Begemann, Conrad Heinrich

Other Events:

• Occupation: Lincoln County, Missouri, USA; miller

Notes:

Occupation:
Conrad was a member of the milling firm of Koelling, Begeman & Co., of Truxton, Missouri. In 1895, the mill was producing sixty barrels of flour a day.

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1838, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Moved To: 1852, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Immigration:
Conrad and his first wife, Caroline, landed at the port of New Orleans and took passage up the Mississippi River by boat. They settled on 40 acres south of Warrenton, in Warren County, Missouri.

Moved To:
Conrad purchased 80 acres in Township 49.

Conrad married Wehrmann, Friederike Henriette 21 Jan 1853, Warren County, Missouri, USA. Friederike (daughter of Wehrmann, Johann Henrich Adolph and Kater, Wilhelmine Sophia Katherina) was born 2 Aug 1832, Almena, Principality of Lippe; died 1868, Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 12 Aug 1832, Almena, Principality of Lippe
• Immigration: 1851, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Friederike was born at her parents' home at No. 13 in Almena.

Immigration:
Friedricke; her father; her step-mother, Wilhelmine (nee Meier); her brother, Adolph; her sister, Florentine Charlotte; and her step-sister, Wilhelmine (born 1845); emigrated from Bremen, Germany to the USA aboard the ship Rebecca, landing in New Orleans, Louisiana on 4 November 1851. Friedricke would have been about 19 years of age at this time.

Died:
Friederike died of tuberculosis.

Notes:

Married:
Conrad and Friedrika's marriage was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). Heinrich Hackmann and Ernst Büscher were witnesses (Ernst was also a witness at the marriage of Friedrika's sister, Florentine, about one month later). Conrad is identified as coming from "Lippe Detmond."

According to a biographical sketch of Conrad, published in 1895, Conrad and Fredricka had a family of 6 children, "of whom those now living are: Conrad H.; Henry merchant in Jonesburg, Mo.; William, a farmer near Truxton; and Fredricka, the wife of Henry Laudwear [sic], of Lafayette County."

Heinrich married [---?---], Fredricka. Fredricka died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Heinrich and Fredricka Begemann had 8 children. Three of these emigrated to the USA: Conrad Heinrich, a brother and a sister.

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1851, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Johann was born in his parents' home at No. 13 in Almena.

Immigration:
Adolph; his second wife, Wilhelmine (nee Meier); and four of his children, Conrad Heinrich Adolph, Friederike Henriette, Wilhelmine Florentine Charlotte, and Dorothea Charlotte (the daughter of his second marriage) emigrated from Bremen, Germany on the ship Rebecca, landing in New Orleans, Louisiana on 4 November 1851. Adolph would have been about 65 years of age at the time he undertook this trip. The family settled in eastern Missouri.

Died:
The death of "Adolph Wehrmann" is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). In the published records of the church, Adolph was identified as coming "from Almine in Lippe Detmolt."

Johann married Kater, Wilhelmine Sophia Katherina 23 Oct 1814, Almena, Principality of Lippe. Wilhelmine (daughter of Kater, Herman Anton and Engelking, Anna Margreta Ilsabein) was born 21 Jan 1798, Almena, Principality of Lippe; died 29 Mar 1839, Almena, Principality of Lippe. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Wilhelmine was born in her parents' home at No. 7 in Almena.

Herman married Engelking, Anna Margreta Ilsabein. Anna died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]