NameJochim Heinrich Christoph Wiech
Birth3 Jan 1820, Alt Pokrent, Mecklenburg, Germany
Baptism5 Jan 1820, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pokrent, Mecklenburg, Germany
Death6 Nov 1882, North Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio
Burial9 Nov 1882, Cleveland Street Cemetery, Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio
OccupationArbeitman (workman) in 1845; Vogt (overseer) in 1846; Day laborer in 1847 (all in Neuendorf)
Spouses
BirthNeuendorf, Mecklenburg, Germany
Death? 1864
Marriage21 Nov 1844, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pokrent, Mecklenburg, Germany
ChildrenJohann Jochim Heinrich (1845-1845)
Birth5 Oct 1834, Neuendorf, Mecklenburg, Germany
Baptism5 Oct 1834, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pokrent, Mecklenburg, Germany
Death9 Apr 1904, Carlisle Township, Lorain County, Ohio
Burial1904, Cleveland Street Cemetery, Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio
MotherCatharina Maria Sophia Koch (1809-1857)
ChildrenEmma (1866-1876)
 Otto (1868-)
 Wilhelm (1871-1944)
 Rudolph (1874-)
Notes for Jochim Heinrich Christoph Wiech
Source of the information in Mecklenburg: Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pokrent, Mecklenburg.
Heinrich’s parents were Peter Ludwig Wiech, a workman in Alt Pokrent, and Katharine Sophie Koester. His baptismal sponsors were Franz Jochim Krueger, Jochim Christoph Steinfall of All Pokrent, and Heinrich Nicolaus Koester of Koeltzin (?).


Source of the immigration information: Hamburg Direct LIst--1864: Ship’s register in Hamburg for the Prinz Albert.
Heinrich emigrated to New York from Hamburg on the Prinz Albert with his 16 year-old son Joachim Wiech on April 5, 1864. He was traveling with Catherine Koch and her sons Johan, 7, Joachim, 5, and Carl, 2.
His name was also given as Weich and Wieg.
Notes for Christine Sophie Katharine (Spouse 1)
Source: Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pokrent, Mecklenburg.
Her father was Johan Ludwig Hagelstein, an overseer in Niendorf [Neuendorf].
I could not find a record of her death before 1864 when her husband emigrated to the US with their 16-year-old son Jochim.
Notes for Katharine Marie Dorothea (Spouse 2)
Source of her birth and confirmation information: Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pokrent, Mecklenburg.
Her baptismal sponsors were three single women: Katherine Marie Sophie Koch of [Gross?] Renzow, [her mother’s sister] Anna Maria Dorothea Koch of Niendorf [Neuendorf], and Magdalene Dorothea Elisabeth Koch of Luetzow.
She was confirmed in
Source of her immigration information: Hamburg Direct List-1864. Ship’s register in Hamburg.
She emigrated from Hamburg to New York on the Prinz Albert, leaving Hamburg on April 5, 1864. She traveled with her sons Johan, age 7, Joachim, age 5, and Carl, age 2. Joachim Heinrich Christoph Wiech, age 40, and his son Joachim, age 16, traveled with her. All were listed as being from Neuendorf.
[The Prinz Albert was the same ship taken by her stepfather, Hans Joachim Ludwig Kohn, and his family from Hamburg to NYC in 1862.]
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