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| 1851 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann Georg was a farmer at Friesenheim. Facts about this person: Religion Lutheran Johann Georg was a farmer at Friesenheim.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann Georg was a farmer at Friesenheim. Original individual @I00009@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I1120@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) | Erb, Johann Georg (I3123)
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| 1852 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann Gerd was a Koter in Grossenkneten, that is a renter of land. It was a very old farm, perhaps 800 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann Gerd was a Koter in Grossenkneten, that is a renter of land. It was a very old farm, perhaps 800 years old. | Engelmann, Johann Gerd (I3035)
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| 1853 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann Heinrich was a Vollmeier near Sage or farmer with much land or more than two horses. He lived on a very old farmplace, perhaps more than 1200 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann Heinrich was a Vollmeier near Sage or farmer with much land or more than two horses. He lived on a very old farmplace, perhaps more than 1200 years old. | Groteluschen, Johann Hinrich (I4643)
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| 1854 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann Henrich was a Vollmeier near Sage or farmer with much land or more than two horses. His farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann Henrich was a Vollmeier near Sage or farmer with much land or more than two horses. His farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old. | Groteluschen, Johann Hinrich (I4642)
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| 1855 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann Herman and his family rented a farm near Sage.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann Herman and his family rented a farm near Sage. | Oltmann, Johann Herman (I9871)
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| 1856 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann Hinrich was a Heuermann or farmer's helper.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann Hinrich was a Heuermann or farmer's helper. | Loseke, Johann Hinrich (I7919)
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| 1857 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann Michael was a farmer at Friesenheim. Facts about this person: Religion Lutheran Johann Michael was a farmer at Friesenheim.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann Michael was a farmer at Friesenheim. Original individual @I00025@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I1106@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) | Erb (Sr.), Johann Michael (I3044)
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| 1858 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Anbauer or farmer at Halenhorst.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Anbauer or farmer at Halenhorst. | Groteluschen, Johann (I4623)
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| 1859 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Brinksitzer near Sage or new farmer.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Brinksitzer near Sage or new farmer. | Groteluschen, Johann (I4620)
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| 1860 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Brinksitzer or new farmer near Haast. In the United States, he was known as "Hook in the Arm". His arm became entangled in a machine and he lost the hand. He then had a hook implanted.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Brinksitzer or new farmer near Haast. In the United States, he was known as "Hook in the Arm". His arm became entangled in a machine and he lost the hand. He then had a hook implanted. Original individual @I07501@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I4632@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) @NF2640@ | Wurdemann, Johann (I14444)
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| 1861 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Brinksitzer or new farmer near Sage. In 1651, he was a Kutscher or coach driver for the Grafen (Baron) von Wasaburg.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Brinksitzer or new farmer near Sage. In 1651, he was a Kutscher or coach driver for the Grafen (Baron) von Wasaburg. | Zitterich, Johann Ameling (I14537)
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| 1862 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a day laborer.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a day laborer. | Vetter, Johann (I13140)
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| 1863 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Halbmeier near Sage or farmer with a less amount of land or more than two horses. His farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW]? Johann was a Halbmeier near Sage or farmer with a less amount of land or more than two horses. His farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old. | Loseke, Johann (I7908)
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| 1864 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Halbmeier near Sage or farmer with a less amount of land. His farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Halbmeier near Sage or farmer with a less amount of land. His farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old. | Garrelmann, Johann (I3832)
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| 1865 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Halbmeier near Sage or farmer with a less amount of land. His farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Halbmeier near Sage or farmer with a less amount of land. His farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old. | Loseke, Johann (I7910)
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| 1866 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Halbmeier near Sage or farmer with a lesser amount of land or more than two horses. His farmplace was more than 1200 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Halbmeier near Sage or farmer with a lesser amount of land or more than two horses. His farmplace was more than 1200 years old. | Loseke, Johann (I7912)
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| 1867 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Heuermann or farmer's helper at Dohlen.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Heuermann or farmer's helper at Dohlen. Original individual @I07794@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I4636@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) @NF2745@ | Wurdemann, Johann Hinrich (I14448)
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| 1868 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Heuermann or farmer's helper near Sage.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Heuermann or farmer's helper near Sage. | Groteluschen, Johann (I4612)
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| 1869 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Heuermann or farmer's helper.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Heuermann or farmer's helper. Original individual @I03323@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I4271@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) | Würdemann, Johann (I14024)
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| 1870 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Koter near Haast or farmer who rented land. His farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 800 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Koter near Haast or farmer who rented land. His farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 800 years old. | Pannemann, Johann (I10032)
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| 1871 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Koter or rented a farm. It was very old, perhaps 800 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Koter or rented a farm. It was very old, perhaps 800 years old. | Dicke, Johann (I2508)
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| 1872 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Koter or rented farmland near Grossenkneten. His farmplace was very old perhaps 800 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Koter or rented farmland near Grossenkneten. His farmplace was very old perhaps 800 years old. | Engelmann, Johann (I3034)
