1. PETER³ REMUS (CASPAR², MARTIN¹) was born October 20, 1746 in Preuss Friedland Parish, West Prussia¹, and died Bef. 1778². He married BARBARA PUFAL December 26, 1765 in Zempelberg village, West Prussia³. She was born 1750 in (see note)^4,5.

Notes for PETER REMUS:

The village of Waldau (pp. 821-823) (3 miles east of Zempelburg; one mile from Gross Klonia) has Christian, Peter and Daniel listed in the 1772 census; they are not mentioned in Goerke's "Der Kries Flatow."

Peter Remus of Waldau lived with his wife, three sons, one daughter, two hired male farm workers, and three hired female workers in Waldau. He was a renter or tenant of a farm separate from the farms associated with the village (perhaps in addition to having a farm associated with the village).

More About PETER REMUS:

Baptism: October 23, 1746, Preuss Friedland Parish, West Prussia⁶

Residence: Abt. 1770, tenant farmer in Waldowo, West Prussia^7,8

Notes for BARBARA PUFAL:

Either there are two Peter's each having wives of the same first name, same age, living in the same area, and having children at around the same time. Also if two families, they both stopped having kids at about the same time. Or Peter had only one wife who was listed under two names - Barbara Pufal and Barbara Juliana Zyck. Perhaps she was a widow listed on both names. This would correspond to only one death record for Peter (not two Peters) and one one Peter in the area in the 1772 census.

Therefore, I assume one woman with two names as the most likely situation.

More About BARBARA PUFAL:

Occupation: 1772, was a godparent in Waldowo

Children of PETER REMUS and BARBARA PUFAL are:

2. JOHAN GEORG⁴ REMUS (PETER³, CASPAR², MARTIN¹) was born February 25, 1767 in Zempelburg, West Prussia¹⁵, and died April 02, 1832 in Prust, Tuchel, West Prussia¹⁶. He married EVA ROSINA LOPER Bef. 1792. She was born 1769¹⁷, and died 1832 in Prust, Tuchel, West Prussia¹⁸.

More About JOHAN GEORG REMUS:

Occupation: Schafer (shepherd)¹⁹

Residence: 1794, Nichors, Zempelburg, West Prussia

Children of JOHAN REMUS and EVA LOPER are:

3. CHRISTOPH⁴ REMUS (PETER³, CASPAR², MARTIN¹) was born July 29, 1770 in Waldowo, West Prussia^34,35. He married ANNA WIFE OF CHRISTOPH REMUS. She was born 1778 in Zempelburg Parish, West Prussia³⁶.

More About CHRISTOPH REMUS:

Godparents: Peter Hoppe of Wilkowo and Eva Remus of Waldowo³⁷

Occupation: 1809, Hirt (herder) in Zempelburg

Residence: 1809, Zbosse, West Prussia³⁸

Child of CHRISTOPH REMUS and ANNA REMUS is:

4. DANIEL⁴ REMUS (PETER³, CASPAR², MARTIN¹) was born Bet. 1772 - 1778 in Zempelburg, West Prussia³⁹, and died August 29, 1840 in Zempelberg, West Prussia⁴⁰. He married (1) MARIE LUISE GOLTZ October 16, 1808 in Zempelburg Parish, West Prussia⁴¹, daughter of FRIEDRICH GOLTZ and CHISTINE GROLOCK. She was born 1782 in Vandsburg, West Prussia⁴¹, and died Bef. 1828 in Zempelburg, West Prussia⁴². He married (2) CHRISTINE BONIN GB HENNIG June 20, 1828 in Letsu, Zempelberg, West Prussia^42,43. She was born 1805⁴³.

Notes for DANIEL REMUS:

The marriage record of Daniel Remuss (hereafter Daniel the younger) record states the name of the grandfather of August Wilhelm Remuss; it is Daniel Remuss (hereafter Daniel the elder), the same name as August's father. Given that Daniel the younger was born on 19 June 1812, Daniel the elder would have to have been born no later than 1792. Also given that Daniel the younger was the second son, Daniel the elder could have married no later than 1810. There is no appropriate candidate in the Tuchel, Konitz, or Mariendwerder parish records. Therefore it is likely that August's Grandfather David the elder lived other than in Tuchel and August's father Daniel born other than in Tuchel. Candidate locations include Vandsburg, Zbosse, and Cammin, Zempelburg (from the 1772 West Prussia Census). \

Now turning to the location suggested by the 1772 West Prussia census, I found an appropriate candidate in Zempelburg. The marriage record of Daniel Remus of Zempelburg, shepherd (schafer in German), age 35, shows him getting married on 16 October 1808 to Marie Louise Goltz of Zipno (Sittnow), age 26 (1808 Zempelburg Marriage Records on FHL microfilm 245459). This Daniel would have had time (4 years) to produce both a first son Johan plus Daniel the younger (the second son), August's father. Daniel the elder would have been born in 1773 and Marie in 1782.

This Daniel's children Johan (1809), Daniel (1881) and Peter (1819) are born in Zbosse. Daniel the elder then disappears from the records until the 1830's when some of Daniel the elder's children are confirmed in Tuchel Parish. Daniel the elder's children include Johan born April 30, 1809, Christoph Friedrich born 24 April 1820, Caroline born 1 May 1823, Peter born 17 February 1824, Anna born September 02, 1825, and Louise born July 05, 1828. So perhaps he took his family elsewhere and had more kids at this second location (perhaps nearby Gross Klonia where the marriage record said Daniel the younger was from).

