KarensGen.Com - Heinrich Christoph Seegers (1786-1851) and Sophia Behrens (1801-1864) from Mesmerode, Germany to Lake Co., IN.

Johann Heinrich CHRISTOPH Seegers
Born: 10 JAN 1786 in: Mesmerode, Amt. Bokeloh, Germany 1
Baptized: 15 JAN 1786 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 28 NOV 1851 in: Mesmerode #14, Neustadt, Germany 1
Buried: 30 NOV 1851 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Occupation: Shoemaker
Father: Johann Heinrich Christoph Seegers (1759-1823)
Mother: Dorothea Auguste Frederike Schlie (1765-1834) from Bokeloh

Catharina Anna Maria SOPHIA Elizabeth Behrens
Married: 20 JAN 1820 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 1
Born: 08 NOV 1801 in: Mesmerode #14, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 2
Baptized: 14 NOV 1801 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 22 SEP 1864 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN 3
Buried: in: Zion UCC Cemetery, Dyer, Lake Co., IN 1
Father: Johann Wilhelm Henrich Christoph Behrens (1777-1835) from Mesmerode #17
Mother: Anna Catharina Dorothea Seehausen (1778-1828) from Mesmerode #23

Mesmerode prior to 1819 Amt. Bokeloh, after 1819 Amt Neustadt.

Mesmerode House #14.
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Seegers-Behrens children:

1 Johann Heinrich CHRISTOPH Seegers
Born: 02 OCT 1821 in: Mesmerode #14, Neustadt, Germany 2
Baptized: 07 OCT 1821 in: Idensen, Germany 1
Baptism states mothers name as Anne Sophie geb. Behrens - Mesmerode 14.
Died: 19 MAR 1880 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN 3
Buried: in: Zion UCC Cemetery, Dyer, Lake Co., IN 7
Occcupation.: Linen weaver

Spouse: Engel Maria CAROLINE Schreck
Born: 29 MAY 1828 Gr. Munzel, Germany
Died: 20 JUN 1865 Lake Co., IN
Daughter of Heinrich Schreck and Engel Flebbe.
Married: 19 OCT 1851 in: Idensen, Germany 2
Spouse: Catharina Sophia DOROTHEA Koelling
Born: 28 MAY 1834 Mesmerode #18, Germany
Died: 08 NOV 1924 Hammond, Lake Co., IN
Daughter of Heinrich Christoph Conrad Koelling and Anna Engel Sophia Doepke
Married: 07 SEP 1865 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN 2
When Dorothea's 2nd husband Christoph Seegers died in 1880 she married 04 SEP 1884 to Friedrich Battermann.

Seegers-Schreck children:
1. Christoph Seegers (19 FEB 1853 - 12 MAR 1924) married 1877 Maria Claus.
2. Sophia CAROLINE Seegers (02 MAY 1855 - AFT 1874) married 1874 Friedrich Battermann Jr.
3. Anna Maria SOPHIA Seegers (23 OCT 1857 - 16 MAY 1865)
4. Heinrich Seegers (08 APR 1859 - 06 MAY 1865)
5. Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Seegers (18 JAN 1861 - 07 JAN 1863)
6. Conrad Wilhelm Seegers (22 JUL 1862 - 15 SEP 1862)
7. Dorothea Seegers (23 JUL 1863 - 31 JAN 1905) married 1882 Heinrich Claus.

Seegers-Koelling children:
1. ANNA Cath. Christina Sophia Seegers (20 MAR 1866 - 10 NOV 1949 m. 1884 Hans Heinrich Seehausen; m. 1924 Joseph Sego
2. Catharina Dorothea MARIA Seegers (18 MAY 1868 - 1941) married 1886 Friedrich Seehausen.
3. Sophia Seegers (21 JAN 1871 - 24 JUL 1928) married 1894 Friedrich Hitzemann.
4. Heinrich Seegers (01 MAY 1872 - ?)
5. August FRIEDRICH Seegers (20 JUN 1873 - 08 AUG 1873)
6. Emma Seegers (18 JAN 1875 - 02 AUG 1875)
7. Maria Sophia Wilhelmine Seegers (22 JUN 1877 - 27 AUG 1877)
8. August Seegers (22 AUG 1878 - 12 JUL 1880)

Christoph and Dora Seegers

Christoph Seegers

Dora (Koelling) Seegers

Daughters Anna, Mary and Sophia.

Photos courtesy of Arthur Hitzeman.

2 Heinrich Christoph CONRAD Seegers
Born: 17 AUG 1824 in: Mesmerode, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 2
Baptized: 22 AUG 1824 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Baptism sponsors: Joh. Heinrich Senne, Johann Christoph Freise, Heinrich Conrad Seehausen.
Died: 06 JAN 1865 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN 3
Buried: in: Zion UCC Cemetery, Dyer, Lake Co., IN 7
Occupation: Farmer/Shoemaker
Naturalization Lake County, IN 19 MAY 1862.
Embarked from Bremen, arrived at New York June 1853. Ship Ella.

Spouse: Catharina Sophia DOROTHEA Koelling
Born: 28 MAY 1834 Mesmerode #18, Germany
Died: 08 NOV 1924 Hammond, Lake Co., IN
Daughter of Heinrich Christoph Conrad Koelling and Anna Engel Sophia Doepke.
Married: __ AUG 1854 in: Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL 8
When Dorothea's husband Conrad Seegers died JAN 1865, she married his brother Christoph SEP 1865.

Seegers-Koelling children:
1. Friedrich Heinrich Conrad Seegers (17 APR 1855 - ?)
2. Conrad CHRISTOPH Heinrich Seegers (02 MAR 1857 - ?) married Maria Claus
3. Karoline Katharina Wilhelmine SOPHIA Dor. Seegers (18 OCT 1859 - 19 JUN 1868)
4. Dorothea Seegers (20 JUN 1861 - 20 MAR 1862)
5. Johann Friedrich Heinrich Carl Conrad Seegers (18 JUN 1862 - 07 JUL 1876)
6. Rosine Katharine Sophie Dorothea Maria Seegers (14 JUN 1864 - 05 APR 1865)

Mesmerode House #40.

3 Catharina Maria SOPHIA Seegers
Born: 20 FEB 1831 in: Mesmerode #14, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 4
Baptized: 24 FEB 1831 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 9
Died: 15 OCT 1895 heart failure in: Crete Twp., Will Co., IL 9
Buried: 18 OCT 1895 in: Zion UCC Cemetery, Dyer, Lake Co., IN

Spouse: Johann FRIEDRICH Bremer
Born: 23 SEP 1813 Wichtringhausen, Hohenbostel, Germany
Died: 03 MAR 1891 Crete Twp., Will Co., IL
Son of Heinrich Christian Bremer and Christine Dorothea Volker.
Married: ABT 1854 in: 9

Bremer-Seegers children
1. Catharina SOPHIA Dorothea Bremer (19 AUG 1855 - 19 DEC 1921) m. 1876 Joseph Reichert
2. Friedrich CHRISTOPH Bremer (09 NOV 1857 - 21 MAY 1932) m. 1885 Dorothea Drangmeister
3. Friedrich Ludwig AUGUST Bremer (10 MAR 1859 - 08 MAY 1905) m. 1886 Wilhelmine Drangmeister
4. Engel Maria Sophia Catharina Bremer (20 NOV 1861 - 13 SEP 1864)
5. Friedrich Heinrich Christoph CONRAD Bremer (27 OCT 1863 - 25 MAY 1920) m. 1890 Dorothea Glade
6. Friedrich Heinrich FRITZ/FRED Bremer (11 MAY 1865 - 22 DEC 1948) m. 1894 Bertha Klemme
7. Wilhelmine MINNIE Bremer (15 DEC 1868 - 21 MAY 1893) m. 1890 Henry Rinkenberger
8. Edward Bremer (19 MAY 1874 - 1949) m. 1897 Maria Wilhelmine Friedericke Caroline Gielow

4 CATHARINA Sophia Dorothea Seegers
Born: 10 SEP 1834 in: Mesmerode #14, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 10
Baptized: 14 SEP 1834 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 23 OCT 1890 in: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN 11
Buried: 26 OCT 1890 in: Zion UCC Cemetery, Dyer, Lake Co., IN 3

Spouse: Heinrich Friedrich CHRISTOPH Piepho
Born: 19 JUN 1826 Kolenfeld, Amt. Blumenau, Germany
Died: 06 DEC 1891 Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN
Son of Johann Harm Piephoe and Engel Dorothea Bergmann
Married: 28 DEC 1855 in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 10

Piepho-Seegers children:
1. Christoph Piepho (09 FEB 1857 - 06 APR 1936) m. 1883 Anna Marg. Sophia Elting
2, Heinrich Friedrich AUGUST Piepho (17 NOV 1858 - 31 JAN 1943) m. 1885 Engel Maria Sophia Dorothea Wille
3. Caroline Piepho (12 APR 1862 - 26 NOV 1864)
4. Catharina Sophie Piepho (23 MAR 1864 - 01 JUL 1864)
5. Carl Friedrich HEINRICH Piepho (12 APR 1865 - 1936) m. 1892 Dorothea Becker
6. Engel Maria MARY Dorothea Piepho (29 APR 1867 - AFT 1918) m. 1888 Heinrich C. Witte
7. Wilhelmina MINA Dorothea Sophia Piepho (26 MAR 1869 - 28 NOV 1958) m. 1889 August Cansoer
8. Sophia Piepho (14 MAY 1871 - 1942) m. 1889 August Claus
9.Louisa Piepho (16 AUG 1873 - 07 SEP 1942) m. 1895 Hermann John Bremer
10. Son Piepho (29 OCT 1876 - 29 OCT 1876)

