KarensGen.Com - Hans Heinrich Conrad Bock (1842-1905) and Maria Koeneke (1842-1936) from Nordbruch and Rehren, Germany to Bremer Co., IA.

Updated January 2006

Hans HEINRICH Conrad Bock
Born: 12 OCT 1842 in: Nordbruch, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: 21 JUN 1905 in: Bremer Co., IA 7
Buried: in: St. John Spring Fountain Cem. Sumner, IA
Father:
Mother:

Schaumburger Auswanderer #3468:
Bock, Hans Heinrich Conrad, Nordbruch, Einlieger, geb. 12.10.1842 in Nordbruch, verh., mit Ehefrau Engel Marie Sophie geb. Koeneke, geb. 22.2.1842 in Rehren, u. Sohn Hans Heinrich Conrad, geb. 1.3.1866, nach Amerika, 26.3.1866 (Wochenbl. 1866 So. 137; Kb. Hohnhorst Seelenliste S. 330).

I find this family in the Hohnhorst Church records: Johann Heinrich Bock born 26 DEC 1801 Kobbensen #16, baptised 27 DEC 1801 parish of Lindhorst, son of Johann Friedrich Bock and Ilsa Maria Dorothea Koelling married Engel Maria Sophia Krages 25 AUG 1833 at Martin Church of Hohnhorst. She was born 28 OCT 1810 at Nordbruch, the daughter of Heinrich Christoph Krages from Nordbruch #19 and Anna Maria Dorothea Meyer from Nordbruch #2. Is Hans Heinrich Conrad Bock born 1842 a son of this couple?

Engel MARIA (Konicke) Koennicke
Married: 01 JAN 1866 in: Hohnhorst, Germany
Born: 22 FEB 1842 in: Rehren, Amt. Rodenberg, Germany
Baptized: in: Hohnhorst, Germany
Died: 10 FEB 1936 in: Sumner, Bremer Co., IA
Buried: in: St. John Spring Fountain Cem. Sumner, IA
Father: ???
Mother: ???

Is she the daughter of Heinrich Christoph Koeneke and Engel Maas from Rehren to Arlington Heights, IL... (see below)?

Maria Koeneke had a brother Henry Koneke who died in 1900. He married Sophia Wente (Weste?) in 1867. Sophia was born 11 SEP 1837 in Idensen and died 17 SEP 1923 (see obituary).

1905 Obituary
Hans Heinrich Conrad Bock

1936 Obituary
Maria Koennecke Bock

1923 Obituary
Sophia (Wente/Weste?) Koeneke

Known children of Heinrich Bock and Maria Koneke

Hans Heinrich Conrad Bock
Born: 01 MAR 1866 in: Nordbruch, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: 1866-1880 in: America?
Buried: in:
Not listed with family in 1880 Census.
Of Hawkeye, IA.

Maria Bock
Born: 24 NOV 1870 in: Maxfield, Bremer Co., IA
Baptized: in:
Died: 26 SEP 1941 in:
Buried: in: St. John Lutheran Cemetery, Sumner, IA
Spouse: Christoph Friedrich HERMANN Nietert
Born:
06 JUN 1872 Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Died: 10 MAR 1939 Sumner, Bremer Co., IA
Son of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietert from Riepen, Germany and Engel Ellen Muhlke from Algesdorf.
Married: 24 NOV 1897 in: Sumner, Bremer Co., IA
Previously married to Herman Schuerke 03 APR 1889. (27 JAN 1885 - 01 MAR 1896).

1941 Obituary
Mary Bock Niedert

1896 Obituary
Hermann Schuerke

1939 Obituary
Hermann Niedert

Henry Conrad Bock
Born: 02 AUG 1873 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 8
Baptized: in:
Died: 01 APR 1961 Sumner, Bremer Co., IA
Buried: 04 APR 1961 Wilson Grove Cemetery, Sumner, IA

Married: 07 FEB 1900 Bremer Co., IA 8
Spouse: Anna Hoepfner
Born: 15 AUG 1876 Banks Twp., Fayette Co., IA
Died: 26 AUG 1961 Sumner, Bremer Co., IA
Daughter of Friedrich FRED Hoepfner and Mary Quandt.

1961 Obituary
Henry Conrad Bock

1961 Obituary
Anna Hoepfner Bock

Sophia Charlotte Bock
Born: 05 NOV 1875 in: Crane Creek, Bremer Co., IA
Baptized: in:
Died: 04 SEP 1949 in: Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA 8
Buried: in: Wilson Grove Cemetery, Sumner, Bremer Co., IA
Spouse: August Wilhelm Bremer
Born: 04 APR 1871 Atlantic Ocean Died 27 JUN 1939 Fredericksburg, IA
Married: 12 OCT 1894 in: St. John Spring Fountain Ch., Sumner, IA
Parents: ???
Lived in Fredericksburg, Chickasaw Co., IA. 9

Friedrich Bock Sr.
Born: 13 SEP 1877 in: Crane Creek, Bremer Co., IA
Baptized: in: St. John Crane Creek, Tripoli, Bremer Co., IA
Died: 03 APR 1941 in: Tripoli, Bremer Co., IA
Buried: in: Faith UCC, Tripoli, Bremer Co., IA
Married: 04 OCT 1900 Bremer Co., IA
Spouse: Sophia Bruns
Born: 22 MAR 1882
Died: 18 MAY 1971 Tripoli, Bremer Co., IA
Parents: ???

Bertha Bock
Born: 10 NOV 1879 in: Crane Creek, Bremer Co., IA
Baptized: 30 NOV 1879 St. John Crane Creek, Bremer Co., IA
Died: AFT 1936 in:
Buried: in:
Spouse: Louis Hunemuller
Son of Christoph Huenemuller and Maria Louise Leverenz
Married: 04 FEB 1902 in: Tripoli, Bremer Co., IA
Of Lisbon, ND in 1936.

Wilhelm Conrad Johann WILLIAM Bock
Born: 20 NOV 1880 in: Crane Creek, Bremer Co., IA
Baptized: 10 DEC 1880 in: St. John Crane Creek, Tripoli, Bremer Co.l, IA
Died: 08 OCT 1969 in: Waverly, Bremer Co., IA
Buried: in: Harlington Cemetery, Waverly, IA
Married: 28 OCT 1906 Spring Fountain, Bremer Co., IA
Spouse: Ella Koch
Born: 26 AUG 1889
Died: 03 FEB 1966

John Henry Bock
Born: 27 JAN 1882 in: Crane Creek, Bremer Co., IA
Baptized: 14 FEB 1882 in: St. John Crane Creek, Tripoli, IA
Died: 31 MAY 1959 in: Sumner, Bremer Co., IA 8
Buried: in: St. John Spring Fountain Cem. Sumner, IA
Spouse: Matilda TILLIE Koch
Born: 17 DEC 1891 Tripoli, Bremer Co., IA Died: 14 JAN 1983
Daughter of Heinrich Koch (25 NOV 1859 - 19 JUN 1899) and Sophia Tegtmeier (20 MAR 1862 - 17 JUN 1941)
Married: 20 FEB 1907 in: St. John Spring Fountain Ch., Sumner, IA

???
Johann Heinrich Koch
1825-1902

Hermann Bock
Born: 04 JUL 1887 in: Crane Creek, Bremer Co., IA
Baptized: in:
Died: 06 MAR 1961 in: Minneapolis, MN
Buried: in:
Spouse: Mary Craemer (04 OCT 1884 Germany - 21 MAY 1970)
Married: in:
He had a heart attack while shoveling snow.

Sources:
Schaumburg Auswanderer 1820-1914, by Heinrich Rieckenberg, Rinteln, Germany.
History of Bremer County, IA Volume II Chicago, SJ Clarke Publishing Co., 1914
Obituary Waverly Phoenix, Waverly, Bremer Co., IA Issue 28 JUN 1905.
Bremer County Cemetery Records, Bremer Co. Genealogy Society, May 1983.
Information from Bremer WPA Burials/Connie Wedemeier, Oran, IA.
Obituary from the collection of Jeff Sell.
Information from Cathryn Halpin.
Information / Obituaries courtesy of Elvira Hebell.

Heinrich Christoph Koeneke
Born: 10 MAY 1803 in: Rehren #23, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 13 MAY 1803 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Died: AFT 1831 in:
Buried: in:
Illegitimate son of:
Father: Johann Heinrich Koeneke (08 MAY 1783 Bokeloh, Germany - 25 DEC 1825 Rehren, Germany)
Mother: Ilsa Catharina Maria Koppelmeier (15 JUN 1780 Rehren #23, Germany - 23 APR 1846)
?Schaumburger Auswanderer #4017: Koenecke, Johann Heinrich Christoph, Rehren A.O. mit Familie nach Amerika, 29.5.1868.

Engel Maria Sophia Maas
Married: 07 MAR 1830 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 3
Born: 16 SEP 1798 in: Rehrwiehe #9, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 23 SEP 1798 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Died: 28 APR 1869 in: Arlington Heights, Cook Co., IL 4
Buried: in: St. Peter Cemetery, Arlington Heights., IL
Father: Johann Cord Harm Maas (1741-1801), son of Otto Maas and Anna Catharina Meyer
Mother: Ilsa Maria Redeker from Ohndorf #24, daughter of Harm Otto Redeker

Known Children of Heinrich Christoph Koeneke and Engel Maas

Johann Philipp Koeneke
Born: 03 DEC 1831 in: Rehren, Amt. Rodenberg, Germany
Baptized: 11 DEC 1831 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Died: 08 JAN 1901 in: Kingston, DeKalb Co., IL 5
Buried: in:
Spouse: Dorothy Staas
Married: 02 SEP 1868 in: Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL 6
Schaumburg Auswanderer #2348: To America 17.3.1857.

?John Koeneke born 30 SEP 1838 "Prussia" married Sophia Steege 25 JAN 1863 at Rehren, Germany. To America (Cook Co., IL) in 1868. John Koeneke died 27 OCT 1886 and is buried at the St. John Crane Creek Cemetery, Tripoli, IA. Sophia Steege was born 23 MAR 1838 at Riepen, Germany daughter of Hans Heinrich Steege and Maria Dorothea Elisabeth Camlot Auhagen. She died 03 JUN 1916 and is buried at Faith UCC Cemetery, Tripoli, IA.

Sources:
1 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany CONFIRMATION records.
2 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany BAPTISM records.
3 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany MARRIAGE records.
4 Information from Adeline Kruse.
St. Peter Lutheran Church, Arlington Hghts., Cook Co., IL records.
5 Schaumburg Auswanderer 1820-1914, by Heinrich Rieckenberg, Rinteln, Germany.
6 http://hometown.aol.com/blgert/KoenekePhotos.html