KarensGen.Com - Families - Johann Heinrich Conrad Rohe (1832-1903) and Dorothea Hinze (1833-1919) from Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany to Crete, Will Co., IL.

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Johann HEINRICH Conrad Rohe
Born: 19 OCT 1832 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 21 OCT 1832 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Died: 11 APR 1903 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 3
Buried: in: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL
Father: Johann Otto Rohe (see below)
Mother: Catharina Maria Charlotte Olendorp
Death record: "Immigrated 1852", with widowed mother.
There is a birth in the Trinity Lutheran Church records of Crete, IL child of Joh. Conrad Rohe and Mar. Christ. nee Heine. 11 NOV 1854 baptized 10 DEC 1854.

Engel Maria DOROTHEA Hinze
Married: 16 MAR 1856 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 4
Born: 19 MAR 1833 in: Hohnhorst #29, Schaumburg, Germany 5
Baptism sponsor: Engel Maria Dorothea Homeier aus Nr. 2 in Gr. Nenndorf.
Baptized: 24 MAR 1833 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Died: 24 JUL 1919 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 3
Buried: in: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL
Father: Johann Philipp Hinze
Mother: Engel Maria Dorothea Geveke

1832 Hohnhorst Baptism

1833 Hohnhorst Baptism

Children of Heinrich Rohe and Dorothea Hinze

1 Heinrich Christoph Conrad Rohe
Born: 10 MAR 1857 in: Crete, Will Co., IL
Baptized: 26 MAR 1857 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 6
Died: in:
Buried: in:

2 Hermann Christian Conrad Rohe
Born: 02 MAY 1858 in: Crete, Will Co., IL
Baptized: 04 JUL 1858 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 6
Died: __ ___ 1938 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 7
Buried: in: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL
Occupation: Harnass Maker
Spouse: Maria Sophia MARY Behrens
Born: 25 OCT 1859 Crete, Will Co., IL
Died: __ ___ 1953
Daughter of Johann Otto Behrens and Engel Sophia Weustenfeld.
Married: 06 NOV 1881 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 4

3 Conrad Wilhelm Rohe
Born: 30 NOV 1861 in: Beecher, Will Co., IL
Baptized: 01 JAN 1862 in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 8
Died: in:
Buried: in:
There is a William H. Rohe (head 58 IL) in the 1920 Crete Twp., Will Co., IL census with wife Elizabeth (57 IL); dau. Helen M. (21 IL); dau. Anna E (18 IL).

4 Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Louise Rohe CHARLES J. Rohe
Born: 02 DEC 1864 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 9
Baptized: 26 DEC 1864 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 6
Died: 23 APR 1950 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 7
Buried: in: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL
Spouse: Sophia Saller
Born: 18 JUN 1874 Crete, Will Co., IL
Died: 01 JAN 1958 Crete, Will Co., IL
Daughter of Johann Conrad Saller from Hohnhorst #16 and Sophia Engle Maria Rinne from Reinsdorf #32 (also immigrated to Crete, IL).
Married: 18 JUN 1907 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 4

5 Maria Rohe
Born: 27 MAY 1869 in: Crete, Will Co., IL
Baptized: 06 JUN 1869 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 6
Died: in:
Buried: in:

6 Friedrich Bernhard FRITZ Rohe
Born: 20 AUG 1874 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 10
Baptized: 23 AUG 1874 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 6
Died: 08 APR 1952 in: Beecher, Will Co., IL 10
Buried: in: Beecher, Will Co., IL
Spouse: Sophia Steege
Born: 12 APR 1874 Crete, Will Co., IL
Died: 28 FEB 1929 Beecher, Will Co., IL
Daughter of Friedrich Conrad Steege from Riepen (also immigrated to Crete, IL) and Sophia Caroline Saller
Married: 02 JUL 1898 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 4

7 Maria Sophia Rohe
Born: 10 NOV 1880 in: Crete, Will Co., IL
Baptized: 21 NOV 1880 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 6
Died: in:
Buried: in:

8 Albert Conrad Rohe
Born: 30 JAN 1882 in: Crete, Will Co., IL
Baptized: 13 FEB 1882 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 6
Died: in:
Buried: in:

9 Bertha Sophia Rohe
Born: 06 OCT 1883 in: Crete, Will Co., IL
Baptized: 21 OCT 1883 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 6
Died: in:
Buried: in:

Sources:
1 Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Death Records.
2 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany BAPTISM records.
3 Cemetery Listing, WTTC, South Suburban Gen Soc Quarterly, Vol. 11:3 1981- Crete Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL
Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Death Records.
4 Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Marriage Records.
5 Approximate birthdate calculated from age at death.
6 Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Baptism Records.
7 Cemetery Listing, WTTC, South Suburban Gen Soc Quarterly, Vol. 11:3 1981- Crete Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL
8 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Baptism Records.
9 1920 Census: Crete Twp., Will Co., IL.
10 Beecher Cemetery Readings, Will Co., IL Compiled by W.L. Eilrich, Sept. 1992.

Johann Otto Rohe
Born: 29 SEP 1795 in: Hohnhorst #23, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 04 OCT 1795 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor: Cord Harm Schwake Rehren #2.
Baptism: son of Johann Conrad Rohe of Hohnhorst #23 and Thrine Engel Laeseke.
Died: 14 NOV 1837 in: Germany 2
Buried: in:
Occupation: Grosskoethner Hohnhorst #13
Father: Johann Conrad Rohe (ca AUG 1743 - 20 SEP 1815; married 05 NOV 1771 at Hohnhorst)
Mother: Engel Maria Laeseke (11 FEB 1751 - 29 DEC 1818 from Hohnhorst #3)
Hohnhorst House #13 by 1895 was owned by Heinrich Rohrsen and frau, by 1915 Christoph Rohrsen, 1927 by Heinrich Rohrsen. Johann Otto Rohe had a sister Engel Dorothea Rohe (1782-1819) who married Johann Heinrich Stuever.

Catharina MARIA Charlotte Olendorp (Ohlendorf)
Married: 19 APR 1818 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 3
Born: 25 AUG 1796 in: Ohndorf #39, Schaumburg, Germany 4
Baptism sponsor: Catharine Hattendorf Ohndorf #33.
Baptized: 28 AUG 1796 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Died: 16 SEP 1888 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 5
Buried: in:
Father: Hans Heinrich Ohlendorf (ca 1759 - 26 MAY 1817 from Ohndorf #39; married 09 MAR 1784 at Hohnhorst)
Mother: Dorothea Elisabeth Hattendorf (ca DEC 1752 - 16 FEB 1801 from Hohnhorst #30)
Confirmation 1811 Hohnhorst.
Schaumburger Auswanderer #1312: Rohe, Hohnhorst, Widow, with 1 son under 14y, to America 1852.
Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, IL death record states she came to America July 1852.

1818 Hohnhorst Marriage

Children of Johann Otto Rohe and Maria Olendorp

1 Engel Dorothea Rohe
Born: 13 AUG 1818 in: Hohnhorst #23, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 16 AUG 1818 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor: Engel Maria Borchers in Ohndorf #29.
Died: 16 SEP 1818 in: Hohnhorst #23, Schaumburg, Germany 6
Buried: 18 SEP 1818 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany

2 Johann Heinrich Rohe
Born: 29 OCT 1820 in: Hohnhorst #9, Schaumburg, Germany 7
Baptized: 01 NOV 1820 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor: Johann Heinrihc Steuber Hohnhorst #23.
Baptism: son of Johann Otto Rohe einliegers in Nr. 9 Hohnhorst and Engel Maria Dorothea Charlotte geb. Ohlendorf aus Ohndorf #39.
Died: 03 JAN 1821 in: Hohnhorst #9, Schaumburg, Germany 6
Buried: 05 JAN 1821 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany

3 Hans Heinrich Rohe
Born: 05 JUL 1822 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 07 JUL 1822 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor: Hans Heinrich Schwake of Rehrwiehe #2.
Died: 15 MAR 1831 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 6
Buried: 18 MAR 1831 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany

4 Johann Conrad Rohe
Born: 22 OCT 1824 in: Hohnhorst #13, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 31 OCT 1824 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor: Johann Conrad Richers aus Nr. 13 in Haste, jetzt in ___ ___ Nr. 5 in Hohnhorst.
Died: AFT 1847 in: 11
Buried: in:
Married: ???
Spouse: ???
Daughter is Maria MARY Rohe born 06 SEP 1847 at Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY, died 04 AUY 1914 at Wells, Faribault Co., MN, buried at Rosehill Cemetery, Wells, MN; she married 10 AUG 1865 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL to Heinrich Wilhelm Brandt (30 AUG 1839 - 08 DEC 1908) from Probsthagen, Germany son of Heinrich Wilhelm Brandt and Ernestine Philippjine Furhake.

5 Johann HEINRICH Conrad Rohe (above)
Born: 19 OCT 1832 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 8
Baptized: 21 OCT 1832 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Died: 11 APR 1903 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 9
Buried: in: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL
Spouse: Engel Maria DOROTHEA Hinze
Married: 16 MAR 1856 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 10

Sources:
1 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany CONFIRMATION records.
2 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany BAPTISM records.
3 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany MARRIAGE records.
4 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany Confirmation Records.
Hohnhorst, Die Geschichte eines Kirchdorfes im Landkreis Schaumburg, H. Munk.
5 Schaumburg Auswanderer 1820-1914, by Heinrich Rieckenberg, Rinteln, Germany.
Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Death Records.
6 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany BURIAL records.
7 Approximate birthdate calculated from age at death.
8 Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Death Records.
9 Cemetery Listing, WTTC, South Suburban Gen Soc Quarterly, Vol. 11:3 1981- Crete Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL
Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Death Records.
10 Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Marriage Records.
Information from Joni L. Pontius (2007).

Information from the book Hohnhorst, Die Geschichte eines Kirchdorfes im Landkreis Schaumburg, Ortschronik von Heinrich Munk, describes the residents of Hohnhorst Haus Nr. 13 (courtesy of Reinhard Seegers).:

1783 Curth Henrich Seehausen Seehausen's of Hohnhorst #13 - Photos.
1824 Johann Otto Rohe, Grosskoethner, Tageloehner
1895 Heinrich Rohrsen und Frau, Bahnarbeiter
1895 Heinrich Rohrsen und Frau, Leibzuchter
1915 Christoph Rohrsen
1927 Heinrich Rohrsen, Pensionar