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WESTENDORF
| WESTENDORF, Johan Wilhelm |
| BORN: |
Sep 25, 1844,
Eisten (parish in Soegel) |
| DIED: |
in St Louis, MO, buried Mar 23, 1928, age 83,
Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery |
| PARENTS: |
Herman Heinrich
WESTENDORF
Phenne Maria LAKERS |
| EMIGRATION: |
before 1866 |
|
Osnabrueck emigration index - Joh Wilhelm
WESTENDORF born Sep 24, 1844 emigrated from Eisteen, Soegel before 1866 |
| MARRIED: |
Elisabeth MEYER
marriage: Jan 21, 1873, St. Louis, MO |
| SOURCES: |
Johan Wilhelm's
parents' names were on his marriage record at Sts Peter
and Paul parish with the mother's name given as Gesina Sebers
(his step-mother, since 1851). His probable year of birth
was known from his age at death. The probable place of birth
was known from an entry (presumably for him) in the Osnabrueck
emigration index, which had a birthdate corresponding to
his age at death. Soegel parish records were checked and
a birth/baptism record was found for the date stated in
the emigration index and with the same father's name as
on the marriage record but the mother's name on that birth/baptism
record was Phenne Maria Lakers.
more about sources used |
| WESTENDORF,
Ulrich |
| BORN: |
Feb 10, 1819,
Eisten (parish in Soegel) |
| DIED: |
Mar 25, 1893,
Davenport, Scott County IA |
| PARENTS: |
Lambert Heinrich
WESTENDORF
Maria Gertrud SANDKER |
| EMIGRATION: |
Before 1852 |
| MARRIED: |
Fredereka LAMPING
(from Oldenburg)
marriage: Aug 3, 1852, St. Louis, MO |
| CHILDREN: |
Theresa WESTENDORF
born 1854, MO
Henry WESTENDORF born 1855, IA, m. LAUFKETTER
Gertrude WESTENDORF born 1858; died young
August Clemence WESTENDORF born 1859, Davenport, IA, died
1936
Frank WESTENDORF born 1862, Davenport, IA, died 1893
Gertrude WESTENDORF born 1864 m. HIEBING
Bernard Anton WESTENDORF born 1866, Davenport, IA
George William WESTENDORF born 1868
Catharine Frances WESTENDORF born 1869, m. VOSS
Francis Joseph WESTENDORF born 1871 |
| NOTES: |
1860 IA census,
Scott County, Davenport
WEST……[WESTENDORF], Ulrich 40, laborer, Hannover
Frederica 28, Oldenburg
Louisa 6, MO
Henry 4, Gertrude 2, Augustus 6/12, all born IA |
| RESEARCHERS: |
Jo Banks (josiebanks@aol.com)
Cathy Joynt Labath (labaths@att.net) |
| SOURCES: |
Most of the information
came from Jo Banks and Cathy Joynt Labath who have this
emigrant on their genealogy webpage Our Families - descendants
of Henrich Westendorf. Ulrich's birth information was
verified in the church records of Soegel and his parents'
names were taken from that document.
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WESTER
| WESTER, Anna Adelheid |
| BORN: |
Aug 22, 1840, Klein Berssen |
| DIED: |
before 1867 when widowed husband remarried at
Sts Peter and Paul parish |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Gerhard Anton WESTER
Margaretha FICKER |
| EMIGRATION: |
1853 - arrived New Orleans Dec 1, 1853 on the
ship Ernestine
Gerhard Anton WESTER, age 50, farmer from Hannover going to St Louis
Margaretha 47, Elisabeth 15, Adelheid 11, Helena 9, Hch 7, Tecla 3 |
| MARRIED: |
Johan Heinrich
SILLIES his entry
marriage: Nov 22, 1858, St. Louis, MO |
| CHILDREN: |
Anna M SILLIES born 1859, MO |
| NOTES: |
1860 MO census, St Louis
index
SELIOS, Henry 25
Anna 20, Anna M 01 |
| SOURCES: |
This ID is not 100% certain because Anna
Adelheid's parents' names were not on her marriage record at Sts Peter and Paul parish.
