Arent - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Parents of Matthias Arent?

zeebee113 — 2008-10-06 02:49:33Z

That does sound familiar.I was told by my grandmother that her husband Henry Arent (my grandfather) had relatives who came from Alsace Lorraine in the early 1800. My grandfather Henry lived in New Jersey.

Re: German Arent's

M99artin — 2008-06-18 23:08:30Z

Sherry,

Does your book have any info regarding Muhl? Muhl is a small village near those in your book's title. My people from Muhl are Finkler, spelled many different ways.

I have the book--Die Einwohner von Wadrill und Sitzerath vor 1850.These localities are a bit Southwest of your book's area.

I know what you mean about 1st names --no use thinking up a new one if an old one can be reused.

martin

Re: Albert Irving Arent

99ish — 2007-04-29 19:08:22Z

August Karl Besemer Jr. born 23 Apr 1917 in Van Buren Co., Michigan. Son of August Karl BESEMER Sr. and Marie Thomsen ARNOLD. August Jr. married 13 Dec 1941 to Georgia Lois GILL in Lake Arthur, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. August Jr. died 8 Jul 1962 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.

August Jr. appears in the 1930 US Census with parents: August and Marie BESEMER in Bangor, Van Buren Co., Michigan. Children listed in the 1930 census: Walter, Marie, Louise, August, Dorothy, Ester, Christian, Helen, William, Rosetta, and Robert. Both parents were born in Germany and all the children born in Michigan.

Daughter, Marie was born abt 1914 and may be one of the sisters that married one of the Arent brothers.

Try Van Buren Co., Michigan for more information ...

I am not related but would be interested in any information that you find ...

Hope this helps ...

--Irma

Re: Walter Arent Family...............

JArent8718 — 2006-09-08 00:23:48Z

Walter was born around 1875-Russia Poland

name was listed as Ladislaus/ Wladislaus ARENT
arrived in New York---->
Ship:Halle
Port of Embarkation:Bremen
Date of arrival:July 9,1896
Thanks~Jennie

Arent relations

2006-06-30 01:12:28Z

I am the adopted daughter of Alfred Arent born 1932 to Mary and William Arent.
There are two Daughters Helen Arent Talerico and Irene Arent Dunn.

Has any one ever run acrossthis line of Arent's

Re: ARENT Family TODAY in Visalia!

2006-06-21 22:25:09Z

Hi Richard,
I just got this as our computer was in the shop
for the past 3 weeks. Thanks for your reply. As
I mentioned in my original post...my Great Aunt
Nita (Juanita) was married to Joseph Arent of Visalia.
Aunt Nita died there in Visalia and is buried there also.
I have her OBIT somewhere in my paper records, but
as we have moved recently, my Genealogy is still packed.
I would appreciate emailing you or your wife directly for any
further info regarding her and her husband Joe. I hope you
have pics, Marriage License, etc. for them? I know they managed
a mobile home park in Visalia, which is interesting as that is what
she and her previous husband, Walter did in Southern CA when I was little.
Thanks again and feel free to email me directly.
Cecilia Stumpf Hughes
craftyclh1@earthlink.net

Re: ARENT Family TODAY in Visalia!

2006-06-16 02:56:52Z

Hello,

I am a nephew of Joseph Arent. My wife is the genologist in this family. I have some information on "Uncle Joe". Sadly, I was present when Joe passed away. He lived near Mooney Grove and was active in golf and other activities up to a month before he died.

Peter Arent,b.1864; wife Louise (1867); children Sam (1892); Clara (1893); Walter (1898)

MRice9253 — 2006-05-17 05:05:18Z

I have an original studio photograph of “Peter Arent and family – wife and children Sam, Clara & Walter”, which I would like to get back to family members. Photo was taken in about 1920, and the parents look to be about in their 60s, while the children are in their upper 20s. Also written on the back of the photo is “Peter is Maggie B—dix brother” which could be Buldix, or Buedix (?)

I found Peter and his family in the 1900 and 1920 censuses in Bainbridge (Berrien Co.) Michigan. In 1900, Peter’s DOB is Apr 1864, born MI. Louise DOB: Jan 1867. Samuel - May 1892; Clara - Jun 1893; Walter - May 1898.

