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Matthias Ohnemus
On November 15, 1810 Matthias Ohnemus was born in Rust, Ettenheim, Baden, where
his father and also his grandfather had been smiths and wagon makers. Matthias Ohnemus learned there the handwork
of a saddler and harness maker. He came to the United States in 1834 where he first settled in Louisville, Kentucky
and there in 1835 he married Theresia Weber, who was born October 29,1810 in Ringsheim, Ettenheim, Baden. The couple
came to Quincy in 1835 where Ohnemus was occupied many years with his handwork. During the gold Rush, he prepared
two wagons to undertake the trip to California. He planted the first vineyard in Quincy, and he also ran for a
while a butcher shop. He died September 16, 1870, the wife on December 5, 1900. Of the children, those still living
are a son Georg Ohnemus, a tinsmith in Quincy, Mrs. Marie P. Kreitz in Kansas City, Sister Servatia of the Order
of Notre Dame in Milwaukee, Wis., Theresia Tenk, Mrs. Elisabeth Glahn, and Mrs. Anna Glass in Quincy.