KarensGen.Com - Families - Georg Wilhelm Knief (1791-1864) from Apelern, Germany to Bremer Co., IA and Catharina Oltrogge

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Georg Wilhelm Knief
Born: 14 JUL 1791 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 17 JUL 1791 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 11 MAR 1864 Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Buried: 13 MAR 1864 St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Occupation: Tischler
Father: Johann PHILIPP Knief (1753-1798) from Remeringhausen, Germany
Mother: Justine Luise Heims (1755-1808) from Hiesigem?, Germany
Immigration 1855. Schaumburg Auswanderer #1951, from Apelern #59.
St. Johns death records date of birth as 11 MAR 1793.

Catharina Engel Oltrogge
Married: 23 APR 1821 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Born: 28 FEB 1805 Riehe, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 28 FEB 1805 Bad Nenndorf, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 31 OCT 1875 Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Buried: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Father: Johann Christoph Oltrogge
Mother: Engel Maria Seeger

Children of George Wilhelm Knief and Catharina Engel Oltrogge

Johann Christoph Knief
Born: 08 SEP 1821 Apelern #20, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 16 SEP 1821 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 04 OCT 1905
Buried: St. Peter Luth. Cemetery, Westgate, IA
Spouse: Emilie Sophie Hartwig / Hartwich
Born: 17 APR 1838 New Schottland, Posen, Prussia
Died: 15 AUG 1901
Married: 19 SEP 1858 First Immanuel Church, Chicago, IL
Schaumburg Auswanderer #1245: to America Mar 1852, with Moehling family of Apelern Nr. 22.

Knief-Hartwig children:
1. Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm Knief b. 17 MAR 1859 Roselle, DuPage Co., IL
2. Engel Magdalena Henriette Knief b. 22 JAN 1861 Roselle, IL d. 20 NOV 1927 m. Louis Bender 30 AUG 1888 Roselle, IL b. 04 SEP 1861 d. 05 FEB 1940
3. Johannes August Knief b. 01 MAR 1862 Roselle, IL d. 28 SEP 1917 m. Wilhelmine Meyer 12 OCT 1898 b. 21 JAN 1875 d. 13 SEP 1962
4. Engel Maria Sophia Dorothea Knief b. 03 MAR 1864 Roselle, IL d. 24 FEB 1866
5. Clara Matilde Knief b. 08 APR 1866 Roselle, IL d. 31 JAN 1954 m. Carl Appelt 17 AUG 1910
6. Auguste Marie MATILDE Knief b. 06 MAY 1868 Roselle, IL d. 27 MAR 1940 Townsend, WI m. Heinrich C. Buesing 02 NOV 1892 b. 01 MAR 1861 d. 24 JUL 1927
7. Johannes Christoph Martin Knief b. 13 AUG 1869 Roselle, IL d. 26 NOV 1887
8. August Christoph Heinrich ADOLPH Knief b. 26 JUN 1871 Roselle, IL d. 05 MAR 1953 m. Caroline Lembke 14 APR 1895 b. 05 MAR 1868 d. 08 MAY 1953
9. Christoph Friedrich LOUIS Knief b. 16 MAR 1874 Roselle, IL d. 16 MAR 1961 m. Anna Lichthardt 25 AUG 1899 b. 28 JUN 1878 d. 07 DEC 1948
10. Heinrich Wilhelm Theodor Knief b. 09 SEP 1878 Roselle, IL m. Anna Louise Barz 18 APR 1901 b. 19 JUL 1881 d. 12 JAN 1962

Heinrich August Knief
Born: 18 MAY 1823 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 18 MAY 1823 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 10 OCT 1829 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Buried: 14 OCT 1829 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany

Johann Philipp Knief
Born: 22 NOV 1824 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 28 NOV 1824 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 18 SEP 1895 Fayette Co., IA
Buried: 20 SEP 1855 St. Peter Luth. Cemetery, Westgate, IA
Spouse: SOPHIA Wilhelmine Friederike Meyer
Born: 29 SEP 1821 Apelern #8, Germany
Daughter of Fr. Christoph Meyer and Engel Maria Thies from Apelern #3.
Died: 02 SEP 1892 Fayette Co., IA
Married: 14 JUL 1855 St. John Ev. Luth. Church, Roselle, IL

Waverly Phoenix Obituary
Philipp Knief 1824-1895

Knief-Meyer children:
1. Caroline SOPHIA Dorothea Meyer Knief b. 07 SEP 1849 Apelern #8, Germany d. 14 OCT 1929 Westgate, IA m. Wilhem Fr. Klammer 11 SEP 1870 St. John Maxfield, Bremer, IA
2. George Friedrich Christian Knief b. 20 NOV 1855 Roselle, IL d. 23 MAR 1902 m. Bertha Paulina Jaschen 28 SEP 1892
3. Johann George Philipp Knief b. 31 MAY 1858 Bremer Co., IA d. 01 JUN 1904 Westgate, IA m. Ida Louise Augusta Zilmer 12 JUN 1884 b. 28 NOV 1864 d. NOV 1937
4. Engel Wilhelmine Dorothea Knief b. 21 OCT 1861 d. 17 NOV 1864
5. George Friedrich Wilhelm Knief b. 23 JAN 1864 d. 27 APR 1864

Georg Friedrich Knief
Born: 02 AUG 1826 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 13 AUG 1826 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 18 OCT 1910 Bremer Co., IA
Buried: Immanuel Ev. Klinger, Readlyn, IA
Spouse: Hannah WILHELMINE Caroline Pape
Born: 13 JUL 1841 Grossenrode, Germany
Daughter of Heinrich Andreas Pape and Johanna Maria Caroline Hungerlund
Died: 22 AUG 1917 Maxfield, Bremer Co., IA
Married: 25 SEP 1858 Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL
Schaumburg Auswanderer #2115 to America 29 APR 1856.

1826 Hohnhorst Baptism*

1905 Obituary
Georg Knief

Knief-Pape children:
1. Dorothea Wilhelmine Caroline Knief b. 29 SEP 1849 d. 26 JAN 1940 New Hampton, Chickasaw Co., IA m. Heinrich Wilhelm Katze 17 APR 1881 b. 29 NOV 1850 Reinsdorf, Germany d. 26 NOV 1928
2. Friedrich WILHELM Phillip Knief b. 13 SEP 1860 d. 26 APR 1938 m. Mary Sophie Christine Wehling 18 MAY 1887 b. 02 OCT 1866 d. 21 FEB 1903 m. Mary Sophia Minna Knief widow of Henry Kuhlmann, 19 JUN 1904 b. 01 MAY 1868 d. 10 SEP 1913
3. LOUISA Sophia Charlotte Knief b. 04 APR 1862 d. 28 DEC 1946 m. Carl Timmermann 30 JUN 1881 b. 12 JUL 1853 d. 10 SEP 1905
4. FRIEDRICH Christoph Knief b. 01 NOV 1863 d. 21 FEB 1934 m. Mary Bayer 03 OCT 1889 b. 25 AUG 1867 d. 08 OCT 1934
5. Engel Maria CAROLINE Knief b. 31 AUG 1865 d. 08 JUN 1923 m. HEINRICH Christian Matthias 29 MAY 1884 b. 14 SEP 1861 d. 11 DEC 1928
6. Louise Sophia DOROTHEA Knief b. 28 FEB 1867 d. 30 SEP 1918 m. FRIEDRICH Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Diekmann 26 JUN 1879 b. 02 AUG 1854 d. 15 APR 1928
7. GEORG Heinrich Wilhelm Knief b. 25 APR 1869 d. 17 FEB 1905 m. Elisabeth Maria Borchert 27 SEP 1894 b. 08 AUG 1875 d. 30 JUL 1944
8. Heinrich Friedrich Christoph Knief b. 15 JUL 1871 d. 20 AUG 1872
9. Caroline SOPHIA Dorothea Knief b. 10 MAY 1873 d. 04 OCT 1950 m. HEINRICH Konrad Johann Claus Huebner 14 JAN 1892 b. 19 FEB 1865 d. 19 DEC 1932 m. HEINRICH Christian Nevermann 27 MAR 1940 b. 20 JUL 1870 d. 27 APR 1944
10. MARY Wilhelmine Louise Knief b. 09 FEB 1877 d. 06 MAR 1909 m. Louis H. Rohrssen 28 FEB 1897 b. 04 JUN 1874 d. 24 MAR 1961
11. Emma Engel Sophia Knief b. 30 JUL 1881 d. 04 NOV 1916 m. Friedrich W. Poock 26 FEB 1905 b. 29 MAR 1880 d. 07 AUG 1970

Engel Maria WILHELMINE Knief
Born: 14 JUL 1828 Apelern #59, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 27 JUL 1828 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 12 MAY 1921 Westgate, Fayette Co., IA
Buried: 15 MAY 1921 St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Spouse: Heinrich FRIEDRICH Wilhelm Koelling
Born: 22 OCT 1832 Gr. Hegesdorf #4, Germany
son of Joh. Christoph Koelling and Engel Maria Wilkening from Gr. Hegesdorf #11.
Died: 23 NOV 1891 Maxfield, Bremer Co., IA
Married: __ ___ 1855 Germany?

1916 Obituary
Johann Conrad Meyer

Koelling-Knief children:
1. LOUISE Sophia Wilhelmine Koelling b. 11 JAN 1853 Apelern, Germany d. 21 OCT 1948 m. Johan CONRAD Meyer 04 MAR 1874 b. 24 SEP 1843 Gr. Nenndorf, Germany d. 19 NOV 1916
2. Friedrich FRITZ George Koelling b. 26 AUG 1856 d. 04 JUL 1938 m. Wilhemine Blasberg 27 SEP 1883 b. 27 SEP 1862 d. 18 JAN 1933
3. HEINRICH Friedrich Wilhelm Koelling b. 16 SEP 1859 d. 08 FEB 1941 Orange, CA m. Friedericke SOPHIA Wente 10 MAR 1885 b. 26 NOV 1866 d. 29 JUL 1945
4. WILHELM Christoph Koelling b. 16 SEP 1859 d. 21 JUL 1945 m. WILHELMINE Oltrogge 30 SEP 1886 b. 12 JAN 1866 d. 29 MAY 1958
5. Sophia Wilhelmine Louise Doro. Koelling b. 15 APR 1864 d. 15 APR 1936 m. Friedrich Buenneke Jr. 23 MAY 1889 (1860-1908)
6. SOPHIA Dorothea Caroline Koelling b. 14 MAR 1869 d. 06 JAN 1962 m. Louis W. Buesing 18 DEC 1892 b. 14 APR 1864 d. 07 MAR 1921

Engel Louise Charlotte Knief
Born: 23 MAR 1830 Apelern #59, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 01 APR 1830 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 20 JUL 1835
Buried:

Engel Sophia Wilhelmine Knief
Born: 26 FEB 1832 Apelern #59, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 04 MAR 1832 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 18 JUL 1833
Buried:

Sophia DOROTHEA Knief
Born: 08 MAY 1841 Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized:
Died: 10 AUG 1931
Buried: Harlington Cemetery, Waverly, IA
Spouse: Anton FRIEDRICH Hagemann
Born: 11 OCT 1822 Hessendorf, Germany
son of Hermann Fr. Hagemann and Louise Sophia Boger
Died: 11 JUN 1912
Married: 05 APR 1857 St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA

Hagemann-Knief children:
1. George Friedrich Wilhelm Hagemann b. 29 MAY 1858 d. 03 JUN 1919 m. Caroline Huck 26 JUL 1883 b. 30 APR 1862 d. 17 SEP 1943
2. Maria LOUISE Hagemann b. 01 SEP 1860 d. 23 JAN 1933 m. WILHELM Ernst Bartels 13 MAY 1880 b. 09 SEP 1856 d. 16 JAN 1919
3. Dorothea WILHELMINE Sophia Hagemann b. 10 JUL 1862 d. 12 MAR 1938 m. Theodor Stahl 11 MAY 1890 b. 10 APR 1858 d. 22 MAY 1939
4. Hermann HEINRICH Fr. Philipp Hagemann b. 07 MAY 1864 d. 29 OCT 1936 m. Wilhelmine Paul 05 NOV 1891
5. HERMANN Friedrich Hagemann b. 04 FEB 1866 d. 27 DEC 1928 m. Emma Louise Paul 23 APR 1893 b. 09 AUG 1874 d. 07 JAN 1927
6. Maria Sophia Louise Hagemann b. 23 FEB 1868 d. 28 MAY 1870
7. FRIEDRICH Wilhelm Philipp Hagemann b. 26 DEC 1869 d. 07 JUN 1950 m. Sophia Wilhelmine Nevermann 25 MAY 1898 b. 19 SEP 1880 d. 07 MAY 1959
8. CARL Friedrich Christ Hagemann b. 11 JAN 1872 d. 07 MAY 1945 m. Anna Sophia CHRISTINE Strottmann 24 JUN 1896 b. 30 APR 1873 d. 25 MAY 1967
9. JOHANN Fr. Wilhelm Chr. Hagemann b. 12 OCT 1873 d. 15 FEB 1915 m. Ella Hulda Auguste Meyer 07 MAR 1899 b. 08 JUN 1876 d. 28 OCT 1957
10. Emma Sophia Wilhemine Hagemann b. 18 FEB 1876 d. 09 AUG 1938
11. Georg ERNST Heinrich Wilhelm Hagemann b. 08 JAN 1878 d. 20 SEP 1944
12. Wilhelmine MARIA Hagemann b. 10 JUN 1880 d. 10 MAR 1976m. Carl Friedrich Grawe 05 MAY 1910 b. 31 MAR 1874 d. 09 NOV 1959
13. Caroline Wilhelmine Sophia Doro. Hagemann b. 22 JAN 1884 d. 04 MAR 1974

St. John's Maxfield Cemetery
Bremer Co., IA

Anton Friedrich Hagemann
21 OCT 1822 - 11 JUN 1912

Sophia Dorothea geb. Knief
08 MAY 1841- 10 AUG 1931

Sources:
Schaumburg Auswanderer 1820-1914, by Heinrich Rieckenberg, Rinteln, Germany. .
Apelern church CONFIRMATION records, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany.
Apelern church BAPTISM records, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany.
Apelern church BURIAL records, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany.
St. John Ev. Lutheran, Maxfield Twp., Denver, Bremer Co., IA 125 Anniversary 2286 250th St., Denver, IA 50622-1085 (319) 984-5767 http://members.aol.com/stjohnmax/records.htm
Bremer Co. Cemetery Records, Bremer Co. Genealogy Society, Iowa May 1983.
International Genealogical Index (IGI) 1994 Edition.
Information from Bernice Knief Korpi.
Information from James P. Oltrogge.
Schaumburg Auswanderer 1820-1914, by Heinrich Rieckenberg, Rinteln, Germany.
First Immanuel Lutheran Church records, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.
Information from Elvira Hebell.
Information from Bremer Co., IA Genealogy Society/Rowe Research Project 2001.
First Immanuel Lutheran Church records, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.
Information from Ron Matthias.
St. John Ev. Luth. Ch., Rodenberg, Roselle, Dupage Co., IL Marriage Records.
International Genealogical Index (IGI) 1994 Edition .
Immanuel Lutheran (Klinger), Readlyn, Bremer Co., IA 100th Booklet 1873-1973.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charmayn/ImmLuth.html
Information from VeLoyce Schweer Schmidt.
First Immanuel Lutheran Church records, Chicago, Cook Co., IL
Information from Susan (Sue) Tiedt Rife.
From the Genealogy Collection of Clara Buhr Matthias.