Email me at margerice@prodigy.net if you are related to the Arent family of Berrien Co., MI.

Re: German Arent's

2006-04-24 12:35:48Z

Hi Sherry,

How good to hear from you, I really appreciate you looking into the Petto book on Michigan for me because I do not have it. I do have the Walter Petto book on Damflos, it is in constant use. I think your suggestions on Zusch names makes good sense, they sure didn't use many new names. I still have not been able to find anything on this particular family, someone who has them on a web page stated that they were from the village of Schmolda, Prussia, but I cannot find any place with that name so think the information is not accurate.

I have multiple ancestors from Zusch, going back to Heinrich Jacob Schmidt born 1707, his grandson, Heinrich Peter Schmidt, came to the US in 1857 and two of his children are my great grandparents (siblings married two of my ancestors.) I don't believe that I have any Arents in my immediate line, but since we are both descended from Zusch families, I would not be surprised if we are distant cousins.

I would love to share my information with you if you are willing, you can contact me at my email address.

Jeanine

Re: German Arent's

scawley — 2006-04-23 04:10:51Z

Jeanine,
Have you seen Walter Petto's book, "Einwohner von Zusch, Neuhutten, Damflos 1574 bis 1820?" This is a wonderful genealogical study of the inhabitants of these three villages. It was published in 1985. My copy is falling apart as it has been my main source of information. My maiden name is Arent and my gggrandfather, Daniel Arend/Arent was born in Zuesch and came to America with his father and siblings in 1851 and settled in Bainbridge Township, Berrien County, Michigan. I was born in Benton Harbor. Many families from Zuesch settled there. If you have been doing research on the village, you know that they were not very imaginative on first names. J was almost always 'Johann' when listed as the first name and more than likely, F stood for Franz which most changed to Frank in the US. Men usually went by their second names. Maria was as common as Elizabeth and Anna. However, I went through all the Arend's in the book (back to Hans Mathias b. about 1660) and could not find a single 'Adolf.' There is a good chance that he had another name and chose 'Adolf' when he came to the states. Another possibility is that the letters were reversed and he could be a Franz Jacob.

Walter did another book on 16 families from Zuesch that settled in Bainbridge Township. As in the small village, these families intermarried and I'm related to 12 of the 16. I came up empty in this book too. Sorry that I can't be of more help to you. You might try the ships logs that came over at that time. They kept pretty good records but you have to really be creative in the spellings of names and sometimes you will find whole families who came over under a different surname. Perhaps if you have any more information to share, I can try again.
Sherry

Aaron (and spelling variants) DNA Project

ScottAaron51 — 2006-02-02 20:37:46Z

Just wanted to mention the AARON DNA project is well underway.

I just ordered my 25-marker kit from Family Tree DNA as they're running a special right now where you can get the 25-marker test for $139 by joining the AARON group and using their $30 off gift certificate (which is good till Dec 31st).

I'll be the second person in the AARON DNA Project (and I know in the past we've had around 5 or 6 people that said they were interested) so hopefully we can really start to expand, and see if we connect.

Here is the link to the Family Tree DNA page where you can order a kit, and there is also a link from here to the AARON DNA page, which is run by Terry Barton (who is very helpful and can answer questions):

http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=Z89537&am...

All surname variants welcome as we've seen of often "AARON" came from something similar over the generations (ARON, AREND, ARNN, ARENT, ARRON, etc.)

Re: German Arent's

JScholz2693 — 2006-01-25 19:13:49Z

I would like to jump in here if I may. I am also descended from several Zusch families and was trying to put together the Arent side. I have an Adolph Arent who came to the US in 1854 with his parents (J.F.Arend and Maria) and his siblings. Does anyone know who JF and Maria are? They settled in Cook County, IL.

