Re: DAHMS FAMILY IN GERMANY &IL1827-1940
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In reply to:
Johan Hinrich F Dahms b.1728 Germany
2/19/99
STUCK IN ILLINOIS (DANVILLE) WITH MY DAHMS
JOHANN GEORG DAHMS B.JAN 10,1827,LOOKS LIKE CANDELM,POMERANIA
DIED DANVILLE,VERMILION CO.,IL.JUNE 29,1909
MARRIED DOROTHEA VOLLMAN--HER 1ST NAME MAY HAVE BEEN SOPHIA,ONE RECORD LISTS LAST NAME AS KUHLMANN. BORN IN GERMANY,NO DATES GIVEN.
THEIR DAUGHTER WAS CAROLINA AUGUSTA DAHMS,NICKNAME "LENA",BORN MAY 2,1867 POMERANIA
FAMILY CAME TO US SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1872-1878,I THINK.
CAROLINA MARRIED CHARLES MEINKE JUNE 1888.
HE WAS KILLED IN TRAIN ACCIDENT NOV 1888 AND THEIR ONLY CHILD,HARRY FREDERICK WAS BORN MAY 31,1889.
CAROLINA REMARRIED A WIDOWER WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN(ALBERT ANDERS) IN 1891. HARRY ASSUMED THE ANDERS NAME AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE. OF ALL HIS PAPERS, THE NAME MEINKE APPEARS ON THE BIRTH REGISTRY ONLY,EVERYTHING ELSE IS UNDER "ANDERS".
ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
AT LEAST ONE OTHER CHILD,FAMILY CALLED
"RIKI", I THINK SHORT FOR FREDRICKA.