HUBER, HOUBRE, OUBRE , HOWER, HOOVER, OUVRE
Although many German Coast researchers trace their ancestry to Jacob HOUBE, he still remains one of the most elusive immigrants. In Louisiana documentation, there are only two references to the possible place of Origin of Jacob HOUBRE. In 1724, Jacob HOUBE was residing on BIENVILLE'S land in present-day uptown New Orleans. According to information furnished to the census taken, Jacob HOUBRE was a native of "Suabe: which is translated to be Swabia. The second source is the second marriage of Christof HUBER, native of Louvin, son of Jacob HUBER and Anne Barbe SCHAUFF[INE], widow of Marie Barbe RAUSCH, to Catherine BENICH, native of Burcken, widow of Jacob FOLTZ, which occurred on Jan. 31, 1747.
Although the references to Swabia in Germany and Louvain in Belgium seem to be in conflict, they may explain the motives for immigration for Jacob HOUBRE. in May 1707, during the War of Spanish Succession. Marshal VILLARS commanded the armies of Louis XIV across the Rhine River and plundered southwestern Germany, including Swabia. Futher, the winter of 1708-1709 was particularly brutal and severely affected the Swabian vine-dressers and farmers. As a consequence, there was a significant emigration from that area to New York in 1709.
The passage from southwestern Germany to New York was conducted through the port of Rotterdam in Holland [ Netherlands ]. From Rotterdam the "Palatines" traveled to London and thence to New York in 1709. By April 19, 1709, there were more than 900 persons at Rotterdam awaiting passage to New York. Rotterdam lay on a direct route along the Rhine River from southwestern Germany; however, it may be that there were additional routes that would have taken Jacob HOUBRE to Louvain, in the Brabant section of Belgium.
If Jacob HOUBRE were among the 1709 immigrants, then perhaps Christopher, his son, would have been born and baptized along the way to Rotterdam. In 1978, Elton OUBRE receive a letter from the City Archives of Louvain, with a xeroxed copy of the baptism of Christophrous HOEBER, son of Joannis Jacobi HOEBER and Anna Barbara HOUBIN, who was baptized on March 13, 1709 in the Catholic Parish of Sint. Pieters [ St. Peters ]. The godparents were Christophrus FISCHER and Joannes EIN.
As the 1724 census records that Jacob HOUBER was a Roman Catholic, an as Christophorus HOEBER was baptized in the Catholic church parish of St. Peters in Louvain, this could provide an explanation of why Jacob [HOUBRE settled in Louisiana instead of in New York. The 1709 immigration was composed of many Roman Catholics and it was not the desire of the queen to settle Catholics in New York. Therefore, Catholics were given the chance to become Protestants to return to their native lands.
Is this how Jacob HOUBE, native of Swabia, came to have a son born in Louvain, Belgium in 1709 and then be among the immigrants to Louisiana in 1721?
An examination of the church registers in the Kraichgau region of Baden in Germany ws conducted to locate the town of origin of Jacob HOUBER. Unfortunately, the name HOUBER is a very common one in southwestern Germany, and there are many Johann Jacobs. To be exact, Johann Jacob or Jacob HOUBER were encountered in the parishes of Adelshofen, Eppiner, Hilsbach, and Karlsruhe. In three cases, the wives of Jacob HOUBE were name Barbara [ no last name was provided]
As with many of the immigrants, the family of Jacob HOUBRE was not found on any of the known ships passenger list. what is known is that Jacob HOUBRE was in Ploemeu on October 22, 1720 awaiting passage to Louisiana, for on that date he was a witness to the marriage of Jean George STERCH and Marie Magdelaine MAYER.
The first documented evidence of Jacob HOUBRE in Louisiana occurred on January 1, 1723, when Jacque OUVRE and Barbe CHAUVINNE, his wife, were ceded property by Sieur de BIENVILLE, for which Jacque OUVRE was topay Sieu de BIENVILLE the sum of eighty livres, three sols, four deniers for each arpent as annual rent, and also six capons and ten days of labor each year.