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| 1873 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Vollmeier near Haast or farmer with much land or more than two horses. His farm was very old, perhaps 1200 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Vollmeier near Haast or farmer with much land or more than two horses. His farm was very old, perhaps 1200 years old. | Eilers, Johann (I2914)
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| 1874 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Vollmeier near Haast, that is a farmer with much land or more than two horses. It was a very old farm place, perhaps about 1200 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Vollmeier near Haast, that is a farmer with much land or more than two horses. It was a very old farm place, perhaps about 1200 years old. | Eilers, Johann (I2913)
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| 1875 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Vollmeier near Haast. He had a farm with much land or more than two horses. The farm was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Vollmeier near Haast. He had a farm with much land or more than two horses. The farm was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old. | Eilers, Johann (I2911)
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| 1876 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was a Vollmeier, or farmer with much land or more than two horses. The farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was a Vollmeier, or farmer with much land or more than two horses. The farmplace was very old, perhaps more than 1200 years old. | Cording, Johann (I2202)
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| 1877 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Johann was an ANBAUER or farmer in Lemsen. He emigrated to the United States aboard the Vessel LOUISIANA, which traveled from Bremen, Germany on July 23, 1858 and arrived at the Port of New York, NY. on August 12th. He was accompanied by his wife, Catharina; his mother, Marie; sister, Anna Gesina; brother, Heinrich; and another Anna, age 8, relationship unknown. (GERMANS TO AMERICA PASSENGER LISTS, Ira A. Glazier and P. William Philby).[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] Johann was an ANBAUER or farmer in Lemsen. He emigrated to the United States aboard the Vessel LOUISIANA, which traveled from Bremen, Germany on July 23, 1858 and arrived at the Port of New York, NY. on August 12th. He was accompanied by his wife, Catharina; his mother, Marie; sister, Anna Gesina; brother, Heinrich; and another Anna, age 8, relationship unknown. (GERMANS TO AMERICA PASSENGER LISTS, Ira A. Glazier and P. William Philby). @NF3004@ | Groteluschen, Johann (I4617)
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| 1878 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I6980)
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| 1879 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John Becker came from Columbus, OH. in 1856 as a member of the "Columbus Town Company" which founded the town site of Columbus, NE. [ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] John Becker came from Columbus, OH. in 1856 as a member of the "Columbus Town Company" which founded the town site of Columbus, NE. John Becker came from Columbus, OH. in 1856 as a member of the "Columbus Town Company" which founded the town site of Columbus, NE. Original individual @I14357@ (@MS_WURDEMANN.G_89GM2@) merged with @I00662@ (@MS_WURDEMANN.G_89GM2@) Original individual @I312@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) merged with @I14357@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) | Becker, John Peter (I910)
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| 1880 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John built up one of the ideal farms in the area, modernizing the buildings and going in for thoroughbred livestock. He was recognized as an authority on dairy cattle. John built up one of the ideal farms in the area, modernizing the buildings and going in for thoroughbred livestock. He was recognized as an authority on dairy cattle.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] John built up one of the ideal farms in the area, modernizing the buildings and going in for thoroughbred livestock. He was recognized as an authority on dairy cattle. Original individual @I01730@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I4130@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) @NF0598@ | Wilke, John Henry (I13744)
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| 1881 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John died in infancy.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] John died in infancy. | Hembd, John (I5385)
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| 1882 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John died of a heart attack and fell in the hog pen of his farm. His hogs ate most of his body. | Harder, Jochim Hinrich (I5027)
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| 1883 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John emigrated aboard the Vessel ERICSSON, which sailed from Bremen, Germany and arrived at the port of New York, NY. on May 3, 1866. He was passenger number 97. ________________________________ GROTELUSCHEN-GROTELUESCHEN There are two variations in spelling. The information from a German source indicates that the spelling in Germany was and still is GROTELUSCHEN with the "u" having an umlaut (") over it. The umlaut is a diacritical mark that is added to a vowel that changes the sound of the German vowels a, i, o, and u. The variation in spelling came from the fact that there is no umlaut in the English language. For a phonetically correct English substitution, an "e" was added. The variations caused some problems. Other German names have the same characteristic. There is no definite answer as to which spelling is correct and neither is more correct than the other. _______________________________ From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) JOURNAL, August 20, 1902- GROTELUSCHEN - John Groteluschen, one of the old settlers of Platte county, died at his home on Shell creek last Wednesday, his ailment being Bright's disease of the kidneys, after one year's illness. Mr. Groteluschen was born April 29, 1831, in Oldenburg, Germany, and came directly from there in 1866, to his farm in this county which he took as a homestead and on which he lived to the time of his death. Mr. Groteluschen leaves a wife, four sons and six daughters to mourn the loss of a faithful husband and kind father. The sons are: Louis, Adolph, Emil and Otto; the daughters, Mrs. Ida Otte, Mrs. Lena Loseke, Mrs. Lizzie Loseke, and Misses Rosa, Bertha and Minnie. All live in this county with the exception of Louis who resides in Audubon, Iowa. There are also seventeen grandchildren who will remember their grandparent with reverence. Funeral services were held at the German Lutheran church Friday at 12 o'clock, Rev. Friese conducting the service. The funeral was largely attended, over two hundred carriages, filled with sorrowing friends and acquaintances of the deceased, following the remains to their last resting place. [ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] John emigrated aboard the Vessel ERICSSON, which sailed from Bremen, Germany and arrived at the port of New York, NY. on May 3, 1866. He was passenger number 97. ________________________________ GROTELUSCHEN-GROTELUESCHEN There are two variations in spelling. The information from a German source indicates that the spelling in Germany was and still is GROTELUSCHEN with the "u" having an umlaut (") over it. The umlaut is a diacritical mark that is added to a vowel that changes the sound of the German vowels a, i, o, and u. The variation in spelling came from the fact that there is no umlaut in the English language. For a phonetically correct English substitution, an "e" was added. The variations caused some problems. Other German names have the same characteristic. There is no definite answer as to which spelling is correct and neither is more correct than the other. _______________________________ From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) JOURNAL, August 20, 1902- GROTELUSCHEN - John Groteluschen, one of the old settlers of Platte county, died at his home on Shell creek last Wednesday, his ailment being Bright's disease of the kidneys, after one year's illness. Mr. Groteluschen was born April 29, 1831, in Oldenburg, Germany, and came directly from there in 1866, to his farm in this county which he took as a homestead and on which he lived to the time of his death. Mr. Groteluschen leaves a wife, four sons and six daughters to mourn the loss of a faithful husband and kind father. The sons are: Louis, Adolph, Emil and Otto; the daughters, Mrs. Ida Otte, Mrs. Lena Loseke, Mrs. Lizzie Loseke, and Misses Rosa, Bertha and Minnie. All live in this county with the exception of Louis who resides in Audubon, Iowa. There are also seventeen grandchildren who will remember their grandparent with reverence. Funeral services were held at the German Lutheran church Friday at 12 o'clock, Rev. Friese conducting the service. The funeral was largely attended, over two hundred carriages, filled with sorrowing friends and acquaintances of the deceased, following the remains to their last resting place. @NF1832@ | Grotelueschen, Adolph Johann (I4179)
