KarensGen.Com - Families - Christine Louise Rohrsen (1835-1912) from Hohnhorst, Germany to Bremer Co., IA married Wilhelm Matthias and Friedrich Bruns

CHRISTINE Louise Rohrsen
Born: 22 MAY 1835 in: Hohnhorst #35, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 24 MAY 1835 in: Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany 2
Died: 19 JUN 1912 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 3
Buried: 22 JUN 1912 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Father: Johann Otto Rohrsen
Mother: Engel Maria Glade
To America 1854 with 8 children on Ship Aeolus from Bremen with her parents and 7 brothers and sisters.

1st Husband: Johann WILHELM Matthias
Married: 22 JUN 1856 in: St. John Ev. Luth. Church, Roselle, IL 4
Born: 28 NOV 1826 in: Algesdorf #7, Schaumburg, Germany 5
Baptized: 03 DEC 1826 in: Jacobi Luth. Church, Rodenberg, Germany 2
Died: 25 MAR 1878 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Buried: in: Immanuel Ev. Klinger, Readlyn, IA 6
Father: Hans Heinrich Christoph HENRY Matthias
Mother: Anna Maria Lenore Haevemeyer
To America early 1849. To Bremer County, IA in 1856.

2nd Husband: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm FRITZ Bruns
Married: 20 NOV 1896 in: 16
Born: 15 MAY 1827 in: Reinsdorf #18, Apelern, Germany
Baptized: 20 MAY 1827 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany 17
Died: 06 JAN 1900 in: Bremer Co., IA 18
Buried: in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 8
Father: Carl Friedrich CHARLES Bruns
Mother: ENGEL Maria Sophia Eleonore Weustenfeld
Baptism sponsors were Joh. Friedrich Senne of Apelern 8 and Fr. Wilhelm Bruns of Reinsdorf #18.
To America 15 MAY 1847 Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL.
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Bruns was previously married to Wilhelmine Moehling (1833-1897) from Apelern, Germany.

1835 Hohnhorst Baptism*
Christine Louise Rohrsen

St. John's Ev. Lutheran,
Denver, Bremer Co., IA
Johann Wilhelm Matthias

1912 Obituary
Christine Rohrsen
Matthias-Bruns

1900 Obituary
Fritz Bruns

10 Children of Wilhelm Matthias and Christina Rohrsen

Friedrich WILHELM Matthias
Born: 03 MAY 1857 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 7
Baptized: 01 JUN 1857 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 8
Died: 06 JAN 1932 in: Denver, Bremer Co., IA 6
Buried: 09 JAN 1932 in: Mt. Vernon Twp., Black Hawk Co., IA 9
Spouse: Wilhelmine MINNIE Charlotte Poock (1862-1944)
Daughter of Heinrich Aug. Christoph Poock and Wilhelmine Lange
from Apelern #43, Germany to Bremer Co., IA.
Married: 19 APR 1881 in: Immanuel Ev. Klinger, Readlyn, IA 10

MARIA Dorothea Caroline Matthias
Born: 27 MAY 1859 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Baptized: 13 JUN 1859 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 8
Died: 03 JUL 1887 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Buried: in: Immanuel Ev. Klinger, Readlyn, IA 11
Spouse: FRIEDRICH Carl Heinrich Wilh. Dieckmann (1854-1928)
Son of Louis Diekmann from Wendthagen #5 and Minna Ahrens
from Vehlen, Germany to Bremer Co., IA
Married: 26 JUN 1879 in: Immanuel Ev. Klinger, Readlyn, IA 11
Confirmation 1872 St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA.

HEINRICH Christian Matthias
Born: 14 SEP 1861 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6
Baptized: 22 SEP 1861 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6
Died: 11 DEC 1928 in: Readlyn, Bremer Co., IA 6
Buried: 15 DEC 1928 in: St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Readlyn, IA
Spouse: Engel Maria CAROLINE Knief (1865-1923)
Daughter of Georg Friedrich Knief and Wilhelmine Pape
Married: 29 MAY 1884 in: Immanuel Ev. Klinger, Readlyn, IA 6

JOHANN Friedrich Eduard Matthias
Born: 01 DEC 1863 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6
Baptized: 06 DEC 1863 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Died: 25 JAN 1953 in: 9
Buried: in: St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Readlyn, IA 5
Spouse: CAROLINE Maria Dorothea Byvank (1868-1963)
Daughter of George Byvank and Caroline Prueter
Married: 12 SEP 1889 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6

