This was a church in Newark that the early Ecker brothers used. Jakob and Fredrick used the church for their families, but Wilhelm and Christian can be found as godparents or witnesses. I list below those Ecker records I found going page by page for 9 hours and with some targeted searches. It is possible I missed some if I did not know what I was looking for. [I found an Ecker sister by accident and only after I was analyzing the records back home!] I reviewed records from 1849 through the early 1900s. The dates of found records between 1853 and 1871. If anyone wants a high resolution original, let me know. I also post some additional information about the church's history that was filed with the church books. (pdf 10 mb) I have posted all the Ecker family records I identified. I found a larger number of records of Eckerts, an Eckerlin, and an Elker. I was not able to make any family connection. If fact, the ministers were careful to distinguish between the different spellings. I did not find any convincing instance of one family acting as a godparent or witness to sacramental records of another. I photographed as many of the records of the alternate names for the use of any of their descendants who may stumble on this site. Peter Hasselbacher |
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Description |
1854 Baptism of Karl Friedrich Ecker |
Son of Jakob and Anna Maria Ecker. Friedrich Ecker was a godparent. He was born in 1853. |
1854 Marriage of Friedrich Ecker and Barbara Bohnenberger |
Brother to Abraham Wilhelm. A witness was Johann Fisher, the family name of Friedrich's mother. |
1855 Baptism of Maria Ecker |
Child of Friedrich and Barbara Ecker. who died as a child. |
1857 Death of Maria Ecker |
A witness is Johann Esser. |
1857 Baptism for Juliana Rosina Ecker |
Child of Friedrich and Barbara Ecker who dies as infant. |
1857 Death of Juliana Rosina Ecker |
I have no doubt she was named after her paternal Grandmother. She was born in 1856. |
1859 Death of William Öse |
Son of Georg Öse and Katharina (Ecker) Öse. Katharina is the lost sister of the Ecker Brothers of Unterreichenbach! |
1860 Baptism of Maria Carolina Ecker |
Daughter of Friedrich and Barbara Ecker. |
1863 Baptisms of Abraham Wilhelm and Johann Martin Ecker |
A catch-up baptism for two sons of Friedrich and Barbara born in 1858 and 1861. Abr. Wilhlm. born in "Trois" NY. A godparent was my own Abraham Wilhelm Ecker. |
1864 Marriage of Abraham Wilhelm Ecker and Hannah Squire |
Peter's Great-Great Grandparents. |
1865 Baptism of Christian Wilhelm Ecker |
Son of Jakob and Anna Maria (Jetter) Ecker |
1866 Baptism (and Death) of Georg Ecker |
Son of Jakob and Maria Ecker. Georg and Katharina Öse are godparents. Child dies as infant. |
1871 Confirmation Abraham Wilhelm Ecker |
Restates birth date and place in "Trois," NY state. |
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dahier |
'dahier' is a very old word for 'hier', 'an diesem Ort' or 'am hiesigen Ort' ('in this very place/town/city') |
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Updated March 20, 2008