KarensGen.Com - Families - Johann Heinrich Kreft (1802-1865) from Ludersfeld and Niedernholz, Germany

Updated January 2006

Families of immigrant brothers
Johann Heinrich Kreft and Johann Toennies Kreft
from Niedernholz and Ludersfeld, Germany

Johann Heinrich Kreft
Born: 22 JUN 1802 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 23 JUN 1802 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Baptism sponsor was Joh. Toennies Schweer of Ludersfeld 42 the grandfather
Baptism: father Johann Henrich Kreft is "scratched out" and replaced with Cord Heinrich Philipp Kreft... of Niedernholz Nr. 4!
Died: 09 JUN 1865 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Buried: 13 JUN 1865 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Father: Cord Heinrich Philipp Kreft (1772-1846)
Mother: Catharina Sophia Leonore Schweer (1780-1831 from Ludersfeld #42)

Anna Sophia Eleonore Bartels
Married: 18 DEC 1831 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Born: 02 AUG 1809 in: Hulshagen #12, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: 03 DEC 1868 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Buried: 07 DEC 1868 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Father: Johann Toennies Bartels
Mother: Anna Engel Sophia Barnewold (1774-1834 from Hulshagen #18, Germany)

8 Children of Johann Heinrich Kreft and Anna Bartels

Catharina SOPHIA Eleonore Kreft
Born: 17 DEC 1832 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 20 DEC 1832 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Baptism sponsor was Engel Sophia ver. Bartels of Hulshagen 12 the childs grandmother.
Died: 09 OCT 1914 in:
Buried: in: Immanuel Ev. Klinger, Readlyn, IA
Spouse: FRIEDRICH Carl Bock
Born: 25 OCT 1828 Habichhorst #12, Germany Died: 13 JUL 1905 Bremer Co., IA
Son of Friedrich Christian Bock and Sophia Eleonore Everding
Married: 23 APR 1856 in: Probsthagen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Friedrich Carl Bock had a sister Engel Maria Sophia Bock who was married to Heinrich Fr. Wilhelm Wehling.

Anna Sophia Dorothea Kreft
Born: 21 JUL 1835 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 25 JUL 1835 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 06 OCT 1835 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Buried: 09 OCT 1835 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany

Johann Heinrich Kreft
Born: 06 FEB 1837 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 12 FEB 1837 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 20 FEB 1899 in:
Spouse: Anna Sophia Dorothea Haevemeyer
Born: 03 FEB 1839 Died: 04 OCT 1916 from Vornhagen #9, Germany
Daughter of Heinrich Moritz Haevemeyer and Anna Maria Eleonore Harmening.
Married: 07 APR 1864 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany

Anna Sophia Dorothea Kreft
Born: 31 MAR 1839 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 06 APR 1839 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 03 FEB 1841 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Buried: 06 FEB 1841 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany

Engel MARIA Dorothea Kreft
Born: 14 DEC 1841 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 21 DEC 1841 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Baptism sponsor was Engel Maria Bartels of Hulshagen 12.
Died: 04 JUN 1917 in: IA
Buried: 07 JUN 1917 in: St. Matthew Luth. Cemetery, Readlyn, IA
Spouse: Heinrich F. Rathe Sr.
Born 12 FEB 1840 Hanover, Germany Died: 06 JUL 1910 Bremer Co., IA
Married: 06 APR 1866 in: St. Peter Lutheran, Arlington Hghts., IL

FRIEDRICH Toennies Kreft
Born: 19 MAR 1845 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 27 MAR 1845 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 06 OCT 1917 in: Readlyn, Bremer Co., IA
Buried: in: St. Paul, Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Spouse: Engel Maria Caroline MARY Gerber
Born: 29 JUN 1855 Vornhagen #24, Germany Died: 23 DEC 1935 Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA
Daughter of Heinrich Ludwig Gerber and Engel Maria Sophia Steuerberg from Beckedorf #65, Germany
Married: 13 OCT 1872 in: Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL
To America in 1865 with brother.

