Neumann, Wilhelm Gottlieb

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  • Name Neumann, Wilhelm Gottlieb 
    Born 26 Jul 1790  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1857  Henry County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    • Wilhelm and his family settled on a farm near Cambridge, Henry County, Illinois.
    Person ID I5703  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2012 

    Family Kehl, Catherine,   b. 18 Mar 1805, Meisenheim, Département de la Sarre, First French Empire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1880, Henry County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 15 Feb 1832  Meisenheim, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8, 9, 10, 11
    • According to biographical sketches of Julius Neumann published in 1888 and 1917, Wilhelm and Catherine married in Catherine's hometown of Meisenheim and settled shortly thereafter not far away in Langenlonsheim. They were the parents of twelve children (nine sons and three daughters); Julius was the eleventh child. Four of the sons (Frederick, Valentine, Charles and Jacob) served in Illinois military units during the U.S. Civil War.
    Children 
    +1. Neumann, Julius,   b. 7 Jul 1848, Langenlonsheim, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1927, Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1854  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 65.
      Julius Neumann, child of William Neumann and Catherine Kehl, was born on 7 July 1848 at "Longenglonsheim, Bingen, Germany."

    2. [S113] Web site, "Julius Neumann-Amelia Catherine Wellemeyer Family Group Descendant Tree.".
      (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~drpatek/gp401.htm). D. R. Patek Family Ancestors - Rushton, Todd, Black, Neumann. 12 August 2010. Accessed 12 October 2012.
           Wilhelm Gottlieb Neumann was born in 1790 in Germany.

    3. [S246] Portrait and Biographical Album of Gage, County, Nebraska, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of all the Govenors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1888), biographical sketch of Julius Neumann; pages 175-176.
      "The Neumann family is of pure German ancestry, William G., the father of our subject, having been born July 26, 1790."

    4. [S140] Hugh Jackson Dobbs, History of Gage County, Nebraska: a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religious, and Civic Development from the Early Days to the Present Time (Lincoln, Nebraska: Western Publishing and Engraving Company, 1918), biographical sketch of Julius Neumann; pages 760-761.
      "Gotlieb Neumann, was born July 26, 1790" in Germany.

    5. [S113] Web site, The Neumanns. Compiled by Kim A. Frick.
      (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/i/Kim-A-Frick/index.html). Updated 18 July 2012. Accessed 15 October 2012.
           William Gottlieb Neumann (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/i/Kim-A-Frick/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0033.html), son of Christian Frederick Neumann and Christina Bredon, was born on 29 July 1790 at Clausdorf Germany.

    6. [S246] Portrait and Biographical Album of Gage, County, Nebraska, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of all the Govenors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1888), biographical sketch of Julius Neumann; pages 175-176.
      "In the fall of 1857 Mr. Neumann [William G. Neumann] with his family emigrated to America, settling first in Henry County, Ill., where he secured a tract of land, upon which he followed farming until his death, which occurred on the 25th of December, 1861."

    7. [S140] Hugh Jackson Dobbs, History of Gage County, Nebraska: a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religious, and Civic Development from the Early Days to the Present Time (Lincoln, Nebraska: Western Publishing and Engraving Company, 1918), biographical sketch of Julius Neumann; pages 760-761.
      "In 1857 [Gotlieb Neumann] immigrated to America and settled on a farm near Cambridge, Henry county, Illinois, and there his death occurred December 25, 1861."

    8. [S113] Web site, "Julius Neumann-Amelia Catherine Wellemeyer Family Group Descendant Tree.".
      (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~drpatek/gp401.htm). D. R. Patek Family Ancestors - Rushton, Todd, Black, Neumann. 12 August 2010. Accessed 12 October 2012.
           Wilhelm Gottlieb Neumann and Catherine Kohl were married. No date or place given.

    9. [S246] Portrait and Biographical Album of Gage, County, Nebraska, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of all the Govenors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1888), biographical sketch of Julius Neumann; pages 175-176.
      William G. Neumann and Catherine Kehl were married in Catherine's home town, Meisenheim, Germany. They settled at Langenlonshime, Germany. They were the parents "of twelve children, nine sons and three daughters, all of whom lived to mature years, and of whom our subject [Julius Neumann] was next to the youngest."

    10. [S140] Hugh Jackson Dobbs, History of Gage County, Nebraska: a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religious, and Civic Development from the Early Days to the Present Time (Lincoln, Nebraska: Western Publishing and Engraving Company, 1918), biographical sketch of Julius Neumann; pages 760-761.
      "[Gotlieb Neumann's] wife, who bore the name of Catherine Kehl...." "Of the family of twelve children, nine sons and three daughters, all grew to maturity. Four of the sons each served full three years in the Civil war. Frederick and Valentine were in the Forty-second Illinois Infantry, Charles in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, and Jacob in the Forty-eighth Illinois Cavalry. All of the sons are living except Valentine, who died in May, 1917. The oldest lives in the city of Omaha at the age of eighty-five years. Julius was the second youngest."

    11. [S113] Web site, The Neumanns. Compiled by Kim A. Frick.
      (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/i/Kim-A-Frick/index.html). Updated 18 July 2012. Accessed 15 October 2012.
           William Gottlieb Neumann (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/i/Kim-A-Frick/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0033.html) married his second wife, Catherine Kohl, on 15 February 1832 at Meisenhiem Germany. They had eleven children: Hugo, Adolph, August, Lissettie, Frederick, Valentine, Charles, Sophia Caroline, Jacob, Julius, and Henry.