Johann Michael OTT
SOURCES: 1. Arnbach Family Book pp 24 b, 9b (FHL#1340122) 2. Archives sheet showing husband as a child
JOHAN SOMETIMES SHOW UP ON RECORDS AS JOHN JACOB OR JACOB BUT I FEEL THIS IS THE SAME PERSON. THE 1870 CENSUS TAKEN IN JUNE STATES THAT JACOB OTT WAS 35 YRS OLD. HOWEVER IN THE SAME YEAR 1870 IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IT IS STATED THAT HE WAS 40 YEARS OLD. BOTH CENSUS STATES HE WAS BORN IN WURTEMBURG. ONE JOHN JACOB OTT MADE A DECLARATION OF INTENTION AND/OR OATH OF ALLEGIANCE IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN PHILADELPHIA ON APRIL 24, 1860. HE DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE 1880 CENSUS. SOURCES: 1. 1870 Census Philadelphia 17th Ward, Philadelphia, PA p. 157 (FHL#552901) 2. St. Michaels & Zion Lutheran Church Records, Philadelphia, PA (FHL#1312259, 1312260) 3. 1994 IGI
He married Christina Fretz 29 May 1834 at Grafenhausen, Wuertt, Germany . Christina Fretz was born at Arnbach, Wuertt, Germany 12 Feb 1816 daughter of Jakob Fretz and Justine Hahn .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Johan Jacob Ott
born 24 Mar 1835.
Ezechiel Ott
born 22 Jun 1836.
Gottlieb Ott
born 14 Jun 1837.
Anna Katharina Ott
born 27 Mar 1839.
Christoph Frederick Ott
born 17 May 1840.
Christina Ott
born 14 Nov 1842.
Christoph Frederich Ott
born 18 Apr 1845.
Wilhelm Friederich Ott
born 18 Apr 1845.
Erastus Ott
born 10 May 1851.