KarensGen.Com - Families - Friedrich Behrens (1808-1884) and Maria Triebold (1803-1871) from Mesmerode and Idensen, Germany to DuPage and Will Co., IL.

Heinrich Christoph FRIEDRICH Behrens
Born: 22 AUG 1808 in: Mesmerode #13, Hanover, Germany 1
Baptized: in:
Died: __ ___ 1884 in: Itasca, DuPage Co., IL
Buried: in:
Occupation: Koethner u. Leineweber (linen weaver)
Father: Johann Friedrich Behrens
Mother: Catharina Dorothea Charlotta Senne
Immigrated in 1852.
Immigration not found in Schaumburger Auswanderer book.

Anna Catharina MARIA Triebold
Married: 22 OCT 1835 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 2
Born: 05 JUL 1803 in: Germany 3
Baptized: in:
Died: 02 MAR 1871 in: Eagle Lake, Will Co., IL 4
Buried: in: Zion UCC Cemetery, Dyer, Lake Co., IN 5
Father: Georg Johann Friedrich Triebold (19 AUG 1778 - 22 JUN 1839) from Mesmerode.
Mother: Catharina Sophia Pinkenburg, daughter of Johann Conrad Pinkenburg from Niengraben.
To America 1852.

Behrens-Triebold children:

1 HEINRICH Conrad Behrens
Born: 14 JAN 1836 in: Mesmerode, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 6
Baptized: in:
Died: 06 SEP 1889 in: Will Co., IL 7
Buried: in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 8
Spouse: Maria SOPHIA Ohlendorf
Born: 05/13? OCT 1839 Idensenmoor, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 02 MAY 1918 Beecher, Will Co., IL
Daughter of Heinrich Conrad Ohlendorf and Christine Sophia Senne.
Married: 22 JUL 1858 in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 6
Marriage record "Johann Heinrich" Behrens.
1860 Census Crete Twp., Will Co., IL.

Behrens-Ohlendorf children:
1. Catharina Wilhelmine CHRISTINE Behrens *21 JUN 1859 married 1878 Johann Friedrich Hartmann.
2. Friedrich Heinrich Conrad Behrens 27 JAN 1861 - 07 NOV 1861
3. Maria Sophia Behrens 23 AUG 1862 - 13 OCT 1901 married 1890 Johann Heinrich Christoph Schweer.
4. Dorothea Wilhelmine Louise Sophia Elise Behrens 26 FEB 1865 - 12 JAN 1872.
5. Heinrich August Christoph HENRY Behrens 12 MAR 1867 - 12 MAY 1931 married 1895 Emma Fathauer.
6. Christoph Heinrich Wilhelm Behrens 12 MAY 1869 - 25 APR 1909 married 1898 Lizzie Miller
7. Katharine KATIE Behrens 22 APR 1871 - 1964 married 1897 Hermann Wassmann
8. Engel Maria Sophia Behrens 10 JAN 1877 - 07 FEB 1879
9. Emma Behrens 07 APR 1879 - JUL 1956 married 1899 Friedrich Wassmann
10. Heinrich Conrad Carl WILHELM Behrens 14 MAR 1881 - 20 OCT 1957 married 1906 Alice Hartmann
11. Louise MARIA Sophia Behrens 10 AUG 1884 - 09 APR 1933 married 1912 Friedrich Schuldt

2 Catharina Sophia Dorothea Behrens
Born: 28 JAN 1837 in: Mesmerode #13, Hanover, Germany 9
Baptized: 09 FEB 1837 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 2
Died: 14 DEC 1877 in: 10
Buried: in: German Cemetery, Bern, Nemaha Co., KS
Spouse: Ernst Heinrich HENRY Hecht
Born: 21 FEB 1821 Niengraben, Ksp. Idensen, Germany
Died: 22 FEB 1902
Son of Johann Otto Hecht and Catharina Sophia Justine Hassel.
Married: 08 JUL 1853 in: First St. Paul Lutheran, Chicago, IL 9

3 Conrad Christoph Behrens
Born: 04 JUL 1841 in: Mesmerode, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 11
Baptized: in:
Died: 10 JUN 1921 in: Marysville, Marshall Co., KS 12
Buried: in:
Spouse: Sophia Thurnau / Turnau
Born: about 1845 Auhagen, Germany
Died: after 1878
Daughter of ???
Married: 20 JUN 1863 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN 5
A Johann Christoph Behrens was confirmed at the St. Johns Eagle Lake Church at Beecher, IL in 1855. No parents listed.

Behrens-Thurnau children:
13 children (two sets of twins, five of the children dying in infancy).
1. Sophia Wilhelmine Catharina Behrens 11 SEP 1865
2. Son Behrens 18 SEP 1867 - 26 SEP 1867
3. Son Behrens 13 OCT 1867 - 13 OCT 1867
4. Heinrich Conrad Adolph CHRISTOPH Behrens 01 NOV 1868 (of Marysville, KS in 1921)
5. Infant Behrens (twin) 01 MAR 1870 - 01 MAR 1870
6. Infant Behrens (twin) 01 MAR 1870 - 01 MAR 1870
7. Heinrich Wilhelm Friedrich Behrens 09 NOV 1870
8. Heinrich Christoph CONRAD Behrens 27 AUG 1873 - 22 FEB 1915 married 1899 Emma Luecke
9. Son Behrens 14 JUL 1876 - 14 JUL 1876
10. Ferdinand Behrens (twin) 08 JUN 1878 - 23 AUG 1878
11. Wilhelm Behrens (twin) 08 JUN 1878 - 1915
12. Hermann Behrens (of Marysville, KS in 1921)
13. John Behrens (of Blue Rapids, KS in 1921)

1921 Obituary
Christ Behrens

4 Heinrich Christoph CONRAD Behrens
Born: 09 AUG 1845 in: Mesmerode, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 13
Baptized: in:
Confirmation 1858 St. Johns Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL.
Died: 25 OCT 1895 in: Ash Grove Twp., Iroquios Co., IL 14
Buried: in:
Spouse: Sophia Blanke
Born: 05 JUL 1842
Died:
Daughter of ???
Married: 18 OCT 1866 in: St. John UCC, Beecher, Will Co., IL 15

Behrens-Blanke children:
1. Conrad Behrens married 1897 Johanna Hasselbring; +11 JAN 1960 Donovan, IL
2. Heinrich Behrens married Dena Knake
3. Friedrich Heinrich Christ. Conrad Behrens 02 JUL 1871; married May Clifton
4. Lena Behrens married Friedrich Meyer
5. Sophia Behrens married Friedrich Hasselbring
6. Christine Maria Dorothea Sophia Behrens 03 DEC 1873
7. August Julius Heinrich Behrens 03 JUN/JUL 1877

Sources:
1 Information from Carol Triebold and Gaby Fricke.
2 Information from Gaby Fricke.
3 Approximate birthdate calculated from age at death.
4 Zion UCC, Dyer, Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Death Records.
5 So Great a Cloud of Witnesses, The People of Zion Church, Hanover Twp., Lake County, Indiana by Rev. David McDonald 1996.
6 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Marriage Records.
7 Beecher Cemetery Readings, Will Co., IL Compiled by W.L. Eilrich, Sept. 1992.
8 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Death Records.
9 First St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1301 No. LaSalle, Chicago, IL 60610
10 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ks/nemaha/cemeteries/nehamcem.txt
11 Information from Howard Piepenbrink.
Information from Gaby Fricke.
12 Obituary June 1921, Marysville (Kansas) Advocate, courtesy of Dean Landman.
13 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co. IL Confirmation Records.
Information from Gaby Fricke.
14 Information from Howard Piepenbrink.
15 St. Johns UCC, Beecher Will Co. IL, The People Of, by Rev. David McDonald 1997