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Facts and Events
Name |
Christoph Seegers |
Alt Name |
Johann Heinrich Christoph Seegers |
Gender |
Male |
Birth? |
2 Oct 1821 |
Mesmerode #14, Neustadt, Hannover, Germany |
Baptism[8] |
7 Oct 1821 |
Idensen, GermanyLutheran Church |
Marriage |
19 Oct 1851 |
Idensen, GermanyLutheran Church to Caroline Schreck |
Emigration? |
3 Jun 1853 |
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Emigration[1] |
3 Jun 1854 |
Bremen, Germany |
Other |
Jul 1860 |
(Census) Husband: Age: 41 WIFE: Age: 31 with Caroline Schreck |
Marriage |
7 Sep 1865 |
Dyer, Lake County, IndianaZion Evangelical Lutheran Church to Dorothea Koelling |
Census |
Jun 1870 |
with Dorothea Koelling |
Death? |
19 Mar 1880 |
Hanover Township, Lake County, Indiana |
Burial[7] |
20 Mar 1880 |
Dyer, Lake County, IndianaZion Cemetery |
Census |
Jun 1880 |
with Dorothea Koelling |
Occupation? |
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Farmer |
Occupation? |
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Linen Weaver |
Religion? |
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Lutheran (Evangelical and Reformed) |
Was known as Chris, Christoph, or Christ.
- Gravestone cemetery list states death date as 20 Mar 1889.
- To America 1854.
- Baptised as Johann Heinrich Christoph Seegers of Mesmerode. Baptism record states mothers name as Anne Sophie geb. Behrens - Mesmerode 14.
- According to Howard Piepenbrink, he emigrated 3 Jun 1853 on the ship "Ella."
- Purchased a plot of land in Indiana in Dec 1854 (on the Illinois state line, near Dyer) which became the family farm.
References
- ↑ Ted Cash. Genealogy: Bremer/Cash.
- Howard Piepenbrink. Howard Piepenbrink's Alvin Hitzeman Ahnentafel Chart.
- Donna Graves and Ronna Lounsbery. Graves/Lounsbery Genealogy (Hitzemann and Seegers). (unpublished).
- Karen Rowe. Genealogy: Buchmeier.
- Edwin C. Friedrich and Karen Rowe. Church Records: Dyer, Indiana (Zion UCC). (Zion UCC Records).
- Ted Cash. Genealogy: Bremer/Cash.
- ↑ Zion Cemetery Reading, Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN 1994 NW Indiana Gen. Society
- ↑ Godparents:
Joh. Heinrich Schlie Joh. Heinrich Christ. Dreyer Joh. Heinrich Christ. Rust
- Lake County Heritage Book, Lake County Public Library, 1988, Indiana.
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