KarensGen.Com - Families - Johann Otto Weihe (1771-1832) from Hohnhorst #4 and Engel Maria Richers (1775-1857 from Helsinghausen #1, Germany

Udated January 2006

Johann Otto Weihe
Born: 21 FEB 1771 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 24 FEB 1771 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst 2
Baptism sponsor is Otto Laeseke of Ohndorf, the childs' grandmothers' sisters' mann (husband).*
Died: 07 APR 1832 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 3
Buried: 17 APR 1832 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Father: Adolph Friedrich Weihe / Weyhe (ca 1741 - 21 SEP 1803)
Mother: Anna Maria Sophia Charlotta Weustenfeld (ca 1743 - 22 OCT 1827 from Riepen #1, Germany)

*There is a Heinrich Laeseke of Ohndorf #3 who married Engel Maria Saller from Horsten 25 SEP 1710. Engel Maria Saller, daughter of Johann Saller had a sister Margareta Saller who married 13 SEP 1703 to Hermann Weihe (1672-1709) from Rehren to Ohndorf (possible grandfather of Johann Otto Weihe, father of Adolph Weihe).

Engel Maria Riechers
Married: 11 JUL 1805 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst 4
Born: 13 DEC 1775 in: Helsinghausen #1, Germany 5
Baptized: 17 DEC 1775 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst 2
Baptism reads daughter of Joh. Philip Riechers of Helsinghausen #1 and Ilse Margarethe gebl. Bremers.
Baptism sponsor is Johann Sallers wife of Horsten.
Died: 09 OCT 1857 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 2
Buried: in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Father: Johann Philipp Richers
Mother: Ilsa Margarethe Bremer

Cupboard at the Wille Restaurant in Hohnhorst

Engel Maria Riechers 1850
Old cabinet displayed at the
Gasthaus Wille (Hotel and Restaurant)
(www link)
in Hohnhorst.

(Left) - Grain sacks displayed at the Gasthaus Wille.
[J. Ph. Weihe, Nr. 4 in Hohnhorst, 1881]

(Photos courtesy of Reinhard Seegers)

6 Children of Johann Otto Weihe and Engel Maria Richers

Johann Philipp Weihe
Born: 20 OCT 1806 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 26 OCT 1806 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Baptism Sponsor: Joh. Philip Riechers, Helsinghausen #1
Died: AFT 1821 in:
Buried: in:

Carl Friedrich Otto Weihe
Born: 19 JUN 1808 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 22 JUN 1808 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Baptism Sponsor: Johann Friedrich Riechers, Apelern
Died: 30 JAN 1809 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 3
Buried: 01 FEB 1809 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany

Engel Maria Sophia Charlotta Weihe
Born: 27 JAN 1810 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 28 JAN 1810 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Baptism Sponsor: Engel Maria Riechers of Apelern
Died: AFT 1824 in:
Buried: in:

Catharina (Thrine) Engel Weihe
Born: 14 JAN 1812 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 18 JAN 1812 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Baptism Sponsor: Ilse Maria Riechers of Helsinghausen #1
Died: AFT 1826 in:
Buried: in:

Engel Dorothea Weihe
Born: 04 APR 1814 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 08 APR 1814 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Baptism Sponsor: Engel Maria Christine Wille Hohnhorst #6
Died: AFT 1828 in:
Buried: in:

Catharina Sophia Weihe
Born: 26 FEB 1818 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 28 FEB 1818 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 2
Baptism Sponsor: Ilse Dorthe Richers, Hohnhorst Nr. ??
Died: AFT 1832 in:
Buried: in:

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 BURIAL records.
4 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany MARRIAGE records.
5 International Genealogical Index (IGI) 1994 Edition.
Photos courtesy of Reinhard Seegers von Bargen of Haste, Germany.

Former Times
Hohnhorst House Nr. 4

Philipp Weihe and
Engel geb. Riechers
1906

Adolph Friedrich Weihe / Weyhe
Born: __ AUG 1741 in: 1
Baptized: in:
Died: 21 SEP 1803 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 2
Buried: 25 SEP 1803 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Father:
Mother:
Baptism not found in Hohnhorst church records pre 1741, nor Helmut Zimmermann's Hohnhorst book 1741-1766.

