Michael & Euphrosina Tolkien – known documents

12 August 1708 – Michael Tolkien, son of Christian Tolkien (1675-1746, a baker) born in Kreuzburg, East Prussia. The Tolkiens in Kreuzburg are shoemakers and millers.

(Source: Mormon center)

30 October 1724 – 29 September 1727 – Michael Tolkien was an apprentice in the furrier workshop in Gdańsk.

Danziger familiengeschichtliche Beiträge, H. 1

19 January 1742

Michael Tolkien born in Kreuzburg became a furrier citizen of Gdańsk paying the fee of 400,- florens:

13 February 1742 (Marienkirche)

Soon after becoming a citizen Michael Tolkien and Euphrosina Matthießen got married

(Source: Mormon center)

Michael Tolkien arrived in Gdańsk from Kreuzburg, East Prussia. He became a furrier master in 1727 and he might have had his workshop in the center of Gdańsk. In 1742 he married a Gdańsk girl from a Mennonite family, Euphrosina Matthießen, whose parents (Daniel and Elisabeth) lived in Gdańsk

 

13 October 1744 (Marienkirche)

Anna Elisabeth Tolckien, daughter of Michael & Euphrosyna Tolckien (née Matthießen)
Godparents: Christian Tolckien [father's brother, J.R.R. Tolkien's g-g-g-grandfather],
Daniel [furrier] & Elisabeth Matthies
Gottfried & Anna Maria Holz

(Source: Mormon center)

22 March 1746 (Marienkirche)

Euphrosyna Regina Tolckien, daughter of Michael & Euphrosyna Tolckien
Godparents: Daniel Matthies [furrier],
Johann Georg & Adelgunda Karthol,
Johann Georg [furrier] & Cordula Elisabeth Rohn 

(Source: Mormon center)

30 January 1748 (Marienkirche)

Dorothea Constantia Tolkühn, daughter of Michael & Euphrosina Tollkühn
Godparents: Michael Johann Gottfried Ewald [Ehwald], Rector of St Johannis School,
Martin & Constantia Music [furrier]
Johann Gottlieb & Adalgunda Constantia Lölus [?]

(Source: Mormon center)

11 October 1750 (Marienkirche)

Johann Gottfried Tolckien, son of Michael & Euphrosina ["Eva Rosina"] Tolckien
Godparents: Johann Zacharias [furrier]
Gottfried Holtz
Martin Wilcke [furrier] & Constantia

(Source: Mormon center)

22 June 1752 (Marienkirche)

Johann Daniel Tolckien, son of Michael & Euphrosina Tolckien
Godparents: Daniel Zacharias [furrier],
Johann George Rohn [furrier]
Johann Friedrich [furrier] & Anna Dorothea Oyer

(Source: Mormon center)

8 December 1757 (Marienkirche)

Michael Tolkühn, son of Michael & Euphrosyna Tolkühn
Godparents: Michael Lebner & Johann Abraham Schaft
Johann Marschall
Johann & Regina Concordia Ottmerson

(Source: Mormon center)

8 October 1760 (Marienkirche)

Benjamin Tollkühn, son of Michael & Euphrosyna Tolkühn
Godparents: Christoph Willhelm Angermüller, Gottfried Hieronymus Fischer, Johann Jacob Uebelein [furrier],
Salomon & Adalgunda Skybrowski [furrier], Christian & Concordia Neidemann [furrier]

(Source: Mormon center)

5 February 1761 (St Elisabeth Kirche)
Euphrosina Tolkin as one of the testes during Gotthilf Friedrich Ubelin's baptism

9 May 1762 (Marienkirche)

Christian Tollkühn, son of Michael & Euphrosyna Tolkühn

(Source: Mormon center)

Godparents: Jacob Koppelinn, Andreas Koblofski, H. Gottfried Brest & Anna Dorothea

Salomon & Adalgunda Skybrowski [furrier], Christian & Concordia Neidemann [furrier]

8 August 1765 (Kürschnergaße?)
Niklaus Übelin und Michael Tolkien, Älteste des Erbgewerks der Kürschner in der Königlichen See- und Handlungsstadt Danzig, bekennen, dass der Christoph Plöhn, geboren in St. Albrecht bei Danzig, von 1756 September 20 bis 1762 September 20 bei Christian Neidemann 6 Jahre das Kürschnerhandwerk gelernt habe und zum Gesellen erklärt worden sei.
 
Den 8ten Monaths Tag August des ein Tausend sieben Hundert und fünfundsechzigsten Jahres; in unserm Gewerck 

'Niklaus Übelin and Michael Tolkien, the Oldest of the Furrier Inheritance-Craft in Royal Sea- and Tradetown of Danzig, confesses that Christoph Plöhn, born in St. Albrecht near Gdansk, from 1756 September 20 to 1762 September 20, etc. (...) In our guild'. 

10 September 1766

Den 18 Sept. habe ich auf dem Kürschner Gewerckhause ehelich zusamen gegeben:
Andreas Ubelin und Jungfer Constantia Dorothea des Michael Tolkiehns eintzigen Jungfer
Tochter.
 
(Polish: 18 września w domu cechowym kuśnierzy połączyłem
małżeńsko Andreasa Ubelina i pannę Konstancję Dorotę jedyną córkę Michaela Tolkiehna –
dosł. „pannę córkę”)

(Source: Mormon center)

26 September 1770
Michael Tolkien & family & staff live at Damm No. 38 (= Grobla II. nr 6) – see here

Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku

20 November 1771 (St Elisabeth Kirche)

Constantia Dorothea Tolckühn as wife of Andreas Ubelin and mother of Andreas Ubelin


21 10 January 1772 (St Elisabeth Kirche)

Michael Tolckühn as one of godparents of the twins, Carl Gotthilf Samuel Ubelin and Carolina Euphrosina Concordia Ubelin

(Source: Mormon center)

Den 10 [April 1783] (St Katharinenkirche)
Ist Frau Euphrosina Tolckinin vom Dam(m) auf der liegen Bahr unter
den Bürger Stein No. 84 48 beigesetzt, vor die Erde u. Glocken – 5"

'There is Lady Euphrosina Tolckin from Damm [one of the streets in Gdańsk],
through placing the body-streacher under the citizen stone no. 48, [fee] for the earth and bells – 5'

(Source: Mormon center)

1792-1793
"Der Danziger Krieges-Staat":

Breitekvartier, Blaue Regiment, 12. Fahne:

Capitain, Johann Jacob Wichmann
Lieutnant, Michael Tolkien [old Michael or rather his son born 1757]
Fähnrich, Gottfried Hieronymus Fischer [see 1760, one of the godparents]
Adjutant, Peter Fremaut (...)


29 [Oktober 1795] (St Katharinenkirche)

Michael Tolckin, Bürger und Kürschner M[ei]st[e]r, 87 Yahr[[e] alt ist aus
Schwäche gestorben gab in Danzig, lag in sein eigen Grab, vor Erde [und] Gl[ocken] 5

'Michael Tolckin, citizen and furrier-master, 87 years old, died of weakness in Gdańsk, lies in his own grave, [fee] for earth and bells – 5'

(Source: Mormon center)

Michael Tolkien was buried under the stone tomb No. 37 in St Katharinenkirche. This is the tomb of Daniel Jantzen's family which was probably bought by the Furrier Company in Gdańsk. It is described as

Grey stone (2 m high, 1,46 m wide). DANIEL JANTZEN VOR SICH UND SEINE ERBEN. In the centre a coat-of-arms: a lion looking right, etc. Below: ANNO 1730. No. 37