Johann George KORNGIEBEL
by The Rev. Ned H. Benson, D.Min.
                        nbenson@stjohnschurch.org
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Ancestors of :
Dr.Ned Benson - St. John's Church - Reno, Nevada
"A Schwoab wird mit vierzig g'scheit, andere net in Ewigkeit!"
Father: Benson-Korngiebel-Pinnick-Crocker Mother: Scheihing-Roemer

FIRST GENERATION

1.     Johann George KORNGIEBEL was born on 19 Feb 1810 in Wolfhagen, Kreis
Wolfhagen, Hessen-Kassel. The death notice in the People's Advocate & Press (Perry Co, PA) gives his age at death as 79 years, 8 months, and 17 days, which calculates his birth to be 14 Feb 1810.

The Death Records of Mt. Zion E.V.G. Association, Elliotsburg, PA gives his age at death as 78-8-17, which calculates his birth to be 14 Feb 1811. He was baptized on 24 Feb 1810 in Wolfhagen, Kreis Wolfhagen, Hessen-Kassel. Wolfhagen, Hesse

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REF: Microfilm #0810892

1808-1809 -  Register der Zivilacten

Geborne (Birth) -
1810, page 17 - Johann George Korngiebel
 

Translation:

In the year one-thousand-eight-hundred-and-ten, on 24th of February about ten in the morning, Edhardt Korngiebel, 45 years old, presented a male child, with his wife Maria Katharina ne Wolf, born the 19th (neunzehnten) day of the same month about 3 in the afternoon, and gave him the name Johann George. Sponsors: local day-laborer (Tagl"hner) Israel Helirig, 62 years, and  one of the stocking-weaver guild Wilhelm Dittmar, 31 years old, also from here."

The document bears the signatures of W. F. Liebermann, Heysieger Pfarrer; Edhardt Korngiebel; and the witnesses. Israel Helirig signed his name spelled "Iszrall Helieg." He emigrated in 1843 from Wolfhagen, Kreis Wolfhagen, Hessen-Kassel to USA. Probably via Bremen or Bremerhaven.

REF: Cited on p. 119 of Guenther, Kurt. "Hessian Emigrants to America." In Germanic Genealogist, No. 30, (1986), pp. 596-599, Parts 12, 13: 1843-1844. Also in The Augustan Society Omnibus, book 7, pp. 118-121.

1843 - Korngiebel, George Wolfhagen emigrated alone.  In this journal Georg Korngiebel's town of origin is Wolfhagen, Kreis Wolfhagen, about 25 km due west of Kassel. He was buried in 1889 in German Cemetery, New Bloomfield, Spring Twnshp, Perry Co, PA. Little German Cemetery,
New Bloomfield, southeast of Elliottsburg, Perry County, Spring Township PA. He died on 3 Nov 1889 in Landisburg Reformed Charge, New Bloomfield, Perry Co, PA. People's Advocate & Press (Perry Co, PA) 6 Nov 1889

DIED

On the 3rd last, in Spring township, GEORGE KORNGABLE, aged 79 years,
8 months, and 17 days.

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Advocate & Press 11/6/1889

SUDDEN DEATH - Our Elliotsburg correspondent says, that on the Sabbath forenoon, Geo. Korngable, an old and well-known resident of Spring township, died. He had been ailing for several days, but nothing serious was anticipated. On Saturday he took cramp and gradually grew worse until he died about 9:30 o'clock a.m. on Sabbath. He was in his eightieth year, having been born February 6th, 1810. The funeral was held from his residence on Wesnesday at 10 a.m. Interment in the Evangelical cemetery.

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From the Death Records of Mt. Zion E.V.G. Association, Elliotsburg, PA
Name Death Date Age (Y-M-D)

KORNGABLE, George J. Nov. 3, 1889 78-8-17

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He had an estate probated in Mar 1990 in Elliotsburg, Spring Twp, Perry Co, PA.

Newspaper Clippings in the files of Perry Historians:

EXECUTOR'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

The undersigned, executor of George Korngabel, late of Spring township, Perry county, Pa, deceased, will offer at public outcry, on the premises, on Saturday, the 22nd day of May, 1890,
at 1'clock p.m., the following described real estate, to wit:

TWO LOTS OF LAND, situated in the village of Elliotsburg, Spring township, Perry county,
Pa., Trust No. 1 adjoining lands of Jacob Dum and public road, containing ONE FOURT OF AN ACRE, having thereon erected a new two-story frame and weatherboarded DWELLING HOUSE,
and also No 2 Tract adjoining land of F. S. Rice and others, containing NE ACRE, 45 PERCHES,
having thereon erected a one-story frame and WEATHERBOARDED HOUSE, and also a imestone quarry, adjoining lands of Henry Wertz and thers, containing one-fourth of an acre, more or less.

