KarensGen.Com - Families - Hans Heinrich Seegers (1834-1909) from Haste and Maria Steege (1843-1886) from Riepen, Germany to Elk Grove, IL and Bremer Co., IA

Hans Heinrich Seegers
Born: 19 APR 1834 in: Haste, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: in:
Died: 16 FEB 1909 in: Tripoli, Bremer Co., IA 2
Buried: in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 3
Father: Johann Otto Seegers (1801-1878)
Mother: Ilsa Maria Sophia Wilkening (1808-1883) from Hohnhorst #31.
To America 1854 lived near Des Plaines, IL.
To Iowa in 1862.

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#1 Wife: Engel MARIA Sophia Charlotta Steege
Married: 03 NOV 1861 in: Elk Grove, Cook Co., IL 3
Born: 03 MAY 1843 in: Riepen, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany 4
Baptized: in: Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany 3
Died: 01 SEP 1886 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Buried: 04 SEP 1886 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 6
Father: JOHANN Conrad Steege (1815-1868) from Riepen #3.
Mother: Engel Maria Charlotta Sandmeyer (1820-1913)

#2 Wife: MARIA Schwake
Married: 04 JUN 1890 in: St. Johns Crane Creek, Bremer Co., IA 12-17
Born: 30 MAR 1846 in: Rehren, Amt. Rodenberg, Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: 09 AUG 1910 in: 15-16
Buried: in: Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Tripoli, IA
Father: Johann Conrad Schwake (1815-1873) from Rehren #6
Mother: Dorothea Weustenfeld
Maria Schwake was previously married to Friedrich Mensching.
Maria Schwake had a sister Engel Cath. Sophia Schwake who
immigrated and married Hans Heinrich Schroeder from Kreuzriehe,
Germany. They settled at Palatine, Cook Co., IL.

1909 Waverly Phoenix Obit Hans Heinrich Seegers

1909 Obit
H.H. Seegers

1910 Waverly Phoenix Obit Maria Schwake Mensching Seegers

1910 Obit
Maria Schwake Seegers

12 Children of Hans Heinrich Seegers and Maria Steege

Hans Heinrich Seegers
Born: 13 AUG 1862 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Baptized: 14 SEP 1862 in: St. Paul Lutheran Church, Denver, IA 7
Died: 26 SEP 1862 in: 8
Buried: in: St. Paul, Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA

Maria Seegers
Born: 21 DEC 1863 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 3
Baptized: 17 JAN 1864 in: St. Paul Lutheran Church, Denver, IA
Died: 18 FEB 1943 in: 10
Buried: in: St. John Lutheran Cemetery, Sumner, IA
Spouse: Johann Friedrich WILHELM Oltrogge (1863-1947)
son of Heinrich Conrad Oltrogge from Gr. Hegesdorf #1 and
Dorothy Leege from Lehmke, Germany
Married: 28 MAY 1884 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Confirmation at St. Johns Ev. Church, Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 1877.

Sophia WILHELMINE C. Seegers
Born: 16 NOV 1865 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 9
Baptized: 24 DEC 1865 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Died: 18 JAN 1946 in: 9
Buried: in: 3
Spouse: Friedrich HERMANN Bartels (1863-1931)
son of Ernst Heinrich Gottlieb Bartels from Nordsehl, Germany and
Maria Nerge from Reinsdorf, Germany.
Married: 11 APR 1887 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 9

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm HERMANN Seeger
Born: 01 APR 1867 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Baptized: 14 APR 1867 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Died: 20 MAY 1894 in: 3
Buried: in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA

SOPHIA Maria Friederika Seegers
Born: 22 DEC 1869 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Baptized: 02 JAN 1870 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Died: 03 JUL 1957 in: Waverly, Bremer Co., IA 9
Buried: 06 JUL 1957 in: St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery, Tripoli, IA 6
Spouse: Carl ERNST Wilhelm Brandt (16 FEB 1867 - 24 OCT 1929)
son of Ernst Gottlieb Brandt from Stadthagen, Germany and
Caroline Nerge from Reinsdorf, Germany
Married: 18 FEB 1891 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 10

Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Seegers
Born: 25 SEP 1871 in: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Baptized: 01 OCT 1871 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Died: 29 OCT 1871 in: 3
Buried: in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 10
Parents speculative.

