Ohio Families

William Johann's birth year should be considered approximate. The 1900 Census said he was born in Mar 1824. The Hamburg Passenger Lists say he was 32 in July 1857. The censuses vary widely. His death notice says his age at death was 82 in May of 1905.

After looking at his arrival information, I suspect William's name in Germany was Johann Wilhelm Telzrow, with Johann being an baptismal name and Wilhelm being the name he would be known by.

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 at ancestry.com
Year 1857; Arrival: New York; Microfilm Serial: M237; Microfilm Roll: M237_178; Line: 35; List Number: 1100

Arrival Date: 14 Sep 1857
Ship Name: Chas Smith, a schooner
Captain: A.H.Simpson
Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany
all from Germany and intending to settle in the US

Johann Telzrow, 32, carpenter
Maria Telzrow, 35, wife
Wilhelm Telzrow, 7 1/2, son
Johanna Telzrow, 5, daughter
Bertha Telzrow, 1, daughter

[Note: They were indexed as "Tetzedw" at ancestry.com]
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Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 (at ancestry.com)

Direkt Band 011 (28 Feb 1857 - 24 Dez 1857, Page 664
(Image 319 at ancestry.com)

Ship: Charles Smith
Captain: Charles Simpson
left 14 July 1857 from Hamburg

all from Bresewitz, Mecklenburg

Johannes Telzrow, 32, zimmermann [= carpenter]
Maria Telzrow, 35, frau
Wilhelm Telzrow, 9, sohn
Johanna Telzrow, 5, [Tochter for daughter?, can't read]
Bertha Telzrow, 1, [Tochter for daughter?, can't read]

 

[The name looks more like Telzner and was indexed as Telzner in the old handwritten indexes to the passenger lists. But it is the same family that arrived in New York on Sep 14 as listed above.]

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There was another family listed just before the Telzrows, also from Bresewitz, Mecklenburg. They are listed just after the Telzrows in Cleveland in the 1860 census. Are they related?

Carl Arndt, 39, zimmermann
Anna Arndt, 42, frau
Auguste Arndt, 20, daughter
Rudolph Arndt, 3/4
Hermann Arndt, 10
Wilhelmine Arndt 8, daughter
Wilhelm Arndt, 7
Joachim Behoener?, 34, arbeiter [= worker]

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1860; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 6, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M653_952; Page: 170; Image: 175; Family History Library Film: 803952

Wm Felzero 37, carpenter, all birthplaces: Mecklenburg
Mary Felzero 41
Wm Felzero 12William J.
Johanna Felzero 10
Bertha Felzero 5

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1870; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 6, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M593_1190; Page: 126B; Enumerated Jul 14, 1870.
Post Office: Cleveland, 429 Woodland Av, same house as son William

William Telzwa, 45, ship's carpenter, real estate worth $2500, birthplace: Meckelburg, parents of foreign birth, male citizen of US
Mary Telzwa, 46, keeping house, birthplace: Meckelburg, parents of foreign birth
Betsy Telzwa, 15, dressmaker, birthplace: Meckelburg, parents of foreign birth
[Note: Ancestry.com calls the birthplace Meckenlenburg-Strelitz in its transcription]

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1880 Cleveland City Directory
Telzrow William, Carpenter, r 244 Orange

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1880; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 1006; Family History Film: 1255006; Page: 157A; Enumeration District: 022
at 242 Orange Ave, next to son William

William Telzrow 65, head, works in shipyard, he and parents born in Prussia
Mary Telzrow 75, wife, keeping house, she and parents born in Prussia
Mary Telzrow 10, [says] daughter, born in Ohio

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1900; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 10, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T623_1253; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 43.
at 267 Brownell St

John Kaercher 47, Dec 1852, GER GER GER, arr 1872, naturalized , barber
Bertha Kaercher 44, Feb 1855, married 25 yrs, 5 children, 4 alive, GER GER GER, arr 1857,
Alma Kaercher 20, Mar 1880, stenographer
Elsie Kaercher 16, Feb 1884
John Kaercher 13, Feb 1887
William Telzrow 76, Mar 1824, father in law, widowed, GER GER GER, arr 1857, naturalized, no occupation

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From the Cleveland necrology file:
Name: Telzrow, William J.
Date: 5-5-1905
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #079.
Notes: age 82. Woodland Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

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from findagrave.com:
Birth: 1823, Germany
Death: May 4, 1905

Cause of Death: Bronchitis
Address: 26 Gallup St