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| 1884 | _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. _____________________ 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@ | Ehlers, Johann Wilhelm (I2838)
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| 1885 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John emigrated to the United States in the summer of 1880. He was naturalized on October 15, 1892, in Superior Court, Cook County, Illinois as JOHN WIECK. He was a stationer and engineer at a wire mill. | Wieck, Hans Juergen (I13610)
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| 1886 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John Emil was a retired grocery clerk at the Henry Ragatz Grocery Store in Columbus, NE. He was a member of the Columbus Volunteer Fire Department. Facts about this person: Burial Columbus Cemetery John Emil was a retired grocery clerk at the Henry Ragatz Grocery Store in Columbus, NE. He was a member of the Columbus Volunteer Fire Department. Original individual @I00088@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I2194@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) | Kumpf, John Emil (I7182)
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| 1887 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John graduated from Clarkson, NE. High School in 1926. [ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] John graduated from Clarkson, NE. High School in 1926. @NF1185@ | Pavel, John Louis (I10096)
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| 1888 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I665)
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| 1889 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I11210)
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| 1890 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John graduated from Leigh, NE. High School in 1941. He suffered a heart attack while driving to or from Kansas City and he and Connie supposedly suffered injuries in a resultant car crash.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] John graduated from Leigh, NE. High School in 1941. He suffered a heart attack while driving to or from Kansas City and he and Connie supposedly suffered injuries in a resultant car crash. Original individual @I01508@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I2650@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) @NF0508@ | Moeller, John F. (I9008)
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| 1891 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I13296)
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| 1892 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John Henry emigrated to Chicago, IL. and then to Nebraska. Bob Wurdeman indicates that he came to the US in 1860 and to Platte County in 1869. From the COLUMBUS TELEGRAM, Friday , August 3,1919: J. H. Wurdeman, whose unfortunate death occurred last Friday morning was a veteran of the Civil War, a pioneer in Sherman Township, and at one time the largest land owner in Platte County. Funeral Services were conducted by Rev. R. Neumarker at the residence on eighth street, Tuesday morning at eight o'clock, and by Rev. Dohlen at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sherman Township at 10:00 AM. Burial was made in the little cemetery near the church. Six of the grandsons bore the body to the sepulchre. Mr. Wurdeman was a native of Alhorn, Oldenburg; Germany, where he was born February 12,1838. He lived there until he reached the age of 22 years. Rather than be drafted into a military system for which he had no sympathy, he came to the United States to be a citizen of this country. He arrived May 31,1860 and went to Dekalb County, IL. where he secured work on a farm. Though he had left Germany rather than serve in the army, he was quick to go to the defense of his adopted country when the call went out for volunteers for the Civil War. Little more than a year after he came over, he was in the thick of the fight, doing his bit to help preserve the Union. He enlisted August 28,1861. with Company D; 39th Regiment; Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served four years, three and one half months. Twice he was wounded and several other times he narrowly escaped death. Near Richmond, VA. on October 13,1864 a bullet penetrated his left cheek and because of inefficient medical service, there it remained for more than three months. Inthe fighting around Fort Gregg on April 2,1865, Mr. Wurdeman was wounded in the right front leg by grapeshot from the guns of the Fort. On the same day, when he stooped to avoid being hit, a cannon ball shattered the rifle he carried over his shoulder. Mustered out of the service as a corporal, December 13,1865 at Springfield, IL., he went to Mayville, WI. where he secured a position as a clerk in store. There on February 4,1866, he married Catherina M. Wilke. They came to Nebraska in March,1869, home steading in Sherman Township. With an abiding faith in the development of the new country to which they had come, Mr. Wurdeman bought land, and still more land, until he acquired nearly 2500 acres, most of which he divided among his sons and daughters about three years ago. Many years ago Mr. Wurdeman was one of the organizers of the Maple Valley Bank of Leigh. He served as its president and his son, Ed Wurdeman, as its cashier, until about ten years ago when it was consolidated with the Farmers' and Merchants Bank and it became First National. For several years he was vice president of the new institution. He also was one of the founders andoriginal stockholders in the Commercial Bank of Columbus, and was long a member of Baker Post No. 9, G.A.R. His first wife passed away October 17,1915. Three years ago he married Mrs. Anna Kumpf of Columbus, retired from the farm, and made his home in the city for the rest of his life. Besides his widow, he leaves four sons- Rudolph, Charles, Frank, and Edward Wurdeman, all of Columbus; two daughters- Mrs John Ahrens and Mrs Fred Feye, residing north of the city, twenty- five grand children, two step-sons Emil Kumpf of Columbus and Otto Kumpf of Albion, and two step- daughters, Mrs F.R. Gregorius of Columbus and Mrs William Hemphill of Chicago. From THE LEIGH WORLD (Date Unknown)- J.H.Wurdeman, pioneer of Sherman Township, but a resident of Columbus for the last three years was drowned in the Loup River at an early hour last Friday morning. Joe Stanzel and Louis Glur, who were fishing along the north bank south of the south end of Lover's Lane found the body shortly after daybreak. It had evidently floated down the river shortly before and lodged inthe shallow water, for it was not there when they had run their lines at 3 AM. There were no marks of violence on the body and Coroner Otto Walter who was called to the scene and was present when the lifeless form was removed from the water by Deputy Sheriff CharlesJaworski, said that probably no inquest would be held. The body was taken to the Gaws undertaking rooms. Mr. Wurdeman left his home at 1403 Eighth Street some time before daybreak. He retired as usual, about ten o'clock, the previous night. This morning, when Mrs Wurdeman went to his room tocall him, he was not there. He had packed his clothing in a grip and suitcase, and she thought perhaps that he had gone over to one of his son's homes. The bed had been occupied. For several years, Mr. Wurdeman, who was 81 years old, had been in feeble health, subject to fainting spells, but Mrs. Wurdeman says he seemed to be much better of late, though somewhat eccentric. Facts about this person: Emigration 1858 Source: AUSWANDERER AUS DEM KIRCHSPIEL GROSSENKNETTEN Medium: Book Dierk Feye, Compiler; Fichenstr.8, 2930 Varel 1; GE. Several abstract documents were located in Mayville (not Maryville), WI where John Henry went after the Civil War. It appears they were quite lax about names as there are three entries for John Henry, and they are all different. A warranty deed was dated 3/17/1866 purchasing city lot 2, block 7 as Henry Wurdeman, and selling it on 4/19/1866 as Henry Wuerderman and wife Catharina. There is another document dated 3/24/1868 buying Lot 3, Block 6 as J H Wuerdemann. If these are in fact both John Henry, then it is curious that he is Wurdeman and Wuerdeman in 1866 but back to Wuerdermann in 1868? John Henry emigrated to Chicago, IL. and then to Nebraska. Bob Wurdeman indicates that he came to the United States in 1860 and to Platte County in 1869. From ANDREAS HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. Platte County, Published 1892- JOHN HENRY WURDEMAN, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Columbus, was born in Oldenburg, February 12, 1838. He came to America in 1860, landing at New York City in May. he went to De Kalb county, Ill., remaining until Christmas. He then went to Ogle County, Ill., where in August, 1861, he enlisted in Company D. Thirty-ninth Illinois Infantry, serving until December 21, 1865; was in the Army of the James; was wounded at the battle of Petersburg and at the siege of Richmond; was promoted to Corporal, which position he held until his discharge. He then went to Mayville. Wis., where he was employed as a clerk in a general store until 1869. He then married, February 4, 1866, Miss C. M. Wilke, also a native of Oldenburg. They have six children--Rudolph, Louisa, Charles, Franklin, Edward and Alma. In March, 1869, he moved to Nebraska, locating in Platte County. He now has a large farm of 490 acres, 250 acres in cultivation; thirty acres in pasture under fence. ___________________________________ FROM THE PAST AND THE PRESENT, PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, Volume II- John Henry Wurdeman, a retired farmer living on section 9, Sherman township, is one of the veterans of the Civil war who proudly wears the little bronze button that proclaims him a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Throughout his entire life he has manifested the same spirit of loyalty to his country which he displayed when he followed the nation's starry banner upon the battlefields of the south. At the same time he has been a most enterprising and progressive business man, accomplishing results which show his forcefulness, resourcefulness, industry, and capability. He was born in Ahlhorn, Oldenburg, Germany, February 12, 1838, and has therefore passed the seventy-seventh milestone on life's journey. His father, Diedrich Wurdeman, was a farmer of Germany and came to the United States in 1871, in which year he homesteaded in Sherman township, Platte county, but did not get the deed to the land, for he died in 1872, at the home of his son, John H. He was married three times and John Henry Wurdeman was one of the two children born of the first marriage. His religious faith was that of the Lutheran church. Mr. Wurdeman, whose name introduces this review, attended school in Germany in the village in which he lived and at fourteen years of age began work as a farm hand. In 1860 he came to the United States and for six months worked as a farm hand at a wage of ten dollars per month, at South Grove, De Kalb County, Illinois. He then went to Ogle County, Illinois, where he received fourteen dollars per month for his services, but at the time of the Civil war he put aside all business and personal considerations and, responding to the call of his adopted country, enlisted on the 28th of August, 1861, as a member of Company D, Thirty-ninth Illinois Infantry, joining the command at Lindenwood, Illinois. He entered the service as a private and was promoted to the rank of corporal. He veteranized on the 5th of September, 1864, and on the 13th of October of the same year was wounded, after which he carried the bullet in his left cheek until January 21, 1865. His first injury was sustained at Darbytown Crossroads, Virginia, and on the 2d of April, 1865, he was wounded by grape shot in the right leg, at Fort Gregg, Virginia. Company D was organized at Rochelle, Illinois, and was among the first to be assigned for active duty. The regiment was quartered in the old Republican Wigwam on Market street in Chicago, and the company was the first to meet the advance force of the enemy under General Stonewall Jackson, at Bath, Virginia, on the 3d of June, 1862, entering upon the engagement without preliminary skirmish tactics. They were again and again upon the firing line, displaying a spirit of courage and nobility, and at the expiration of their three years' term, three-fourths of the company re enlisted as veterans at Hilton Head, South Carolina. On being first mustered in, the company left Chicago, went to St. Louis and thence proceeded to Hagerstown, Maryland, where they were given Springfield rifles and were engaged in doing guard duty on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. They participated in the battle of Winchester on the 23rd of March, 1862, against Jackson, and from that time on were again and again on active duty on the firing line. Mr. Wurdeman made a most creditable military record as a brave and loyal soldier and has every reason to be proud of the reputation won by his command. In 1866 he went to Dodge county, Wisconsin, where he engaged in clerking in a store. While residing there he was married and in March, 1869, he removed to Platte county, which was then a western frontier district. There was no bridge over the Missouri river at Omaha and the fare from Omaha to Columbus was nine dollars and sixty cents. Mr. Wurdeman secured a homestead claim of one hundred and sixty acres in Sherman township, on which was a primitive house, half sod and half dugout. He was among the first settlers to penetrate into this region and there was little evidence of development and improvement. During his first winter he built a log cabin twelve by eighteen feet, hewing the logs on his own claim, and during the first three years he used an ox team for plowing. As time passed on his labors wrought a marked transformation in the claim, which he converted from raw prairie into richly cultivated and productive fields. Starting in with one hundred and sixty acres, he added to his holdings from time to time as opportunity offered and his financial resources increased. He had eighty acres on section 8, four hundred and eighty acres on section 9, two hundred and eighty acres on section 10, forty acres on section 15 and two hundred and forty acres on section 16, Sherman township, together with three hundred and twenty acres in Stanton county, Nebraska, but has given all of this land to his children. The various tracts were fine farming. land, the soil being naturally rich and productive, and in addition to cultivating his fields, Mr. Wurdeman engaged extensively in stock-raising and did much to improve the grade of stock raised in the county. He was also one of the organizers of the Maple Valley State Bank at Leigh, Nebraska, and when it was sold to the First National he became vice president of the latter. He has always been a most active and progressive man, ready to meet any emergency and carrying forward to successful completion whatever he has undertaken. His well directed efforts have found visible evidence in his various farm properties and his indefatigable industry made him one of the most substantial residents of the county. On the 4th of February, 1866, at Mayville, Wisconsin, Mr. Wurdeman was united in marriage to Miss Catharina Margaretha Wilke, a native of Oldenburg, Germany, born February 2, 1839, and a daughter of John Wilke, who was a landowner and agriculturist of that country. Mr. and Mrs. Wurdeman are the parents of six children, as follows: Rudolph H., a sketch of whom appears on another page of this work; Louise, the wife of John Ahrens, who is also represented on another page of this volume; Charles, an architect of Columbus; Frank, a biography of whom appears on another page; Edward, the vice president of the First National Bank of Columbus; and Alma, the wife of Fred Feye, a sketch of whom is given on another page of this work. After a happy married life of almost fifty years Mrs. Wurdeman passed away October 17, 1915, loved and respected by all who knew her. She was an earnest Christian and was always ready and willing to aid those in sickness or distress. Mr. Wurdeman was a member of the Grand Army post at Creston until it was discontinued and during his residence in Columbus