Terms of sale - Ten percent of the purchase money to be paid when the property is stricken
down, one-half of purchase money, including the ten percent, to be paid on the first of
April, 1891, and the other half on the last day of April, 1891, to be secured by judgment
bonds bearing interest from 1st of April 1890. Insurance on the property to be held as collateral for purchase money.

D. J. LONG, Exercutor

March 5, 90

What is the meaning of the name "Korngiebel?" In contemporary German it has no sensible meaning. "Korn" means "grain" and "a "Giebel" is that part of a roof structure called a "dormer" in English. Perhaps a "Korngiebel" was a dormer through which grain was placed in a barn?

This makes sense, except for the fact that there is no such term in German and no history of such a term. However there is another possibility. "Korn" or "K"rner" also refered to a "dealer in grain." "Giebel," it turns out has several meanings. In Middle High German, "gebel" means "skull," which also was used to refer to the head of an enterprise. So possibly "Korngiebel" comes from that era and means "head grain dealer."

Some family believed the name to be Korngabel, with could mean "grain fork," possible "pitchfork." There is, however, no such word in Germany now, though it could have been a Hessian dialect word in the 19th century. There is also indication that the name in Germany was Korngbel, or Korngiebel.

The Korngiebels were carpet weavers by trade in Germany, according to Lena May Kongabel Benson.

An 1877 map shows "G. Corngabel" as owner of a home in the east end of Little German Valley, Spring Township, 2 mles SE of Elliottsburg and 4 miles SW of Bloomfield Borough. In Perry township, PA, he went by the name George J. Korngabel (or Korngable); both spellings occur in contemporary documents.

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Times, 12-17-1886

THE residence of Mr. Geo. Korngable, on Mahoney Ridge, near Elliottsburg, caught fire Thursday night of last week, about 10 o'clock, and before discovery, the fire had got so great that scarcely
anything was saved. Two ten dollar gold pieces, several dollars in silver and a five dollar bill were burned. The gold and silver may be found yet. The origin of the fire is no known. Mr. Korngable had his house insured for $250 in the American Company.

[This fire is the reason there are no documents about George or his wife, no family Bible, etc.]

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1880 U.S. Census, Perry Co, Spring Twp. Pa. 1 Jun 1880, page 187B

1820
Korngable George M. 71 Mar. Farmer b. Hesse Casel, father b. Hesse Casel, mother b. Hesse Casel.

Korngable Mary F. 65 Keeping house b. Prussia father b. Prussia, mother b. Prussia

Korngable Lizzie F 26 Single Dau. b. Pa. father b. Hesse, mother b. Prussia

Miller William M. 5 Single Grandson b. Pa father b. Pa., Mother b. Pa.

He was married to Maria Elisabetha (Mary) SCHRECKENGAST. Maria Elisabetha

(Mary) SCHRECKENGAST was born between 1 Jun 1816 and 3 Nov 1816 in Prussia. She was buried in 1895 in German Cemetery, New Bloomfield, Spring Twnshp, Perry Co, PA. Buried in Little German Cemetery, New Bloomfield, southeast of Elliottsburg, Perry Cty PA She died on 3 Nov 1895 in Landisburg Reformed Charge, New Bloomfield, Perry Co, PA.

Newport News (Perry Co, PA) 7 Nov 1895 Thursday, page 3

ELLIOTSBURG, November 2. Mrs. Korngable died last Sabbath evening at about 8 o'clock. She was the relict of the late George Korngable and was born in Germany. Her remains will be consigned to her grave today at 10 a.m., Rev. House officiating.

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Death Records, Perry Co, PA 1893-1919

Microfilm #2644 - Pennsylvania Archives, Harrisburg, PA

12 Dec 1895 Korngable, Mary, white, female. 79 years, single. Born Germany, died 3 Nov 1895 Spring Twp., cause of death-old age. Last illness of 3 mo. Duration, buried Spring Twp. (b. 1816) Johann George KORNGIEBEL and Maria Elisabetha (Mary) SCHRECKENGAST had the following children:
 

Second Generation