After the establishment of the German Coast, the villages were heavily flooded by a hurricane in September 1723. The Sieur de BIENVILLE sent a petition to the Superior Court for permission to locate twelve or fifteen German families, who had lost all their possessions in the storm of 1722, on his concession located about three leagues above New Orleans, La.
One of the families was that of Jacob HOUBRE who was enumerated on the poperty on the 1724 census, which containe the following entry:
Census of 1724 No. 3: Jacob HOUBER, age 45, with six arpents. Native of Suevia, Germany Roman Catholic, lives on MR. BIENVILLE'S land, farmer, his wife, a son of 16 years. One engage. One cow, one heifer, a pig. and one employee. Made no crop on account of inundation. Good worker.
On January 1, 1726, Jacque OUBRE, his wife, and one child were residing on BIENVILLE'S land. Jacob Houbre retained possession of the land he acquired from BIENVILLE from January 1, 1723 until April 10, 1727, when he sold it to Louis ROISSET and Marguerite DUMAY, his wife. By 1731 Jacob Houbre, his wife an two children were residing at the German village.
Bobbie Hymel Wade provided informatiion.
Source "German Coasr Families" by Albert J. ROBICHAUX, Jr.
Although many German Coast researchers trace their ancestry to Jacob HOUBE, he still remains one of the most elusive immigrants. In Louisiana documentation, there are only two references to the possible place of Origin of Jacob HOUBRE. In 1724, Jacob HOUBE was residing on BIENVILLE'S land in present-day uptown New Orleans. According to information furnished to the census taken, Jacob HOUBRE was a native of "Suabe: which is translated to be Swabia. The second source is the second marriage of Christof HUBER, native of Louvin, son of Jacob HUBER and Anne Barbe SCHAUFF[INE], widow of Marie Barbe RAUSCH, to Catherine BENICH, native of Burcken, widow of Jacob FOLTZ, which occurred on Jan. 31, 1747.
Although the references to Swabia in Germany and Louvain in Belgium seem to be in conflict, they may explain the motives for immigration for Jacob HOUBRE. in May 1707, during the War of Spanish Succession. Marshal VILLARS commanded the armies of Louis XIV across the Rhine River and plundered southwestern Germany, including Swabia. Futher, the winter of 1708-1709 was particularly brutal and severely affected the Swabian vine-dressers and farmers. As a consequence, there was a significant emigration from that area to New York in 1709.
The passage from southwestern Germany to New York was conducted through the port of Rotterdam in Holland [ Netherlands ]. From Rotterdam the "Palatines" traveled to London and thence to New York in 1709. By April 19, 1709, there were more than 900 persons at Rotterdam awaiting passage to New York. Rotterdam lay on a direct route along the Rhine River from southwestern Germany; however, it may be that there were additional routes that would have taken Jacob HOUBRE to Louvain, in the Brabant section of Belgium.
If Jacob HOUBRE were among the 1709 immigrants, then perhaps Christopher, his son, would have been born and baptized along the way to Rotterdam. In 1978, Elton OUBRE receive a letter from the City Archives of Louvain, with a xeroxed copy of the baptism of Christophrous HOEBER, son of Joannis Jacobi HOEBER and Anna Barbara HOUBIN, who was baptized on March 13, 1709 in the Catholic Parish of Sint. Pieters [ St. Peters ]. The godparents were Christophrus FISCHER and Joannes EIN.
As the 1724 census records that Jacob HOUBER was a Roman Catholic, an as Christophorus HOEBER was baptized in the Catholic church parish of St. Peters in Louvain, this could provide an explanation of why Jacob [HOUBRE settled in Louisiana instead of in New York. The 1709 immigration was composed of many Roman Catholics and it was not the desire of the queen to settle Catholics in New York. Therefore, Catholics were given the chance to become Protestants to return to their native lands.
Is this how Jacob HOUBE, native of Swabia, came to have a son born in Louvain, Belgium in 1709 and then be among the immigrants to Louisiana in 1721?
An examination of the church registers in the Kraichgau region of Baden in Germany ws conducted to locate the town of origin of Jacob HOUBER. Unfortunately, the name HOUBER is a very common one in southwestern Germany, and there are many Johann Jacobs. To be exact, Johann Jacob or Jacob HOUBER were encountered in the parishes of Adelshofen, Eppiner, Hilsbach, and Karlsruhe. In three cases, the wives of Jacob HOUBE were name Barbara [ no last name was provided]
As with many of the immigrants, the family of Jacob HOUBRE was not found on any of the known ships passenger list. what is known is that Jacob HOUBRE was in Ploemeu on October 22, 1720 awaiting passage to Louisiana, for on that date he was a witness to the marriage of Jean George STERCH and Marie Magdelaine MAYER.
The first documented evidence of Jacob HOUBRE in Louisiana occurred on January 1, 1723, when Jacque OUVRE and Barbe CHAUVINNE, his wife, were ceded property by Sieur de BIENVILLE, for which Jacque OUVRE was topay Sieu de BIENVILLE the sum of eighty livres, three sols, four deniers for each arpent as annual rent, and also six capons and ten days of labor each year.
After the establishment of the German Coast, the villages were heavily flooded by a hurricane in September 1723. The Sieur de BIENVILLE sent a petition to the Superior Court for permission to locate twelve or fifteen German families, who had lost all their possessions in the storm of 1722, on his concession located about three leagues above New Orleans, La.
One of the families was that of Jacob HOUBRE who was enumerated on the poperty on the 1724 census, which containe the following entry:
Census of 1724 No. 3: Jacob HOUBER, age 45, with six arpents. Native of Suevia, Germany Roman Catholic, lives on MR. BIENVILLE'S land, farmer, his wife, a son of 16 years. One engage. One cow, one heifer, a pig. and one employee. Made no crop on account of inundation. Good worker.
On January 1, 1726, Jacque OUBRE, his wife, and one child were residing on BIENVILLE'S land. Jacob Houbre retained possession of the land he acquired from BIENVILLE from January 1, 1723 until April 10, 1727, when he sold it to Louis ROISSET and Marguerite DUMAY, his wife. By 1731 Jacob Houbre, his wife an two children were residing at the German village.
Bobbie Hymel Wade provided informatiion.
Source "German Coasr Families" by Albert J. ROBICHAUX, Jr.
HUBER, HOUBRE, OUBRE , HOWER, HOOVER, OUVRE
Although many German Coast researchers trace their ancestry to Jacob HOUBE, he still remains one of the most elusive immigrants. In Louisiana documentation, there are only two references to the possible place of Origin of Jacob HOUBRE. In 1724, Jacob HOUBE was residing on BIENVILLE'S land in present-day uptown New Orleans. According to information furnished to the census taken, Jacob HOUBRE was a native of "Suabe: which is translated to be Swabia. The second source is the second marriage of Christof HUBER, native of Louvin, son of Jacob HUBER and Anne Barbe SCHAUFF[INE], widow of Marie Barbe RAUSCH, to Catherine BENICH, native of Burcken, widow of Jacob FOLTZ, which occurred on Jan. 31, 1747.
Although the references to Swabia in Germany and Louvain in Belgium seem to be in conflict, they may explain the motives for immigration for Jacob HOUBRE. in May 1707, during the War of Spanish Succession. Marshal VILLARS commanded the armies of Louis XIV across the Rhine River and plundered southwestern Germany, including Swabia. Futher, the winter of 1708-1709 was particularly brutal and severely affected the Swabian vine-dressers and farmers. As a consequence, there was a significant emigration from that area to New York in 1709.
The passage from southwestern Germany to New York was conducted through the port of Rotterdam in Holland [ Netherlands ]. From Rotterdam the "Palatines" traveled to London and thence to New York in 1709. By April 19, 1709, there were more than 900 persons at Rotterdam awaiting passage to New York. Rotterdam lay on a direct route along the Rhine River from southwestern Germany; however, it may be that there were additional routes that would have taken Jacob HOUBRE to Louvain, in the Brabant section of Belgium.
If Jacob HOUBRE were among the 1709 immigrants, then perhaps Christopher, his son, would have been born and baptized along the way to Rotterdam. In 1978, Elton OUBRE receive a letter from the City Archives of Louvain, with a xeroxed copy of the baptism of Christophrous HOEBER, son of Joannis Jacobi HOEBER and Anna Barbara HOUBIN, who was baptized on March 13, 1709 in the Catholic Parish of Sint. Pieters [ St. Peters ]. The godparents were Christophrus FISCHER and Joannes EIN.