held membership with the post there. He retired to Columbus in 1891, and tried living in town in a modern residence, but preferring rural life, he returned to the farm and now makes his home on section 9, Sherman township. He has assisted in furthering every improvement of the township and he has served as a member of the county board of supervisors. He belongs to the German Lutheran church and his entire life has been guided by high and honorable principles, making him a man worthy of the esteem and regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact. His life has indeed been well spent and furnishes an example that the youth of the present generation may well follow, for his record proves that success and an honored name may be won simultaneously. _________________________- From the COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM, Friday , August 3,1919: J. H. Wurdeman, whose unfortunate death occurred last Friday morning was a veteran of the Civil War, a pioneer in Sherman Township, and at one time the largest land owner in Platte County. Funeral Services were conducted by Rev. R. Neumarker at the residence on eighth street, Tuesday morning at eight o'clock, and by Rev. Dohlen at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sherman Township at 10:00 AM. Burial was made in the little cemetery near the church. Six of the grandsons bore the body to the sepulchre. Mr. Wurdeman was a native of Alhorn, Oldenburg; Germany, where he was born February 12,1838. He lived there until he reached the age of 22 years. Rather than be drafted into a military system for which he had no sympathy, he came to the United States to be a citizen of this country. He arrived May 31,1860 and went to Dekalb County, IL. where he secured work on a farm. Though he had left Germany rather than serve in the army, he was quick to go to the defense of his adopted country when the call went out for volunteers for the Civil War. Little more than a year after he came over, he was in the thick of the fight, doing his bit to help preserve the Union. He enlisted August 28,1861. with Company D; 39th Regiment; Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served four years, three and one half months. Twice he was wounded and several other times he narrowly escaped death. Near Richmond, VA. on October 13,1864 a bullet penetrated his left cheek and because of inefficient medical service, there it remained for more than three months. In the fighting around Fort Gregg on April 2,1865, Mr. Wurdeman was wounded in the right front leg by grapeshot from the guns of the Fort. On the same day, when he stooped to avoid being hit, a cannon ball shattered the rifle he carried over his shoulder. Mustered out of the service as a corporal, December 13,1865 at Springfield, IL., he went to Maryville, WI. where he secured a position as a clerk in store. There on February 4,1866, he married Catherina M. Wilke. They came to Nebraska in March,1869, home steading in Sherman Township. With an abiding faith in the development of the new country to which they had come, Mr. Wurdeman bought land, and still more land, until he acquired nearly 2500 acres, most of which he divided among his sons and daughters about three years ago. Many years ago Mr. Wurdeman was one of the organizers of the Maple Valley Bank of Leigh. He served as its president and his son, Ed Wurdeman, as its cashier, until about ten years ago when it was consolidated with the Farmers' and Merchants Bank and it became First National. For several years he was vice president of the new institution. He also was one of the founders and original stockholders in the Commercial Bank of Columbus, and was long a member of Baker Post No. 9, G.A.R. His first wife passed away October 17,1915. Three years ago he married Mrs. Anna Kumpf of Columbus, retired from the farm, and made his home in the city for the rest of his life. Besides his widow, he leaves four sons- Rudolph, Charles, Frank, and Edward Wurdeman, all of Columbus; two daughters- Mrs John Ahrens and Mrs Fred Feye, residing north of the city, twenty- five grand children, two step-sons Emil Kumpf of Columbus and Otto Kumpf of Albion, and two step- daughters, Mrs F.R. Gregorius of Columbus and Mrs William Hemphill of Chicago. ______________________________ From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD (Date Unknown)- J.H.Wurdeman, pioneer of Sherman Township, but a resident of Columbus for the last three years was drowned in the Loup River at an early hour last Friday morning. Joe Stanzel and Louis Glur, who were fishing along the north bank south of the south end of Lover's Lane found the body shortly after daybreak. It had evidently floated down the river shortly before and lodged in the shallow water, for it was not there when they had run their lines at 3 AM. There were no marks of violence on the body and Coroner Otto Walter who was called to the scene and was present when the lifeless form was removed from the water by Deputy Sheriff Charles Jaworski, said that probably no inquest would be held. The body was taken to the Gaws undertaking rooms. Mr. Wurdeman left his home at 1403 Eighth Street some time before daybreak. He retired as usual, about ten o'clock, the previous night. This morning, when Mrs Wurdeman went to his room to call him, he was not there. He had packed his clothing in a grip and suitcase, and she thought perhaps that he had gone over to one of his son's homes. The bed had been occupied. For several years, Mr. Wurdeman, who was 81 years old, had been in feeble health, subject to fainting spells, but Mrs. Wurdeman says he seemed to be much better of late, though somewhat eccentric. [ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] John Henry emigrated to Chicago, IL. and then to Nebraska. Bob Wurdeman indicates that he came to the United States in 1860 and to Platte County in 1869. From ANDREAS HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. Platte County, Published 1892- JOHN HENRY WURDEMAN, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Columbus, was born in Oldenburg, February 12, 1838. He came to America in 1860, landing at New York City in May. he went to De Kalb county, Ill., remaining until Christmas. He then went to Ogle County, Ill., where in August, 1861, he enlisted in Company D. Thirty-ninth Illinois Infantry, serving until December 21, 1865; was in the Army of the James; was wounded at the battle of Petersburg and at the siege of Richmond; was promoted to Corporal, which position he held until his discharge. He then went to Mayville. Wis., where he was employed as a clerk in a general store until 1869. He then married, February 4, 1866, Miss C. M. Wilke, also a native of Oldenburg. They have six children--Rudolph, Louisa, Charles, Franklin, Edward and Alma. In March, 1869, he moved to Nebraska, locating in Platte County. He now has a large farm of 490 acres, 250 acres in cultivation; thirty acres in pasture under fence. ___________________________________ FROM THE PAST AND THE PRESENT, PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, Volume II- John Henry Wurdeman, a retired farmer living on section 9, Sherman township, is one of the veterans of the Civil war who proudly wears the little bronze button that proclaims him a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Throughout his entire life he has manifested the same spirit of loyalty to his country which he displayed when he followed the nation's starry banner upon the battlefields of the south. At the same time he has been a most enterprising and progressive business man, accomplishing results which show his forcefulness, resourcefulness, industry, and capability. He was born in Ahlhorn, Oldenburg, Germany, February 12, 1838, and has therefore passed the seventy-seventh milestone on life's journey. His father, Diedrich Wurdeman, was a farmer of Germany and came to the United States in 1871, in which year he homesteaded in Sherman township, Platte county, but did not get the deed to the land, for he died in 1872, at the home of his son, John H. He was married three times and John Henry Wurdeman was one of the two children born of the first marriage. His religious faith was that of the Lutheran church. Mr. Wurdeman, whose name introduces this review, attended school in Germany in the village in which he lived and at fourteen years of age began work as a farm hand. In 1860 he came to the United States and for six months worked as a farm hand at a wage of ten dollars per month, at South Grove, De Kalb County, Illinois. He then went to Ogle County, Illinois, where he received fourteen dollars per month for his services, but at the