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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. George Hess: Birth: 1865 in Hackettstown or Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey. Death: AFT 16 MAR 1887 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY

  2. Johann “John” Georg Hess: Birth: 21 AUG 1867 in Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey. Death: 1920-1930 in East Orange, Essex Co., NJ


Notes
a. Note:   N137 -name Heiss or Hesse as well -June 30,1863 Civil War Drft Reg.- Hackettstown, Warren Co., NJ - John Hesser, shoemaker, b. 1841 Germany, single -1870 is the John Hesse -shoeman in Newark mine???-3 pages away from brother Frank -1871 John Hess, shoemaker, livg at 140 South Orange Ave, Newark, NJ (6th Ward) - cty drcty -John Hesse, 2nd Hvy. Artillery, 112th PA Volunteers, C Company is NOT my John. He was born in ca 1823 in Hanover, Germany -in NJ in 1866 per oldest sons 1870 census record -in Newark as shoemaker 1867 thru 1871 city directory
  -1874 thru 1888 in NYC, shoemaker, not him - dead in 1873
  -1858 schuhmacher (shoemaker) age 18, left Einbach, Germany per Auswander site below -1860 apprentice in Palmyra, PA -1863 Civil War drft reg in Hackettstwon, NJ -1863-1865 married in NJ -1865/6 son George born in Newark, NY -1867 2nd son John G. Jr. born in Newark, NJ -1870 family all livg in Newark, NJ -July 11, 1873 will made for John V. Hess in Brooklyn, NY -1873 John V. Hess will, proved 12-1-1873 Brooklyn, Kings Co. - George Schramm Executor -1875 -1880 Catharine died ??? -1880 both boys livg in NY w/her uncle George Schramm
  http://www.auswanderer-bw.de/index.php?sprache=en&suche=1 This site shows a Franz Josef Hess in 1854, age 19 (correct) leaving Einbach for USA and brother Valentin Hess leaving Einbach for USA in 1858, ae 18, (correct) profession schuhmacher (shoemaker)
  -Was named Valentin in Germany - must have changed it in USA. -Found his name as Johann Valentin Hess on his sons, Johann Georg Hess, birth record at New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931
  -Need to find immigration records (1858) in the states He was Roman Catholic
b. Note:   per will online at Ancestry.com - New York, Wills & Probate Records, 1659-1999
c. Note:   Civil War Drft Reg and first childs age


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