Her approximate year of birth was known from her age on the 1860 census and that
corresponded with an entry for Anna Adelheid Wester, an emigrant in the book by Elisabeth
Behnen et al. - Berssen - Ein Dorf im Emsland - Orts- und Kirchenchronik. Her
parents' names and date and place of birth were taken from that entry. In support of this
ID, the second wife of Johan Heinrich Sillies was witness in 1868 for the marriage of Anna
Tecla Wester (a Wester-Ficker daughter) with Herman Schrand and all of the other
Wester-Ficker children were also married in south St Louis. more about sources used |
| WESTER, Anna Margaretha |
| BORN: |
Feb 28, 1836, Klein Berssen |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Gerhard Anton WESTER
Margaretha FICKER |
| EMIGRATION: |
1851 - with her sister Maria
Gesina
they arrived New Orleans November 28, 1851on the ship, Italy |
| MARRIED: |
(1) Johan Bernhard STAGGE/HEGGE
marriage: 1854, St. Louis, MO
(2) Theodor DAVABARTH??? (bride was widow STEGGE)
marriage: Oct 12, 1858, St Louis, MO (very bad record, Sts Peter and Paul) |
| RESEARCHERS: |
Jeanne McEnery: (JMcenery@aol.com)
Rodney and Marjie Rausch (rausch02@swbell.net)
Mary Thien (blues09@mindspring.com) |
| SOURCES: |
Margaret and her sister Maria Gesina and their
husbands were witnesses for each other's marriage at Sts. Peter and Paul. Their emigration
year, parents' names and birthdates were all taken from the book Berssen - Ein
Dorf im Emsland; Orts und Kirchenchronik which based its entries on church records.
The ship's name and arrival date were supplied by Mary Thien more about sources used |
| WESTER,
Anna Maria |
| BORN: |
Nov 17, 1843
Laehden (parish in Holte) |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Rudolf
Laurent WESTER
Maria Adelheid WINKLER |
| EMIGRATION: |
1865 - arrived
NY Sep 29, 1865 on the ship Republic
Mar WESTER 24, Hannover to NY |
| MARRIED: |
Albert Herman
KOCK his entry
marriage: 1866, St. Libory, St Clair County, IL |
| CHILDREN: |
Elisabeth KOCK
born 1866; died 1872, IL |
| SOURCES: |
All information about Anna Maria was
taken from her husband's entry in Dr. Heinz Marxkors'
book Emigrants from the area of the former County
of Lingen. . . Hannover, emigrated to St. Libory, St.
Clair County, IL.
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about sources used
|
| WESTER,
Anna Thecla |
| BORN: |
Dec 3, 1849, Klein Berssen |
| PARENTS: |
Gerhard Anton WESTER
Anna Maria/Margaretha FICKER |
| EMIGRATION: |
1853 - arrived New Orleans, Dec 1, 1853 on the
ship Ernestine
Gerhard Anton WESTER, age 50, farmer from Hannover going to St Louis
Margaretha 47, Elisabeth 15, Adelheid 11, Helena 9, Hch 7, Tecla 3 |
| MARRIED: |
Johan Herman SCHRAND his entry
marriage: Sep 1, 1868, St. Louis, MO |
| CHILDREN: |
Johan SCHRAND born ca 1871, MO
Bernhard SCHRAND born ca 1876, MO |
| NOTES: |
1880 MO census, St Louis,
2nd enumeration
SCHRANDT, Herm 35, from Hannover, laborer
Thekla 32, Hannover
Johan 9, Bernhard 4, both born in MO |
| SOURCES: |
Anna Thecla's parents' names were on her
marriage record at St Francis de Sales parish. Her approximate year of birth was known
from the passenger list of the ship Ernestine and her place of birth known from a
list of emigrants in the book by Elisabeth Behnen et al. - Berssen - Ein Dorf im
Emsland - Orts- und Kirchenchronik. Klein Berssen parish records were checked and a
corresponding birth/baptism entry found there for Anna Thecla more about sources used |