time of the Civil war he put aside all business and personal considerations and, responding to the call of his adopted country, enlisted on the 28th of August, 1861, as a member of Company D, Thirty-ninth Illinois Infantry, joining the command at Lindenwood, Illinois. He entered the service as a private and was promoted to the rank of corporal. He veteranized on the 5th of September, 1864, and on the 13th of October of the same year was wounded, after which he carried the bullet in his left cheek until January 21, 1865. His first injury was sustained at Darbytown Crossroads, Virginia, and on the 2d of April, 1865, he was wounded by grape shot in the right leg, at Fort Gregg, Virginia. Company D was organized at Rochelle, Illinois, and was among the first to be assigned for active duty. The regiment was quartered in the old Republican Wigwam on Market street in Chicago, and the company was the first to meet the advance force of the enemy under General Stonewall Jackson, at Bath, Virginia, on the 3d of June, 1862, entering upon the engagement without preliminary skirmish tactics. They were again and again upon the firing line, displaying a spirit of courage and nobility, and at the expiration of their three years' term, three-fourths of the company re enlisted as veterans at Hilton Head, South Carolina. On being first mustered in, the company left Chicago, went to St. Louis and thence proceeded to Hagerstown, Maryland, where they were given Springfield rifles and were engaged in doing guard duty on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. They participated in the battle of Winchester on the 23rd of March, 1862, against Jackson, and from that time on were again and again on active duty on the firing line. Mr. Wurdeman made a most creditable military record as a brave and loyal soldier and has every reason to be proud of the reputation won by his command. In 1866 he went to Dodge county, Wisconsin, where he engaged in clerking in a store. While residing there he was married and in March, 1869, he removed to Platte county, which was then a western frontier district. There was no bridge over the Missouri river at Omaha and the fare from Omaha to Columbus was nine dollars and sixty cents. Mr. Wurdeman secured a homestead claim of one hundred and sixty acres in Sherman township, on which was a primitive house, half sod and half dugout. He was among the first settlers to penetrate into this region and there was little evidence of development and improvement. During his first winter he built a log cabin twelve by eighteen feet, hewing the logs on his own claim, and during the first three years he used an ox team for plowing. As time passed on his labors wrought a marked transformation in the claim, which he converted from raw prairie into richly cultivated and productive fields. Starting in with one hundred and sixty acres, he added to his holdings from time to time as opportunity offered and his financial resources increased. He had eighty acres on section 8, four hundred and eighty acres on section 9, two hundred and eighty acres on section 10, forty acres on section 15 and two hundred and forty acres on section 16, Sherman township, together with three hundred and twenty acres in Stanton county, Nebraska, but has given all of this land to his children. The various tracts were fine farming. land, the soil being naturally rich and productive, and in addition to cultivating his fields, Mr. Wurdeman engaged extensively in stock-raising and did much to improve the grade of stock raised in the county. He was also one of the organizers of the Maple Valley State Bank at Leigh, Nebraska, and when it was sold to the First National he became vice president of the latter. He has always been a most active and progressive man, ready to meet any emergency and carrying forward to successful completion whatever he has undertaken. His well directed efforts have found visible evidence in his various farm properties and his indefatigable industry made him one of the most substantial residents of the county. On the 4th of February, 1866, at Mayville, Wisconsin, Mr. Wurdeman was united in marriage to Miss Catharina Margaretha Wilke, a native of Oldenburg, Germany, born February 2, 1839, and a daughter of John Wilke, who was a landowner and agriculturist of that country. Mr. and Mrs. Wurdeman are the parents of six children, as follows: Rudolph H., a sketch of whom appears on another page of this work; Louise, the wife of John Ahrens, who is also represented on another page of this volume; Charles, an architect of Columbus; Frank, a biography of whom appears on another page; Edward, the vice president of the First National Bank of Columbus; and Alma, the wife of Fred Feye, a sketch of whom is given on another page of this work. After a happy married life of almost fifty years Mrs. Wurdeman passed away October 17, 1915, loved and respected by all who knew her. She was an earnest Christian and was always ready and willing to aid those in sickness or distress. Mr. Wurdeman was a member of the Grand Army post at Creston until it was discontinued and during his residence in Columbus held membership with the post there. He retired to Columbus in 1891, and tried living in town in a modern residence, but preferring rural life, he returned to the farm and now makes his home on section 9, Sherman township. He has assisted in furthering every improvement of the township and he has served as a member of the county board of supervisors. He belongs to the German Lutheran church and his entire life has been guided by high and honorable principles, making him a man worthy of the esteem and regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact. His life has indeed been well spent and furnishes an example that the youth of the present generation may well follow, for his record proves that success and an honored name may be won simultaneously. _________________________- From the COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM, Friday , August 3,1919: J. H. Wurdeman, whose unfortunate death occurred last Friday morning was a veteran of the Civil War, a pioneer in Sherman Township, and at one time the largest land owner in Platte County. Funeral Services were conducted by Rev. R. Neumarker at the residence on eighth street, Tuesday morning at eight o'clock, and by Rev. Dohlen at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sherman Township at 10:00 AM. Burial was made in the little cemetery near the church. Six of the grandsons bore the body to the sepulchre. Mr. Wurdeman was a native of Alhorn, Oldenburg; Germany, where he was born February 12,1838. He lived there until he reached the age of 22 years. Rather than be drafted into a military system for which he had no sympathy, he came to the United States to be a citizen of this country. He arrived May 31,1860 and went to Dekalb County, IL. where he secured work on a farm. Though he had left Germany rather than serve in the army, he was quick to go to the defense of his adopted country when the call went out for volunteers for the Civil War. Little more than a year after he came over, he was in the thick of the fight, doing his bit to help preserve the Union. He enlisted August 28,1861. with Company D; 39th Regiment; Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served four years, three and one half months. Twice he was wounded and several other times he narrowly escaped death. Near Richmond, VA. on October 13,1864 a bullet penetrated his left cheek and because of inefficient medical service, there it remained for more than three months. In the fighting around Fort Gregg on April 2,1865, Mr. Wurdeman was wounded in the right front leg by grapeshot from the guns of the Fort. On the same day, when he stooped to avoid being hit, a cannon ball shattered the rifle he carried over his shoulder. Mustered out of the service as a corporal, December 13,1865 at Springfield, IL., he went to Maryville, WI. where he secured a position as a clerk in store. There on February 4,1866, he married Catherina M. Wilke. They came to Nebraska in March,1869, home steading in Sherman Township. With an abiding faith in the development of the new country to which they had come, Mr. Wurdeman bought land, and still more land, until he acquired nearly 2500 acres, most of which he divided among his sons and daughters about three years ago. Many years ago Mr. Wurdeman was one of the organizers of the Maple Valley Bank of Leigh. He served as its president and his son, Ed Wurdeman, as its cashier, until about ten years ago when it was consolidated with the Farmers' and Merchants Bank and it became First National. For several years he was vice president of the new institution. He also was one of the founders and original stockholders in the Commercial Bank of Columbus, and was long a member of Baker Post No. 9, G.A.R. His first wife passed away October 17,1915. Three years ago he married Mrs. Anna Kumpf of Columbus, retired from the farm, and made his home in the city for the rest of his life. Besides his widow, he leaves four sons- Rudolph, Charles, Frank, and Edward Wurdeman, all of Columbus; two daughters- Mrs John Ahrens and Mrs Fred Feye, residing north of the city, twenty- five grand children, two step-sons Emil Kumpf of Columbus and Otto Kumpf of Albion, and two step- daughters, Mrs F.R. Gregorius of Columbus and Mrs William Hemphill of Chicago. ______________________________ From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD (Date Unknown)- J.H.Wurdeman, pioneer of Sherman Township, but a resident of Columbus for the last three years was drowned in the Loup River at an early hour last Friday morning. Joe Stanzel and Louis Glur, who were fishing along the north bank south of the south end of Lover's Lane found the body shortly after daybreak. It had evidently floated down the river shortly before and lodged in the shallow water, for it was not there when they had run their lines at 3 AM. There were no marks of violence on the body and Coroner Otto Walter who was called to the scene and was present when the lifeless form was removed from the water by Deputy Sheriff Charles Jaworski, said that probably no inquest would be held. The body was taken to the Gaws undertaking rooms. Mr. Wurdeman left his home at 1403 Eighth Street some time before daybreak. He retired as usual, about ten o'clock, the previous night. This morning, when Mrs Wurdeman went to his room to call him, he was not there. He had packed his clothing in a grip and suitcase, and she thought perhaps that he had gone over to one of his son's homes. The bed had been occupied. For several years, Mr. Wurdeman, who was 81 years old, had been in feeble health, subject to fainting spells, but Mrs. Wurdeman says he seemed to be much better of late, though somewhat eccentric. Original individual @I00090@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I4276@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) @NF0021@ | Würdemann, Johann Heinrich (I14029)
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| 1893 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John Inglis writes, Leonard's gravestone says, "Nebraska-PFC 184 Inf, 7th Div WW II Facts about this person: Burial Christ Lutheran Cemetery; Columbus, NE. John Inglis writes, Leonard's gravestone says, "Nebraska-PFC 184 Inf, 7th Div WW II". From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, July 22, 1949- PFC. Leonard Wilke was killed in the line of duty as a platoon runner on April 22, 1945.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] John Inglis writes, Leonard's gravestone says, "Nebraska-PFC 184 Inf, 7th Div WW II". From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, July 22, 1949- PFC. Leonard Wilke was killed in the line of duty as a platoon runner on April 22, 1945. Original individual @I01734@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I4139@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) | Wilke, Leonard (I13755)
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| 1895 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John Inglis writes: Elmer drove a gasoline transport for Spanake Oil Company. To be closer to the refineries, the family moved to Chester, NE. in 1939. He drove the transport out of Chester for three years.In 1942, they moved back to Leigh and bought the former Inez Linn Duplex. Together they remodeled it and made it their home. Elmer started Leigh Shipping Co. with Cyril Trofholz in 1946 and they dissolved the partnership in 1952. In 1956, Elmer sold the trucking, feed, and fertilizer business to Lavern Thalken and Harold Gernstein. Elmer invented a grain aeration system and other farm products. He went into business with Henry Bothe of Columbus and the business was called B & W Mfg Co. Elmer served on the Leigh School Board, Leigh Fire Department, Leigh Community Club, and the Village Board. He died at the Clarkson Memorial Hospital in Omaha, NE. Facts about this person: Burial Zion Lutheran Cemetery; Leigh, NE. John Inglis writes: Elmer drove a gasoline transport for Spanake Oil Company. To be closer to the refineries, the family moved to Chester, NE. in 1939. He drove the transport out of Chester for three years. In 1942, they moved back to Leigh and bought the former Inez Linn Duplex. Together they remodeled it and made it their home. Elmer started Leigh Shipping Co. with Cyril Trofholz in 1946 and they dissolved the partnership in 1952. In 1956, Elmer sold the trucking, feed, and fertilizer business to Lavern Thalken and Harold Gernstein. Elmer invented a grain aeration system and other farm products. He went into business with Henry Bothe of Columbus and the business was called B & W Mfg Co. _____________________________ From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, April 29, 1949- Elmer Wurdeman was served with a summons on by Sheriff Edward J. Patach to appear in court on June 6th at which time votes cast on the April 5th election for trustees for the Village of Leigh will be recounte In a petition filed in county court on April 25th, the contestants ask that the votes be recounted and recanvassed and that all illegal votes received at said election be rejected. The plaintiffs and contestants allege that there were errors on the part of the counting board at the election on April 5, 1949, and that if it had not been for these errors and errors of the Board of Canvassers in counting the results, and that a sufficient number of illegal votes were received to change the result, that Frank Cremers or Hugh Mortimer would have been declared elected to the third place as a member of the Board of Trustees instead of Elmer Wurdeman. The contestants claim that the mistakes are sufficient to change the result of the election. At the election 226 votes were cast for the election of three Trustees for the Village of Leigh. Six names appeared on the ballot, namely: John A. Glandt, receiving 126 votes, Elmer Wurdernan - 108, Ed Callies - 124, Frank Cremers - 95, Hugh Mortimer - 92, and Fred Rabeler - 90. Fifteen scattered votes were also recorded. Regardless of whether the former election be contested or not, the regular business procedure is to be followed. _________________________ From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, May 15, 1951- C. A. Trofholz is now the owner-manager of Loseke Tavern. Mr. Trofholz took over the business after completing a transaction between himself and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Loseke, former owners. Mr. Trofholz had recently sold his partnership in Leigh Shipping Assn. to his partner, Elmer Wurdeman. ______________________________ From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, June 10, 1049- In the recount of ballots held in the court court of Colfax County, Nebraska, at Schuyler on Monday, June 6, before County Judge, Ros. R. Bros, the result of the election contest, Frank Cremers and Hugh Mortimer, plaintiffs, and contestants VS Elmer Wurdeman, defendant and contestee, corresponded to the original count given by the village counting board at the election. After the sealed ballot box, which was taken to county court by Village Clerk, Ed Korte, was opened, the ballots were recounted, the result being the same. Elmer Wurdeman, who was 13 votes ahead of the next candidate, is to remain in office. However, three illegal voters who were under age at the time of the April 5 election were given new ballots and sent separately into another room and asked to revote exactly as they had at the election. These votes were then subtracted from the original count and the result then read by the judge. Since the votes were not sufficient to change the result of the election, no further action was brought up by the plaintiffs. ___________________________ Elmer served on the Leigh School Board, Leigh Fire Department, Leigh Community Club, and the Village Board. He died at the Clarkson Memorial Hospital in Omaha, NE.