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September 2006

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Rohe
Born: 03 OCT 1792 in: Bokeloh, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 1
Baptized: 07 OCT 1792 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 24 JUL 1868 in: Beecher, Will Co., IL 2
Buried: in: St. Luke Lutheran, Beecher, Will Co., IL 3
Father: Johann Heinrich Rohe
Mother: Sophia (SURNAME)
Another entry in a Beecher Cemetery Reading is for a Johann Heinrich Rohe, died 24 JUL 1868, aged 77 years, 8 months (appr. DOB 24 NOV 1790).

Catharina Engel Sophia Hecht
Married: in: Germany
Born: 05 APR 1804 in: Waltringhausen #41, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 08 APR 1804 in: Bad Nenndorf, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 4
Died: 04 JUL 1866 in: Beecher, Will Co., IL 2
Buried: in: St. Luke Lutheran, Beecher, Will Co., IL 3
Father: Hans Heinrich Hecht (1763-1825) from Hohnhorst #16, Germany, later married Sophia Sassenberg.
Mother: Catharina Sophia Charlotte Stege (1767-1809) from Waltringhausen #37.

Children of Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Rohe and Catharina Hecht

1 SOPHIA Maria Dorothea Rohe
Born: 10 APR 1825 in: Mesmerode #30, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 5
Baptized: 17 APR 1825 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 1
Died: 14 DEC 1876 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN 2
Buried: in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL
Spouse: Johann Heinrich CHRISTOPH Wassmann
Born: 14 OCT 1820 Idensen #9, Germany
Died: 12 APR 1874 Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN
Son of Dietrich Heinrich Wassmann and Anna Catharina Maria Elisabeth Freise.
Married: 22 APR 1849 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 1
Christoph and Sophia Wassmann immigrated to America 12 MAR 1850, settling in Herkimer Co., NY.

Wassmann-Rohe children:
1. Christoph Heinrich HENRY Wassmann 17 MAR 1851 - 02 AUG 1920 married 1874 Sophia Meyer.
2. Dorothea SOPHIA Wassmann 26 AUG 1853
3. Sophia Catharina MARIA Wassmann 06 MAR/MAY 1858 - 04 MAR 1861

2 Maria CHRISTINE Rohe
Born: 19 DEC 1827 in: Mesmerode, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 6
Baptized: in:
Died: 19 MAR 1916 in: Beecher, Will Co., IL 7
Buried: in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 3
#1 Spouse: Johann Heinrich CONRAD Wehmhoefer
Born: 04 JAN 1822 Gr. Nenndorf #18, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 12 JAN 1877 Beecher, Will Co., IL
Son of Johann Conrad Wehmhoyer and Engel Maria Segert.
Conrad Wehmhoefer's fist wife was Catharina Engel Charlotte Borgers from Ohndorf, Germany.
Married: 26 DEC 1859 in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 6
#2 Spouse: Heinrich Brinkmann
Born: 1825 from Bergdorf, Germany
Married: in:
#3 Spouse: Johann Heinrich Carl HENRY Hahn
Born: 06 OCT 1831/1837? Beckedorf #61, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 03 APR 1916 Beecher, Will Co., IL
Son of Johann Friedrich Hahn and Catharina Maria Eleonore Probst
Henry Hahn's first wife was Maria Sophia Wille from Ohndorf, daughter of a Heinrich Otto Wille.
Married: 06 OCT 1878 in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 6
Needs work.... 2 Christina's... Brinkmann and Rohe.
There is a baptism in the Eagle Lake records of Sophia Dorothea Rohe, illegitimate daughter of Maria Christine Rohe born -- DEC 1858 baptised 01 JAN 1859... father's name not given.

Wehmhoefer-Rohe children:
1. Heinrich Philipp Conrad Wehmhoefer 19 DEC 1860 - 16 AUG 1944 married 1883 Sophia Oldendorf (Minot, ND).
2. Catharina SOPHIA Christine Wehmhoefer 11 JAN 1863 married 1883 Wilhelm Wilkening (South Chicago)
3. Caroline Sophia Dorothea Laura Wehmhoefer 20 MAY 1865 - 12 JAN 1877 (died the same day as her father).
4. Engel Caroline Dorothea Catharina Christine Wehmhoefer 16 OCT 1867 - 05 MAR 1868
5. ?Emilie Wehmhoefer 29 APR 1869 - 08 MAY 1869.
6. Maria Dorothea EMMA Wehmhoefer 15 SEP 1870 - 13 SEP 1924 marrried 1890 Heinrich Friedrich Bahlmann.
7. ?Heinrich Wehmhoefer 30 JUN 1871 - 09 JUL 1936 married Auguste Wehling.

Hahn-Rohe children:
1. Justine Wilhelmine Sophia Hahn 17 NOV 1870
2. Maria Sophia Dorothea Hahn 21 DEC 1871
3. GUSTAV Heinrich Eduard Hahn 09 MAR 1880 married Bertha Scheiwe

1916 Obituary
Beecher Herald
Christine Hahn

1916 Obituary
Beecher Herald
Henry Hahn

3 Christine Marie DOROTHEA Rohe
Born: 22 FEB 1832 in: Mesmerode, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 1
Baptized: in:
Died: 06 SEP 1888 in: Beecher, Will Co., IL 3
Buried: 07 SEP 1888 in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 2
Spouse: Johann Heinrich WILHELM Bauermeister
Born: 04 FEB 1825 Mesmerode, Amt. Neustadt, Germany
Died: 26 AUG 1884 Lake Co., IN
Son of ???
Married: 06 MAR 1853 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 1

Bauermeister-Rohe children:
1. Conrad Christ. Heinrich Bauermeister 07 JAN 1850
2. Conrad Christian WILHELM Bauermeister Jr. 22 APR 1853 - 16 JUN 1931 married 1903 Mary Oltrogge.
3. Heinrich Wilhelm Conrad Bauermeister 19 JAN 1857 married 1871 Sophia Heisterberg.
4. Engel Maria Dorothea Sophia Bauermeister 09 AUG 1859
5. Caroline Christine Dorothea Bauermeister 10 NOV 1861 married Adolf Russel
6. Christian Conrad H. W. Ludolph Hermann Bauermeister 27 AUG 1865
7. Ida Maria Sophia Caroline LINA Bauermeister 24 JUL 1868 - 01 JUL 1911
8. Johann JOHN Bauermeister married 1882 Bertha Engel (Crown Point/Hammond, IN).
9. Friedrich Bauermeister married 1890 Louise Grabe (Oak City, IA)
10. Engel Maria Sophia AMANDA Bauermeister 04 JUL 1873 - 05 AUG 1934 married 1893 Wilhelm Paul.

Sources:
1 Information from Gaby Fricke.
2 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Death Records.
3 Beecher Cemetery Readings, Will Co., IL Compiled by W.L. Eilrich, Sept. 1992.
4 Bad Nenndorf, Schaumburg, Germany church BAPTISM records.
5 Lake County Heritage Book, Lake County Public Library, 1988, Indiana.
6 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Marriage Records.
7 Obituary