KarensGen.Com - Families - Friedrich Conrad Latwesen Wille (1822-1897) from Beckedorf, Germany to Crete, IL and Maria Sophia Knief.

Updated December 2006.

Friedrich Conrad Latwesen Wille
Born: 26 JUL 1822 Beckedorf #9, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 28 JUL 1822 Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany
Baptism: 11 Uhr; Sponsor: Fr. Wilhelm Meyer, einlieger Nr. 9 Beckedorf; Vater: Joh. Conrad Wille, Ohndorf 19 (Gerichtliche Vaterschaft Zuerkennung.)
Died: 10 FEB 1897 Crete, Will Co., IL
Buried: 13 FEB 1897 Zion UCC Cemetery, Dyer, Lake Co., IN
Father: Johann Conrad Daniel Wille
Mother: Ilsa Maria Latwesen
Friedrich came to America in 1849 on the Vessel Weiland from Bremen.
Schaumburg Auswanderer #1564: Wille, Johann Conrad Daniel, Ohndorf Nr. 50, Tageloehner, geb. 11.4.1799 in Ohndorf, Witwer, mit Kindern Friedrich Conrad, geb. 25.7.1822 in Beckedorf, Hans Heinrich, geb. 2.12.1833, Engel Maria Dorothea, geb. 13.10.1836, ohne Verm. nach Amerika, 1853.
1860 Census: Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN.
1870 and 1880 Census: Crete, Will Co., IL.
Lake Co. Heritage Book has DOB as 23 JUL 1823.

Engel MARIA Sophia Knief
Married: __ ___ 1849
Born: 11 APR 1825 Riepen #28, Schaumburg, Germany
Baptized: 14 APR 1825 Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany
Baptism sponsor: Engel Marie Elisabeth Grupe aus Grove.
Died: 29 AUG 1892 Crete, Will Co., IL
Buried: 31 AUG 1892 Zion UCC Cemetery, Dyer, Lake Co., IN
Father: Johann Heinrich Christoph Knief
Mother: Ilsa Maria Piephoe
Schaumburger Auswanderer #898: Knief, Engel Marie Sophie, Riepen Nr. 28, Tochter des Johann Heinrich Christoph K., geb. 11.4.1825 in Riepen, led., nach Amerika, 1849 (Kb. Beckedorf Seelenliste I Bl. 104).

Wille-Knief children:

Engel MARIA Wille
Born: 08 NOV 1850 Elk Grove Twp., Cook Co., IL
Baptized:
Died: 25 FEB 1885 Beecher, Will Co., IL
Buried: 28 FEB 1885 St. John UCC Cemetery, Beecher, IL
Spouse: Heinrich CONRAD Bock
Son of Heinrich Conrad Bock and Engel Maria Louise Wehmhoefer from Gr. Nenndorf #18, Germany
Born: 10 NOV 1840 Gr. Nenndorf #18, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 21 AUG 1919 Beecher Will Co., IL
Married: 24 OCT 1867 Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL
Confirmed 1863 at Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN. (birth 08 NOV 1849)

Johann FRIEDRICH Wille
Born: 12 SEP 1851 Elk Grove Twp., Cook Co., IL
Baptized:
Died: 15 MAY 1926 Wells, Faribault Co., MN
Buried: Rosehill Cemetery, Wells, MN
Spouse: Wilhelmine Ostermeyer
daughter of Conrad Ostermeyer and Louise Engelke from Holtensen, Germany
b. 17 FEB 1855 d. 12 APR 1908
Married: 03 FEB 1877 Beecher, Will Co., IL
Spouse: Maria MARY Wente
d. AFT 1926
Married: 31 MAY 1915

1926 Obitituary
Friedrich Wille
The Wells Mirror
Wells, Faribault Co., MN

Engel SOPHIA Maria Wille
Born: 06 AUG 1855 Crete, Will Co., IL
Baptized: 16 SEP 1855 Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL
Died: 05 FEB 1920 Chicago Heights, Cook Co., IL
Buried: Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Homewood, IL
Spouse: Heinrich FRIEDRICH Christoph Battermann
b. 15 MAY 1850 d. 25 NOV 1925
Married: 06 MAR 1874 Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN
Confirmed 1865 at St. Johns EL, Beecher, Will Co., IL.
Baptized Maria Sophia Dorothea Wille.

