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The genealogy of the Mangold family from northern Bavaria begins with Simon and Sabina in the early 1800s. The immigrant family of eight left their homeland in Bavaria and sailed across the Atlantic to the New World. In 1850 they arrived in New York City and traveled in-land to settle in the predominantly German neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine in Cincinnati, Ohio. Only Matthew, the oldest son of Simon and Sabina, continued the Mangold family name. With a successful downtown business, he and his wife were able to offer their children the opportunity of a college education. In 2007, by proving his descent from these families the author of this well-documented family history was accepted as a charter member of the Settlers and Builders of Hamilton County, Ohio, a new lineage society.