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. Transcribed by: Mindy Source: Bornmann's Sketches of Early Germans of Quincy and Adams County Volume 2; Chapter 3; page 45.