PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE STUDY
OF TILMANNI HELMES AND TILMANNI FAMILIES AT MAYEN GERMANY, NEAR KOBLENZ
This is special and preliminary Some while ago, we found that there was a Tilmanni Helmes recorded at Mayen, Germany in the LDS IGI. In addition, the main LDS Library has a book, "Familien-und Buergerbuch der Stadt Mayen fuer die Zeit des 16. Und 17. Jahrhunderts mit den Ortschaften Kuerreberg und Nitz" by Karl-Heinz Reif; Call # Europe Book area 943.42/M4. It contains transcriptions from taxes, citizenships, courts, militia, and parish records. The church records are available in film # 0585914 starting in 1643. Here is what Elfie has found so far. In the Church books, the entries are in Latin. The notes are Elfie's notes abbreviated for this paper, and according to Susan Grimshaw, the following should be noted for spelling for some of the key names listed: ‘us' ending as in Helmus is a Latin ending for Helm Joannes = John Dinoysis = Denis, ordinarily used only in Irish Latin Joanna = Joan Christina = Christian Jacob = James Joes Petri = John Peter, Joes is short for Johis which is also John Jois = Johis = John
Results: Tilmanni Helmes and Catherina Births: Joannes, apr 12, 1701 bapt April 13m 1701, Godparents, Joanna Haupt, Barbara Schautlin Two
twin female children (no names) b. Oct 4, 1705, Godparents, Antoni Zwink, No other children found for +/- 10 years, Deaths: Christina infant dau. d. Nov 18, 1705 Infant died Jan 2 1708 Tilmanus buried March 1709, Presumably that is the father, Tilmanni Helmes No remarriage found so far for Cathrina Thus, Joannes (John) b/ 1701, is the only male offspring for Tilmanni Helms of Mayen. Further search for John is needed.
Another Helmes data found at Mayen: Joes
Petri Helmes (Soldier at Koblenz) also sometimes spelled Jois, Joannes
and Births: Maria Appollonia, b, Dec 1, 1704, Godparent, Maria Appollonia Doretsch/Doertsch, Rev. Philippo Ruehl Maria Catherina, b. Apr. 2?, 1706, godparents, Maria Catherina Ringels, Michael Ringel Joes
Matthias, b. Nov 17 1710, godparents Jonnes Matthias Paccio, Anna Maria
Melchioris, both Maria Gertrude, b. Sept 5, 1714, godparents Theodore Mayer , Gertrude Kitsch Joannes Jacob, b. Nov 26, 1715, godparents Joes Jacob Spech, Anna Schmitz
Elfie rechecked the LDS IGI and found Tilmanni Helmert who married Elizabethea Broel Sept 9, 1710 in Morsbach, west of Siegen in the Rhineland area. That couple would also be roughly timely for us. Summary comment: Data for Tilmanni Helmes in Mayen did not lead to a direct connection with our Tilman Helms in NC. However, that area had Helmes who may well, have found their way into the stream of Germans who came here in early times, and the use by them of the Tilman first name is still interesting, as well as is the existence of persons with Tilmanni surnames in that area. The why of the "i" ending was not resolved. |
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