Hombourg-Haut, Moselle, Lorraine - Families and Names from Records
Compiled by Brian J. Smith

Includes the communities of Hombourg-Bas and Hellering(-le-Grand).

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Hombourg-Haut is a village in Moselle (Lorraine), France.

Families

ESS-BOPP - Jean ESS and Anne Marie BOPP, 1824

This family lived in Hellering-le-Grand
Married 08-May-1824 in Seingbouse
Jean ESS
- Born ca.1792, possibly in Hellering-le-Grand
- Son of Nicolas ESS and Catherine LAURENT of Hellering
Anne Marie BOPP
- Born ca.1804, probably in Guenviller
  - Approximate birth year based on her gravestone (Source EB1)
- Daughter of Philippe BOPP and Marie Catherine FRIDERITZY of Guenviller
- Died 07-Nov-1863 in Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York (Source EB1)
Children, all born in Hellering-le-Grand:
- Jean, b.28-Feb-1825
- Pierre, b.15-Sep-1826
- George, b.18-Apr-1828
- Susanne, b.08-Aug-1829
- Nicolas, b.08-Oct-1831
  - Married Caroline BEIER 18-Jul-1853 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Buffalo, New York
- Catherine, b.20-Jan-1833
- Jacob, b.12-Apr-1834
- Jean Michel, b.14-Nov-1835, died 14-Feb-1837 in Hellering-le-Grand
- Joseph, b.17-Jan-1837
- Anne Marie, b.27-Jan-1839
Emigration:
- Ship Bazaar, arriving in New York on 08-Jul-1840:
  - ESS: Jean 48, Anne 38, Jean 17, Pierre 16, Pierre 15, George 14, Suzanne 13, Cath 12, Nicolas 11, Jacob 10, Joseph 9
- 1850 U.S. census, in Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York:
  - ESSE: Catherine 19; born France
    - Living in the household of Andrew and Mary LEABACH
    - Dwelling #318, Family #318, image 38 of 63
  - ESSE: Marian 45; born France
    BOPP: Catharine 79, John 51; born France
    ESSE: John 25, Peter 23, Catherine 18, Jacob 14, Joseph 16
    - Dwelling #320, Family #320, image 38-39 of 63
- 1860 U.S. census, in Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York:
  - ESS: John 36, Fanny 30, Joseph 9, Fanny 7, Mary 2, Julian 4/12
    - Dwelling #363, Family #88, image 13 of 72
    - John born in France; Fanny 30 born in Baden; children born in NY
  - ESS: Peter 33, Catherine 21, Mary 6/12
    ESS: Anna 34
    POPE: John 62
    - Dwelling #371, Family #96, image 14 of 72
    - Peter, Anna, and John born in Strasburg; Catherine and Mary born in NY
  - ESS: Nicholas 29, Caroline 28, Peter 7, John 6, Nicholas 1
    - Dwelling #638, Family #358, image 50 of 72
    - Nicholas born in Strasberg; Caroline born in Elsus; children born in NY
  - ESS: Jacob 26, Susan 18, Mary Ann 9/12
    - Dwelling #639, Family #359, image 50 of 72
    - Jacob born in Prussia; Susan born in Belgian; child born in NY
Sources for this entry:
- The "Records" section at the bottom of this page
- Source EB1: Find-a-Grave
  - Grave of Anna Mary Bopp Esse (1805-1863)
    at Saint Cecilias Cemetery
    in Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York
    - Inscription:
      ANNA MARY
      Wife of John Esse
      DIED Nov. 7, 1863
      Aged 59 years
- For additional sources, follow the links where provided

Records

Source: Moselle Online Records

Hellering-le-Grand vs. Hellering-lès-Fénétrange

The Hombourg-Haut volumes include records for
Hombourg-Haut, Hombourg-Bas, and Hellering-le-Grand,
three adjacent communities on the northern border of Moselle adjacent to Germany.
References to "Hellering" on this page refer to Hellering-le-Grand.
Please note that this is not the same as Hellering-lès-Fénétrange.
Hellering-lès-Fénétrange is a separate community in Moselle, 60 KM to the south.

Some online family trees incorrectly have Hellering-lès-Fénétrange as the home of the ESS family.

Indexes

Partial index of the volume for years 1823-1832 (9NUM/337EC3, 561 images):

Image 1 - 1823 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 92 - 1825 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 135 - 1826 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 210 - 1827 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 274 - 1828 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 323 - 1829 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 399 - 1830 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 469 - 1831 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 513 - 1832 births-marriages-deaths begin

Partial index of the volume for years 1833-1841 (9NUM/337EC4, 491 images):

Image 1 - in the middle of the year 1841, 26-Jun-1841
Image 29 - 1833 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 74 - 1834 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 133 - 1835 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 184 - 1836 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 237 - 1837 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 290 - 1838 births-marriages-deaths begin
Image 357 - 1839 births-marriages-deaths begin