Friedrich Conrad Wilhelm Kreft
Born: 03 MAR 1848 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 10 APR 1935 in: IL
Buried: 14 APR 1935 in: St. Matthew Cemetery, Park Ridge, IL
Spouse: Christine Ritter
Born: 22 DEC 1855 IL Died: 13 FEB 1933 IL
Daughter of John Ritter (1808-1893) and Friedericke Gewecke (1824-1899)
Married: 03 JUL 1873 in: St. John Lutheran Church, Niles, IL

ANNA Sophia Maria Kreft
Born: 09 JAN 1851 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: __ JAN 1851 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 04 FEB 1930 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Buried: in: St. Matthew Luth. Cemetery, Readlyn, IA
Spouse: Heinrich August Kuhlmann
Married: 08 FEB 1872 in: St. Peter Luth. Church, Schaumburg, IL

Johann Toennies Kreft
Born: 01 JAN 1805 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 06 JAN 1805 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 28 OCT 1873 in: Ludersfeld, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Buried: 31 OCT 1873 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Occupation: Kolon (homesteader)
Father: Cord Heinrich Philipp Kreft
Mother: Catharina Sophia Leonore Schweer
Schaumburger Auswanderer #4311: Kreft, Ludersfeld Nr. 60, 1 Sohn u. 1 Tochter des Kolons Johann Toennies K. u. der Sophie Charlotte geb. Fischer, nach Amerika, vor 28.10.1873.

Sophia Charlotte Fischer
Married: 15 NOV 1829 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Born: 17 OCT 1808 in: Ludersfeld #60 Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 23 OCT 1808 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 12 ___ 1874 in:
Buried: in:
Father: Johann Heinrich Fischer (1778-1839) from Hohnhorst #18, Germany
Mother: Engel Catharina Eleonora geb. Hasemann (1781-1832) from Ludersfeld #60, Germany

5 Children of Johann Toennies Kreft and Sophia Fischer

Anna Engel Maria Sophia Dorothea Kreft
Born: 29 SEP 1830 in: Ludersfeld #60 Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 02 OCT 1830 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 21 NOV 1873 in: IL
Buried: in: St. John Lutheran, Pleasant Ridge, IL
Spouse: Heinrich FRIEDRICH Wilhelm Wille
Married: ABT 1855
Born:19 JAN 1832 Lindhorst #52, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 31 DEC 1909 IL
Son of Heinrich Christoph Wille and Catharina Maria Eleonore Hartmann.
He had a brother Johann Heinrich CONRAD Wille (1840-1916) from Lindhorst #42 who immigrated to Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL.

Toennies Heinrich Kreft
Born: 03 MAR 1833 in: Ludersfeld #60 Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 06 MAR 1833 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: in:
Buried: in:

Johann Heinrich Kreft
Born: 30 NOV 1835 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 03 DEC 1835 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: in:
Buried: in:

Ernst Friedrich Christoph Kreft
Born: 31 MAY 1839 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 06 JUN 1839 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Baptism sponsor was widower Ernst Hattendorf of Ludersfeld 57.
Died: 22 DEC 1894 in: Sumner Co., KS
Buried: in:
Spouse: Sophia Charlotte Doehring
Born: 22 JUN 1838 Landerfeld, Germany
Died: 01 SEP 1911 Sumner Co., KS
Married: __ DEC 1861 in: IL
To America from Bremen on ship "New Orleans" in 1856 arriving New Orleans first locating in Illinois. He met Sophia aboard the ship, from Landerfelt, Germany. Information from Patrick S. Cummins Email

Sophia Dorothea Kreft
Born: 31 DEC 1841 in: Niedernholz #4, Sch.-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: __ JAN 1842 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Baptism sponsor was Anne Sophia Dorothea Fischer of Nr. 60 the mothers' sister.
Died: AFT 1873 in: America
Buried: in:
Spouse: Heinrich Wilhelm Stahlhuth
Married 10 DEC 1868 Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany.
Born: 19 DEC 1839 Ludersfeld #45, Germany
Died: AFT 1868 America
Son of Heinrich Christoph Stahlhut and Engel Maria Sophia Charlotte Meyer