Engel Maria CHRISTINE W. E. Matthias
Born: 02 FEB 1866 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6
Baptized: 18 FEB 1866 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 8
Died: 02 JUL 1938 in: Elma, Howard Co., IA 9
Buried: 04 JUL 1938 in: Elma, Howard Co., IA
Spouse: Ernst Heinrich WILHELM Diekmann (1861-1920)
Son of Louis Diekmann from Wendthagen #5 and Minna Ahrens
from Vehlen, Germany to Bremer Co., IA
Married: 04 MAR 1886 in: Immanuel Ev. Klinger, Readlyn, IA 12

Heinrich Konrad FRIEDRICH Matthias
Born: 07 JUL 1868 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6
Baptized: 02 AUG 1868 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 8
Died: 30 DEC 1940 in: New Hampton, Chickasaw Co., IA 5
Buried: __ JAN 1941 in: St. Peter Luth. Cemetery, Denver, IA 13
Spouse: SOPHIA Justine W. W. D. Bruns (1876-1928)
Daughter of Heinrich Bruns from Reinsdorf #18, Germany and Caroline Haase
Married: 02 APR 1894 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6

Maria CAROLINE Dorothea Matthias
Born: 07 JUL 1868 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6
Baptized: 02 AUG 1868 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 8
Died: 11 JUN 1948 in: Jefferson Twp., Bremer Co., IA 14
Buried: in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Spouse: Carl Heinrich Christian Friedrich Hesse (1866-1935)
Son of Fr. Christian Martin Hesse and Wilh. Sophia Dor. Chr. Wendt
Married: 02 OCT 1892 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 15

Friedrich HERMANN Matthias
Born: 18 AUG 1870 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 9
Baptized: 28 AUG 1870 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 8
Died: 01 AUG 1962 in: Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA 9
Buried: 06 AUG 1962 in: St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Readlyn, IA
Spouse: Bertha Matthias (1875-1945)
Daughter of Wilhelm Matthias and Engel Biesterfeld from Algesdorf, Germany
Married: 10 MAY 1894 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6

AUGUST Conrad Wilhelm Matthias
Born: 23 SEP 1872 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6
Baptized: 06 OCT 1872 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 8
Died: 05 MAY 1953 in: Waverly, Bremer Co., IA 9
Buried: in: Harlington Cemetery, Waverly, IA 5
Occupation/Residence: Reverend
Spouse: Ottilie Fikenscher (1892-1970)
Married: 10 JUL 1900 in: 6

Louis Matthias
Born: 21 APR 1876 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6
Baptized: in: Immanuel Ev. Klinger, Readlyn, IA
Died: 03 OCT 1932 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 9
Buried: 06 OCT 1932 in: Immanuel Ev. Klinger, Readlyn, IA
Spouse: Alwina L. Schwake
Married: 10 MAR 1904 in: 6

Sources
1 Hohnhorst, Die Geschichte eines Kirchdorfes im Landkreis Schaumburg, H. Munk.
2 Information from Clara Buhr Matthias (1903-1997) Genealogy and research
held by her nephew Ronald Matthias.
3 Obituary Waverly Phoenix, Waverly, Bremer Co., IA Issue 12 JUN 1912.
4 Information from Elvira Hebell
5 Bremer Co. Cemetery Records, Bremer Co. Genealogy Society, Iowa May 1983
6 Information from Ron Matthias.
7 History of Bremer County, IA Volume II Chicago, SJ Clarke Publishing Co., 1914
8 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
9 Family Search Ancestral File http://www.familysearch.org
10 History of Bremer County, IA Volume II Chicago, SJ Clarke Publishing Co., 1914
Family Search Ancestral File http://www.familysearch.org
11 Immanuel Lutheran (Klinger), Readlyn, Bremer Co., IA 100th Booklet 1873-1973.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charmayn/ImmLuth.html
12 Obit. from collections of Jeff Sell.
13 St. Peter Lutheran Church 75th Anniversary 1902-1977, Denver, Bremer Co., IA
14 Information from Allen Hesse.
15 Information from Allen Hesse.
16 Obituary
17 Apelern church BAPTISM records, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
18 Bremer County Cemetery Records, Bremer Co. Genealogy Society, May 1983.
Information from Bremer WPA Burials/Connie Wedemeier, Oran, IA.
Obituary Waverly Phoenix, Waverly, Bremer Co., IA Issue 10 JAN 1900.
1870 Census: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA (USGENWEB/IA/BREMER/CENSUS)
1880 Census: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA (USGENWEB/IA/BREMER/CENSUS).

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