Wilhelmine Stier
My great, great grandmother Wilhelmine Stier came to America (Chicago, Illinois) about 1868 with her 3 sisters Fredericke, Augusta and Ernestine. The name has been written in various records as Stehr, Steehr, Stuhr, Stiehr. Not much is known about the parents or if there were other family members that immigrated to America.

Wilhelmine Stier was born 13 JUL 1848 and died 26 DEC 1928 at her home in Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska. She married Friedrich Wilhelm Buchmeier at St. John's United Church of Christ at Beecher, Will County, Illinois on 28 JUN 1868. Friedrich Wilhelm Buchmeier (1845-1910), was the son of immigrants Christian Buchmeier Sr. and Sophia Lenore Sieckmann from Rolfshagen, Germany. In 1870 the Buchmeier and Sieckmann families moved west and purchased farmland from the U.S. Railroad near Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska.

Wilhelm and Wilhelmine Buchmeier had 7 children: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Buchmeier 1869-1877; Matilde Buchmeier 1872-1946 (Mrs. Paul Stockfield/ Mrs. Wilhelm Schweer); Henry Friedrich Buchmeier 1873-1948 (Emma Schroeder); Amalia Mollie Buchmeier 1879-1960 (Heinrich Bahe); Anna Louise Buchmeier 1880-1939 (Peter Thomas); Lydia Buchmeier 1885-1970 (Friedrich Wilhelm Thomas); Reinhardt Gerhard William Buchmeier 1891-1973 (Rose Krause). Wilhelm and Wilhelmine (Stier) Buchmeier are buried at the Zion Church Cemetery near Hubbell, Thayer County, Nebraska.
1928 State of Nebraska Death Certificate - father listed as Geb Steehr (or Stuhr).

Ernestine Stier
Ernestine Stier was born 01 APR 1858 and died in Chicago, Illinois 06 JAN 1929. She married 17 FEB 1877 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Chicago to August Arthur Kamin (1851-1908). August Kamin was a cabinet maker from Retzin, Germany. They had 5 children: Edward Jacob, George, Arthur, August A., and Florence. August and Ernestine Kamin are buried at the Waldheim Cemetery in Chicago.
1877 Zion Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL marriage record lists her 01 APR 1858 birthplace as Tornov, Preussen. 1929 State of Illinois Death Certificate - parents listed as Karl Stier and Louise Maas.

Friedricka Stier
Fredericka Stier was born 25 MAY 1857 and died 25 APR 1932. She married 30 JAN 1873 in Cook County, Illinois to Jacob Gamer. They had 5 children: Walter R., Edward, Hattie, Lydia and Clara. Jacob and Fredericka Gamer are buried at Waldheim Cemetery in Chicago.
1857 Baptism Record - Church of Klockow 15 JUL 1857.
1932 State of Illinois Death Certificate - father listed as George Stuhr; birthplace listed as Pomern-Prenzlau.

Augusta Stier
Augusta Stier was born 06 AUG 1855 and died 01 JUL 1931. She married Wilhelm Meise (1849-1912) on 27 MAR 1874 in Cook County, Illinois. His death was a murder. Wilhelm and Augusta Meise are buried at the Forest Home Cemetery in Chicago.

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