Jeanine Scholz

Re: German Arent's

BuzzKuzan — 2005-09-05 03:06:16Z

I dont know if you ever found a good genealogy reltionship chart but here is the one I use that easy to use.

http://www.iarelative.com/charts/rel_chart.htm

I have family from the Zuesch area of Germany which is how I just found your old post while I was rummaging around in some old posts on rootsweb

Buz Kuzan

ARENT Family TODAY in Visalia!

craftyclh1 — 2005-05-21 17:25:56Z

Trying to locate the family of Joseph ARENT of Visalia area. My Great Aunt Nita (Juanita Beatrice AKA" Nettie") married Joseph ARENT in 1969 in Visalia. She is gone now as is he, Joseph having died May 1985. They are both buried in Visalia. I would like to contact the family for info as to this marriage, possibly pictures as well as info regarding a Genealogy book Nita was writing about her COX family lineage. Nita's Maiden Name was COX. Our side of the COX family has lost the family book during the death of a relative while moving. We are hoping someone in the ARENT family knows the name of the book and how to get a copy from the LDS.
Thank you,
Cecilia Hughes
Great Niece of Juanita Beatrice (COX) ARENT
Fresno, CA

Re: Re:Search Lidia Calsbeek info

2005-05-19 21:08:22Z

Thank you, Hans...

Can you e-mail the .rtf data to me, please?

Re: Re:Search

2003-10-25 13:11:12Z

I have got information about lidia Calsbeek, but it is in .rtf and i can't send it with rootsweb

Re: Parents of Matthias Arent?

nannysperties — 2003-08-04 05:10:19Z

Matthias was my great, great grandfather. His daughter, Mellie was my great grandmother. She married Charles Fremont Jacobs and I am looking for additional information on him.

I knew Matthias was a carpenter, but not an orphan! Wow! I am in the beginning stages of my Jacobs research. Thanks for that tidbit.

Re: German Arent's

SherryCawley58 — 2003-05-13 20:25:20Z

Jack,

My ggggrandfather was Daniel Arent, the older brother of Karl (Charles) Christian Arent. Have been doing research on family for over 30 years and translated much of Walter Petto's book "Einwohner von Zusch, Neuhutten, Damflos 1574 bis 1820." Our line can be traced to Hans Matheis Arend born about 1660 and died before 1730 in Zuesch. His father was Michael Arend, who settled in Zuesh about 1670. Do not know where he came from. I have 12 generations traced from Hans. If you are Jack, jr., you are close to my brother's age. Do you live in Michigan? Contact me at sjacaw@lowcountry.com and I'll help you all I can.

Sherry Arent Cawley

Re: Re:Search

2003-02-05 06:38:08Z

Hello An,

You seek Keizers? I am one of many, many Americans whose surname is Keizer. My grandparents, Gerben Keizer Sr. and Lidia Calsbeek Keizer, left Holland in 1886 to come to America. They brought 6 children, and had 5 more children in the United States.

Those two were married in the Church of Het Bildt, St. Anna Parochie, Friesland Province. Gerben Keizer was from that province, but Lidia Calsbeek's honme was listed as "Aalzum" on their September 13, 1877 wedding certificate.

They came to Sioux County, Iowa, and lived in the Alton area. Many Keizers are buried at Alton, Rock Valley, Hull, and Hawarden, small towns in that county.

My father was Gerben Keizer Jr, born in the U.S. in 1892, He was a farmer until 1935, then bought and ran the Northwest Iowa Feed Store in Hawarden, Iowa. Cemetery records show many Keizers buried in Grace Hill Cemetery there...most of whom are my family.

I have pictures of the Gerben Keizer Sr family in1896 and in 1914, and several of the Gerben Keizer Jr.family. I would share them on E-mail.

A cousin in Holland and I have begun corresponding by regular mail, He has sent me a list of our Keizer ancestors that goes back about 5 generations. Would you like to see it?

Please E-mail me if you would like to see if these Keizers are the Keizer family you are seeking.

Milt

Re: Pittsburgh Area Arents

2003-01-24 17:55:19Z

Norman, In response to my name pronounciation, Yes, we use it as in Aren't, but it always surprises me of the many variations people come up with.

We have not had any luck tracing dad's family beyond his father in Pittsburgh, but we have his wife's maiden name and his Grandfather was named Michael who lived in Poland (Russia/Germany). We have been researching Immigration records for quite some time, but cannot find where or when Walter and his (known) brother Karol immigrated. Dad thought they came in through Canada. The only resource I suspect that may have a record is the St. Alban's lists which are not indexed on the Internet. We are hoping that we''ll have some success with the LDS microfilm library. Our main goal is to find where in Poland they originated from.... Province, Diocese, Parish, town, etc.

