First cousins Hans Heinrich Most 1836-1891 and Johann Conrad Most 1840-1880 and their brothers including Johann Conrad Most 1839-1902 (gravestone at left) immigrated from Ohndorf and Mathe, Germany to Beecher/Crete, Will Co., IL about 1856. Descendent lines of the Most families settled in Grant Park, IL and Ohiowa, NE.

For more information on the Most families contact family researchers:
Muriel Most: Email
Hortense Wilkenson: Email

1. Engel Maria Dorothea Most
   Born: 30 SEP 1826, Ohndorf #46, Schaumburg, Germany
   Died: ?
   Married: 31 DEC 1854, in Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany
   Spouse: Heinrich Christoph Bremer
   Born: 08 DEC 1825, Gr. Hegesdorf #9, Schaumburg, Germany
   Died: ?
   Son of Heinrich Christoph Bremer (1796-1844) and
   Catharina Engel Maria Sophia Engelking (1796-1834) from Haste #22.
   
   
2. Catharina Engel Sophia Most
   Born: 17 JAN 1829, Ohndorf #46, Schaumburg, Germany
   Died: 06 APR 1829, Ohndorf #46, Schaumburg, Germany
   
   
3. Johann Heinrich Most
   Born: 14 OCT 1830, Ohndorf #46, Schaumburg, Germany
   Died: __ ___ 1892, Bern, Nemaha Co., KS
   Married: 26 MAY 1862, in First St. Paul Lutheran, Chicago, IL
   Caroline Heidemann
   Born: 20 JUL 1842, Rosenthal, Schaumburg, Germany
   Daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Heidemann and Wilhelmine Charlotte Luecke
   Died: 1891 Bern, Nemaha Co., KS
   
   
4. Sophia Charlotte Most
   Born: 02 MAR 1834, Ohndorf #46, Schaumburg, Germany
   Died: 10 AUG 1900, Ohndorf #46, Schaumburg, Germany
   Married: 13 OCT 1867, in Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany
   Friedrich Christian Hardekopf
   Born: 04 AUG 1836 Lindhorst #26, Germany
   Died: 20 DEC 1886 Ohndorf #46, Germany
   Son of Heinrich Christoph Hardekopf (1791-1874) and
   Engel Maria Charlotte Meyer (1795-1878) from Lindhorst #32.
   
   
5. Johann OTTO Most
   Born: 06 NOV 1836, Ohndorf #46, Schaumburg, Germany
   Died: 15 APR 1912, Martland, Fillmore Co., NE
   Married: 26 MAR 1871, in St. John UCC, Beecher, Will Co., IL
   Louise Blanke
   Born: 21 NOV 1848, Laderholz, Hanover, Germany
   Daughter of Georg HEINRICH Blanke and Louise CAROLINE Blanke.
   Died: 15 MAY 1925, Fillmore Co., NE
   
   
6. Johann Conrad Most    (Ancestor of Muriel Most)
   Born: 04 MAY 1840 Ohndorf #46, Schaumburg, Germany
   Died: 08 APR 1880, Washington Twp., Will Co., IL
   Married: 04 MAR 1868, in Trinity Luth. Ch., Crete, Will Co., IL
   Charlotte Watermann
   Born: 04 MAY 1850 Rosenthal #14, Schaumburg, Germany,
   Daughter of Carl Hermann Watermann and Caroline Elizabeth BETTY Buehmann
   Died: 05 MAY 1931, Beecher, Will Co., IL
   
   
7. Hans Heinrich Christoph Most - Photo of Henry and Louisa
   Born: 07 DEC 1842, Ohndorf #46, Schaumburg, Germany
   Died: 28 NOV 1906, Vinita, OK
   Married: 13 DEC 1868, in Seneca, Nemaha Co., KS
   Elisabeth LOUISA Blanke
   Born: 06 OCT 1849, Hessen, Germany
   Daughter of Georg HEINRICH Blanke and Louise CAROLINE Blanke
   Died: 12 OCT 1916, Chelsea, Rogers Co., OK
   
   
8. Catharina Engel Sophia Most
   b. 26 NOV 1845, Ohndorf #46, Schaumburg, Germany
   d. 20 DEC 1910, Ohndorf #55, Schaumburg, Germany
   m. 17 MAR 1874, in Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany
   Hans Heinrich Wille
   
   

1. Johann Conrad Steege
   b. 15 NOV 1838, Lindhorst #55, Schaumburg, Germany
   
   
2. Engel Sophia Steege
   b. 29 MAR 1840, Lindhorst #56, Schaumburg, Germany
   m. 1864, in Lindhorst, Schaumburg, Germany
   Friedrich Christoph Wedemeier, b. 15 AUG 1838, Lindhorst #26, Schaumburg, Germany
   (son of Friedrich Christian Wedemeyer and Anna Sophia Lenore Hardekopf) d. 08 MAY 1883
   Engel died 10 JAN 1908
   
   

1. Hans Heinrich Most    (Ancestor of Hortense Wilkensen-EMAIL)
   b. 01 APR 1836, Mathe #4, Schaumburg, Germany
   d .16 MAR 1891, Ohiowa, Fillmore Co., NE
   m. 09 NOV 1862, in Trinity Luth. Ch., Crete, Will Co., IL
   Dorothea Heidemann
   b. 10 SEP 1845, Rosenthal, Schaumburg, Germany
   (daughter of Friedrich August FRITZ Heidemann and Rebecca DOROTHEA Buhmann)
   d. 21 JUN 1910, Ohiowa, Fillmore Co., NE
   
   
2. Johann CONRAD Most    (Ancestor of Morley and Darlene Most
   b. 20 SEP 1839, Mathe #4, Schaumburg, Germany
   d. 07 MAY 1903, Ohiowa, Fillmore Co., NE
   m. 11 OCT 1865 , in Kankakee Co., IL
   Wilhelmine MINNIE Buchmeier
   b. 10 NOV 1845, Deckbergen #12, Schaumburg, Germany
   (daughter of Heinrich Luedwig Buchmeier and Caroline Christine Charlotte Meyer)
   d. 06 OCT 1902, Ohiowa, Fillmore Co., NE
   
   
3. Johann Heinrich Most
   b. 03 NOV 1847, Mathe #4, Schaumburg, Germany
   d. 23 DEC 1899, Mathe #4, Schaumburg, Germany
   m. 30 JUN 1872, in Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany
   Engel MARIA Dorothea Russel
   b. 10 JUN 1844, Hohnhorst #27, Schaumburg, Germany
   (daughter of Johann Friedrich Russel and Engel Maria Meyer)
   d. 02 MAY 1907, Mathe #4, Schaumburg, Germany
   
   

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