of Franklin County, Ohio · from Germany · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Herman Rudolph Grotthouse
Herman Rudolph Grotthouse⚭ Margaret Maria Hastens, Mary Gephart
childrenHenry Herman Grotthouse · William Henry Grotthouse · Edward Grotthouse · Charles Grotthouse
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Franklin County, Ohio
Their story
What the record says
Emigrated from Germany, arriving in America at age sixteen.
Only survivor of his immigrant family (parents and two brothers died 1854-1858 in Pittsburg).
Learned the cooper's trade in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he ran a cooperage until June 1868, then moved his family to Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, continuing the cooper's trade.
Married first (1861, Pittsburg) Margaret Maria Hastens.
Married second Mary Gephart.
Lutheran.
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