"In Loving Memory Of Those Who Came Before Us!"
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| Family Background |
Johannes is the son of CHRISTIANUS TASSET
and HELENA MAAS / MAES.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Anne Marie is the daughter of HEINRICH RUBERG
and ELISABETH RATERMANN of Heeke, (part of Alfhausen),
Osnabruck, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany.
| Births |
JOHANNES TASSET was born 22 June 1815 in Antwerp, Belgium.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ANNE MARIE RUBERG was born in April 1808
in Heeke, (part of Alfhausen),
Osnabruck, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany.
| Immigration |
Johannes Tasset and Anne Marie Ruberg never left Germany.Four of their five children did immigrate to America from Germany in 1856. They were John Henry and his three sisters. Bernard remained in Germany with his parents.
| Residence |
Johannes left Belgium at a young age and settled in Sage, Germany in the Province of Hanover where it is believed he spent the remainder of his life.
| Marriage |
Johannes and Anne Marie were married on 26 July 1836 in Sage, (part of Grossenkneten), Oldenburg, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany.
| Children |
The five known children that were born from Johannes and Anne Marie are:
1. JOHN HENRY TASSETBorn 23 Jan 1837
in Sage (or Lage / Laage), Germany (Province of Hanover).He married Carolina Maria Roesner in 1859.
He died 12 Aug 1900 in Windthorst, Kansas
and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Windthorst, Ford, Kansas.
2. KATHERINE ("Kate") TASSETBorn 1848 in Hanover, Germany.
She married Bernard Thesing in 1869 in Ohio.
She died in 1885 in Windthorst, Ford, Kansas.
3. BERNARD TASSETBorn in Germany.
While the rest of his family immigrated to the U.S.,
he remained in Germany.He married Katharina Mittendorf of Lage / Laage.
4. [NAME UNKNOWN - FEMALE]She married Bernard Tepe.
5. [NAME UNKNOWN - FEMALE]She married [First Name Unknown] Gleholt.
| Religion |
They belonged to the Roman Catholic Church.
| Deaths |
The date of death for JOHANNES TASSET is still unknown.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ANNE MARIE RUBERG died 19 July 1871.
| Other Information |
Bernard's son, Henry Joseph Tasset, born in 1866, immigrated to the U.S. He first went to Windthorst, Kansas and lived with his "Uncle Henry," then settled in Edwards County, Kansas.
Family tradition tells that the Tassets owned a string of Inns to Paris and as a consequence of smuggling guns during the French Revolution, had to flee to Germany.
It has been reported that the Latin spelling of "Tasset" appears in records at the Cathedral in Antwerp Belgium as TASSE'
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Updated August 21, 2009
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