Anna Maria Sophia Charlotta Weustenfeld
Married: in:
Born: __ FEB 1741 in: Riepen #1, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 02 FEB 1741 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf
Baptism Sponsor: Piepenbrinks Tochter ___; She was born in Battermanns Hof zu Riepen
Died: 22 OCT 1827 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 2
Buried: 28 OCT 1827 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Father: Johann Heinrich Weustenfeld from Horsten (born 1714 son of Johann Weustenfeld and Grete Bock.
Mother: Anna Ilsa Latwesen from Riepen (1706-1750) remarried in 1723 at Beckedorf to Ernst Battermann (1695-1735).
Wustenfelds of Riepen #1 went to America per Schaumburg Auswanderer.
Anna Weustenfeld was confirmed at Beckedorf in 1754.

Children of Adolph Weihe and Anna Weustenfeld

1 Ilsa Dorothea Weihe
Born: __ ___ 1765 1
Baptized: in:
Died: 22 JAN 1767 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 2
Buried: in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Died of smallpox.

2 Anna Sophia Charlotta Weihe
Born: 11 FEB 1769 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 3
Baptized: 12 FEB 1769 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 4
Baptism sponsor: des kindes mutter schwester.
Died: AFT 1799 in:
Buried: in:

Anna Sophia Charlotte Weihe had a child (father unknown) Ilsa Dorothea Charlotte Weihe born MAR 1799 at Hohnhorst #4. She married 07 JAN 1821 at Apelern, Germany to Friedrich Wilhelm Bergmannfrom Pohle, son of Heinrich Christian Bergmann. Sophia Dorothea Bergmann born 18 AUG 1823 at Apelern #3, daughter of Fr. Wilhelm Bergmann and Ilsa Weihe immigrated with her son Johann Friedrich Bahe (1846-1913) to Arlington Heights, IL and to Fillmore Co., NE in 1885.

3 Johann Otto Weihe (see above)
Born: 21 FEB 1771 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 3
Baptized: 24 FEB 1771 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 4
Died: 07 APR 1832 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 2
Buried: 17 APR 1832 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
Spouse: Engel Maria Richers
Married: 11 JUL 1805 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 5

4 Johann Heinrich Weihe
Born: 09 SEP 1773 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 3
Baptized: 12 SEP 1773 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 4
Baptism sponsor is Joh. Henrich Weustenfeld of Kl. Egesdorf the childs mothers brother.
Died: AFT 1811 in:
Buried: in:
Spouse: Catharina (Thrine) Maria Reese
Born: ca 1765 Beckedorf #5, Germany
Died: 17 MAR 1828 Apelern #6, Germany
Daughter of Hans Heinrich Reese and Anna Margaretha Langhorst.
Her first husband was Johann Friedrich Katze (1757-1804), son of Conrad Katze of Apelern #6.
Children: Johann Heinrich Weihe (04 JAN 1806 - 19 NOV 1850); Johann Heinrich Christoph Weihe (03 SEP 1811 - 01 AUG 1865).
Married: 02 JAN 1805 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany 6

5 Anna Sophia Charlotta Weihe
Born: 27 JAN 1776 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 28 JAN 1776 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 4
Died: 28 OCT 1784 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 2
Buried: 07 NOV 1784 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany

6 Engel Dorothea Weihe
Born: 31 JAN 1778 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 1
Baptized: 13 FEB 1778 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 4
Died: 24 AUG 1784 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 2
Buried: in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany

7 Anna Catharina Engel Weihe
Born: 14 JUN 1780 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 18 JUN 1780 in: Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Germany 4
Died: 03 JAN 1802 in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany 2
Buried: 11 JAN 1802 in: Hohnhorst, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany

?8 Engel Maria Weihe
Born: in: Hohnhorst #4, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: AFT 1796 in:
Buried: in:
Spouse: Carl Friedrich Richert
Born: ca FEB 1765 Apelern #4, Germany
Died: 09 MAY 1826 Apelern #4, Germany
Son of Hans Hermann Richert of Apelern and Sophia Elisabeth Meyer from Krebshagen.
Daughter Engel Maria Riechers married 20 SEP 1829 at Apelern to Hans Heinrich Roever from Lyhren #3.
Married: 06 NOV 1796 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany 6

Sources:
1 Approximate birthdate calculated from age at death.
2 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany BURIAL records.
3 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany CONFIRMATION records.
4 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany BAPTISM records.
5 St. Martin Church, Hohnhorst, Schaumburg, Germany MARRIAGE records.
6 Apelern church MARRIAGE records, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany