Dear List, If anyone have anything to add on to these Gewecke families please let us know. There is a Heinrich GEWECKE and Anna DORSCHE who had a daughter Wilhelmine Gewecke born 13 JUN 1862 who married Philipp C. Noettger 16 NOV 1882 St. Paul UCC Denver, IA, son of Friedrich and Dorothea (SURNAME) NOETTGER.... where is Wilhelmine Gevecke Noettger buried? Her parents Heinrich Gewecke and Anna Dorsche, where were they married? We also find a Heinrich Gewecke married Louise Sophia Niemeier 1877 at St. John Crane Creek, Tripoli, IA. I do not have any dates of birth or death nor know where they settled. Who were there parents? Where are they buried? Here are details of the Heinrich Gewecke family that prompted my recent queries. Karen Rowe Husband: Heinrich Gewecke Born: in: Baptized: in: Died: AFT 1860 in: Buried: in: Residence.: Schaumburg, IL Father: Mother: No record of his death in church records of St. Johns Lutheran, Crane Creek, Bremer Co., IA..died in Illinois? Wife: Sophia (SURNAME UNKNOWN) Married: in: Born: 08 AUG 1838 in: Baptized: in: Died: 17 MAY 1888 in: Bremer Co., IA Buried: 20 MAY 1888 in: St. John Crane Creek, Tripoli, IA Father: Mother: No courthouse or obituary record. M Child 1 Heinrich Conrad HENRY Gewecke Born: 06 MAR 1860 in: Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL Baptized: in: Died: 25 DEC 1898 in: Fremont Twp., Bremer Co., IA Buried: 28 DEC 1898 in: St. John Crane Creek, Tripoli, IA Spouse: Maria Caroline Wilhelmine MARY Koch Married: 20 JUL 1884 in: St. John Crane Creek, Tripoli, IA Waverly, IA Phoenix Obituary: Heinrich Gewecke Issue 28 DEC 1898... survived by wife and 4 children... Confirmed 1884 at Crane Creek. There is a baptism in the St. Peter Lutheran, Schaumburg, IL of Heinrich Gewecke born 15 MAR 1858, son of Joh. Heinrich Conrad. Family Group Sheet Husband: Cord Heinrich Gewecke Born: 19 AUG 1790 in: Apelern #20, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 22 AUG 1790 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: AFT 1857 in: America Buried: in: Father: Johann Heinrich Gewecke Mother: Anna Louise Kauke To America April 1857 with sons family. Wife: Sophia Dorothe Charlotte Henriette Hunte Married: 31 JAN 1819 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Born: 16 NOV 1796 in: Apelern #29, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 20 NOV 1796 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: AFT 1857 in: America Buried: in: Father: Johann Heinrich Hunte Mother: Anna Maria Sophia Walbaum F Child 1 Sophia Dorothea Wilhelmine Geweke Born: 15 JAN 1820 in: Apelern #29, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 16 JAN 1820 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: 27 APR 1903 in: Buried: in: Spouse: Heinrich Christoph Doepke Married: AFT 1833 in: F Child 2 Sophia Dorothea Charlotte Gewecke Born: 17 AUG 1823 in: Apelern #29, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 24 AUG 1823 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: 24 NOV 1898 in: Howard Co., IA Buried: in: Maple Leaf Cemetery, Elma, IA Spouse: Heinrich Ludwig Eickhof Married: 27 OCT 1853 in: Germany To America 1864. M Child 3 Johann Heinrich Gewecke (see below) Born: 01 FEB 1827 in: Apelern #29, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 04 FEB 1827 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: AFT 1857 in: America Buried: in: Spouse: ENGEL Maria Dorothea Tatge Married: 08 FEB 1853 in: 2 Schaumburg Auswanderer #2294: Gewecke, Johann Heinrich, Apelern Nr. 29, Hufschmiedemeister, geb. 1.2.1827, verh., mit Ehefrau Engel Marie Dorothee geb. Tatge, geb. 17.6.1824 in Riehe, Tochter Engel Sophie, geb. 20.2.1855, u. Eltern Hufschmied Cord Henrich G., geb. 19.8.1790 u. Ehefrau Sophie Dorothee Charlotte Henriette Geb., 16.11.1796, nach Amerika, April 1857 (Kb. Apelern Taufen 1855 S. 115). M Child 4 Friedrich Wilhelm Gewecke Born: 11 MAY 1837 in: Apelern #29, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: in: Apelern, Kr. Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Died: AFT 1857 in: America Buried: in: Schaumburger Auswanderer #2295: Gewecke, Johann Friedrich Wilh., Apelern 29 sohn des Hufschmieds u. Kolons Nr. 29 Cord Henrich G. u. der Sophie Charlotte geb. Hunte, geb. 11.5.1837, led., mach Amerika, April 1857,nach seine Eltern. (Kb. Apelern Taufen 1837 S. 32). Family Group Sheet Husband: Johann Heinrich Gewecke Born: 01 FEB 1827 in: Apelern #29, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 04 FEB 1827 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: AFT 1857 in: America Buried: in: Father: Cord Heinrich Gewecke (see above) Mother: Sophia Dorothe Charlotte Henriette Hunte Wife: ENGEL Maria Dorothea Tatge Married: 08 FEB 1853 in: Born: 17 JUN 1824 in: Riehe, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 20 JUN 1824 in: Bad Nenndorf, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany Died: 04 APR 1865 in: Denver, Bremer Co., IA WHERE IS SHE BURIED? DID HE REMARRY AFTER SHE DIED IN 1865? Buried: in: Father: Heinrich Christoph Tatge Mother: Engel Maria Dorothea Schubart F Child 1 Engel Sophia Gewecke Born: 20 FEB 1855 in: Baptized: in: Died: AFT 1857 in: America Buried: in: Here is another Geweke family from Apelern that immigrated: Family Group Sheet Husband: Heinrich Conrad Geweke Born: 07 SEP 1796 in: Soldorf #7, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 11 SEP 1796 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: 31 MAR 1852 in: Soldorf #7, Schaumburg, Germany Buried: in: Father: Hans Hermann Heinrich Geweke Mother: Engel Maria Pfingsten Wife: Anna Catharina Sophia Tecklenburg Married: 24 MAR 1819 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany 24 JUN 1819 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Born: 28 MAY 1798 in: Vornhagen, Probsthagen, SLippe, Germany Baptized: 28 MAY 1798 in: Probsthagen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Died: AFT 1851 in: America Buried: in: Father: Hans Heinrich Tecklenburg Mother: Ilsa Maria Mensching Baptism sponsor was Mensching. Schaumburger Auswanderer #625: Geweke, Bergkirchen Nr. 19, Kolon, mit Familie nach Amerika, 29.7.1846! F Child 1 Catharina Sophia Dorothea Geweke Born: 07 MAY 1820 in: Soldorf #7, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 11 MAY 1820 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: 09 OCT 1861 in: Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL Buried: in: Spouse: Hans Heinrich Conrad Stege Married: __ JAN 1842 in: Soldorf, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany Father listed in baptism record as Johann Heinrich Conrad Gewecke of Soldorf Nr. 7; sponsor was Tecklenburg from Vornhagen. F Child 2 Engel Maria Sophia Dorothea Geveke Born: 01 JAN 1822 in: Soldorf #7, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 27 JAN 1822 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: 30 JUL 1822 in: Baptism sponsor was Engel Dorothea Gewecke and Engel Marie Strumpels of Soldorf. F Child 3 Engel MARIA Sophia Geveke Born: 07 DEC 1822 in: Soldorf #7, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 15 DEC 1822 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: 05 JUL 1911 in: America Buried: in: Spouse: HEINRICH Hattendorf Married: 02 JUL 1848 in: St. Peter Luth. Church, Schaumburg, IL Schaumburg Auswanderer #626 to America 1846 with sisters. Baptism record states immigration 1846. F Child 4 Anna Sophia Caroline Geveke Born: 23 MAY 1825 in: Soldorf #7, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 29 MAY 1825 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: AFT 1846 in: America Buried: in: Baptism sponsor was Anne Sophie Oltrogge of Soldorf 13. F Child 5 Engel Maria Dorothea Geveke Born: 19 OCT 1827 in: Soldorf #7, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 19 OCT 1827 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: AFT 1846 in: America Buried: in: Baptism states immigration to America 1846... Hattendorf from Algesdorf 1825 Baptism sponsor was Dorothee Geveken and Engel Maria Meyers of Soldorf. M Child 6 Heinrich Friedrich Conrad Geveke Born: 26 JAN 1830 in: Soldorf #7, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 31 JAN 1830 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: AFT 1851 in: America Buried: in: Schaumburg Auswanderer #1087 to America 16.1.1851 with mother. Baptism sponsor was the childs grandfather Tecklenburg from Vornhagen and Einlieger Schmoehe from Soldorf. M Child 7 Heinrich Wilhelm Geveke Born: 06 JUN 1835 in: Soldorf #7, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: in: Died: AFT 1864 in: America Buried: in: --------------- Justine CHRISTINE Gewecke Born: 15 DEC 1840 in: Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Baptized: in: Died: 04 NOV 1913 in: Elk Grove Twp., Cook Co., IL Buried: in: St. John Lutheran Cem., Elk Grove, IL Spouse: Heinrich WILHELM Christian Linnemann Married: 06 APR 1862 in: St. John Lutheran, Mt. Prospect, IL To America 17 SEP 1846 to Niles, Illinois. Ship Westphalia from Bremen to NY. Who are her parents?