Begemann, Karl August

Male 1853 - 1948  (94 years)


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  • Name Begemann, Karl August 
    Born 11 Oct 1853  Rehme, Minden, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    • Karl's date of birth has been reported as either 11 or 14 October 1853.
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1861  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13, 14, 15
    • According to family reports, the entire family, 2 parents and 9 children, emigrated from Germany. It is reported that one child died during the voyage and was buried at sea. The family first settled near Bernheimer in Warren County, Missouri.
    Naturalization 1866  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Census Jul 1870  Pinckney Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    Census Jun 1880  Pinckney Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    Moved To 1884  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    Census Jun 1900  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20
    Census Jan 1920  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    Died 20 Feb 1948  Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 22, 23
    • Karl died at St. Luke's Hospital following a four day stay. He died from cardiac failure and pulmonary edema as the result of an accidental fall at his home on 16 February 1948.
    Buried Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 24, 25
    • Carl August Begemann was buried in Zion Church Cemetery at Mayview.
    Person ID I4412  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2017 

    Father Begemann, Gottlieb,   b. 1809, Rehme, Minden, Kingdom of Westphalia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Körtner, Frederika Carolina,   b. 1812, Rehme, Minden, Ems-Supérieur, First French Empire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1870 and 1880, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [26, 27, 28
    Family ID F1462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wehking, Wilhelmine,   b. 14 Nov 1859, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1943, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 29 Aug 1878  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
    • In the 1900 U. S Census, Wilhelmine was identified as a mother of 9 children, 8 of them still alive at the time of the census enumeration. In the 1910 U. S. Census, she was identified as the mother of 10 children, of whom 9 were still living. A daughter died in infancy.
    Children 
    +1. Begemann, Gottlieb August,   b. 10 Jan 1880, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1957  (Age 77 years)
     2. Begemann, Lousine,   b. Mar 1882, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Begemann, Elizabeth W.,   b. 11 Aug 1885, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1969, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     4. Begemann, Lydia,   b. Sep 1887, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Begemann, Anna,   b. Apr 1890, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Begemann, August Henry,   b. 7 Jan 1893, Odessa, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1981, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     7. Begemann, Hulda,   b. Mar 1896, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +8. Begemann, Alvin,   b. Dec 1899, Odessa, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Begemann, Frank,   b. Between 1902 and 1903, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMoved To - 1884 - Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T623, roll 869, page 2B [sic]. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
      August Begeman household, 1900 U. S. Census, Lafayette County, Missouri, population schdule, Washington Township, Supervisor's District 5, E.D. 164, sheet 2B, enumerated 5 June 1900, dwelling 38, family 38, lines 86-95. August Begeman; head of household; born October 1853; age 46; born in Germany.

    2. [S78] Internet resource, Rick Begemann. Emigrant Begemans. 2002. At (http://www.begeman.org/emgbeg.html) on 4 June 2005.
      Karl August Begeman; born 1853. Child of Gottlieb Begeman and Frederika Carolina Koertner. No source cited by Rick Begeman.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm M593, roll 824, page 775. Access through Ancestry.com 4 June 2005.
      Gottlieb Begemann household, 1870 U.S. Census, Warren County, Missouri, Pinckney Township, page 8, enumerated 8 July 1870, dwelling 70, family 62, lines 33-37. August Begemann; age 15; staying at home; born in Prussia. The reported age would yield a birth year of 1854-1855 by calculation.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T9, roll 740, page 736C. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
      August Begemann household, 1880 U.S. Census, Warren County, Missouri, Pinckney Township, Supervisor's District 3, Enumeration District 157, page 11, enumerated 11 June 1880, dwelling 84; family 87; lines 39-41. August Begemann; age 26; farmer; born in Prussia. The reported age would yield a birth year of 1853-1844 by calculation.

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T624, roll 794, page 93B. Access through HeritageQuest.com August 2004.
      August Beggerman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Lafayette County, Missouri, South Washington Township, Supervisor's District 7, Enumeration District 104, census sheet 7B, enumerated 3 May 1910, dwelling 138; family 141; lines 81-89. August Beggerman [sic]; head; age 56; born in Germany. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1853-1854 by calculation.

    6. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T625, roll 931, p. 8A. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
      C. A. Begemann household, 1920 U.S. census, Lafayette County, Missouri, population schedule, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 124, page 8A, enumerated 23-24 [January?] 1920, dwelling 187, family 193, lines 40-44. C. A. Begemann; head; age 66; born in Germany. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1853-1854 by calculation.

    7. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 1, page 306.
      Account: "C. A. Begemann Family" submitted by Clara Werning. "Gottlieb and Fredericka C. (Koertner) Begemann left Rehme Kraes Minden, Germany, with their nine children for North America. A child died while enroute and was buried at sea. They arrived in America on July 11, 1861, and settled in Warren County near Bernheimer, Missouri. A son, C. A. (Karl August), was born October 11, 1853, and was eight years old when they arrived in America."

    8. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), Mayview Zion Cemetery, page 148.
      Begemann: Carl August; 1853 (Ger.); 1948 (23 Feb; 94y.4m.9d); Father. Wilhelmina; 1859 (14 Nov); 1943 (10 Apr); Mother. (m. 29 Aug 1878; dau. Henry J Wehking-Engel C Wegener).
           According to the instructions on page 2 of this compilation, the information in parentheses comes from sources other than the tombstone inscription. These additional sources are not identified.

    9. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Carl A. Begemann; Jackson County; 1948; State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #4718. Accessed in October 2007.
      Carl A. Begemann. Born 11 October 1853 in Germany. Father's name: Gottliab [sic] Begemann; born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: not known; born in Germany. Personal information provided by Alvin Begemann, of Odessa, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    10. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), Mayview Zion Cemetery, page 153.
      "SANDER     Elizabeth 1885 (11 Aug) 1969 (3 June) (Elizabeth W; dau.Aug BEGEMANN & Wilhelmina)".
           According to the instructions on page 2 of this compilation, the information in parentheses comes from sources other than the tombstone inscriptions. These additional sources are not identified.

    11. [S78] Internet resource, Rick Begemann. Emigrant Begemans. 2002. At (http://www.begeman.org/emgbeg.html) on 4 June 2005.
      Karl August Begeman, with his parents and 8 siblings, emigrated in 1861 from "Rehme Kraus" [sic]. Province of Minden to the USA . No source cited by Rick Begeman.

    12. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T623, roll 869, page 2B [sic]. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
      August Begeman household, 1900 U. S. Census, Lafayette County, Missouri, population schdule, Washington Township, Supervisor's District 5, E.D. 164, sheet 2B, enumerated 5 June 1900, dwelling 38, family 38, lines 86-95. August Begeman; immigrated to USA in 1861 (39 years in USA); naturalized citizen.

    13. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T624, roll 794, page 93B. Access through HeritageQuest.com August 2004.
      August Beggerman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Lafayette County, Missouri, South Washington Township, Supervisor's District 7, Enumeration District 104, census sheet 7B, enumerated 3 May 1910, dwelling 138; family 141; lines 81-89. August Beggerman [sic]; immigrated to USA in 1861; naturalized citizen.

    14. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T625, roll 931, p. 8A. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
      C. A. Begemann household, 1920 U.S. census, Lafayette County, Missouri, population schedule, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 124, page 8A, enumerated 23-24 [January?] 1920, dwelling 187, family 193, lines 40-44. C. A. Begemann; immigrated to USA in 1861.

    15. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 1, page 306.
      Account: "C. A. Begemann Family" submitted by Clara Werning. "Gottlieb and Fredericka C. (Koertner) Begemann left Rehme Kraes Minden, Germany, with their nine children for North America. A child died while enroute and was buried at sea. They arrived in America on July 11, 1861, and settled in Warren County near Bernheimer, Missouri."

    16. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T625, roll 931, p. 8A. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
      C. A. Begemann household, 1920 U.S. census, Lafayette County, Missouri, population schedule, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 124, page 8A, enumerated 23-24 [January?] 1920, dwelling 187, family 193, lines 40-44. C. A. Begemann; became naturalized USA citizen in 1866.

    17. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm M593, roll 824, page 775. Access through Ancestry.com 4 June 2005.
      Gottlieb Begemann household, 1870 U.S. Census, Warren County, Missouri, Pinckney Township, page 8, enumerated 8 July 1870, dwelling 70, family 62, lines 33-37.

    18. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T9, roll 740, page 736C. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
      August Begemann household, 1880 U.S. Census, Warren County, Missouri, Pinckney Township, Supervisor's District 3, Enumeration District 157, page 11, enumerated 11 June 1880, dwelling 84; family 87; lines 39-41.

    19. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 1, page 306.
      Account: "C. A. Begemann Family" submitted by Clara Werning. C. A. and Wilhelmine (Wehking) Begemann "moved to Lafayette County on a farm near Mayview in 1884 and near Odessa in 1892 and farmed for many years."

    20. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T623, roll 869, page 2B [sic]. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
      August Begeman household, 1900 U. S. Census, Lafayette County, Missouri, population schdule, Washington Township, Supervisor's District 5, E.D. 164, sheet 2B, enumerated 5 June 1900, dwelling 38, family 38, lines 86-95.

    21. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T625, roll 931, p. 8A. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
      C. A. Begemann household, 1920 U.S. census, Lafayette County, Missouri, population schedule, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 124, page 8A, enumerated 23-24 [January?] 1920, dwelling 187, family 193, lines 40-44.

    22. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 1, page 306.
      Account: "C. A. Begemann Family" submitted by Clara Werning. C. A. (Karl August) Begemann died 20 February 1948. The place of death was not provided.

