Alt family from Eixendorf

Eixendorf, Kreis Schwandorf, Bavaria, Germany

1836 – Andreas Alt and Elizabeth Kiener were married on September 13, 1836 in Eixendorf, Kreis Schwandorf, Bavaria. Of their possible 9 children, at least the first two were born in Eixendorf:

Child 1: Eva Kath. Alt

Baptism record: Parish of Neunburg von Wald, born October 27, 1837, Band 8, Seite 145, fiche 129:

Eva Kath. Alt, Eixendorf.

Eltern (parents): Andreae Alt, coloni in Eixendorf, et uxoris Elisabethae - natae hiener ex Neuenschwand.

Levante (sponsors): Eva Catharina Deml, coloni uxore in Nefling.

Child 2: Simon Wolfgang Alt

Baptism record: Parish of Neunburg von Wald, born October 31, 1838, Band 8, Seite 169, fiche 130:

Simon Wolfgangus Alt, Eixendorf.

Eltern (parents): Andreae Alt, coloni in Eixendorf, et uxoris eins Elisabethae natae Kiener ex Neuenschwand.

Levante (sponsors): Simone Deml, colono in Nefling.

1839 - Andreas Alt sold his farm (house number 8) in Eixendorf, Kreis Schwandorf, Bavaria, Germany to John Drechsler on October 14, 1839. It is presumed that Andreas Alt, his wife Elizabeth Kiener, and their children then moved to Schömersdorf soon after selling the farm. The sale included a house with attached barn for animals, another barn, a shed, a bake oven, a yard and garden, some fields, livestock, a wagon and plow. The sale price was 3,450 florin. The size of the farm was 7 tagwerk, 35 decimal (equivalent to 7-1/2 acres).

The village of Eixendorf (known from at least 1836) was once located Northwest of Rötz by the Oberpfälzer Handwerksmuseum Rötz-Hilstett. About 1975, Eixendorf residents were relocated to make way for a man-made lake to be called "Eixendorfer Staussee" (see http://www.roetz.de/text_f3.htm). Church records for Eixendorf can be found on microfiche in Neuburg vorn Wald at the Bischöfliches Zentralarchiv in Regensburg, Germany.

Schömersdorf, Kreis Schwandorf, Bavaria, Germany

1841 – Andreas Alt bought a farm (house number 9) in Schömersdorf, Germany, from Georg Leipold.

After the public sale in 1841 the property included a house with attached barn, another barn, a wagon shed, a shed with sheep, a shed with pigs, a yard, and a bake oven. Tax was paid to the community of Zeinrieth [Zeinried]. 1840 land record for house number 9 shows the house name was Baumer. Houses and farms in Germany were named after previous owners.

April 8, 1861 – Andreas Alt gave the farm (house number 9) in Schömersdorf to his son, Wolfgang Alt. The monetary value was 3,300 florin (gulden).

April 14, 1863, Wolfgang Alt sold the farm (house number 9) to his brother Adam Alt. Adam was not married at this time. The price was 3,425 florin. The price was 125 florin more than it was worth in 1861 because Wolfgang had purchased a small piece of field. After 1879, Adam razed some barns and built 4 pig barns and a barn for cows. Adam later married Eva Dirscherl.

In 1863 at age 24, Wolfgang Alt, emigrated on the Steamship America from Bremen, Germany, and arrived on June 8, 1863 at the Port of New York in America. Wolfgang traveled with Ignatz Bindl (farmer from Treffelstein) and his wife Catherine Bindl and their 7 children. Their daughter, Margaretha Bindl, age 13, would one day become the wife of Wolfgang Alt.

On February 22, 1896, Adam Alt gave the farm in Schömersdorf (house number 9) to his daughter Anna Alt. Anna was married to Michael Prem at this time. The value of the farm was 9,900 Mark. Michael and Anna bought more land and built a small shed for wagons. Michael Prem owned 20 hectar, 847 qm (equivalent to 60 acres). In 1909, the farm description was as follows: house with attached barn, a pig barn, a barn, a gugelschupfe (round small shed for wagons), a shed to hold plows and wagons, a yard, a bake oven for house numbers 7, 8, and 9, and some fields. The 1909 land record refers to "1/3 Kalblhof" in 1841 (this may mean a 1/3 calf farm?).