As the 1724 census records that Jacob HOUBER was a Roman Catholic, an as Christophorus HOEBER was baptized in the Catholic church parish of St. Peters in Louvain, this could provide an explanation of why Jacob [HOUBRE settled in Louisiana instead of in New York. The 1709 immigration was composed of many Roman Catholics and it was not the desire of the queen to settle Catholics in New York. Therefore, Catholics were given the chance to become Protestants to return to their native lands.
Is this how Jacob HOUBE, native of Swabia, came to have a son born in Louvain, Belgium in 1709 and then be among the immigrants to Louisiana in 1721?
An examination of the church registers in the Kraichgau region of Baden in Germany ws conducted to locate the town of origin of Jacob HOUBER. Unfortunately, the name HOUBER is a very common one in southwestern Germany, and there are many Johann Jacobs. To be exact, Johann Jacob or Jacob HOUBER were encountered in the parishes of Adelshofen, Eppiner, Hilsbach, and Karlsruhe. In three cases, the wives of Jacob HOUBE were name Barbara [ no last name was provided]
As with many of the immigrants, the family of Jacob HOUBRE was not found on any of the known ships passenger list. what is known is that Jacob HOUBRE was in Ploemeu on October 22, 1720 awaiting passage to Louisiana, for on that date he was a witness to the marriage of Jean George STERCH and Marie Magdelaine MAYER.
The first documented evidence of Jacob HOUBRE in Louisiana occurred on January 1, 1723, when Jacque OUVRE and Barbe CHAUVINNE, his wife, were ceded property by Sieur de BIENVILLE, for which Jacque OUVRE was topay Sieu de BIENVILLE the sum of eighty livres, three sols, four deniers for each arpent as annual rent, and also six capons and ten days of labor each year.
After the establishment of the German Coast, the villages were heavily flooded by a hurricane in September 1723. The Sieur de BIENVILLE sent a petition to the Superior Court for permission to locate twelve or fifteen German families, who had lost all their possessions in the storm of 1722, on his concession located about three leagues above New Orleans, La.
One of the families was that of Jacob HOUBRE who was enumerated on the poperty on the 1724 census, which containe the following entry:
Census of 1724 No. 3: Jacob HOUBER, age 45, with six arpents. Native of Suevia, Germany Roman Catholic, lives on MR. BIENVILLE'S land, farmer, his wife, a son of 16 years. One engage. One cow, one heifer, a pig. and one employee. Made no crop on account of inundation. Good worker.
On January 1, 1726, Jacque OUBRE, his wife, and one child were residing on BIENVILLE'S land. Jacob Houbre retained possession of the land he acquired from BIENVILLE from January 1, 1723 until April 10, 1727, when he sold it to Louis ROISSET and Marguerite DUMAY, his wife. By 1731 Jacob Houbre, his wife an two children were residing at the German village.
Bobbie Hymel Wade provided informatiion.
Source "German Coasr Families" by Albert J. ROBICHAUX, Jr.
Although many German Coast researchers trace their ancestry to Jacob HOUBE, he still remains one of the most elusive immigrants. In Louisiana documentation, there are only two references to the possible place of Origin of Jacob HOUBRE. In 1724, Jacob HOUBE was residing on BIENVILLE'S land in present-day uptown New Orleans. According to information furnished to the census taken, Jacob HOUBRE was a native of "Suabe: which is translated to be Swabia. The second source is the second marriage of Christof HUBER, native of Louvin, son of Jacob HUBER and Anne Barbe SCHAUFF[INE], widow of Marie Barbe RAUSCH, to Catherine BENICH, native of Burcken, widow of Jacob FOLTZ, which occurred on Jan. 31, 1747.
Although the references to Swabia in Germany and Louvain in Belgium seem to be in conflict, they may explain the motives for immigration for Jacob HOUBRE. in May 1707, during the War of Spanish Succession. Marshal VILLARS commanded the armies of Louis XIV across the Rhine River and plundered southwestern Germany, including Swabia. Futher, the winter of 1708-1709 was particularly brutal and severely affected the Swabian vine-dressers and farmers. As a consequence, there was a significant emigration from that area to New York in 1709.
The passage from southwestern Germany to New York was conducted through the port of Rotterdam in Holland [ Netherlands ]. From Rotterdam the "Palatines" traveled to London and thence to New York in 1709. By April 19, 1709, there were more than 900 persons at Rotterdam awaiting passage to New York. Rotterdam lay on a direct route along the Rhine River from southwestern Germany; however, it may be that there were additional routes that would have taken Jacob HOUBRE to Louvain, in the Brabant section of Belgium.
If Jacob HOUBRE were among the 1709 immigrants, then perhaps Christopher, his son, would have been born and baptized along the way to Rotterdam. In 1978, Elton OUBRE receive a letter from the City Archives of Louvain, with a xeroxed copy of the baptism of Christophrous HOEBER, son of Joannis Jacobi HOEBER and Anna Barbara HOUBIN, who was baptized on March 13, 1709 in the Catholic Parish of Sint. Pieters [ St. Peters ]. The godparents were Christophrus FISCHER and Joannes EIN.
As the 1724 census records that Jacob HOUBER was a Roman Catholic, an as Christophorus HOEBER was baptized in the Catholic church parish of St. Peters in Louvain, this could provide an explanation of why Jacob [HOUBRE settled in Louisiana instead of in New York. The 1709 immigration was composed of many Roman Catholics and it was not the desire of the queen to settle Catholics in New York. Therefore, Catholics were given the chance to become Protestants to return to their native lands.
Is this how Jacob HOUBE, native of Swabia, came to have a son born in Louvain, Belgium in 1709 and then be among the immigrants to Louisiana in 1721?
An examination of the church registers in the Kraichgau region of Baden in Germany ws conducted to locate the town of origin of Jacob HOUBER. Unfortunately, the name HOUBER is a very common one in southwestern Germany, and there are many Johann Jacobs. To be exact, Johann Jacob or Jacob HOUBER were encountered in the parishes of Adelshofen, Eppiner, Hilsbach, and Karlsruhe. In three cases, the wives of Jacob HOUBE were name Barbara [ no last name was provided]
As with many of the immigrants, the family of Jacob HOUBRE was not found on any of the known ships passenger list. what is known is that Jacob HOUBRE was in Ploemeu on October 22, 1720 awaiting passage to Louisiana, for on that date he was a witness to the marriage of Jean George STERCH and Marie Magdelaine MAYER.
The first documented evidence of Jacob HOUBRE in Louisiana occurred on January 1, 1723, when Jacque OUVRE and Barbe CHAUVINNE, his wife, were ceded property by Sieur de BIENVILLE, for which Jacque OUVRE was topay Sieu de BIENVILLE the sum of eighty livres, three sols, four deniers for each arpent as annual rent, and also six capons and ten days of labor each year.
After the establishment of the German Coast, the villages were heavily flooded by a hurricane in September 1723. The Sieur de BIENVILLE sent a petition to the Superior Court for permission to locate twelve or fifteen German families, who had lost all their possessions in the storm of 1722, on his concession located about three leagues above New Orleans, La.
One of the families was that of Jacob HOUBRE who was enumerated on the poperty on the 1724 census, which containe the following entry:
Census of 1724 No. 3: Jacob HOUBER, age 45, with six arpents. Native of Suevia, Germany Roman Catholic, lives on MR. BIENVILLE'S land, farmer, his wife, a son of 16 years. One engage. One cow, one heifer, a pig. and one employee. Made no crop on account of inundation. Good worker.
On January 1, 1726, Jacque OUBRE, his wife, and one child were residing on BIENVILLE'S land. Jacob Houbre retained possession of the land he acquired from BIENVILLE from January 1, 1723 until April 10, 1727, when he sold it to Louis ROISSET and Marguerite DUMAY, his wife. By 1731 Jacob Houbre, his wife an two children were residing at the German village.
Bobbie Hymel Wade provided informatiion.
Source "German Coasr Families" by Albert J. ROBICHAUX, Jr.
