Ernst Frederich Tönsing

1827 - 1873  (46 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Ernst Frederich Tönsing  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Born	7 April 1827	Linne, Wittlage, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	house 32A
  Baptism	13 April 1827	Barkhausen, Wittlage, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany   [7]
  	sponsor: Johann Christoph Treller
  Cause of Death	Suicide (318); Drowned (87)  [8, 9]
  Confirmation	25 April 1841	Barkhausen, Wittlage, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany   [5]
  Immigration	15 October 1845	Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA   [10, 11, 12]
  	aboard the Marianne
  Occupation	Cabinet Maker, Justice Of The Peace  [9, 13]
  Cemetery	Monroe Cemetery Section G, Lot 9, Sublot E-1/2  [9, 14]
  Residence(s)	1826: #32A Linne, Wittlage, Hannover, Germany 1827: #32A Linne, Wittlage, Hannover, Germany 1841: #1 Linne, Wittlage, Hannover, Germany After marrying Anna, they bought a farm in Newburg (probably Newburgh Heights) OH 1860: Medina, Medina Co., Ohio 1873: Burton St., Cleveland, Ohio  [5, 7, 15]
  Died	12 April 1873	Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA   [9, 16]
  	mill pond
  Buried	15 April 1873	Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA   [9, 17]
  	Monroe St. Cemetery
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I1978	Lisa's Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 October 2014

  
  

  Father	Johann Heinrich (Henry) Tönsing,   b. 25 October 1798, Brockhausen, Wittlage, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany ,   d. 11 June 1853, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Maria Elisabeth Lindemann,   b. 2 February 1793, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany ,   d. 7 September 1831, Linnerheide, Wittlage, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany  (Age 38 years)
  Married	8 December 1819	Wittlage, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
  Residence(s)	1822: House 53B, Brockhausen, Hannover, Germany 1824: House 43B, Brockhausen, Hannover, Germany 1825-27: House 32A, Linnerhaide, Hannover, Germany 1831: house 21B, Linnerheide, Hannover, Germany  [18, 19]
  Family ID	F1262	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Anna Maria Gertrude Walker,   b. 5 May 1835, Brockhausen, Wittlage, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany ,   d. 15 August 1908, Oak Harbor, Ottawa Co., Ohio, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	26 February 1852	Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA   [9, 20, 21]
  	LDS batch M514232, Zion Lutheran Church
  Residence(s)	5 Nov 1851: purchased lot 789, west side of Jersey St., Brooklyn twp, Cleveland, Ohio 1852: Pearl St (above Strong’s grocery), Newberg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio 19 Jul 1853: sold west side of lot 789 on Jersey St., Brooklyn twp., Cleveland, Ohio 1856: 20 Jersey, Cleveland, OH 1867: sold lot 789. Moved to Medina County, Ohio 21 Apr 1859: buy back lot 789+lot 790, Brooklyn twp., Cleveland, Ohio, then resold lot 789. 1863-64: Alley n. Jersey 1868-73: - 40 Burton street, Cleveland, Ohio and  [9, 13, 22, 23]
  Children	1. Jobst Frederich Toensing,   b. 29 November 1852   2. Marie Sophie Tonsing,   b. 6 December 1853, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA ,   d. Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA   3. Clara Elisabeth Tonsing,   b. 6 December 1853,   d. Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA   4. Minnie G. Tonsing,   b. 1854, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA ,   d. 20 January 1925, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA  (Age 71 years)   5. Dorthea Wilhelmine (Dora) Tonsing,   b. December 1854, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA ,   d. 3 September 1909, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA  (Age ~ 54 years)   6. William Tönsing,   b. about 1857, Ohio, USA + 7. John F. Tonsing,   b. 4 September 1858, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA ,   d. 1 February 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA  (Age 60 years) + 8. Carolyn Eleanor Tonsing,   b. 4 October 1860, USA ,   d. 29 January 1916, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA  (Age 55 years) + 9. William H. Tonsing,   b. 23 March 1877, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA ,   d. 18 January 1933, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA  (Age 55 years) + 10. Paul Gerhardt Tonsing,   b. 3 January 1870, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA ,   d. 1 March 1936, Atchison, Atchison Co., Kansas, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F1263	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 26 February 1852 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA Died - 12 April 1873 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA Buried - 15 April 1873 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Ernst emmigrated to the US in 1845 by Baltimore, MD Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 28, 1857, p. 2 LOST OR STOLEN--TWO NOTES, one against Thomas McLane for sixty dollars, the other against Andrew Osche for twenty dollars, both being due the first of August, and dated some time in January. ERNEST F. TONSING. "On April 12, 1873 at the age of 47, Ernst drowned in a mill pond in about six blocks south-east of their home at 40 Burton Street, Cleveland OH. " Toensing, Ernest FR - 4/15/1873, age 47, Monroe Cemetery, Cleveland, O., cem. rec. Probate Court, Minor: H-1556 [9, 14, 24]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1024] Ernst Christoph. [S87] ((__:Never Done Press, 1995)), 27 Sep 1827. [S381] Tonsing Genealogy Forum, 7 Apr 1827, message 20. [S526] The Immigration Story of Ernst Boehning, 1843, Linne?, Barkhausen, Hanover, Germany. [S984] . [S1024] 8 Apr 1827, Linne. [S1024] . [S318] Tonsing Forum, viewed 29Nov1998. [S87] ((__:Never Done Press, 1995)). [S87] ((__:Never Done Press, 1995)), 1845. [S399] June 1844. [S526] The Immigration Story of Ernst Boehning, 1843, 1842. [S256] . [S99] . [S2532] . [S249] Johan Heinrich Toensing Family Group Sheet, mill pond. [S249] Johan Heinrich Toensing Family Group Sheet, cemetery. [S561] . [S561] death record of Maria Elisabeth Lindemann, 1831. [S88] . [S381] Tonsing Genealogy Forum, message 20. [S322] To(e)nsing Surnames in Cleveland. [S567] . [S2876] .