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Ehlers, Johann Wilhelm[1]

Male 1876 - 1948  (72 years)


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  • Name Ehlers, Johann Wilhelm 
    Born 1 Mar 1876  Schulldorf, Schleswig-Holstein, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 16 Apr 1876  St. Marien Lutheran Church; Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Dec 1948  Schuyler, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Leigh Cemetery; Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2838  Wuerdemann Family
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2017 

    Father Ehlers, Hans Wilhelm William Christian,   b. 5 Nov 1840, Felde, Schleswig-Holstein, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1897, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Peters, Magdalena Margareta Christina Lena,   b. 18 Oct 1839, Krummwisch, Schleswig-Holstein, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1901, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 15 Jan 1865  St Marien Lutheran Church; Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1713  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Groteluschen, Katherine Katie,   b. 26 Sep 1878, Rural Colfax County, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1970, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 18 Aug 1898  ? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Ehlers, Magdalena Lena,   b. 24 Mar 1899, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1966, Schuyler, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +2. Ehlers, Anna Annie,   b. 11 Mar 1901, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1984, Schuyler, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +3. Ehlers (Jr.), John William,   b. 17 Dec 1902, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1961, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    +4. Ehlers, Alma Margarete,   b. 8 Feb 1905, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1994, ? Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    +5. Ehlers, Henry William,   b. 27 May 1907, ? Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1941, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
    +6. Ehlers, Cecelia,   b. 18 Aug 1909, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1966, Tekamah, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     7. Ehlers, Edward Emil,   b. 7 Aug 1911, Rural Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1990, Colfax County, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2017 
    Family ID F1716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • _P_CCINFO 2-14330
      John emigrated from Hamburg, GER. aboard the Vessel SUEVIA and arrived in New York,NY. at the age of seven, on August 25,1883. He was accompanied by his parents and older sister, Anna. His older brother, Claus, had arrived a year earlier. (GERMANS TO AMERICA PASSENGER LISTS, Ira Glazier and Robert Philby).

      He lived in the Millard, NE. area until the fall of 1892, when his parents purchased two parcels of land in Wilson Precinct, Colfax County, south of Leigh, NE. He was sixteen years old.

      Facts about this person:

      Burial
      Leigh Cemetery; Leigh, NE.

      Emigration August 25, 1883
      Castle Garden, NY.

      Baptism April 16, 1876
      St. Marien Lutheran Church; Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, GER.
      John emigrated from Hamburg, Germany aboard the Vessel SUEVIA and arrived in New York, NY. at the age of seven, on August 25,1883. He was accompanied by his parents and older sister, Anna. His older brother, Claus, had arrived a year earlier. (GERMANS TO AMERICA PASSENGER LISTS, Ira A. Glazier and P. William Philby).

      He lived in the Millard, NE. area until the fall of 1892, when his parents purchased two parcels of land in Wilson Precinct, Colfax County, south of Leigh, NE. He was sixteen years old.

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      From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, December 31, 1948-

      Death came suddenly at 11:25 p.m. Christmas Eve to John William Ehlers, Sr. at his home in Schuyler, Nebraska. Mr. Ehlers, who had been retired and moved to Schuyler December 1, 1948. 

      Born at Schleswig, Holstein, Germany, March 1, 1876, he passed away, December 24,1948, at the age of 72 years, 8 months, and 23 days. 

      He came to this country with his parents when he was seven years old and located in Douglas County at Millard, Nebraska. In 1893 they moved to a farm in Colfax County five miles south of Leigh, which has been his home until December 1 of this year. 

      On August 18, 1893, he was united in marriage to Miss Kate Grotelueschen. To this union were born four daughters and three sons. They celebrated their golden wedding at the farm home August 18.
       
      Preceding him in death were his parents, two sisters, a son and a grandson. 

      He was confirmed and received into membership at St. Paul's Lutheran Church of which he remained a member throughout his life. 

      Active in the church and civic organizations, he served on the St. Paul's Church Council for 10 years and director of School District No.45 for 26 years. President of the Leigh German Fire Insurance Co. for over 25 years and for 28 of his 30 years of service was chairman of the Board of Directors of the Farmer's Cooperative Mercantile Company. 

      Pallbearers were Maurice Dasenbrock, Arnold Wendt, Lester Pimpara, George Reininger, Marvin Weber, and Frank Smejkal. Honorary pallbearers included O.C. Weber, Hy. Dasenbrock, Louis Burger, Emil Wurdeman, Emil Grotelueschen, and M. C. Phillips. 

      Flower ladies were Mesdames O. C. Weber, Frank Smejkal, Gerald Vasek, Elmer Dasenbrock, Joe Herink, and George Reininger.

      Survivors include his wife, four daughters, Lena, Mrs. Emil Bruns; Ann, Mrs. Walter Oltmer, both of Schuyler; Margaret, Mrs. Henry Seebrasse of Bay City, Michigan; Cecilia, Mrs. Roy Armstrong of Tekamah; and two sons, John and Edward of Leigh; a brother, Claus, of Leigh; 13 grandchildren and a host of friends. 
      Original individual @I1037@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) merged with @I00284@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@)
      @NF0640@

  • Sources 
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