24 November 2012

Farmstead No. 13

Almena, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Wehrmann Family Home

photo of farmstead 13 in Almena, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany about 1953
Almena; c.1953.  Courtesy of Dietmar Willer & shared by Mary Ann Mock; all rights reserved.

These two photographs, dating from around 1953, depict the residences at farmstead No. 13, in Almena, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neither structure is still standing.

photo of farmstead 13 in Almena, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany about 1953
Almena; c.1953.  Courtesy of Dietmar Willer & shared by Mary Ann Mock; all rights reserved.

The house on the left is the Leibzucht, or retirement house. The building on the right is the main residence.

This farmstead was the home of the family of Johann Heinrich Adolph Wehrmann and his first wife, Wilhelmine Sophia Katherina (Kater) Wehrmann until 1844.

Johann and Wilhelmine Sophia Katherina Kater were married on 23 October 1814 in Almena, Principality of Lippe, and became the parents of 11 children in this town before Wilhelmine died on 29 March 1839.

In 1842, Johann married Wilhelmine Auguste Meier. In 1844, a child was born, and died, in Almena. In 1845, another child was born, in Nalhof, Lippe.

In 1851, Johann Heinrich Adolph Wehrmann; his second wife, Wilhelmine Auguste (Meier) Wehrmann; their child, Dorothea Charlotte Wehrmann; and 3 of Johann's children from his first marriage, Conrad Heinrich Adolph Wehrmann, Friederike Henriette Wehrmann, Wilhelmine Florentine Charlotte Wehrmann, emigrated to Missouri, USA.

Brief Genealogy

Wehrmann - Kater family

Johann Heinrich Adolph Wehrmann's 1st marriage

Wehrmann - Meier family

Johann Heinrich Adolph Wehrmann's 2nd marriage

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