The River Running
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Catharina Bayer and Leonhard Fuhrmann
Catharina Bayer and Leonhard Fuhrmann appear to have married some time during the records gap. Leonhard is quite probably Leonhard Conrad, the son of Catharina Heck and Johann Peter Fuhrmann born 03 Jan 1779 and christened in Freinsheim the same day.
My best guess on Catharina is that she's Maria Catharina Bayer, the daughter of Maria Catharina Christmann and Johannes Bayer, born 14 Dec 1783 and christened in Freinsheim 15 Dec 1783.
Catharina and Leonhard had ten children that I know of, three of whom died young:
Death of Catharina Bayer and 1828 Auction
Catharina died and was buried in Freinsheim 08 Jan 1828.
Volume 11 of the Intelligenz des Rheinkreises includes a legal notice published 30 Jul 1828 of a voluntary legal auction of house and goods to be held at 2 PM on 14 Aug 1828 at the city hall. The auction was on behalf of Leonhard Fuhrmann, innkeeper, both in his own name and the natural guardian of his minor children by his late wife Catharina Bayer: Johannes, Adam, Reinhard, Susanne, Christine, Catharine and David Fuhrmann. Johannes is a Schlosser, a locksmith or metal worker. The others have no profession. They're all resident in Freinsheim. The sale was agreed to by the secondary guardian of the children, Reinhard Kreter, a farmer resident in Freinsheim.
The property being sold consists of a residence house with equipment on the ring wall (Ringmauer) in Freinsheim and 78 ares (0.78 hectares) arable land in five pieces, located in different strips of the subdistrict of Freinsheim. The whole is valued at 1,275 florins.
A later notice published 04 Oct 1828 indicates that the date of the sale was moved to 15 Oct 1828 at 9 AM at the city hall. This second notice describes Leonhard as a "farmer and innkeeper" (Ackersmann and Wirth).
Death of Leonhard Fuhrmann and 1834 Auction
The house that was sold in 1828 may have been specifically a house that was Catharina's property, while Leonhard owned another house. Or it may be that he reinvested the proceeds by buying a second house more suitable to his needs. Certainly by 30 October 1834, Leonhard had died and there was another house to be auctioned off.
Catharina and Leonhard are described this time as "farming folk." Their children and heirs are Johannes, Schlosser; Adam, farmer; Reichard, farmer; Susanna, without profession; Katharina, Christine and David. The first three are adults, the last three are still minors. The main guardian of the minors is Leonhard Isserheld, a farmer, while their secondary guardian is Reichard Kröter, also a farmer. I suspect that the latter is the same person as "Reinhard Kreter" in 1828. I also suspect that he's the Reichard Kröter who was married to Susanna Bayer, possibly Catharina Bayer's younger sister.
The auction was fixed for Monday, 17 Nov 1834, at 2 PM in Freinsheim at the community hall. The property being auctioned off was a one-storey residence house with a stable, courtyard and other equipment; a "Baumstück" (tree trunk?) and a farm field. The property was located in Freinsheim on the Bergweg in front of the Heinthor, bounded on the north by the Borngasse (literally, Spring Alley), on the south by property belonging to Joseph Kaufmann and Johannes Tillman, on the east by the "Gemeindegraben" (community ditch? did the water from the spring run into it?) and on the west by the Bergweg. Altogether the property includes 18 ares and 55 centiares, valued at 1,150 florins.
I think I might actually know where this is, at least roughly. The Heinthor - the Hein tower - is long gone, but there's still a Haintorstraße in Freinsheim. The Borngasse runs parallel to Haintorstraße but a block south, between Friedhofstraße to the east and Bismarckstraße to the west. Now Otto von Bismarck was born in 1815. His political career didn't really pick up steam until 1862. Certainly in 1834, what's now the Bismarckstraße must have had another name.
Moving Forward
Johannes the Schlosser is a definite possibility for the Johannes Fuhrman who married Barbara Lind in Freinsheim 30 Nov 1830. He and his family emigrated in 1839, and at least some of them seem to have ended up in St Louis, Missouri.
Adam is almost certainly the Adam Fuhrmann who married Catharina Weilbrenner in Freinsheim 30 Jun 1836.
Reichard also seems to have emigrated to the St Louis area, possibly with his brother Johannes, possibly not. He was definitely there and married by 1843. In the summer of 1848, two children died and were buried in the St Marcus Cemetery in St Louis. Anna Elisabetha had been born 24 Dec 1843 in St Clair County, Illinois, directly across the Mississippi River from St Louis. David had been born 06 Jan 1847. Both were the children of "Reichard Fuhrmann from Freinsheim, Rheinbaiern" and his wife Francisca or Franziska Bechtloft.
According to the US Census records for 1850-1880, Richard was born in 1811. His death record - he died 27 May 1885 - says he was born in 1809. He and Franciska had only one son who survived childhood, Adam, but Adam became a doctor and had six children with his second wife, Emma Scheer.
Susanne, who was an adult by 1834, may be the Susanna Fuhrmann who married Peter Dausmann (Daussmann, Dauhsmann) 06 Nov 1836. They had four children christened in Freinsheim, one of whom died young:
Peter Daussmann died and was buried in Freinsheim 09 Jan 1847.
Catharine is the more likely possibility of two for the Catharina Fuhrmann who married Franz III Selzer and had one son, Ludwig, christened in Freinsheim 08 May 1839. Eight months later, Franz died. He was buried in Freinsheim 31 Jan 1840. The other possibility for Franz's wife is the daughter of Anna Elisabetha Ittel and Adam Fuhrmann, but I'm fairly sure she emigrated to Missouri with several of her siblings.
I have no further reliable information on Anna Christina born 1821 or David born 1824.