KarensGen.Com - Families - Hans Heinrich Behrens (1782-1861) from Beckedorf, Germany and Sophia Seehausen (1788-1861) from Ohndorf, Germany to Crete, Will Co., IL

Hans Heinrich Behrens
Born: 26 FEB 1782 in: Beckedorf #5, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 03 MAR 1782 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 2
Died: 02 APR 1861 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 3
Buried: in:
Father: Johann Friedrich Behrens (ca 1757-1809)
Mother: Anna Ilsa Everding from Beckedorf #2 married in 1779 at Beckedorf.
Mother listed in baptism record as Anna Ilse Everding.

1st Wife: Maria Charlotta Bremer
Married: 07 JAN 1812 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 4
Born: 10 MAR 1786 in: Ohndorf #46, Schaumburg, Germany 5
Baptized: 12 MAR 1786 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 6
Died: 07 AUG 1813 in: Ohndorf #47, Schaumburg, Germany 7
Buried: 10 AUG 1813 in: Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany
Father: Johann Otto Bremer (1755-1831)
Mother: Catharina Maria Wille (ca 1752-1812) married 1785 at Hohnhorst.

2nd Wife: Catharina Engel SOPHIA Dorothe Seehausen
Married: 15 MAY 1814 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 4
Born: 28 JUL 1788 in: Ohndorf #21, Schaumburg, Germany 5
Baptized as Sophia Dorthe Sehausen; Sponsor was Maria Sophia Reese, Ohnd. #4.
Baptized: 30 JUL 1788 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 6
Died: 07 AUG 1861 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 3
Buried: in:
Father: Johann Conrad Seehausen
Mother: Engel Sophia Dormann

1 Child of Hans Heinrich Behrens and Maria Charlotte Bremer

Engel Maria Sophia Behrens
Born: 23 JUL 1813 in: Ohndorf #47, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 25 JUL 1813 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 6
Died: __ AUG 1813 in: Reinsen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 8
Buried: 03 SEP 1813 in: Heuerssen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany

6 Children of Hans Heinrich Behrens and Sophia Seehausen

Hans Heinrich Behrens
Born: 23 DEC 1814 in: Ohndorf #47, Schaumburg, Germany 9
Baptized: 28 DEC 1814 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 6
Died: AFT 1848 in: America 10
Buried: in:
Spouse:Engel Maria Sophia Reese
Born: 22 MAY 1815 Ohndorf #41
Daughter of Johann Friedrich Reese (ca 1785-1870) from Holtensen and Engel Maria Bahe (1789-1868)
Married: 28 FEB 1841 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 4
Schaumburg Auswanderer #805: 1848 Behrens, Hans Heinrich, Ohndorf Nr. 47, geb. 23.12.1814
in Ohndorf, verh., mit Ehefrau Engel Maria Sohia Reese, geb. 22.5.1815, u. Kind Engel Maria,
geb. 6.6.1841 nach Amerika (Kb. Hohnhorst Seelenliste Ohndorf S. 46).
Sale of the house #47 to Johann Wilhelm Widdel, shoemaker from Helsinghasuen.
Children:
Hans Heinrich Conrad Reese Behrens 24 DEC 1838 - 21 AUG 1839
Engel Maria Reese Behrens 06 JUN 1841 - AFT 1848 America
Engel Sophia Dorothea Behrens 30 JUL 1843 - 11 OCT 1844
Engel Dorothea Behrens 13 DEC 1844
Hans Heinrich Behrens 10 MAY 1846 - America

Johann Conrad Behrens
Born: 07 OCT 1817 in: Ohndorf #47, Schaumburg, Germany 5
Baptized: 12 OCT 1817 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 6
Died: 18 MAY 1902 in: Fairmont, Martin Co., MN
Buried: in:
Occ./Res.: Farmer in Crete, IL
Spouse:Sophia Flugel (Pflueger?)
16 JUL 1830 - 16 OCT 1881 Crete, Will Co., IL (died 1891?).
Married: __ ___ 1851 in:
To America 1844.
Confirmed 1832.
1860 Census Crete Twp, Will Co., IL
Death record states married 40 years and survived by husband and 8 children.

Sophie Behrens nee Flugel
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, Will Co. , IL

Thrine Engel Maria SOPHIA Behrens
Born: 27 APR 1822 in: Ohndorf #47, Schaumburg, Germany 3
Baptized: 04 MAY 1822 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 6
Died: 24 OCT 1896 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 11
Buried: in: Black Walnut Cemetery, Crete, IL
Spouse:Heinrich Anton Wiebrock13 FEB 1815 Koer (Roehrse?), Germany - 20 AUG 1873 Crete, Will Co., IL
Married: 28 FEB 1850 in: First St. Paul Lutheran, Chicago, IL 12
Mothers name spelled Thrine Engel Sophia Seehausen.
To America 1847 per death record.
Children:
Engel Sophia Wiebrock 22 JUN 1853
Engel Wiebrock 02 SEP 1855 married Heinrich J. Luecke 11 JAN 1878 at Crete, IL (Born 06 FEB 1856)
Friedrich Wiebrock 22 SEP 1858
Caroline Charlotta Wiebrock 07 JUL 1860
Engel Maria Catharine LOUISE Wiebrock 06 JUN 1865 - 05 SEP 1886 married John Luecke 29 JAN 1885 (11 JUL 1857-11 SEP 1932)

Johann Otto Behrens
Born: 14 AUG 1824 in: Ohndorf #47, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 15 AUG 1824 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 6
Died: AFT 1874 in:
Buried: in:
Spouse:Engel Sophia Weustenfeld29 JUN 1828 - 16 OCT 1891 Parents? Place of Birth?
Married: BEF 1853 in:
11 Children:
Engel Sophia Behrens JUN 1853
Johann Heinrich Conrad Otto Behrens 12 NOV 1853 - 15 OCT 1869
Heinrich Conrad Behrens 06 MAR 1855 married Englel Sophia Dorothea Bergmeyer 07 OCT 1877 (FEB 1856 - 1895)
Maria Sophia Behrens 25 OCT 1859 - 1953 married 06 NOV 1881 Hermann Christian Conrad Rohe (02 MAY 1858 - 1938)
Hermann Philipp Behrens 15 MAR 1862
Engel Sophia Behrens 29 DEC 1863
Heinrich Friedrich Behrens 11 JUN 1866 - 19 JAN 1869
Emma Dorothea Sophia Behrens 28 SEP 1868
Heinrich Otto Behrens 22 DEC 1860
Sophia Behrens 27 APR 1873
Heinrich Friedrich Behrens 09 MAY 1874

ENGEL Maria Dorothea Behrens
Born: 03 JUN 1827 in: Ohndorf #47, Schaumburg, Germany 3
Baptized: 04 JUN 1827 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 6
Died: 13 JUL 1893 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 3
Buried: in:
Spouse:Johann Carl Hartmann10 FEB 1825 from Horsten #1 - 28 JAN 1866 Beecher, IL
Son of Johann Conrad Hartmann from Pohle #1 and Engel Maria Steege from Horsten #1
Married: 08 MAY 1853 in: Trinity Luth. Ch., Crete, Will Co., IL 13
Spouse:Conrad HartmannBorn 1840
Married: in: 14
Information from Pat Mount is that Johann Hartmann (born 1825?) married
Engel Behrens and farmsteaded east of Crete, IL. John was killed in a farm
accident and she then married his brother Conrad.
Children of Engel Behrens and Johann Carl Hartmann:
Johann Heinrich HENRY Hartmann 14 JAN 1853 - 24 JUN 1912 married Katharina NANA Hilgert
Johann Friedrich Hartmann 06 FEB 1855 - 1927 married 07 NOV 1878 Cath. Wilh. CHRISTINE Behrens
Heinrich Conrad WILHELM Hartmann 14 APR 1857 - 1949 married 1885 Sophia Emilie Maria MARY Saller
Heinrich August Hartmann 14 APR 1859 - 16 FEB 1931 married 06 APR 1890 Christina Oldendorf married 27 AUG 1893 Emma Ruhe
Maria Louise Sophia Hartmann 18 JUN 1861 - 17 APR 1936 married 15 APR 1883 Heinrich Wilhelm Fr. Ohlendorf
Catharina SOPHIACaroline Hartmann 20 DEC 1863 - 09 JAN 1938 married 21 APR 1886 Theodore Tatge
Conrad Fr. Wilhelm Otto Hartmann 15 APR 1866 - 06 JAN 1868
John Hartmann married Louise Behrens

Heinrich Christoph Behrens
Born: 30 SEP 1830 in: Ohndorf #47, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 03 OCT 1830 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 6
Died: 11 APR 1836 in: Ohndorf #47, Schaumburg, Germany
Buried: 14 APR 1836 in: Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany

Sources:
1 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Confirmation Records.
2 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Baptism Records.
3 Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Death Records.
4 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany MARRIAGE records.
5 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany CONFIRMATION records.
6 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany BAPTISM records.
7 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany BURIAL records.
8 Heuerssen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany church BURIAL records.
9 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany Confirmation Records.
Ohndorf-700 Years 1289-1989 by Heinrich Munk, page 64.
10 Schaumburg Auswanderer 1820-1914, by Heinrich Rieckenberg, Rinteln, Germany.
11 Information from LANDSMANN Issue No. 21, March 2001 (Howard Piepenbrink).
12 First St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1301 No. LaSalle, Chicago, IL 60610
13 Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Marriage Records.
14 Information from Penny Livingston/Pat Mount.

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