Johannes Gerhard Thevis

1857 - 1934  (76 years)

• Name	Johannes Gerhard Thevis
  Nickname	Gerhard John
  Born	9 Dec 1857	Langbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Mar 1934	Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA   [6, 7]
  Buried	Saint Leo's Cemetery, Lafayette, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA   [8]
  Person ID	I59181	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Jakob Thevis,   b. 7 Apr 1830, Langbroich, Gangelt, Westfalen ,   d. Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Mother	Maria Gertrude Mertens,   b. 1830,   d. Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F27002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Maria Klein,   b. 1865, Busenberg, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 0Oct 1895, Louisiana, USA  (Age 30 years)
  Married	17 Nov 1884	Louisiana, USA
  Children	1. Maria Odelia Thevis,   b. 15 May 1886, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 3 Jan 1984, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 97 years)   2. Peter Reinhard Thevis,   b. 0Dec 1888, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 1904, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age ~ 15 years)   3. Peter Joseph Thevis,   b. 20 Oct 1889, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 20 Apr 1969, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 79 years)   4. Peter Leonard Thevis,   b. 8 Aug 1891, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 0Feb 1987, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 95 years)   5. Maria Walburga Thevis,   b. 20 Dec 1893, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 20 Oct 1994, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 100 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F27001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1867 , Rev. Peter Leonard Thevis, a native priest of Langbroich, Germany , was asked to come to New Orleans by Archbishop Jean-Marie Odin, maily because of the large number of German immigrants there. It was on January 13 , 1880 that Fr. Thevis, accompanied by his brother Peter Joseph Thevis, his nephew, John Gerhard Thevis and Herman Grein, came on this railway to Rayne, and to the prairie land three miles north of Rayne to look over the area. The site selected for the future colony was known as "Roberts Cove" named for Benjamin Roberts, the original owner of a Spanish land grant. Thereafter, thirteen families joined them in 1881 . These German Catholics were fleeing the Gangelt , Geilenkirchen district of Germany to avoid religious persecution and military impressments. Fr. Hennemann, OSB, of the Benedictine order, purchased land that included a house which served as both rectory and chapel and another building which served as a school house in the spring of 1883. The Benedictines helped to established the parish of St. Leo IV in 1885 Roberts Cove was staunchly German until the World War One era when harsh anti-German wartime legislation initiated a decline of the German language and other cultural elements. Consequently, there are few remaining German speakers and relatively few overt manifestations of German culture yet the community is still viewed as a German ethnic enclave. [3] Culture Roberts Cove is known for its annual GermanFest in October . The event is held the first weekend in October at St. Leo's Catholic Church. [4] Visitors are treated to local German food, heritage and genealogy. German singing and German Folk dancing performed by descendants from 8 to 80 years old are special attractions. [5] The Roberts Cove German Heritage Museum is open for visitors. [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] 1880 US Federal Census. [S19] 1900 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Gerhard Thevis Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 2, Acadia, Louisiana Age: 42 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Germany Relationship to head-of-house: Head Race: White Occupation: Immigration Year: 1877 [S30] 1910 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Gerd Thevis Home in 1920: Police Jury Ward 2, Acadia, Louisiana Age: 63 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Germany Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Germany Mother's Birth Place: Germany Marital Status: Widow Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Year of Immigration: 1877 Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 155 [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Gerhard Thevis Home in 1930: Police Jury Ward 2, Acadia, Louisiana Age: 72 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Germany Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law Race: White [S242] Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949. Name: John G Thevis Death Date: 12 Mar 1934 Estimated Birth Year: 1858 Age: 76 Years Parish: Acadia Certificate Number: 2408 Volume: 7 [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Birth: Dec. 9, 1857 Death: Mar. 12, 1934 Son of Jacob Thevis and Maria Gertrude (Mertens) ThevisHusband of Anna Maria (Klein) ThevisFather of Marie Odelia (who married John Herman Cramer II), Peter Reinhard, Peter Joseph (who married Anna Maria Cramer), Peter Leonard (who married Maria Agnes Ronkartz), Maria Walburga (who married Charles Joseph Leonards) Burial:Saint Leos Cemetery Acadia ParishLouisiana, USA Record added: Nov 10 2007By: Myron Ropp [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Birth: Dec. 9, 1857 Death: Mar. 12, 1934 Son of Jacob Thevis and Maria Gertrude (Mertens) ThevisHusband of Anna Maria (Klein) ThevisFather of Marie Odelia (who married John Herman Cramer II), Peter Reinhard, Peter Joseph (who married Anna Maria Cramer), Peter Leonard (who married Maria Agnes Ronkartz), Maria Walburga (who married Charles Joseph Leonards) Burial:Saint Leos Cemetery Acadia ParishLouisiana, USA Record added: Nov 10 2007By: Myron Ropp