Peter Remus (abt. 1720 - aft. 1780)

Born about 1720 in Zbosse, West Prussia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Catharine Thoms — married 10 May 1757 in Zbosse, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia

Descendants

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Biography

Place Names

The former West Prussia (German: Westpreußen) is now part of Poland. German place names and their current Polish names:

Zbosse (also called Grünlinde) = Zboże

Flatow = Złotów (Kreis Flatow = Powiat złotowski)

Zempelburg = Sępólno Krajeńskie

Vandsburg = Więcbork

Buchholz = Bukowo (now a neighborhood in the city of Szczecin)

Wissoka = Wysoka Krajeńska

Schlochau = Człuchów (Kreis Schlochau = Powiat człuchowski)

Birthplace

No record of his birth has been found, but since he was village head (Schultz) of Zbosse, as was his father before him, it is highly probable he was born in Zbosse.

Residence

Place: Zbosse

Occupation

Date: 1748

Place: Village Head (Schultz) of Zbosse^[1]

Date: 1763

Place: Village Head (Schultz) of Zbosse

Date: 1780

Place: Village Head (Schultz) of Zbosse^[2]

Date: 1785

Place: not Schultz - replaced by Peter Claviter

Will

Date: 1748

Place: His father Peter's will is "probated"

Note

All of this information is courtesy of Prof. William Remus, Univ. of Hawaii.^[3]

Peter lived in the village of Grünlinde (Zbosse) (pp. 671-672) (half way between Zempelburg and Vandsburg). The Remus (Christian name unknown although he was the village head (Schulze)) listed here in the 1772 census is not mentioned in Goerke's "Der Kreis Flatow;" the 1772 census lists the village head as living with his wife, two sons, three daughters, five hired male workers, and three hired female workers.

The Catholic Church Books of this village list Peter Remus and his wife Catharine Thomasowa as living here and having four sons and three daughters On the record of the birth of their son Johan Ludwig, Peter is indicated to be a sculteta (Schultze). Also Peter has the requisite number of sons and daughters. So I think Peter is the village head mentioned above. They were Lutherans but prior to 1772 when Poland controlled this area, but from 1717 to 1772 even Lutherans had to baptize and register their children with the Catholic Church. Also note that the first three children of Daniel the elder Remus were born in this village (Zbosse).

Gunter lists a Peter Remus in 1748 getting Privileg and 4 Höfe (farms). Also Dorfprivileg in Wissoka with 8 Höfe. page xvii Both Zbosse and Wissoka were shared with Peter Scharmer. This was in a document on lds 491232 showing the probating of his father Peter's estate. This document also lists his duties to the Count.

August Blanke in his 1936 book on Kreis Schlochau, West Prussia^[2] says that Peter Klawitter was originally the landlord of the tavern in Buchholz. Around 1783 Peter Klawitter exchanged the Buchholz Krug for the Zbosse Freischulzengut (the village head's house) with the Remus family of Zbosse. Johan Remus became the Kruger of Buchholtz and is so shown in 1791. So this Johan Remus is most likely the prior Zbosse Schultzengut resident Peter Remus' eldest son Johan Ludwig Remus (b. 1763) (or perhaps Peter Klawitter's wife Susanna's older brother Johan David Remus (son of Lorenz Remus)). Why this swap occurred is not clear.

Johan Remus married Ann Koeppen. He soon died and Ann married Johan Halweg and later Andreas Janke. According to Blanke, this property in Buchholz remained in that family into the 20th century but was lost to the Remus family.

Marriage

Husband: Peter Remus

Wife: Catharine Thoms

Child: Gottfried Remus

Child: Dorothea Elisabeth Remus

Child: Christoph Remus

Child: Johan Ludwig Remus

Child: Anna Marie Remus

Child: Peter Remus

Child: Catharine Remus

Marriage Date: 10 May 1757

Place: Zbosse, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia^[1], p. 223.^[4]

Sources

• Source: S49 William Remus. The Genealogy of the Remus Family of West Prussia.

• Source: S140 Zbosse Marriages on LDS microfilm 462326.

• Source: S55 Gunter Bleck. Die deutsche Bevölkerung in den Herrschaften Zempelburg und Vandsburg 1750-1812. Siegen, Germany : Im Selbstverlag der J.G. Herder-Bibliothek Siegerland in Siegen, 1991, pp. xvii, 111, 223.

• Source: S54 August Blanke. Aus vergangenen Tagen des Kreises Schlochau. Schlochau, Germany : Golz, 1936.

• Source: S56 Zempelburg Death Records for 1780, p. 1, on LDS microfilm 245461.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Source: Bleck
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: Blanke
3. ↑ Source: Wm. Remus
4. ↑ Source: Zbosse Marriages

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Remus-10 created through the import of Remus Wikitree.ged on Feb 12, 2012 by Fred Remus. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Fred and others.