    23. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Carl A. Begemann; Jackson County; 1948; State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #4718. Accessed in October 2007.
      Carl A. Begemann. Born 11 October 1853 in Germany. Father's name: Gottliab [sic] Begemann; born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: not known; born in Germany. Died at 9:20 a.m. on 20 February 1948 in St. Luke Hospital, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri at the age of 94 years, 4 months, 9 days after a stay at the hospital of four days. His usual residence was rural Lafayette County, Missouri, 4 miles east of Odessa, Missouri; where he had been a resident for approximately 50 years. He was widowed at the time of death; the name of his wife was unknown. He was a retired farmer. He was not a veteran; he had no social security number. Cause of death was a cardiac failure and pulmonary edema; due to complication from femoral [????] fracture and cerebral hemoarhage as the result of an accidental fall at his home on 16 February 1948. Removal was to be 20 February 1948 to Mayview, Missouri. Husman-Sparks, of Odessa, Missouri, was the undertaker. Personal information provided by Alvin Begemann, of Odessa, Missouri. James R. He[???], MD, of St. Lukes Hospital, had attended the deceased from 17 February to 20 February 1948 and signed the death certificate on 20 February 1948. The certificate was received by the local registrar on 20 February 1948.

    24. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 1, page 306.
      Account: "C. A. Begemann Family" submitted by Clara Werning. C. A. (Karl August) Begemann was "buried in Zion Church Cemetery, Mayview."

    25. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Carl A. Begemann; Jackson County; 1948; State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #4718. Accessed in October 2007.
      Carl A. Begemann. Died at 9:20 a.m. on 20 February 1948 in St. Luke Hospital, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. Removal was to be 20 February 1948 to Mayview, Missouri. Husman-Sparks, of Odessa, Missouri, was the undertaker. Personal information provided by Alvin Begemann, of Odessa, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    26. [S78] Internet resource, Rick Begemann. Emigrant Begemans. 2002. At (http://www.begeman.org/emgbeg.html) on 4 June 2005.
      Gottlieb Begeman and Frederika Carolina Koertner identified as husband and wife. No source cited by Rick Begeman.

    27. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Diedrick Begemann; Warren County; 1935; Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #11720. Accessed in October 2007.
      Diedrick Begemann. Born 8 February 1848 in Germany. Father's name: Gottlieb Begemann, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Carolina Gaertner, born in Germany. Personal information was provided by Gust. Begemann, of Treloar, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    28. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 1, page 306.
      Account: "C. A. Begemann Family" submitted by Clara Werning. Gottlieb and Fredericka C. (Koertner) Begemann were the parents of 10 children. One child died in infancy. The parents and 9 children emigrated from "Rehme Kraes Minden, Germany." "A child died while enroute and was buried at sea." The date and place of marriage were not provided.

    29. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T623, roll 869, page 2B [sic]. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
      August Begeman household, 1900 U. S. Census, Lafayette County, Missouri, population schdule, Washington Township, Supervisor's District 5, E.D. 164, sheet 2B, enumerated 5 June 1900, dwelling 38, family 38, lines 86-95. August and Willimene [sic] Begeman; married for 21 years; at enumeration, the wife was the mother of 9 children, 8 of whom were still alive. The reported length of marriage would yield a marriage date of 1878-1879 by calculation.

    30. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T624, roll 794, page 93B. Access through HeritageQuest.com August 2004.
      August Beggerman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Lafayette County, Missouri, South Washington Township, Supervisor's District 7, Enumeration District 104, census sheet 7B, enumerated 3 May 1910, dwelling 138; family 141; lines 81-89. August and Minna Beggerman [sic]; married (1 time, for 30 years); at enumeration, wife was mother of 10 children (9 of whom were still living). The reported length of marriage would yield a marriage date of 1879-1880 by calculation.

    31. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T625, roll 931, p. 8A. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
      C. A. Begemann household, 1920 U.S. census, Lafayette County, Missouri, population schedule, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 124, page 8A, enumerated 23-24 [January?] 1920, dwelling 187, family 193, lines 40-44. C. A. and Minnie Begemann; married.

    32. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 1, page 306.
      Account: "C. A. Begemann Family" submitted by Clara Werning. C. A. (Karl August) Begemann "married Wilhelmine Wehking, born November 14, 1859, on August 29, 1878...." C. A. (Karl August) and Wilhelmine (Wehking) Begemann had 10 children. One of their daughters died in infancy.
           This account also reported that the parents and nine children emigrated from Germany in 1861 and that one child died during the voyage and was buried at sea. This would indicate that only eight children immigrated to the USA.

    33. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 105.
      August Henry Begemann, child of Carl Begemann and Wilhelmine Wehking, was born on 7 January 1893 at Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri.

    34. [S104] Personal communication, from Greg Begemann to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 2 July 2013 via email.
      Karl August Begemann and Wilhelmine Wehking were married on 29 August 1878. Karl August Begemann and Johann Dietrich Begemann were brothers who married sisters, Wilhelmine Wehking and Caroline Wehking.