Person:Pierre Luderus (1)

Notes on Pierre Luderus by Tammy L Hensel (3rd great-granddaughter)

Pierre Ludérus, son of Frderick and Petronella Jocamina (nee Van Hoven) Ludérus, was born 27 December 1812 in Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He died in 1868 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He married Deina Kuipers on 18 August 1837 in Utrecht, Netherlands. She was born 19 January 1809 in Sprang, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands to Arnoldus and Cornelia (nee Kuijsten) Kuipers. She died 10 November 1900 in Cook, Illinois, USA. Her name sometimes appeared in records as Dina.

All of their children were born in the Netherlands before immigration, despite some records that put birth for some of them in Wisconsin, USA. Seven were born in Utrecht and the last one in Elburg, Gelderland. The oldest died in infancy. Children: 1) Frederik b. 10 November 1837, d. 13 July 1838; 2) Maria Petronella, b. 8 January 1839, d. 1914 in Cook, Illinois, USA, m. Magiel William Van Ess on 3 November 1871 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Had four children, two died in infancy. 3) Johanna Louisa, b. 13 December 1840, d. 5 October 1913 in Cook, Illinois, USA, m. Paul Leline on 6 August 1872 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Had four children, two died in infancy; 4) Frederick Pierre (known as Fred), b. 9 May 1844, d. 7 November 1880 in Austin, Texas, USA, m. Louise Dorthea Hitzfield on 20 April 1871 in Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, USA. Had five children, two died in infancy; 5) Deina Cornelia (appears in some records as Dina), b. 4 June 1845, d. 6 September 1902 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA, m. Joseph Frederick Bennett on 1 February 1865. Had seven children, two died in infancy. 6) Peter Arnoldus, b. 27 June1846, d. 27 November 1916 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, m. Johanna Wilhelmina Henrietta Bliese (known as Hannah). Had eight children, all survived; (7) William, b. 18 March 1849, d. 18 January 1909 in Tuscola, Michigan, USA, m. Elvira Knoxe on 26 June 1888 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. No known children. (8) Johannes H. (known as John) 24 May1853 in Elburg, Gelderland, death, spouse and children unknown, as there was apparently more than one John Luderus in the USA. There are no records for a John or John H. that contain parents' names. There are city directory records from about 1908 through 1914 for a John H. Luderus who lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA which could be him. The last record of him with the family is in the 1870 Census in Milwaukee.

Pierre was christened on 30 December 1812 in Amstel Church Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. He also appears on records as Pieter and Peter. In the 1850 Netherlands census they are listed in Elburg, Gelderland. The family immigrated to the U.S. in 1857 arriving in New York Harbor on the 19th of September on the ship R. Robinson. The ship departed from Liverpool, Great Britain. For some reason Germany is given as their country of origin instead of Netherlands.

The family was listed in the 1860 U.S. Federal Census in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Pierre's occupation was cigar maker. Before Pierre's death in 1868, the family had relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the exception of son Fred and daughter Deina Cornelia Luderus. Deina had married in 1865 to Joseph Bennett, and remained in Michigan.

The oldest son, Fred, joined the Michigan 17th Rifle Regiment of the Union Army. According to the records of the regiment, Fred P. Luderus of Detroit enlisted on 3 October 1862. Fred was reported missing, presumed dead on 13 December 1862, but it was later learned he had been captured as a prisoner of war. He was paroled in a prisoner exchange on 27 December 1862, examined by the medical staff, and sent back to the Army of the Potomac on May 23, 1863. In the meantime, he's been charged with desertion, apparently because they thought he had been released earlier. There was a mix-up with the records, with some records keeping him on the deceased list, some of the desertion list, all the while he continued to serve until the end of the war. He appears to have re-enlisted after the war and travelled to Texas with the army, where he married and settled. It seems Fred's family back in Michigan never got word that he did not die in 1862 and it looks like he never communicated with him again. His mother petitioned for his Civil War pension in 1898 based on the report of his 1862 death. She was turned down due to the desertion record. (see more on Fred on profile for him).

The 1870 Census lists the family in Milwaukee with a few misspellings: Deina as Gina, Mary (Maria Petronella), Louise (Johanna Louisa), Peter, Wellion (William), and John. I can't find an 1880 Census record for Deina, her daughter Johanna Louisa (who was married to Paul Leline by that time), or for John. So, Deina could have been living with either of them. I found records for families of all the other children and she was not listed with any of them. Deina was living with the Leline family in 1900 in Cook, Illinois, USA. She died that same year.

1. ↑ Huwelijksbijlagen, in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. Burgerlijke Stand
   Akte 252, 1837.
2.   Stuart, Donna Valley, and Detroit Society for Genealogical Research (Michigan). Index to the 1860 federal population census of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan. (Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, c1979).
3.   National Archives and Records Administration. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. (Washington, D. C.: National Archives and Records Administration).
4.   Detroit (Michigan) city directories. (Woodbridge, Connecticut: Research Publications, c1980-1984).
5.   U.S. Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918.
6.   R. L. Polk and Company. Milwaukee (Milwaukee County, Wis.) city directory. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wright, 1868/69-).
7.   Burial Record for Peter Luderus.
8.   Naturalization record Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States of America.
9. ↑ Geboorte, in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Burgerlijke Stand
   Reg. 8 fol. 63v, 1812.
10. ↑ Beekstraat 21, in Streekarchivariaat Noordwest-Veluwe.

    1850-1860
    Oost147
    Pierre Luderus, sigarenmaker, geb. 1812 Amsterdam.
    Geh. Dina Kuyper, geb. 1809 Sprang

11.   De Nederlandsche Leeuw. ('s-Gravenhage: Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde)
    Vol. 45, 1927, p. 55.