Heinrich HENRY Friedrich Seegers
Born: 04 DEC 1872 in: Bremer Co., IA 11
Baptized: 22 DEC 1872 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Died: 05 AUG 1937 in: 3-17
Buried: in:
Spouse: ANNA Justine Maria Sophia Car. Homeier (1875-1924)
daughter of Friedrich Toennies Homeyer from Reinebuld #8, Germany and
Caroline Wilhemine Moeller from Blyinghausen #1, Germany
Married: 10 NOV 1898 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 12

Louisa Wilhelmine CAROLINE Seegers
Born: 26 SEP 1874 in: Bremer Co., IA 3
Baptized: 18 OCT 1874 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Died: 25 MAR 1956 in: at home, Denver, IA 3-17
Buried: 28 MAR 1956 in: in: St. Paul UCC, Denver, Bremer Co., IA 17
Spouse: Heinrich FRIEDRICH Moehling (1873-1938)
son of Heinrich Christoph Moehling from Apelern, Germany and
Anna Maria LOUISE Weidemann from Lyhren, Germany.
Married: 22 MAR 1899 in: St. Paul UCC, Denver, Bremer Co., IA 13

Friedrich WILHELM Chr. Seegers
Born: 18 MAR 1877 in: Bremer Co., IA 3
Baptized: 02 APR 1877 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Died: 13 MAR 1956 in: Sumner, Bremer Co., IA 3-17
Buried: 16 MAR 1956 in: Harlington Cemetery, Waverly, IA 17
Spouse: Anna Engel MARIA Louise Wente (07 MAR 1878 - 02 APR 1932)
daughter of Christian Wente from Antendorf, Germany and
Sophia Biesterfeld from Algesdorf, Germany
Married: 15 OCT 1899 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 10
Spouse: Clara Matthias (1882-1978) widow of Johann Heinrich Steege,
Daughter of Wilhelm Matthias from Algesdorf #14, Germany and Engel Maria Biesterfeld.
Married: 12 SEP 1933 in: 3
Ancestor of Nan Rewolt Greig.

Anna Maria CAROLINE Seegers
Born: 14 MAY 1881 in: Bremer Co., IA 3
Baptized: 22 MAY 1881 in: St. John Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA 5
Died: 09 JUN 1962 in: Denver, Bremer Co., IA 14-17
Buried: 11 JUN 1962 in: St. Paul UCC, Denver, Bremer Co., IA 17
Spouse: Heinrich Moehling (04 AUG 1876 - 25 JUN 1938)
Son of Fritz Moehling and Mina Voigt
Married: 02 MAR 1902 in: Tripoli, Bremer Co., IA 17

Obituary courtesy of
Elvira Hebel.

Dorothea Seegers
Born: 11 MAY 1884 17

Otto Seegers
Born: 26 AUG 1886 17

Sources:
1 1880 Census: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA (USGENWEB/IA/BREMER/CENSUS)
2 Obituary Waverly Phoenix, Waverly, Bremer Co., IA Issue 24 FEB 1909
3 Information from Nan Greig
4 Schaumburg Auswanderer 1820-1914, by Heinrich Rieckenberg, Rinteln, Germany.
5 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
6 Bremer Co. Cemetery Records, Bremer Co. Genealogy Society, Iowa May 1983
7 St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church, Denver, Bremer Co., IA Anniversary Booklet.
8 St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church, Denver, Bremer Co., IA Anniversary Booklet.
9 Information from Larry Nerge www.familytreemaker.com/users/n/e/r/Larry-G-Nerge/
10 Information from Bremer Co., IA Genealogy Society/Rowe Research Project 2001.
11 1880 Census: Maxfield Twp., Bremer Co., IA (USGENWEB/IA/BREMER/CENSUS)
12 Information from the HISTORY OF BREMER COUNTY 1985, written by the people
of Bremer County, Iowa and compiled by the Bremer Co. History Book Committee.
A gift to Karen Rowe from Inez Christiansen.
13 Information from Bremer Co., IA Genealogy Society/Rowe Research Project 2001.
St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church, Denver, Bremer Co., IA Anniversary Booklet.
14 Bremer Co. Cemetery Records, Bremer Co. Genealogy Society, Iowa May 1983
15 Bremer Co. Cemetery Records, Bremer Co. Genealogy Society, Iowa May 1983
16 Obituary Waverly Phoenix, Waverly, Bremer Co., IA Issue 20 APR 1910
17 Information from Elvira Hebel.

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