More About DANIEL REMUS:

Occupation: Bet. 1808 - 1839, Schafer - shepherd

Residence: 1808, Zempelburg, West Prussia

More About MARIE LUISE GOLTZ:

Residence: 1808, Zipno (Sittnow), West Prussia

Children of DANIEL REMUS and MARIE GOLTZ are:

Child of DANIEL REMUS and CHRISTINE HENNIG is:

5. DANIEL⁵ REMUS (CHRISTOPH⁴, PETER³, CASPAR², MARTIN¹) was born 1799 in Zempelburg, West Prussia⁵¹. He married CAROLINE OEHLKE November 1824 in Vandsburg, West Prussia⁵², daughter of DAVID OEHLKE. She was born 1799 in Smilovo, Vandsburg, West Prussia⁵².

Children of DANIEL REMUS and CAROLINE OEHLKE are:

6. DANIEL⁵ REMUS (DANIEL⁴, PETER³, CASPAR², MARTIN¹) was born October 29, 1811 in Zbosse, West Prussia⁵⁷, and died February 03, 1844 in Welpin, Tuchel, West Prussia⁵⁸. He married CHRISTINE BERG July 21, 1839 in Neutuchel, West Prussia⁵⁹. She was born 1808⁵⁹, and died Bef. 1867.

Notes for DANIEL REMUS:

There is an additional bit of complexity to be added. The christening records at Tuchel show August Wilhelm Remuss to be born to Daniel Remuss (second son of Daniel Remuss; August was born in Gross Klonia) and his wife Christine nee Berz, widow of Michael Bettin of Neutuchel. The christening date for August Wilhelm Remuss is 29 March 1840 (Tuchel 1840 christening record # 48) at Neutuchel. August's birth date is said to be 5 March 1840 in Remus family records. August's mother Christine named in the christening record doesn't correspond to the mother's name Eva in August's marriage record above.

The parents of August Wilhelm Remuss were married on 21 July 1839 (Tuchel 1839 Marriage record # 23). Daniel was 27 years 1 month and 2 days old at the time of the marriage so he was born on 19 June 1812. The marriage record also states that Daniel worked assisting in tending the flock of sheep.

Christine was 31 at the time of their marriage to Daniel Remus so she was born around 1808. She had at least two children by her first husband Michael Bettin; Carl Wilhelm Bettin was born September 13, 1835 in Neutuchel and Johan Ferdinand Bettin was born April 08, 1832. So August had older stepbrothers.

Alyce Lang reports the following story from the Remus Family of Langenburg: "Langenburg records state that August Remus had two older brothers, one of whom went to New York, then no further contact. The other served in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, was disabled and pensioned. He remained in Germany and August received letters from him up until 1914." These must be August's two older stepbrothers, Johan Ferdinand and Carl Wilhelm Bettin.

In that time farmers had houses in the village and walked out to their farms. Christine's family at the time of the marriage lived in the country implying they were poor and/or small time farmers. Both the Bettin and Berz families first appear in the Tuchel records in the early 1830's so likely the groups moved to Tuchel at that time. These family names also appear earlier in the Zempelburg parish records discussed below so the families may have moved from Zempelburg to Tuchel in early 1830's.

Daniel and Christine had Rosa Emilie christened on 16 October 1842 (Tuchel 1842 christening record # 164).

Daniel Remuss wife's Family Name - the hand written name appears several times in the records. The first two characters are BE and the last two could be interpreted as the polish rz or rg, German rg, or German symbol for the double ss. I have chosen Berz as it seems closest.

More About DANIEL REMUS:

Christening: November 03, 1811

Occupation: 1839, shepard

Residence: 1839, Gr. Konia, West Prussia (near Waldowo)

More About CHRISTINE BERG:

Name Change: Berz or Benz or Bettin

Residence: 1839, Eichenfeld, Tuchel, West Prussia

Children of DANIEL REMUS and CHRISTINE BERG are:

7. PETER⁵ REMUS (DANIEL⁴, PETER³, CASPAR², MARTIN¹) was born February 17, 1814 in Zbosse, Zempelburg, West Prussia⁶⁴. He married ROSINE PAHL December 10, 1834 in Zempelberg, West Prussia⁶⁵, daughter of MATTIAS PAHL. She was born 1811⁶⁵.

More About PETER REMUS:

Christening: February 20, 1814

Notes for ROSINE PAHL:

Child of PETER REMUS and ROSINE PAHL is:

8. ROSA EMILIE⁶ REMUS (DANIEL⁵, DANIEL⁴, PETER³, CASPAR², MARTIN¹) was born October 12, 1842 in Kielpin, Tuchel, West Prussia⁶⁷. She married MICHAEL NOWATZKE September 29, 1859 in Koffowo, Tuchel, West Prussia⁶⁸. He was born 1837⁶⁸.

More About ROSA EMILIE REMUS:

Christening: October 16, 1842, Gp Rosa Bess, Caroline Remus

More About MICHAEL NOWATZKE:

Residence: 1859, Iwietz, Tuchel, West Prussia

Children of ROSA REMUS and MICHAEL NOWATZKE are: