Family/Spouse: Steve Roviscanec. Steve was born in 1914 in Braceville, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA; died on 20 Apr 1968 in Braceville, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marian Roviscanec was born in in Braceville, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA.

Leonard married Katharine Singer in 1898. Katharine (daughter of Johannes Singer and Maria Anna Burkhart) was born on 9 Oct 1874 in Noble County, Ohio, USA; died on 18 Oct 1951 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Elizabeth Herbst on 9 Jan 1855 in Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA. Elizabeth was born on 15 Nov 1838 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA; died on 26 Jan 1930 in Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: http://www.fuldaohio.com/genealogy/pafg63.htm#1554
Conflicting dates of birth:5 Feb 1838 (Delores Snider)5 Mar 1837 (Tom Singer)Census suggests that 1838 is the correct date, as he is listed as being 42 years old on when the census was taken on June 1, 1880.
In 1860, 22 year old John Singer lived and worked with his parents and younger siblings on the family farm in Jefferson Twp., Noble Co., Ohio.
In 1870, John Singer (33) owned a farm worth $3000 in Jefferson Twp., Noble County, Ohio. He lived there with his wife Mary A. (33) and children Marilda (7), Albert (4), Barnabas (2), and Ales (9 months). Only Matilda attended school. Adjacent farms in the census belonged to Sebastian Heil and Albert Mallett.
At the time of the 1880 census, John Singer (42) still lived in Jefferson Twp. with his wife Mary A. (42) and children Tilda (16), Albert (14), Barnabas (13), Aleck (10), Annie (7) and Katie (5). All of the children attended school except Katie. Neighboring farms in the census were those of Albert Mallett and John Williams.
In October 1880, John Singer, George Berkhal and John Morrison were the managers of a political rally for Democratic presidential candidate Winfield Scott Hancock. The rally was attended by between 400 and 500 people. Bands played, dinner was served, and political speeches were made. Hancock lost the popular vote by a small margin to James Garfield the following month. (Source: Caldwell Citizens' Press, 14 Oct 1880)
From the Fulda column of The Caldwell Citizens' Press, 29 May 1884: John Hespot [Herbst] and John Singer lost their spring colts last week.
John Singer left his family in Jefferson Twp. for parts unknown around 1890. He had lost heavily while gambling and was unable to pay his debts. It has also been suggested that he argued with his father. Telling his family he was going to the store for some tobacco, he never returned. His wife was left behind with their six children, age 16 through 27. John's family received news of his death "in a western state" some years later; he had "worked as a cow-doctor" (perhaps Kansas or Texas) (Source: Tom Singer)
A man who may be Fulda's John Singer has been found in the 1900 census living as a farm hand in northern California. Widower John Singer lived with four other farm laborers on the farm of German immigrant Emil Kreng in Tulare Twp., San Joaquin County, California (not to be confused with the city of Tulare). According to the census, John Singer was born in Germany in Feb. 1839.

Johannes married Maria Anna Burkhart on 4 Mar 1862 in Malaga, Malaga Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA. Maria (daughter of Martin Burkhart and Elisabetha Schied) was born on 2 Jul 1839 in Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 25 Aug 1898 in Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: http://www.fuldaohio.com/genealogy/pafg63.htm#1554
Tombstone is a obelisk topped by a cross. The tombstone inscription reads:
Mary A. wife of John SingerBorn July 2 1837Died Aug 25 1898SINGERHere lies one who in this lifeWas a kind mother and a true wifeShe was by many virtues blestand piety among the rest

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Franz Jacob Singer immigrated with his family to the United States in April 1843 on board the packet ship La Duchesse d?Orleans. Jacob and Magdelena already had three children, and Magdelena was pregnant with a fourth child when they left for America. While attempting to board ship in Le Havre, France, they were delayed because of a question regarding their origin and citizenship. (In 1843 "Germany" did not exist, as we know it now. It was a conglomeration of independent states.) As a result of the postponement of the family's travel plans, and Magdelena's advancing pregnancy, Jacob and Magdelena's daughter Catherine was born during the Atlantic crossing on 20 Mar 1843. Fellow passengers took up a collection and presented the Singers with the equivalent of about $200 to celebrate Catherine's birth. La Duchesse d'Orleans arrived in New York on 22 Apr 1843. The route by which the family traveled to Ohio is not known, but Jacob Singer eventually brought his family to Monroe County, Ohio. He used the $200 given to him by his fellow passengers along with other money to purchase a tract of several hundred acres of land in what is now Lewisville, Ohio on Willis Creek. He turned this area into a prosperous farm.
Despi te its name, the Duchesse d'Orleans was an American ship, according to Robert Greenhalgh Albion, Square-Riggers on Schedule: The New York Sailing Packets to England, France, and the Cotton Ports (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1938), p. 286. She was built in New York in 1838 by Webb & Allen, and from 1838 to 1852 belonged of the Havre Union Packet Line, and belonged to the Baltimore registry in 1866. Her measurements were as follows:
ton nage: 798 (old custom house measurement)
length: 155' 6"
beam: 34' 2"
depth of hold: 20' 6"

The master, from 1838 to 1849, was Addison Richardson (d. Brooklyn 1872). Ibid., p. 340. The Duchesse d?Orleans was still in service as late as 1891. White, James Terry, The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time (J.T. White, 1895), vol. 2, p. 263.

Gi ven that La Duchesse d'Orleans is described as a "ship", it is important to recall the distinction between sloops, schooners, brigs and ships. The sloop, which was generally the smallest type, had a single mast, supporting a large fore-and-aft sail. The schooner likewise had fore-and-aft sails, generally with two masts but occasionally, even then, with three. The brig had two masts, but was square-rigged; that is, each mast supported several sails, which crossed from side to side of the vessel instead of lying fore-and-aft. Finally, the full-rigged ship had three masts, all of which were square-rigged. The nautical purists are careful not to use the word "ship" as a synonym for vessel, when brigs or schooners might be included in the term. A fifth type, the bark, began to be common in the 'thirties [1830's]. It had three masts, the first two of which were square-rigged and the third fore-and-aft. In size, it usually fitted in between the brig and the ship. On the whole, the relative size of the four main classes ran up-wards from the sloop through the schooner and brig to the ship. There was considerable overlapping, however, for the largest vessels in a lower category were generally of greater tonnage than the smallest in the next higher grade. Albion, p. 13.

A "packet" does not represent a "type" of vessel, but its function ? i.e., a vessel that sails a set course on a regular schedule. In this
respect the packet differs from the "transient" or "tramp" (which picks
up cargoes wherever it can find them and carries them to whatever port business at the moment directs, with no set course of predetermined schedule) and from the "regular trader" (which limit itself to trade between two or more particular ports, but follows no fixed schedule). In order to maintain a regular schedule, more than one ship (all true packets were full-rigged ships) was required, and packets were organized into "lines" (the origin of the term "liner"); the earliest true line was the "Black Ball" line between New York and Liverpool, and the first sailings took place in January 1818. The Havre Union Line, to which the Duchesse d'Orleans belonged, was initiated in 1823.

Franz married Maria Magdalena Zwick on 2 Oct 1834 in Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Pfalz, Bayern. Maria (daughter of Franz Zwick and Margaretha Erhard) was born on 9 Jun 1815 in Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Pfalz; died on 2 Jan 1896 in Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1850, 63 year old farmer Martin Burkhart lived in Malaga Twp., Monroe County, Ohio with his wife Elizabeth (61) and children George (23), David (21), John (18), Barbara (16), and Mary Ann (14 ). Martin's farm was worth $1500. Neighboring farms in the census belonged to German farmers Joseph Spangler and George Bink. From researcher Mark Haren: Burkhard family chart list's line of decent for Martin as followes: 1.Johannes T. 2.Johannes T. Sr. 3. Leonhard 4.Johannes 5.Johannes Sebastian Jr. 6.Johannes Sebastian Sr.

Martin married Elisabetha Schied on 17 May 1813 in Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Pfalz, Bayern. Elisabetha (daughter of Anton Schied and Katharina Wachtel) was born on 26 May 1791 in Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Pfalz; died on 12 May 1862 in Summit Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Seneca Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]