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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Stolz, Gerd |
| Title, Monographic | William Claudius Groth aus Lunden. Pfarrer in den USA und Professor fuer Neuere Sprachen in Ohio, 1862-1941 |
| Place of Publication | Lunden, Germany |
| Publisher | Verein fuer Heimatgeschichte des Kirchspiels Lunden |
| Date of Publication | 2012 |
| Extent of Work | 40 |
| Packaging Method (e.g., pp.) | pp., ill. |
| Notes | On title page: "zugleich ein Beitrag zur schleswig-holsteinischen Amerika-Auswanderung im 19. Jahrhundert" and "Herausgegeben vom Verein fuer Heimatgeschichte des Kirchspiels Lunden e. V. anlaesslich der 150. Wiederkehr des Geburtstages von Johann Wilhelm Claudius Groth am 17. Januar 2012." --- Donated by Gerd Stolz. |
| Abstract | Johannes Claudius Wilhelm Groth was born in 1862 in Lunden, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He came to America in 1883, arriving at Castle Garden in New York, having listed his occupation as "farmer" on an immigration listing; by 1890 he was in Buffalo, New York, serving as a Lutheran pastor. In 1890, now with having "Americanized" his name to William Groth, he married his first wife, Maria (Mary) Rode (Rhoade), in Dayton, Ohio. In 1900 Groth, having become fluent in German, English, French, Italian, and Spanish, began teaching modern languages at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. After Mary died in 1902, Professor Groth married Sarah Lucinda Hastings; they had three children born in Ada, Ohio. In 1918 Groth became President of the Weidner Institute in Mulberry, Clinton County, Indiana, but left in 1919; by 1920 he was the pastor for Reedsburg and the nearby Plain Township in Wayne County, Ohio. In 1924 Groth left Ohio, serving as pastor in the small town of Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia; then in Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia; then in St. Clara, Doddridge County, West Virginia; then in Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia; and finally returning to Middlebrook, where he died in 1941. |
| Call Number | MKI P2012-12 |
| MKI Terms | Groth, Johannes Claudius Wilhelm, 1862-1941/ Schleswig-Holstein/ Lunden (Germany)/ German Americans -- Ohio/ Education/ Religion/ Lutheran Church |