Hope your contacts can shed some clue on our mutual search,

Good Luck,
Carl

Re: Pittsburgh Area Arents

2003-01-23 21:14:57Z

Let me check with my father and see if he knows his grandfather's first name (I would hope that he would). Sounds plausible, since my dad's family grew up on the North Side of Pittsburgh, specifically near Perry High School. Question... do you pronounce your name like the word "Aren't"?

Re: Pittsburgh Area Arents

2003-01-23 21:05:55Z

My grandfather was Wladislaus (Walter) Arent, who lived in the Polish Hill district of Pittsburgh in the early 1900's and was married at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on Brereton Street. in 1901. He also had a brother named Charles. Is there a possible connection?

Re: Re:Search ARENT

2002-05-09 01:07:04Z

Hello An. Hope you had a great holiday. The Birshners you talk of, may be the same offshoot of my Grandmothers family. Their name is (was) Birsner. I may be wrong in the spelling. They came from Germany, I believe around 1885 . If memory serves well, my Great Grandparents were Joseph and Wilhemia Birsner.I got this much from the 1920 USA New York City census. Spring is here!!! Be well, Nancy Stalter.

Re: Re:Search ARENT

2002-05-08 07:45:08Z

hello Nancy .Let her from you. i found many Birshners in Ger
many. Greetings Ann.Prijs.

Re: Re:Search

2002-04-20 01:43:00Z

Hello An. I hope you are having better luck then I am, in finding relatives. I have tried working thru the 1920 census. I know that both maternal and paternal families should be listed, but yikes!! forget it. Very disappointed with it all. It has been in the high 80's all week. They are calling for snow flurries on monday and tueday. Upstate new york is crazy.Do you have a regular email address that you would care to send? I don't know if I will subscribe to this ancestry site again. If I don't I will lose contact. Take care, be well, Nancy.

Re: Re:Search

2002-04-16 09:19:40Z

Hello Nancy. Thanks for your Mail. I go for a little Hollyday. After that i will looking on Searchpages her. i think is difficult to find somewann..I also looking at my familie for a lond time. My familie emigreated inn 1850 to America. The came from Germanie [Pruisen] .We life inn the Netherlands..Her is also Spring but we have plenty of rain.Nancy you her from my. Greetings An Pries.

Re: Re:Search

2002-04-16 00:46:13Z

Hello An. I do not have much information on my maternal (ARENT) side. My Grandfather was JACOB PETER ARENT. He was born April 23, 1875 in New York City. His ancestors came from Alsaice(?) Lorraine. Forgive me, my spelling is poor.I have tried locating some ARENT'S, but have not been successful. Jacob's eldest daughter(my Aunt) Ann, married SYLVESTER KAISER of NYC in the 1920's. I have no idea whom Jacob's parents were.NO information on the Kaisers either. All of my family is gone, except for my sister and brother. My fathers Mother's maiden name was BIRSNER. His Dad was Irish.My Dad grew up with German being spoken in his home in BROOKLYN NEW YORK. I believe her parents were 1st generation american. Where do you live? I live in NEW YORK STATE. We have spring now. It is quite nice. Thank you for writing me. Hope to hear from you soon, Nancy Stalter

Re: Re:Search

2002-04-15 11:56:19Z

HelloNancy.Thank you for jour Mail. My Englisch is Very bath But i try to tell you about Ten Zijthoff .I am looking for people with this name .And also about people with the name Keizer.This is maby A part off my familie. Send to my a Email with the names from your Familie and y will looking for you Allso Places Greetings An Prijs.

Re: Re:Search

2002-04-14 21:54:59Z

Hello. Glad that I finally got someone out there to answer me, but alas I do not read german. I was able to understand a few words. You mentioned the name Kaiser? I had an aunt, Ann Arent, who married a Sylvester Kaiser back in the 1920's. Can someone out there translate for me? Many thanks, Nancy.

Re: German Arent's

2002-01-19 16:14:20Z

OOPS! I meant Father's as below in last message. SORRY!