5 HEINRICH Friedrich Wilhelm Seegers
Born: 03 MAY 1838 in: Mesmerode, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 2
Baptized: 06 MAY 1838 in: Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 31 OCT 1918 in: Lake Co., IN 1
Buried: in: Maplewood Cemetery, Lake Co., IN
Occupation: Farmer/Saloon Keeper

Spouse: Christine Rinkenberger
Born: 11 JAN 1846 Ludwigsburg, Wuerttemberg, Germany Died: 1910
Married: 26 AUG 1864 in: Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN 12
To America with brothers Conrad and Christoph in 1863.

Seegers-Rinkenberger children:
1. Fr. Christoph HEINRICH Seegers (01 MAY 1865 - AFT 1880)
2. Heinrich FRIEDRICH Wilhelm Seegers (24 APR 1866 - AFT 1881)
3. Heinrich Fr. Christoph Wilhelm Seegers (16 OCT 1867 - 15 FEB 1868)
4. Conrad Seegers (13 JAN 1871 - ?)
5. Edward Heinrich Seegers (09 NOV 1874 - 31 MAR 1876)
6. August Seegers (17 DEC 1878 - ?)
7. Lydia Dorothea Seegers (09 AUG 1881 - ?)
8. Ida Seegers
7 more children died at birth or in infancy.

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Lagerungsbestand: Hann. 74 Neustadt/Rbg.

1. Seegers, Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm, Mesmerode
2. 03. 05. 1838
4. Seegers, Christoph; Seegers, Sophie, geb. Behrens
5. Seegers, Catharine (19 Jahre); ein Bruder oder eine Schwester
7. Nordamerika
8. 10. 03. 1854
10. Die z. Zt. kranke Mutter (Witwe) wird vermutlich im kommenden Jahr auswandern
auch: Hann. 80 Hann. I B a Nr. 418

???Heinrich CHRISTOPH Seegers
Born: ca 28 NOV 1817 in: ???Mesmerode, Amt. Neustadt, Germany 4
Baptized: in:
Died: 09 NOV 1901 in: Washington Twp., Will Co., IL Age 83y, 11m, 12d 5
Buried: 11 NOV 1901 in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 6

Spouse: Margareta CHARLOTTE Battermann
Born: __ ___ 1818 Germany Died: 09 FEB 1876 Crete, IL
Daughter of ???
Married: in: ???Idensen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Survived by 1 daughter, 12 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren.

Seegers-Battermann children:
1. Maria WILHELMINE Seegers (12 APR 1845 - 11 AUG 1933) m. 1862 Cord Heinrich Christoph Ohlendorf.
2. Sophia Louise Wilhelmine Seegers (11 SEP 1858 - 01 JUL 1901) m. 1877 Franz Sporleder.
Marriage and baptisms not recorded in the church of Idensen records!

Sources:
1 Information from Ronna (Hitzeman) Lounsberry.
2 Lake County Heritage Book, Lake County Public Library, 1988, Indiana.
3 Zion UCC, Dyer, Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Funeral Register.
4 Approximate birthdate calculated from age at death.
5 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Church Records.
6 Beecher Cemetery Readings, Will Co., IL Compiled by W.L. Eilrich, Sept. 1992.
7 Zion Cemetery Reading, Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN 1994 NW Indiana Gen. Society
8 Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Church Records.
9 Information from Ted Cash.
10 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Church Records.
11 Zion UCC, Dyer, Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Church Records.
12 So Great a Cloud of Witnesses, The People of Zion Church, Hanover Twp., Lake County, Indiana by Rev. David McDonald 1996.

Other Sources:
Prairie Farmer's Reliable Director of Farmers and Breeders, Will and Southern Cook Counties, IL 1918.
Information from Howard Piepenbrink, Larry Nerge, Lloyd King, Ted Cash, Patricia Mount.
Illinois State Marriage Index, IL State Genealogical Society CD Rom 1997.
Marriage Record Indexes, Lake Co., IN 1850-1920.
Mesmerode photos courtesy of Reinhold Seegers von Bargen of Haste, Germany
Seegers - Koelling family photos courtesy of Arthur Hitzeman.
Information from Gaby Fricke.