| WESTER, Helena
|
| BORN: |
Sep 13, 1842, Klein Berssen |
| DIED: |
Jun 4, 1923, buried Sts Peter and Paul
cemetery, St. Louis, MO |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Gerhard Anton WESTER
Margaretha FICKER |
| EMIGRATION: |
1853 - arrived New Orleans, Dec 1, 1853 on the
ship Ernestine
Gerhard Anton WESTER, age 50, farmer from Hannover going to St Louis
Margaretha 47, Elisabeth 15, Adelheid 11, Helena 9, Hch 7, Tecla 3 |
| MARRIED: |
Bernard WOLKEN
his entry
marriage: Feb 3, 1863, St. Louis, MO |
| CHILDREN: |
Mary WOLKEN born 1866, St. Louis
Gerhard Hch WOLKEN born 1868, St. Louis
Joh Theod WOLKEN born 1870, St. Louis
Anna Marg born 1873, St. Louis
Rudolph Francis WOLKEN born 1876 (twin of Anton) |
| RESEARCHERS: |
Jeanne McEnery ( JMcenery@aol.com)
Rodney and Marjie Rausch (rausch02@swbell.net)
Mary Thien (blues09@mindspring.com) |
| SOURCES: |
Helena's year of birth was known from family
sources and from the passenger list of the ship Ernestine. Her place of birth was
known from entries for her siblings on a list of emigrants in the book Berssen - Ein
Dorf im Emsland; Orts und Kirchenchronik. The entry in the book thought to have been
for Helena had her parents' surnames reversed so the baptismal records for the parish in
Berssen were checked. The baptismal entry for Helena in 1842 had her parents names written
as given above, just as they had been given for her siblings in the Berssen book. Helena's
baptismal entry, however, had been altered at a later date to indicate that her parents'
surnames should be reversed. There was also a note on Helena's baptismal record referring
to her emigration in 1853 making it appear that the original baptismal entry had been
altered to reflect erroneous information found on the emigration list. Helena's date and
place of death and information about her children was supplied by family researchers. more about sources used |
| WESTER,
Johan |
| BORN: |
Mar 4, 1826, Klein
Berssen |
| |
1909, St Louis,
MO; buried Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery |
| PARENTS: |
Joan Eilard WESTER
Elisabeth NORTMANN |
| EMIGRATION: |
1850 |
| |
Berssen parish
emigration list - Joannes Wester born Mar 4, 1826, son of
Joan Eilard Wester and Elisabeth Nortmann of Kl Berssen,
emigrated on Spe 27, 1850 |
| MARRIED: |
Maria Gesina
HELLE her entry
marriage: Jun 7, 1853, St. Louis, MO |
| NOTES |
1860 MO census,
St. Louis
John WESTER 32, milk dealer, HO
Mary 31, Hannover
FIDSLE, Bernard 19, serving, Hannover
SCHNEIDER, Lucas 26, Hannover
ETLE, Anna 24, Hannover |
| |
1870
MO census, St Louis
WESTER, John 44, Hannover
Mary 50, Hannover
HELLE, Engel 52, Hannover |
| |
1880
MO census, St Louis
WESTER, John 54, Germany, Huckster
Maria 65, Germany
Maria HELLE, sister 67, Servant |
| |
1900
MO census, St Louis, ward 12
WESTER, John, Mar 1827, wid, Germany, emgr 1850
HELLER, Anna, SisterL, Jan 1814, Germany, wid, no children,
emgr 1855 |
| SOURCES: |
Johan's month and year of birth and year
of emigration were known from the 1900 census. Maria Adelheid
Wester from Kl Berssen, wife of Meinert Siemer, was listed
on the 1860 census 3 houses away from John Wester so Berssen
parish records were checked and a corresponding birth/bapt
entry was found there for Johan with the same parents
as those of Adelheid. This ID is supported by the Berssen
parish emigration list which indicated that Johan had
emigrated in 1850, the same year noted on the 1900 census.
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about sources used
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| WESTER,
Johan Bernard |
| BORN: |
Aug 7, 1853, Klein Berssen |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Gerhard WESTER
Maria Helena GERTKEN |
| EMIGRATION: |
probably 1879 - arriving NY May 16, 1879 on
the ship Rhein
Bernard WESTER 26, farmer |
| MARRIED: |
Thecla GROTEGEERS her entry
marriage: Oct 3, 1882, St. Louis, MO |
| CHILDREN: |
Maria Helen, born 1884, St. Louis
Johann Gerhardt (George), born 1885, St. Louis
Anna (Annie) Katharine WESTER, born 1887, St. Louis
John Anton WESTER, born 1888, St. Louis
Mary Helen WESTER, born 1890, St. Louis
Stephen Bernard WESTER, born 1892, St. Louis
William Aloysius WESTER, born 1896, St. Louis
Herman Joseph WESTER, born 1899, St. Louis |
| RESEARCHERS: |
Phil Wester (ppwester@hotmail.com) |
| SOURCES: |
All information about this emigrant was
supplied by family researcher Phil Wester who verified Johan Bernard's birth in Klein
Berssen parish records. He took the emigration information from the Germans to America
series. The marriage record was at Sts Peter and Paul parish and the children were
baptized at St Francis de Sales parish. more about sources used |
| WESTER, Johan Gerhard |
| BORN: |
Feb 6, 1814, baptized in Klein Berssen |
| DIED: |
Oct 16, 1845, St. Louis, MO, age 31 |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Herman WESTER
Maria Adelheid LAMPE |
| EMIGRATION: |
by 1845 |
| MARRIED: |
Lucia KROEGER
marriage: Jul 8, 1845, St. Louis, MO |
| CHILDREN: |
Johan Gerhard WESTER born 1846, St. Louis, MO |
| SOURCES: |
Johan Gerhard's parents' names were on his
marriage at St Vincent de Paul parish and his approximate year of birth was known from his
age on his death record at the same parish. The Berssen parish records were checked
because a record for his brother had already been found in that parish and a baptismal
entry was also found there for Johan Gerhard. Information about his child was from the
baptismal records of St. Vincent de Paul parish. more about sources used |
| WESTER, Johan Gerhard
Anton |
| BORN: |
Oct 18, 1803, Klein Berssen |
| DIED: |
Aug 9, 1866, St. Louis, age 63 |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Herman WESTER
Anna Adelheid LAMPEN/HAEMANN |
| EMIGRATION: |
Sep 15, 1853 - arriving N.O., Dec 1, 1853 on
the ship Ernestine
Gerhard Anton WESTER, age 50, farmer from Hannover going to St Louis with Margaretha 47,
Elisabeth 15, Adelheid 11, Helena 9, Hch 7, Tecla 3 |
| MARRIED: |
Anna Margaretha
FICKER (aka WESSELS) her
entry
marriage: in Germany, probably Kl Berssen
note: She was the mother of his children but the wife probably
on the passenger list and certainly on US documents was
Margaretha WESSEL |
| CHILDREN: |
Maria Gesina Wester born 1834, Berssen, m.
Theodore THIEN
Anna Marg WESTER born 1836, Kl Berssen, m. STAGGE/HEGGE
Margaret Elisabeth WESTER born 1837, Kl Berssen
Anna Adelheid WESTER born 1840, Kl Berssen
Helena WESTER born ca 1843, Hannover, m. WOLKEN
Joh Heinrich WESTER born 1846, Kl Berssen
Anna Tecla WESTER born 1849, Kl Berssen |
| NOTES: |
1860 MO census,
St. Louis Ward 1
Anton WESTER 57, Margaretha 54, Lena 17, Anna 12 |
| RESEARCHERS: |
Jeanne McEnery ( JMcenery@aol.com)
Rodney and Marjie Rausch (rausch02@swbell.net)
Mary Thien (blues09@mindspring.com) |
| SOURCES: |
J Gerhardd Anton's age was known from the 1860
MO census. He and most of his family were found in the emigration section of the book Berssen
- Ein Dorf im Emsland; Orts und Kirchenchronik which gave his exact birthdate and
his parents' names. The ship's name, arrival date and passenger information was found on
the FTM cd index for Germans to America. The death date was from the Bernard Wolken
page on Rodney and Marjie Rausch's personal genealogy website Marjie's Ancestors. more about sources used |
| WESTER, Margaretha Elisabeth |
| BORN: |
Dec 30, 1837, Klein Berssen |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Gerhard Anton WESTER
Margaretha FICKER |
| EMIGRATION: |
1853 - arrived New Orleans Dec 1, 1853 on the
ship Ernestine
Gerhard Anton WESTER, age 50, farmer from Hannoer going to St Louis
Margaretha 47, Elisabeth 15, Adelheid 11, Helena 9, Hch 7, Tecla 3 |
| MARRIED: |
Herman Heinrich TORBORG (TERBORG) |
| CHILDREN: |
Anna Elisabeth TERBORG born Nov 10, 1859, St.
Louis |
| NOTES: |
1860 MO census, St. Louis index, ward 1
TORBORG Bernard 30, Herman 29, Elisabeth 22
Anna 2, Mary, less than 1 year |
| SOURCES: |
This ID is not 100% certain because
Elisabeth's parents' names were not on her marriage record at Sts Peter and Paul parish.
Her approximate year of birth was known from her age on the 1860 census which corresponded
with an entry for Margaretha Elisabeth Wester, an emigrant mentioned in the book by
Elisabeth Behnen et al. - Berssen - Ein Dorf im Emsland - Orts- und Kirchenchronik.
Elisabeth's parents' names and her date and place of birth were taken from that entry. In
support of this ID, Elisabeth Talborg (Terborg) was witness at the marriage (2nd) in 1858
of Margaretha (a WESTER-FICKER daughter) and Theodore DAVABARTH? and all of the other
WESTER-FICKER children were married in south St Louis. more about sources used |
| WESTER,
Maria Adelaid |
| BORN: |
Oct 26, 1812 Altharen (parish in Wesuwe) |
| DIED: |
Jul 2, 1893, Damiansville, Clinton County, IL |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Gerhard (Jan Geert) WESTER
Maria Helena WILKEN |
| EMIGRATION: |
1839 - arrived New Orleans Jan 27, 1840 on the
Louise Fredericke
J. H. SANTEL no age, farmer from Slagharen with 2 SANTELS (no names - she was one of them) |
| MARRIED: |
Johan Herman SANTEL his entry
marriage: May 13, 1837, Slagharen |
| CHILDREN: |
Anna Maria SANTEL born 1838, Slagharen m.
KALMER
Johan Herman SANDEL bapt 1841, St. Louis, MO
Gerhard Henry SANTEL born 1843, Clinton County, IL, m. STUCKENBERG
Herman SANTEL born ca 1846, Clinton County Margareth WOLTERS
Bernard Heinrich SANTEL born 1849, CC, IL, m. WELLEN
John Herman SANTEL, Jr born 1859 m. WOLTERS |
| NOTES: |
1850 Clinton County census:
SANTEL - Harman 35, farmer from Germ with wife Adaline 35, born in German and daughter
Mary 13, also born in Germany. The remaining children Henry 6, Herman 4, Barnay 6/12 were
all born in IL. |
|
1870 IL census,
Clinton County
SANTEL, John Herm, 56, farmer from Holland
Anna M 58, Holland
(at next house) Gerhard H 26, Bernard 21, John 11 |
| RESEARCHERS: |
Richard Schaefer (RCSTHOR@aol.com) a direct
line descendent
Jean Zacha Koehler (jeanzk@mindspring.com) who has this emigrant on her online
WorldConnect database |
| SOURCES: |
Most information for this emigrant came from
family researcher Richard Schaefer or was taken from Jean Zacha Koehler's WorldConnect
database. Maria Adelheid's date and place of birth and parents' names had been verified in
Wesuwe church records and the marriage information was from Dutch records. The child born
in 1841 was baptized at the Old Cathedral in St. Louis. more about sources used |
| WESTER, Maria Adelheid |
| BORN: |
Sep 8, 1824, Klein Berssen |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Eilerd WESTER (marr)
Elisabeth NORDMAN (NOTTMAN) |
| EMIGRATION: |
by April 1846 - possibling arriving Jan 3,
1846 on the ship Mata
Maria Adolphina WESTER, 21 from Hannover |
| MARRIED: |
Meinert SIEMER
his entry
marriage: Apr 14, 1846, St. Louis |
| CHILDREN: |
Anna SIEMER born ca 1854, MO
Margaret SIEMER born ca 1857, MO |
| NOTES: |
1880 MO census,
St Louis
SIEMER, Meinert 67, from Germany, capitalist
Adelaide, 56, Germany, wife
Anna 16, Maggie, 13, MO |
| SOURCES: |
Maria Adelheid's parents' names were on her
marriage record at St Vincent de Paul parish. Her approximate year of birth was known from
her age on the 1880 census. Several siblings were known to have been born in Klein Berssen
so that parish's records were checked and a corresponding birth/baptism entry was found
there for Maria Adelheid. more
about sources used |
| WESTER, Maria Elisabeth |
| BORN: |
Mar 28, 1836,
Klein Berssen |
| DIED: |
1871, St Louis,
MO; buried Nov 19, 1871, Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery (as
Belscher) |
| PARENTS: |
Eilard WESTER
Elisabeth NORTMANN |
| EMIGRATION: |
1852 |
| |
Berssen parish
emigration list - Maria Elisabeth Wester born Mar 28,
1836, Kl Berssen, daughter of Eilard Wester and Elisabeth
Nortman, emgr Sep 28, 1852 |
| MARRIED: |
Bernhard
Louis BOELSCHER his
entry
marriage: Sep 13, 1853, St. Louis, MO |
| CHILDREN: |
Mary BELCHER
born 1854, MO |
| NOTES: |
1870 MO census,
St Louis
BELCHER, Bernh 40, teamster, Hannover
Elise 38, Hannover
Mary 16, MO |
| SOURCES: |
Elisabeth's approximate year of birth
was known from her age on the 1870 census and her age
(34) at death. A witness at her marriage was Angela
Siemer thought to be Adelheid Wester (wife of Meinart
Siemer) from Klein Berssen. A probable place of birth
was found in an entry on the Berssen parish emigration
list for Adelheid's sister Maria Elisabeth which gave
her birth information. Berssen parish records were checked
and a corresponding birth/bapt entry was found there
for Maria Elisabeth, sister of Adelheid.
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about sources used
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| WESTER,
Maria Gesina |
| BORN: |
Dec 25, 1834, Klein Berssen |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Gerhard Anton WESTER
Margaretha FICKER |
| EMIGRATION: |
1851 -
with her sister Margaret
arrived New Orleans November 28, 1851on the ship, Italy
WESTEN, M G 18, M 16 |
| MARRIED: |
Theodor Wilhelm THIEN
his entry
marriage: 1854, St. Louis, MO |
| CHILDREN: |
Henry THIEN born 1855, MO
Gerhard THIEN born 1858, MO |
| NOTES: |
1860 MO census,
St. Louis index (ref: p. 422)
Theodor THIEN 28, Mary 26, Henry 5, Gerhard 3 |
| RESEARCHERS: |
Jeanne McENERY: (JMcenery@aol.com)
Rodney and Marjie Rausch (rausch02@swbell.net)
Mary Thien (blues09@mindspring.com) |
| SOURCES: |
Maria Gesina and her sister Margaret and
their husbands were witnesses for each other's marriage at Sts. Peter and Paul. Their
emigration year, parents names and birthdates were all taken from in the book Berssen
- Ein Dorf im Emsland; Orts und Kirchenchronik which based its entries on church
records. The ship's name and arrival date were supplied by Mary Thien. Information on the
children was taken from the 1860 MO census. more about sources used |
| WESTER,
Maria Helena |
| BORN: |
Dec 20, 1788,
Klein Berssen |
| DIED: |
Oct 29, 1846,
St. Louis, MO |
| PARENTS: |
Joannes WESTER
A Aleidis BAUMHEUER |
| EMIGRATION: |
1845 - arrived
New Orleans Jan 3, 1846 on ship Mata
Herman Bd EILERS 64
Maria Helena 58, Anna Marg 22, Joh Bd 18, Hm Hch 16, |
| MARRIED: |
Herman Bernard
EILERS his entry |
| CHILDREN: |
Joh Hm EILERS
born 1816 Berssen; marr DREESMAN, ROBBEN
Margaretha Elisabeth EILERS born 1817 Berssen
Joh Gd EILERS born 1819 Berssen; marr TABEN, OLERICH, BAUMEYER
Anna Marg EILERS born 1822, Berssen
Joh Bd EILERS born 1826 Berssen; marr. M G BUNNING
Hm Hch EILERS born 1830 Berssen; marr T TUCHAS |
| SOURCES: |
Maria Helena's approximate year of birth
and husband's surname were known from her death record
at St Vincent de Paul parish. That corresponded with the
family's entry on the passenger list of the ship Mata.
Because birth/bapt records for several of the children
had already been found in Klein Berssen parish, that same
parish's records were checked again (in the online Datenbank)
and a corresponding entry was found there also for Maria
Helena. Information about her parents and children was
from the datenbank.
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about sources used
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| WESTER,
Maria Helena |
| BORN: |
Oct 5, 1831, Klein Berssen |
| DIED: |
Apr 2, 1891, Meppen, Calhoun County, IL |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Eilard WESTER
Elysabeth NORTMANN |
| EMIGRATION: |
1849 |
| MARRIED: |
Herman Gerhard GRUETER his entry
marriage: Oct 16, 1849, St. Louis, MO |
| CHILDREN: |
Elizabeth
GRUETER born 1852, MO
Bernard GRUETER born ca 1856, IL m. 1880 to Gesina Osterman
Louis GRUETER born 1858, IL
Margaret GRUETER born 1859, IL m. 1875 Bernard KERKHOFF
Mary GRUETER born ca 1860, IL m. 1880 to Heinrich KRONABEL
Herman GRUETER born 1862, IL m. 1888 Anna Mary BAALMANN |
| NOTES: |
1860 IL census, Calhoun
County
GREETER, Garott 41, laborer, Hannover
Lana 29, Hannover
Eliza 8, Barny 6, Catharine 3, infant 1, all born in MO |
|
1870 IL census, Calhoun
County, Point Precinct
GRETHER, Herman, 51, farmer from Hannover
Mary 40, housekeeping, Hannover
Bernhardt 16, farm laborer, Margaret 13, Louis 12, Mary 11, Hermann 8, all born in IL, the
youngest 4 all attending school. |
|
1880 IL census, Calhoun
County, Richwood
Leana GRUTER 52, from Hannover
Barnard 24, born IL, Mary 20, Harmon 18 |
| RESEARCHERS: |
Dolores Rizzo (ImmingGenealogy@aolcom) |
| SOURCES: |
Maria Helene's parents' names were on her
marriage record at St. Vincent de Paul parish. With that information she was identified on
a list of emigrants in the book Ein Dorf im Emsland - Orts- und Kirchenchronik
which gave her date and place of birth, parents' names and emigration year. The remaining
information was from family research. The marriages of the children all took place in
Calhoun County, IL. more about
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WESTERBECKE
| WESTERBECKE, Johan
Albert |
| BORN: |
Oct 7, 1843,
Handrup-Hundehoevel (parish in Lengerich) |
| DIED: |
Mar 29, 1931,
Rhodes, Marshall County, IA, buried St Joseph Cemetery |
| PARENTS: |
Johan Herman
WESTERBECKE
Helena Adelheid FREESE |
| EMIGRATION: |
1865 - arriving
Sep 27, 1865 on the ship New York
Hermann WESTERBECKE, 25 farmer from Hannover to US
Albert WESTERBECKE, 22 |
| MARRIED: |
unknown |
| NOTES: |
1930 IA census,
Marshall County, Eden twp
WESTERBECK, Albert J 86, Germany, boarder, emgr 1865 |
| RESEARCHERS: |
Dave Halm who
has this emigrant in his WorldConnect db |
| SOURCES: |
Johan Albert's date of birth and parents'
names were noted in Dave Halm's WCdb. Because a brother
was known to have been born in Lengerich parish, that
parish's records were checked again and a birth/baptism
record was found there for Johan Albert 3 days later
than the date in the WCdb. Death information was from
the WCdb.
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