Forgive me if this is a rather ignorant question but are "cousin"
and "1st cousin" the same or different.

I see that Christian Arend's parents share the same grandfather. Their fathers were brothers.

And if anyone knows of a good logic chart for relationships please feel free to post it. I could use it <GRIN>

Re: German Arent's

2002-01-19 16:12:15Z

Forgive me if this is a rather ignorant question but are "cousin"
and "1st cousin" the same or different.

I see that Christian Arend's parents share the same grandfather. Their husbands were brothers.

And if anyone knows of a good logic chart for relationships please feel free to post it. I could use it <GRIN>

Re: German Arent's

2002-01-18 15:05:28Z

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Hans Matheis gets me back to my 10th generation! Wonderful! You state that HIS father was Michael AREND?

A couple questions you might be able to answer and might be interesting to other folks researching their trees.

1. I noticed in our tree there is a Johann Michael whose father is ALSO Johann Michael. There is no Jr. or Sr. listed. Was this common in those times? example: I am Jack Clinton Jr., my father being Jack Clinton Sr.

2. Christian AREND's parents were both Surnamed AREND? I can't trace the wife's line back past her father so I don't know how close a relationship there was. Or is the AREND surname so common in Germany that there probably is no close relationship.

Again, thank you for the information you sent and I will gather my own lines data per your request and get it to you.

Jack C. Arent Jr.

Re: Looking for Arents in California

2001-11-15 16:14:33Z

VICTORIA? was CATHERINE ARENT HER MOTHER?
PLEASE CONTACT ME AT RWILL67329@AOL.COM

Re: Arent/Arend

2001-11-15 16:09:45Z

Catherine Arent ? Do you know if she had a daughter named Victoria? Would love to fine more information out on this person.

lUCILLE IWINSKI (BUDZYNSKI) ( MY GRANDMOTHER)
VICTORIA WILKOSZ B. 12/18/1877 D. 3/29/1956 (HER MOTHER.)
CATHERINE ARENT (VICTORIA'S MOTHER) NO DATES BUT I WOULD LOVE SOME.
Please contact me at rwill67329@aol.com

NY Arents in the 1840's

2001-04-28 18:48:55Z

Nancy,

E-mail me at jamareca@cs.com and I'll tell you everything I know.

Re: Albert Irving Arent

scawley — 2001-07-23 03:00:53Z

Albert and Irving Arent were sons of Charles Christian Arent and Dorothea Catherina Geller (Dorothy). Charles was the younger brother of my gggrandfather, Daniel Karl Arent who married Henrietta Kniebes. I know nothing about the Besemer line but have quite a bit on the Arent line. Will be glad to share info. Just what do you need to know? I'll answer here or contact me at sjacaw@lowcountry.com.

Sherry Arent Cawley

Re: Arent/Arend

scawley — 2001-07-23 03:00:53Z

Lori,

Catherine Arent is probably in my line. I have 12 generations descended from Hans Mathias Arend with over 1400 names. The problem is that Germans were not very original in thier names. Do you have any dates for Catherine? Who was her mother? My line came from Zuesch, Germany and settled in Bainbridge Township, Berrien County, Michigan. I'll answer you here or email me at sjacaw@lowcountry.com.

Sherry Arent Cawley

Walter Arent Family...............

notaclue — 2002-04-02 22:21:56Z

Walter Arent deceased before April 10, 1937
married Louise Abramoski
Children born to Walter & Louise were
Anthony 1919-1960
Josephine
Walter
Unknown child
Anthony had a job in New York in 1937 with his residence listed in Plains PA
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Jennie notaclue@epix.net

Re: Re:Search ARENT

nancy_stalter — 2002-04-20 09:57:09Z

Greetings An. I wanted to thank you for contacting me. For so long, I had hit a wall with my ARENT research. It had been a long time since I had gotten anywhere with the family .history. After your last letter, I climbed back on board and found my maternal family. Under 1920 census, look up JACOB ARENT in NY only. There will be 3 of them. He will be listed as 46 years of age. Go to the online images, and you will find his entire brood. My Mom was the youngest age 2. I found his brothers family, Peter Arent. Hooray. Thank you very much. I am excited again, Nancy.