Johann JOHN Friedrich Christoph Wille
Born: 04 JUL 1857 Will Co., IL
Baptized: 26 JUL 1857 Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL
Died: 10 FEB 1942 Morris, Stevens Co., MN
Buried:
Spouse: Engel Maria Sophia Katze
daughter of Heinrich Christoph Katze and Engel Maria Dorothea Wille from Beckedorf #37, Germany
b. 05 AUG 1852 d. AFT 1920
Married: 24 OCT 1880 Crete, Will Co., IL

Heinrich Wille
Born: __ ___ 1859 IL
Died: __ ___ 1859 IL
Buried:

Engel Maria Dorothea Wille
Born: 10 OCT 1859 IL
Died: 29 JAN 1861 Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN
Buried: Zion UCC Cemetery, Dyer, Lake Co., IN

Heinrich HENRY Friedrich Carl Otto Wille
Born: 14 SEP 1861 Crete, Will Co., IL
Baptized: 10 NOV 1861 Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN
Died: 03 MAR 1940 Morris, Stevens Co., MN
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Meichart
b. __ ___ 1876 d. __ ___ 1954
Married:
Spouse: Louise Hueper
b. 02 DEC 1863 d. 12 OCT 1894
Married: 14 FEB 1886 Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN

Hermann C. Schliep
and Louise Ida Wille (1893-1968 Stevens Co., MN)
daughter of Henry Wille and Mary Meichart
Married 22 OCT 1914

Friedrich Wille (1886-1946 Ward Co., MN)
and Louise LUCY Schliep
son of Henry Wille and Mary Meichart
Married 1910

Photos courtesy of Kirk Tietz

Wilhelm WILLIAM Heinrich Philipp Wille
Born: 28 JUN 1863 Washington Twp., Will Co., IL
Baptized: 06 SEP 1863 Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL
Died: 15 MAR 1954 Argonia, Sumner Co., KS
Buried:
Spouse: Louise Seehausen
daughter of Heinrich Seehausen and Wilhelmine Marianna Glade from Mesmerode, Germany
b. 18 SEP 1866 d. 02 JAN 1939
Married: 11 MAR 1888 Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN

Engel Maria Sophia DOROTHEA Wille
Born: 25 APR 1866 Washington Twp., Will Co., IL
Baptized: 14 MAY 1866 Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL
Died: 19 SEP 1944 Dyer, Lake Co., IN
Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Lake Co., IN
Spouse: Heinrich Friedrich AUGUST Piepho
son of Christoph Piepho and Catharina Seegers from Kolenfeld, Germany
b. 17 NOV 1858 d. 31 JAN 1943
Married: 12 JUL 1885 Zion UCC, Dyer, Lake Co., IN

Wilhelmine MINNIE Wille
Born: 19 FEB 1868 Crete, Will Co., IL
Baptized: 01 MAR 1868 Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL
Died: 13 DEC 1939 Albert Lea, Freeborn Co., MN
Buried: St. Paul Cemetery, Minnesota Lake, MN
Spouse: Friedrich Geo. Joh. Heinr. Chr. Fiene
son of Friedrich Fiene and Dorothea Redeker
b. 02 APR 1864 d. 22 DEC 1952
Married: 01 DEC 1889 St. John UCC, Beecher, Will Co., IL

Maria Sophia Wille
Born: 20 FEB 1868 Washington Twp., Will Co., IL
Baptized: 01 MAR 1868 Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 12
Died:
Buried: