KarensGen.Com - Families - Johann Heinrich Christoph Knief (1777-1834) of Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany and Ilsa Maria Piephoe (1788-1836). Descendents to America.

Johann Heinrich Christoph Knief
Born: 16 JUL 1777 in: Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized Johann Christoph Knief.: 20 JUL 1777 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 2
Died: 24 JUN 1834 in: Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany 3
Buried: 26 JUN 1834 in: Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany
Father: CHRISTIAN Ludolph Knief (ca 1750-1840) from Riepen #28 (Riehe?); married 01 AUG 1773 at Beckedorf.
Mother: Catharina Maria Scheve / Scheiwe (ca 1744-1808) from Riepen #32.

Ilsa Maria Piephoe
Married: 03 APR 1809 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 4
Born: 24 AUG 1788 in: Riepen #10, Schaumburg, Germany 5
Baptized: 24 AUG 1788 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 6
Died: 16 JAN 1836 in: Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany
Buried: 16 JAN 1836 in: Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany 3
Father: Johann Harm Heinrich Piephoe (1735-1799) from Riepen #10; married 1) 12 JUL 1759 to Anna Maria Bock
Mother: Catharina (Trine) Engel Moehling (ca 1751-1794) from Riepen (died in childbirth-twins); married 04 MAR 1773 at Beckedorf.

Children of Christoph Knief and Ilsa Maria Piephoe

1 Johann Heinrich Christoph Knief
Born: 20 SEP 1810 in: Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany 7
Baptized: 24 SEP 1810 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 6
Baptism sponsor was Joh. Heinrich Wille, Hoefecker of Riepen 10.
Died: 26 JUL 1857 in: Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany 6
Buried: in: 4
Occupation.: Tagelohner (day laborer)
Spouse: Engel Maria Charlotte Becker
Born: 09 NOV 1815 Riepen #19, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 26 JUL 1857 Riepen #19, Schaumburg, Germany
Daughter of Johann Heinrich Georg Becker from Probsthagen #11 and Ilsa Maria Charlotte Koestermann from Riepen #19..
Married: 15 SEP 1836 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 8

Knief-Becker children:
1. Heinrich Christoph Knief 27 MAY 1837 - 23 DEC 1838
2. Otto Heinrich Christoph Knief 27 JAN 1840 - 12 NOV 1902; married 1868 at Beckedorf to Christine Eleonore Sophia Winter from Schierneichen #11.
3. Ilsa Maria Charlotte Knief 30 MAY 1843; married 1868 at Beckedorf to Johann Heinrich Hecht
4. Heinrich Conrad Knief 29 MAR 1846 - __ OCT 1909
5. Maria Sophia Charlotte Knief 15 JAN 1850 - 11 JAN 1930; married 1877 at Beckedorf to Friedrich Gottlieb Kerkmann from Beckedorf #47.

2 Catharina MARY Maria Charlotte Knief
Born: 10 DEC 1812 in: Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany 9
Baptized: 13 DEC 1812 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 6
Baptism sponsor: Catharine Marie Knief, the father's sister and Charlotte Brandes of Riepen #15.
Died: AFT 1843 in:
Buried: in:
Spouse: Johann Christoph Bock
Born: 11 JUL 1809 Gr. Nenndorf #10, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: AFT 1862 America
Son of Johann Christoph Bock and Catharina Trine Engel Bruns.
Married: 21 APR 1836 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 10

Bock-Knief Children:
1. Johann CHRISTOPH Bock *16 AUG 1843 - 29 MAY 1941 married 24 MAY 1867 New Ulm, Brown Co., MN to Caroline Krueger (+24 JAN 1925). They are buried at Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA. Schaumburger Auswanderer #3027 to America 1862.
2. Friedrich Bock
3. Sophia Bock married Mr. Warneke
4. Engel Maria Bock married Mr. Heinz
5. Charlotte Bock married Mr. Koehler
6. Daughter Bock married Mr. Brandes

3 Heinrich Conrad Knief
Born: 24 MAY 1815 in: Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany 7
Baptized: 28 MAY 1815 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 6
Baptism sponsor: Cord Auhagen of Riepen #4.
Died: AFT 1857 in: America 11
Buried: in:
Spouse: Engel Maria Sophia Sandmeyer
Born: 23 JUN 1813 Riepen, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: AFT 1857 America
Daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Sandmeyer teacher in Riepen and Catharina Engel Maria Richers from Ohndorf #7.
Married: 17 JUL 1841 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 10
29 AUG 1841 in: 4

Schaumburger Auswanderer #2343: Knief, Heinrich Conrad, Riepen Nr. 35, geb. 24.5.1815 in Riepen, verh., mit Ehefrau Engel Marie Charlotte geb. Sandmeyer, geb. 13.6.1813, u. Kindern Johann Heinr. Christ., geb. 5.12.1841, Thrine Engel Soph., geb. 28.10.1843, Engel Marie Sophie Charlotte, geb. 23.4.1846, Engel Anne Sophie, geb. 15.12.1851, ohne Verm. Nach Amerika, 1857.
Ship Jeverland Manifest 1857.
Engel Sandmeyer's sister Charlotte Sandmeyer married Johann Steege and they immigrated to Bremer Co., IA.

Knief-Sandmeyer children:
1. Engel Maria Sophia Knief 22 MAY 1839 - 15 JUN 1904; married 1860 at Fuhlen to Karl Heinrich August Detering.
2. Heinrich Christoph Knief 05 DEC 1841 - AFT 1857 America
3. Catharina Engel Sophia Knief 28 OCT 1843 - AFT 1857 America
4. Engel Maria Sophia Charlotte Knief 23 APR 1846 - AFT 1857 America
5. Catharina Engel Sophia Knief 10 NOV 1848
6. Engel Anna Sophia Knief 19 APR 1851 - AFT 1857 America
7. Engel Sophia Knief 15 DEC 1853 - 14 NOV 1855 Riepen #27.

4 Johann Friedrich Otto Knief
Born: 08 JUN 1818 in: Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany 5
Baptized: 12 JUN 1818 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 6
Baptism sponsor: Otto Hattendorf, Riepen #9.
Died: in:
Buried: in:

5 Engel Maria Charlotta Knief
Born: 17 SEP 1821 in: Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 23 SEP 1821 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor: Charlotte Roever, geb. Pfingsten of Riepen #12.
Died: AFT 1846 in:
Buried: in:
Spouse: Heinrich Gottfried Mensching
Born:
Died:
Son of Johann Friedrich and Anna Margaretha Mensching from Sachsengerg? #7.
Married: 24 JUN 1846 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 10

6 Engel MARIA Sophia Knief
Born: 11 APR 1825 in: Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany 11
Baptized: 14 APR 1825 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor: Engel Marie Elisabeth Grupe of Grove.
Died: 29 AUG 1892 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 12
Buried: 31 AUG 1892 in: Zion UCC Cemetery, Dyer, Lake Co., IN 13
Spouse: Friedrich Conrad Latwesen Wille
Born: 26 JUL 1822 Beckedorf #9, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 10 FEB 1897 Crete, Will Co., IL
Son of Johann Conrad Daniel Wille and Ilsa Maria Latwesen.
Married: __ ___ 1849 in: 14
To America 1849 per Schaumburger Auswanderer.

7 HEINRICH Conrad Knief
Born: 05 JUN 1828 in: Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany 14
Baptized: 08 JUN 1828 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 6
Baptism sponsor: Heinrich Tatje von Waltringhausen.
Died: 23 OCT 1895 in: Bremer Co., IA 14
Buried: 25 OCT 1895 in: St. Paul Artesian Warren, Bremer Co., IA 15
Spouse: Dorothea Caroline Wilhelmine MINNIE Louise Piepho
Born: 05 FEB 1832 Apelern #49, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 07 MAR 1877 Jefferson Township, Bremer Co., IA
Daughter of Cord Heinrich Pipho and Sophia Dorothea Eleonore Gieseking.
Married: __ MAY 1858 in: Chicago, Cook Co., IL 14
Spouse: Caroline Kelling
Married: AFT 1877 in: 14

1895 Obituary

1910 Obituary

1913 Obituary

Knief-Piepho children:
1. Heinrich WILHELM Knief 17 MAR 1859 - 19 MAY 1940; married 1883 to LOUISE Caroline Dreyer
2. Heinrich August Knief 31 JAN 1861 - 23 NOV 1910
3. Johann Philipp Knief 15 APR 1862 - 01 DEC 1930; married 1890 to Anna Brandt
4. Louise WILHELMINE Knief 25 NOV 1864 - 02 JUL 1949; married 1890 to Heinrich Wilhelm Ohlendorf
5. Maria Sophia MARY Minna Knief 01 MAY 1868 - 10 SEP 1913; married 1) 1897 Henry Kuhlmann 2) 1904 Wilhelm Knief (son of Georg Knief and Wilhelmine Pape).
6. Carl Christoph Gottlieb Knief 18 OCT 1870

Sources:
1 Chronik des Dorfes Riepen, by Wilhelm Steege 1983.
2 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Baptism/Confirmation Records.
3 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Mortuorum (Burial) Records.
4 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Copulatiorum Records.
5 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Confirmation Records.
6 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Baptism Records.
7 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Copulatiorum and Proclamations.
8 Das Stadtarchiv zu Stadthagen als Quelle furdie Bevolkerungs - geschichte; Max Burchard, Leipzig 1927 - Tafel Tables.
9 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Confirmation and Marriage
(Proclamation) Records. International Genealogical Index (IGI) 1994 Edition
10 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Proclamation Records.
11 Schaumburg Auswanderer 1820-1914, by Heinrich Rieckenberg, Rinteln, Germany.
12 Zion UCC, Dyer, Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Funeral Register.
13 Zion Cemetery Reading, Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN 1994 NW Indiana Gen. Society
14 Information from Edwin Friedrich.
15 St. Paul Artesian Lutheran Church, rural Waverly, IA 100th Anniv. Booklet