Descendants of Johann Carll IHMSEN (1706 - 1759)
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Glass Cutter and Glass Guilder at the "fine" Glassworks EMDE
near Brakel in the Archbishopric Paderborn during the 18th Century
Welcome to my website!
Many
hours of work have been put into the research and documentation of
these ancestors. I hope you will benefit from the information I
present here.
When I first started research into my family in the Mid 1990's, I
had no idea what I got myself into. I had no idea of the family
background and with time got more and more fascinated
by the work and life of the glass makers during the 18th century. I
will present here a small amount of the information I found in my
searches. The informations come from various church books and
archives in the Northrhein-Westfalian area. I published the first
informations here in 2004.
Should
you enjoy this site, please return from time to time since new
information will be added. Researches at the time in progress are
about the other glass makers who, besides the masters Ihmsen and Wiegand,
contributed to make these glass works a success.
A special thank you to Frau Dr.
Wichert-Pollmann, who with her book "Das Glasmacherhandwerk im östlichen
Westfalen" (The Glass Makers Trade in Eastern
Westfalia) gave the greatest impulses for my search. Further, I want
to thank Dr.
Dethlefs of Westfälisches
Landesmuseum
für Kunst u. Kulturgeschichte, Münster (Westfalian county
Museum for Arts and Cultural history) for the formation of the "Westfälisches Glasforum" that
researches the importance of the glassworks Emde and glass making
during the 18th century in Westfalia. The start to this
project was the opportunity of several Westfalian museums under the
leadership of Dr. Dethlefs to auction at Sotheby's London several
goblets produced by the glass cutters and glass guilders Ihmsen at the Emde
glass works. One of these goblets is
pictured above.
Some
members of the Ihmsen family emigrated end of the 18th century to the
USA and were considerably involved in the building of the glass
industry of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To this there exists a wealth of
information that has been gathered together with several descendants
that live in the USA, first of all Mr. Bob Bowers and Mrs.
Carolyn Carroll.
Also, Mrs. Suzanne
Johnston, as a professional researcher, helped beyond the
measure asked with her searches. Further, a good friend, Mr. A. John "Brotherjohn" Birkholz of Montana deserves
a special credit for his work. The results of all these researches,
once sorted, will be published here as well.
Even if it took much longer than expected in the beginning, I could now, September 2011, present more information on these pages. By a lucky finding the so far only supposed conncetion between the German and American Ihmsen could be proven. There is also a tragic case of emigration to report about. Furthermore the emigration of a female person in the middle of 1800's, apparently all by herself, to New York could be followed. Surely a courageous venture especially at that time.
Even if it took much longer than expected in the beginning, I could now, September 2011, present more information on these pages. By a lucky finding the so far only supposed conncetion between the German and American Ihmsen could be proven. There is also a tragic case of emigration to report about. Furthermore the emigration of a female person in the middle of 1800's, apparently all by herself, to New York could be followed. Surely a courageous venture especially at that time.
Questions,
corrections or additional informations to these pages are welcome and
wished for.
A future part on this site will also be reserved for a Maximillian Ihmsen, who in the Mid 19th century founded an important firm for Rose Oil production in Bulgaria and Turkey. Information here though is hard to come by, so that any help in this direction is very welcome.
A future part on this site will also be reserved for a Maximillian Ihmsen, who in the Mid 19th century founded an important firm for Rose Oil production in Bulgaria and Turkey. Information here though is hard to come by, so that any help in this direction is very welcome.
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