, now housed at Saint James Church, as well as the Kenton County Library. Ancestry of Nicholas Allgeyer can be researched in the recent publication of all the families in Gamshrust, (located in Baden-Württemberg, Germany)which is published in German and in possession of the author: "FAMILIENBUCH" Gamshurst. Commonly referred to as an Area Family Book (ORTSFAMILIENBUCH, in German), this type of publication is gaining a lot of popularity in Germany, in which it details the history of all the families in the town. On March 3rd 1929, Nicholas Allgeyer passed away. The obituary appearing on p.1 of the Kentucky Post on 4 March 1929 states that Nicholas has resided in Ludlow for over 63 years, widely known and a leader in the Democratic Party. Nicholas Allgeyer is buried in Saint John Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky next to his wife Frances. The large slab tombstone is plainly visible from the small little road that runs next to the Allgeyer section of the cemetery. His 3 daughters are also buried in the same plot. His Will was contested by his oldest son Andrew, and the defendant was the exectutor of the estate, Nicholas J. Allgeyer and several of the children. This was eventually was settled in court. A newspaper article appearing in the Kentucky Post on 22 december 1930 states: "The jury found the Will to valid. The estate is valued at $20,000".
Note: !Born on 16 October 1853, Nicholas was actually the 3rd child of Octavian Allgeyer and Victor
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