Sebastian & Margaret (Deimling) resided on Lime City Road just a mile or so north of US 20 (Fremont Pike) near Perrysburg in Wood County, Ohio
Sebastian Lucas immigrated with his Father, step-mother, younger sister & half-brother from Bavaria to this country in 1853. He was 16 years old at the time. Below is information is from the ship's manifest.
The family made their way to Liverpool Township in Medina County, Ohio. Around 1860 Sebastian moved to Iowa City, Iowa for a time and worked on the farm of then Iowa Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood. Sebastian's father, George, died in 1860 probably prompting him to come home. In April 1861 he and Margaret were married.
The Lucas family lived in Gruenstadt, Pfalz, Bavaria until the time they decided to leave Germany. Their journey was straight west over land to Le Havre, France to board the ship. They disembarked in New York, New York.
SHIP'S MANIFEST
Country of origin: Hessen
Arrival Date: Nov 12, 1853
Ships name: Constitution
Captain's Name: Charles Buntin
Manifest ID Number: 00007598
Port of Embarkation: Havre (Le Havre, France)
Mode of travel: Steerage
Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA
Hessen is close to northern Bavaria and in the 1800's the borders were often changing.
Information provided by Ed Relitz and Laurie (Cope) Galfond. Manifest is from 'Germans to America, 1850-1874.'
Joseph Deimling (1807-1890) ~ Catharina (Weigel)(1815-1903)
Joseph and his first wife, Marie Landin were married in Darmstadt, Germany. They immigrated to the United States with Joseph's parents and siblings in 1835. After landing in Buffalo, they stayed a short time where he worked his trade as a baker. They moved on to Cleveland which was only a few houses and woods. They then went to Roscoe to work on the canal. While there, he lost his wife.
Joseph and Catharina happened to meet in the very forested area of Liverpool (Liverpool Twp., Medina Co., Ohio). On March 19th, 1840 they were married in the Catholic Church - a mission church at the time 3 miles east of the present church. After Joseph and Catharina were married, he went to Roscoe to work on the canal during the winter months.
The original Deimling farm was purchased from the Connecticut Land Co.
Joseph & Catharina were blessed with 13 children:
Charles Burkhardt, Sr., or 'Mighty Mite' as he was known, was born in 1826 in Hanover, Germany. He immigrated to the US in 1830, growing up and settling South of Perrysburg in Wood County Ohio, where he was a farmer. He married Mary Anna Heilman (1830-1907) on January 19, 1851, whom had immigrated from Bavaria, Germany. Charles passed in 1923.
Charles and Mary had eight children:
