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Franz Dietrich Karl Wehrmann's parents

Almost all of the information here comes from reference 5.

Franz Dietrich Karl Wehrmann was born February 17 1787 in Langenholzhausen, Lippe-Detmold. He was christened February 25 1787 at the Langenholzhausen church.

Franz Dietrich Karl married Anna Marie Maulthaupt in 1813. They are listed in records as living in Tevenhausen which is a short (~3-5 km) from Langenholzhausen.

Franz Dietrich Karl was listed as a Hoppenplöcker (hops picker) and Strassenköller (street worker).

Franz Dietrich Karl and Anna Marie were not among the original Lipper settlers to the Town of Herman, but two of their children were. Frederick Karl Werhmann and Katherine Louise Wehrman traveled as brother and sister to the Town of Herman in 1847. They are listed as entry #17 in the list of original Lipper Settlers.

Franz Dietrich Karl and Anna Marie came to the Town of Herman in 1851 with most of the rest of their children. Anna Marie died three weeks after arriving in the Town of Herman. She was buried at an unknown location on the Reineking farm in 1851.

Franz Dietrich Karl lived with his daughter and son-in-law, Katherine Louise and Simon Heinrich Adolf Reineking on the Reineking homestead until his death in 1861. He was buried near his wife's grave at an unknown location on the Reineking farm.

On a personal note, I spent many summers and weekends as a child on the Reineking homestead, and I ran over virtually every inch of the property at some time or another. I have suspicions where the graves may be located, but no absolute proof.

Franz Dietrich Karl Werhmann and Anna Marie Maulthaupt had 10 children, all born in Tevenhausen and christened at the Langenholzhausen church.

Children

1. Frederick Karl Wehrmann
born July 25 1814
married Sophia Louisa Suelwald in 1850
died June 23 1870

2. Sophia Louisa Wehrmann
born September 23 1816
married Herman Heinrich Simon Plöger on August 18 1844 in Germany
died April 1 1853, cause of death was Wasser-sucht (unknown translation)

Sophia Louisa Wehrmann did not come to America with the rest of the family in 1851. She and Herman Heinrich Simon Plöger lived in Heidelbeck after their marriage.

No children are listed by this marriage.

3. Heinrich Wehrmann
born November 5 1818
died December 10 1820, cause of death was pneumonia, place of death was the family home in Tevenhausen.

4. Katherine Louise Wehrmann
born January 3 1821
married Simon Heinrich Adolf Reineking in October 1850
died February 26 1902

5. Anna Maria Dorothea Wehrmann
born February 13 1823
died unknown

She came to the Town of Herman in about 1851. She was dead by the time letters were written between the family members in America and Lippe-Detmold in 1865. There is nothing written about her death in Immanuel Church or Saron Church records in the Town of Herman. The conclusion is that she died before church records were made in the Town of Herman. Thus, her death would have been shortly after she arrived in the Town of Herman, and she died approximately the same time as her mother, Anna Marie Maulthaupt. She may well be buried very near her mother and father in an unknown location on the Reineking farm.

6. Johann Frederich Conrad Wehrmann
born January 16 1825, Tevenhausen
married Johanne Frederick Conradine Tasche on December 22 1852
died November 2 1870, Horstmar

Johann Frederich Conrad Wehrmann did not come to America with the rest of the family in 1851. He lived in Lemgo and also perhaps Horstmar. He was a teacher in Horstmar.

There are transcripts of letters that Johann Frederich Conrad Wehrmann sent to his family in the Town of Herman in 1865 and 1866.

7. Fredericke Dorothea Wehrmann
born April 27 1827
married Peter Mog in 1852 or 1853
died March 26 1893

8. Karoline Henriette Wehrmann
born April 4 1830
married August Frederick Brandt on February 16 1852
died April 20 1893

9. Wilhelmine Henriette Wehrmann
born August 9 1832
married Edward Frederick Sandmann on April 15 1857 at Saron Church in the Town of Herman.
died June 16 1903

In 1871, their family traveled by covered wagon to Harbine, Nebraska, where they bought a farm and lived the rest of their lives.

10. Simon Heinrich Wehrmann
born July 10 1835, Tevenhausen
married Wilhelmine Fredericke Nagel on July 6 1857
died July 19 1863 as a Union soldier in the US Civil War. He died of a fever in Mississippi.

References

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