ARENT FAMILY TIES???

nancy_stalter — 2001-06-22 17:34:03Z

My Granfather's family came to NYC from Alsace Lorraine in the 1840's. I am looking for any decendants of my Grandfather, Jacob Arent. Born April 1875, died November 1925. He married Anna Brunner of NYC in 1895. Anna born June 3,1874, died July 9, 1968. Their children (all deseased) were as follows: Ann,Rose,Jacob,Marie,George,Florence,Agnes(my Mom).If anyone out there is possibly related, I would love to hear from you. Many Thanks!

Arent Connection

nancy_stalter — 2001-06-22 17:34:03Z

Looking for Arents in California

nancy_stalter — 2001-06-22 17:34:03Z

Looking for family of George and Clotilda Arent. Last known address was Woodland Hills Ca. I believe George was born in 1909 and passed April 1974.Clotilda passed Feb.2000. I am the daughter of Agnes Arent, George's youngest sister. Mom was the last of the Arent gang, passing Jan 2000. I believe I have 2 cousins. If memory serves one is named Victoria(?). Of the other sister I have no idea. If anyone can help me to make contact with my 2 lost cousins I would appreciate it. Nancy S.

Re: ten Zijthoff uit Overijssel

nouk_70_ryan — 2002-11-25 22:26:13Z

Mijn vader is een ten Zijthoff geboren in Hengelo in 1941 (kan er een jaartje naast zitten). Mijn opa was Gerrit jan ten Zijthoff, zo ver ik weet ook geboren in Overijssel, die trouwde met Antonia Geelen, hij is in de oorlog gefussilleerd. In Canada wonen ook nog ten Zijthoffs en daar ben ik naar op zoek, mijn neef en nichten.

Re: German Arent's

SherryCawley58 — 2003-05-13 20:25:20Z

Pittsburgh Area Arents

narent1 — 2002-05-07 20:00:45Z

I'm looking for anyone with information on Arents in the Pittsburgh, PA area, particularly George E Arent who died in 1991. He was my grandfather and had several brothers and sisters, but that's about as far back as I can go. Your help is GREATLY appreciated!

Re: Looking for Arents in California

nancystalter — 2002-02-01 22:34:47Z

I have recently come across three addresses for George and Clotilda.#1 8024 Dunbarton Ave. Los Angeles CA. #2 George Arent in c/o Burbank Engravers 2307C West Olive Ave, Burbank CA (this address was used in 1961). #3 22267 Flanco Road. Woodland Hills CA( I know this one was used in the mid to late 60's). Maybe these addresses will ring a bell with someone out there. Thank you, Nancy.

Re:Search

j_prijs2 — 2002-11-14 21:54:29Z

Zoek naar leden van de familie ten Zijthoff. Geboren in Goor Overijsel of ergens in die omgeving.Ook zoek ik mensen met de naam Keizer. Voor zover ik weet de meesten ook uit Goor Overijsel. Alvast bedankt allemaal.
An Prijs.

van Arent

zazza_m — 2002-06-30 05:04:40Z

I am looking for any decendents to van Arent.
My grandfather was born on 11 july 1909 son to Solomon van Arent and Sophia Maria Nicoud. They all lived in Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Hope to hear from anyone that has some info.

German Arent's

jcarent — 2002-01-14 17:01:53Z

Hello. Just getting started with this but need to find out how to get more info on german ancestry. My g-father; Clinton Arent->gg-father; Willhelm F ->ggg-father; Charles Christian -> gggg-father; Christian. That's where i lose it. Supposedly he married a Phillipina LOCH but i can find no birth or death on either one. Both presumably in Germany. Charles Christian ARENT was the first of my paternal line to immigrate but I have no data on when. He was born in Zuesch, Rhineland, Germany in 1843. Any help on this would be most appreciated and I, of course would be more than willing to fill in with any data i have not that anyone is likely to need it. Most of what I know is available right on Ancestor.com for free.

Arent/Arend

loriprice10 — 2001-08-24 04:05:12Z

Looking for info on Catherine Arent, Daughter of Franz Arend, grand daughter of Johann Christian Arend, gr g.daughter of Elisabeth Margareth Molter, Johann Jacob Molter, Johann Wendel Molter.....etc