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] John Inglis writes: Elmer drove a gasoline transport for Spanake Oil Company. To be closer to the refineries, the family moved to Chester, NE. in 1939. He drove the transport out of Chester for three years. In 1942, they moved back to Leigh and bought the former Inez Linn Duplex. Together they remodeled it and made it their home. Elmer started Leigh Shipping Co. with Cyril Trofholz in 1946 and they dissolved the partnership in 1952. In 1956, Elmer sold the trucking, feed, and fertilizer business to Lavern Thalken and Harold Gernstein. Elmer invented a grain aeration system and other farm products. He went into business with Henry Bothe of Columbus and the business was called B & W Mfg Co. _____________________________ From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, April 29, 1949- Elmer Wurdeman was served with a summons on by Sheriff Edward J. Patach to appear in court on June 6th at which time votes cast on the April 5th election for trustees for the Village of Leigh will be recounte In a petition filed in county court on April 25th, the contestants ask that the votes be recounted and recanvassed and that all illegal votes received at said election be rejected. The plaintiffs and contestants allege that there were errors on the part of the counting board at the election on April 5, 1949, and that if it had not been for these errors and errors of the Board of Canvassers in counting the results, and that a sufficient number of illegal votes were received to change the result, that Frank Cremers or Hugh Mortimer would have been declared elected to the third place as a member of the Board of Trustees instead of Elmer Wurdeman. The contestants claim that the mistakes are sufficient to change the result of the election. At the election 226 votes were cast for the election of three Trustees for the Village of Leigh. Six names appeared on the ballot, namely: John A. Glandt, receiving 126 votes, Elmer Wurdernan - 108, Ed Callies - 124, Frank Cremers - 95, Hugh Mortimer - 92, and Fred Rabeler - 90. Fifteen scattered votes were also recorded. Regardless of whether the former election be contested or not, the regular business procedure is to be followed. _________________________ From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, May 15, 1951- C. A. Trofholz is now the owner-manager of Loseke Tavern. Mr. Trofholz took over the business after completing a transaction between himself and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Loseke, former owners. Mr. Trofholz had recently sold his partnership in Leigh Shipping Assn. to his partner, Elmer Wurdeman. ______________________________ From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, June 10, 1049- In the recount of ballots held in the court court of Colfax County, Nebraska, at Schuyler on Monday, June 6, before County Judge, Ros. R. Bros, the result of the election contest, Frank Cremers and Hugh Mortimer, plaintiffs, and contestants VS Elmer Wurdeman, defendant and contestee, corresponded to the original count given by the village counting board at the election. After the sealed ballot box, which was taken to county court by Village Clerk, Ed Korte, was opened, the ballots were recounted, the result being the same. Elmer Wurdeman, who was 13 votes ahead of the next candidate, is to remain in office. However, three illegal voters who were under age at the time of the April 5 election were given new ballots and sent separately into another room and asked to revote exactly as they had at the election. These votes were then subtracted from the original count and the result then read by the judge. Since the votes were not sufficient to change the result of the election, no further action was brought up by the plaintiffs. ___________________________ Elmer served on the Leigh School Board, Leigh Fire Department, Leigh Community Club, and the Village Board. He died at the Clarkson Memorial Hospital in Omaha, NE. Original individual @I00735@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I4408@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) | Wurdeman, Elmer Laurence (I14174)
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| 1896 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John Inglis writes: Walter was born on a farm 2.5 miles west of Leigh. After they were married, they farmed on on a place north of Leigh. In 1940, they moved to a farm 1.5 miles west of Leigh, where Walter still resides. _______________________ From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM, November 8, 2002- LEIGH - Walter A. Wurdeman, 88, of rural Leigh died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002, at his home. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Leigh with the Rev. Peter Jark-Swain officiating. Burial will be at Leigh Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. today at Leigh Memorial Funeral Chapel and 1-2 p.m. Saturday at the church. Mr. Wurdeman was born May 10, 1914, at rural Leigh to Otto and Pauline (Kumpf) Wurdeman. He attended Zion Lutheran School in Leigh. He married Etta Paper on Oct. 16, 1936. They made their home west of Leigh where they were engaged in farming and raised cattle and hogs. He was also in dairy farming and raised Shetland ponies. He was a founding member of the Leigh Saddle Club. He served on the District 43 School Board and the St. John's Lutheran Church council. He was also active in farming his entire life. He enjoyed working with horses and other livestock. Survivors include one daughter, Virginia (James) McBride of Omaha; four sons, Roger Wurdeman of Greeley, Colo., Rodney Wurdeman of Kennewick, Wash., David Wurdeman of Leigh and Kenneth Wurdeman of Lincoln; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Edna (Arnold) Sander of Columbus. He was preceded in death by his wife on Oct. 15, 1986; and two brothers, Elmer Wurdeman and Lavern Wurdeman.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] John Inglis writes: Walter was born on a farm 2.5 miles west of Leigh. After they were married, they farmed on on a place north of Leigh. In 1940, they moved to a farm 1.5 miles west of Leigh, where Walter still resides. _______________________ From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM, November 8, 2002- LEIGH - Walter A. Wurdeman, 88, of rural Leigh died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002, at his home. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Leigh with the Rev. Peter Jark-Swain officiating. Burial will be at Leigh Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. today at Leigh Memorial Funeral Chapel and 1-2 p.m. Saturday at the church. Mr. Wurdeman was born May 10, 1914, at rural Leigh to Otto and Pauline (Kumpf) Wurdeman. He attended Zion Lutheran School in Leigh. He married Etta Paper on Oct. 16, 1936. They made their home west of Leigh where they were engaged in farming and raised cattle and hogs. He was also in dairy farming and raised Shetland ponies. He was a founding member of the Leigh Saddle Club. He served on the District 43 School Board and the St. John's Lutheran Church council. He was also active in farming his entire life. He enjoyed working with horses and other livestock. Survivors include one daughter, Virginia (James) McBride of Omaha; four sons, Roger Wurdeman of Greeley, Colo., Rodney Wurdeman of Kennewick, Wash., David Wurdeman of Leigh and Kenneth Wurdeman of Lincoln; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Edna (Arnold) Sander of Columbus. He was preceded in death by his wife on Oct. 15, 1986; and two brothers, Elmer Wurdeman and Lavern Wurdeman. Original individual @I00736@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I4604@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) | Wurdeman, Walter Arthur (I14410)
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| 1897 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I5947)
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| 1898 | _P_CCINFO 2-14330 John, Jr. served as Justice of the Peace in 1886 in Platte County, NE. Facts about this person: Burial Christ Lutheran Cemetery;Columbus, NE. John, Jr. served as Justice of the Peace in 1886 in Platte County, NE. ____________________________ From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) JOURNAL, February 8, 1888- KUMPF--In this city, February 2d, of Bright's disease, John Kumpf, aged 29 years, 7 months and 5 days. The remains were interred Saturday in the cemetery at the Lutheran church on Loseke creek, Rev. Meissler officiating. Original individual @I00003@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I2156@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) @NF0006@ | Kumpf (Jr), John (I7144)
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| 1899 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I9126)
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| 1900 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I7402)
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