Births

28-Feb-1825 - Jean ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC3 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1823-1832"
- Record #30 (image 106 of 561)
- Date of record: 28-Feb-1825
- Born today, 28 February
- Son of Jean ESS (age 32) of Hellering and Anne Marie BOB
15-Sep-1826 - Pierre ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC3 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1823-1832"
- Record #105 (image 183 of 561)
- Date of record: 15-Sep-1826
- Born today, 15 September
- Son of Jean ESS (age 33) of Hellering and Anne Marie BOB
18-Apr-1828 - Georges ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC3 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1823-1832"
- Record #54 (image 293 of 561)
- Date of record: 18-Apr-1828
- Born today, 18 April
- Son of Jean ESS (age 35) of Hellering and Anne Marie BOPP
12-Dec-1828 - Georges ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC3 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1823-1832"
- Record #135 (image 316 of 561)
- Date of record: 12-Dec-1828
- Born today, 12 December
- Son of Pierre ESS (age 40) of Hellering and Barbe MENGER (age 41)
08-Aug-1829 - Susanne ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC3 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1823-1832"
- Record #85 (image 370 of 561)
- Date of record: 09-Aug-1829
- Born yesterday, 8 August
- Daughter of Jean ESS (age 35) of Hellering and Anne Marie BOB (age 24)
08-Oct-1831 - Nicolas ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC3 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1823-1832"
- Record #93 (image 498 of 561)
- Date of record: 08-Oct-1831
- Born today, 8 October, at home in Hellering
- Son of Jean ESS (age 44) of Hellering and Anne Marie POPP (age 25)
20-Jan-1833 - Catherine ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC4 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1833-1841"
- Record #11 (image 35 of 491)
- Date of record: 21-Jan-1833
- Born yesterday, 20 January, at home in Hellering
- Daughter of Jean ESS (age 40) of Hellering and Anne Marie BOPP (age 26)
12-Apr-1834 - Jacob ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC4 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1833-1841"
- Record #62 (image 96 of 491)
- Date of record: 12-Apr-1834
- Born today, 12 April
- Son of Jean ESS (age 42) of Hellering and Anne Marie BOB (age 36)
14-Nov-1835 - Jean Michel ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC4 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1833-1841"
- Record #122 (image 176 of 491)
- Date of record: 14-Nov-1835
- Born today, 14 November
- Son of Jean ESS (age 42) of Hellering and Anne Marie BOPP (age 32)
17-Jan-1837 - Joseph ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC4 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1833-1841"
- Record #10 (image 241 of 491)
- Date of record: 18-Jan-1837
- Born yesterday, 17 January
- Son of Jean ESS (age 45) of Hellering and Anne Marie BOPP (age 35)
27-Jan-1839 - Anne Marie ES
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC4 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1833-1841"
- Record #11 (image 363 of 491)
- Date of record: 27-Jan-1839
- Born today, 27 January
- Son of Jean ES (age 46) of Hellering and Anne Marie BOPP (age 35)

Deaths

10-Sep-1826 - Nicolas ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC3 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1823-1832"
- Record #108 (image 184 of 561)
- Date of record: 10-Sep-1826
- Died today, 10 September
- Age 68
- Lived in Hellering
- Born in Memaline?
- Son of Jean ESS and Anne Marie GEYER
- Husband of Catherine LAURENT
- Died at his home in Hellering
- Witnesses:
  - George BOHN (age 56) of Hellering, friend of Nicolas ESS
  - Michael FILLION (age 46) of Hellering, friend of Nicolas ESS
13-May-1828 - Jean ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC3 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1823-1832"
- Record #69 (image 297 of 561)
- Date of record: 13-May-1828
- Died yesterday, 12 May
- Age 1 year
- Son of Pierre ESS and Barbe MENGER of Hellering
- Died at the home of his father in Hellering
- Witnesses:
  - George BOHN (age 56) of Hellering
  - Michael FILLION (age 48) of Hellering, cousin of Jean ESS
19-Jul-1834 - Marguerite ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC4 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1833-1841"
- Record #105 (image 109 of 561)
- Date of record: 19-Jul-1834
- Died today, 19 July
- Age 59
- Born and lived in Hombourg-Haut
- Daughter of Pierre ESS (deceased) and Christina JAGER of Hombourg-Haut
- Died at her home in Hombourg-Haut
- Witnesses:
  - Pierre FUSS (age 43) of Hombourg-Haut, nephew of Marguerite ESS
  - Jacques LORENTZ (age 51) of Hombourg-Haut, friend of Marguerite ESS
14-Feb-1837 - Jean Michel ESS
- In volume # 9NUM/337EC4 "Hombourg-Haut Naissances, mariages, décès - 1833-1841"
- No record # (image 246 of 561)
- Date of record: 14-Feb-1837
- Died today, 14 February
- Age 15 months
- Son of Jean ESS and Anne Marie BOPP (age 35)
- Witnesses:
  - Jean ESS (age 45) of Hellering, father of Jean Michel ESS
  - Jean BOPP (age 41) of Hellering, relative of Jean Michel ESS

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Hombourg-Haut, Moselle, Lorraine - Families and Names from Records Compiled by Brian J. Smith