Surname Saturday - Robert’s Roots - BARKHOUSE

This is another surname from my husband’s family tree.  I seem to get a lot of views every time I post something from his tree.  Also, I’ve have recently received a message from someone on Ancestry about the Barkhouse line, so why not go with the flow.  Robert’s 2nd great grandmother was Bertha Barbara Barkhouse, who married George Lutz on March 20, 1874 in Lake Paul, Kings County, Nova Scotia. Going back from Bertha are: James William Barkhouse-Michael Barkhouse-Johan (Phillip) Berghaus-Johan (Nikolaus) Berghaus. 

Nickolaus Berghaus and his wife Gertruda arrived May 30, 1752 aboard the “Sally”. They were originally from Germany.  It seems that most of the Barkhouses in Nova Scotia are descendants from this one couple. The orginal name of Berghaus was anglicized to Barkhouse. 

While we are still researching and collecting sources for this line, here are some resources that we found helpful:

Article by Tarina Bambrick about a book complied by Ronald T. Barkhouse on the Descendants of Nikolaus and Gertruda Berghaus.  We don’t have a copy of this book, but have seen a copy at the Kings County Museum in Nova Scotia. This is on our wanted list.

Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Genealogy.  This is a great website with lots of resources for the Lunenburg County.  Even a passenger lists for the “Sally”.  Look for John Nicolaus Berghaus  listed as a farmer from Darmstad.

Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics is a great place to look up births, marriages, and deaths for Nova Scotia. It is linked to original records were you can see the digitized copy for free. You can order copies if you wish, as well.

Surname Saturday-Robert’s Roots-LUTZ

This is a surname on my husband’s maternal side.  Of course the Lutzs are from Nova Scotia.  Following the Lutz back starting with Robert’s great grandparents Azie Elvison Lutz and Florence Odessa Palmer-George C Lutz and Bertha Barbara Barkhouse-Rufus Lutz and Margaret Clem-William Lutz and Mary Ann Brown. There is a story about William Lutz and Mary Ann Brown that we’ve seen during our research and is mentioned in the book “New Voices on the Shores, Early Pennsylvania German Settlements in New Brunswick” by Rainer L Hempel.  William and Mary Ann left New Brunswick in the 1800s because the family didn’t approve of Mary Ann or a family disagreement.  They crossed the Bay of Fundy in a flimsy boat and were never heard from.  Their families assumed they perished.  But generations later their descendants were discovered in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia.   

“New Voices on the Shores, Early Pennsylvania German Settlements in New Brunswick” by Rainer L Hempel is a very informative book for anyone with ancestors of the Lutz, Ricker, Wortman, Steeves, Teitz, and Sommers.  It gives a great background to the Lutz family and their struggles in Germany and their immigration to Pennsylvania and then New Brunswick. 

Where to find this book:

If you want to buy a copy for yourself,  AbeBook usually a couple of copies for sell.

To borrow the book you can get it from inter library loan, (Canada Library and Archives has a list of where it can borrowed).