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Showing posts with label Lutgens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lutgens. Show all posts
The Elusive John Diedrich Lutgens
My great grandfather, John Diedrich Lutgens has created quite a challenge to find records regarding his immigration, naturalization and his parents and other ancestors. His death certificate states that he was born in 1859, while most census records state that he was born in 1853 or 1854 with his immigration year as 1874, or 1870, or 1864. Quite a difference!
According to his death certificate, he was somewhere in America for 7 years before he settled in California for the rest of his life.
Hope was renewed when my cousin Judy Crump Murdock had an ancestry DNA test done and a 5th cousin contacted her and did some research that found a Johann Diederich Luetjen that he thought might be him - however Johann was born about 80 years earlier - drat!
Anyway, "our" John Lutgens had worked at San Francisco breweries as a driver and indeed drove the old beer wagons with Clydesdales as the "engine". One family story states that his picture was in the deYoung Museum in San Francisco, but because he was German - the picture was removed during World War 2.
So great grandfather - show yourself - let us know somehow where you were from and who your parents were - please!
Kreymborg, Kreyenborg - Who Can Spell Kreimberg?
My great grandmother on my Mother's side was named Carolena Edwardina Kreymborg - her sister was Bertha Kreymborg. They both immigrated to America between 1868 and 1874. They hailed from Vechta, Oldenburg, Germany according to their death certificates. The problem in researching their immigration information is the spelling of their last name!
In Lena's case (sometimes spelled Lina), her death certificate is spelled Kreymborg, her marriage certificate is spelled Kreyenborg, and for two of her daughters the last name of their mother was spelled Krymborg or Krynborg.
Lena as she was known, has her closest immigration record as Lina Kreinberg who came to America, specifically Baltimore, Maryland on June 13, 1874 - from Oldenburg aged twenty. Although her death certificate lists her birth as June 7, 1857, I believe that this is indeed my great grandmother. Lena married John Diedrich Lutgens in 1881, after her first child Mabel Lutgens was born - two years in fact. I don't know if that was rare or common back then, but so be it. She and John had seven children, two boys and five girls. Unusual for the time - all seven grew to adulthood. One of course was my grandmother, Dora Lutgens. Lena died in 1913, while her husband survived for another 31 years.
Bertha, Lena's sister, immigrated to America - also from Vechta, Oldenburg, Germany. Her immigration record, which is much more certain, has her immigrating to Baltimore, Maryland on July 31, 1868, aged 17. This jives much more exactly with her birth date from other records of November 12, 1857. She married Ludwig Tinnemann, most likely in San Francisco. Ludwig had come to New York in 1868, but his immigration record states that his final destination was San Francisco. The 1900 census has them married for 25 years, which translates to a wedding date of 1875. His first occurrence in the San Francisco City Directory was 1869 - hence the deduction of the San Francisco locale for their wedding. They had one son, Otto Tinnemann, born in 1884.
As yet, I have not found Lena in the 1880 census. Bertha is there, with her husband Ludwig - but no luck yet with Lena. I have not been successful as yet finding how long there stay was in Baltimore either. More research to do!
In Lena's case (sometimes spelled Lina), her death certificate is spelled Kreymborg, her marriage certificate is spelled Kreyenborg, and for two of her daughters the last name of their mother was spelled Krymborg or Krynborg.
Lena as she was known, has her closest immigration record as Lina Kreinberg who came to America, specifically Baltimore, Maryland on June 13, 1874 - from Oldenburg aged twenty. Although her death certificate lists her birth as June 7, 1857, I believe that this is indeed my great grandmother. Lena married John Diedrich Lutgens in 1881, after her first child Mabel Lutgens was born - two years in fact. I don't know if that was rare or common back then, but so be it. She and John had seven children, two boys and five girls. Unusual for the time - all seven grew to adulthood. One of course was my grandmother, Dora Lutgens. Lena died in 1913, while her husband survived for another 31 years.
Bertha, Lena's sister, immigrated to America - also from Vechta, Oldenburg, Germany. Her immigration record, which is much more certain, has her immigrating to Baltimore, Maryland on July 31, 1868, aged 17. This jives much more exactly with her birth date from other records of November 12, 1857. She married Ludwig Tinnemann, most likely in San Francisco. Ludwig had come to New York in 1868, but his immigration record states that his final destination was San Francisco. The 1900 census has them married for 25 years, which translates to a wedding date of 1875. His first occurrence in the San Francisco City Directory was 1869 - hence the deduction of the San Francisco locale for their wedding. They had one son, Otto Tinnemann, born in 1884.As yet, I have not found Lena in the 1880 census. Bertha is there, with her husband Ludwig - but no luck yet with Lena. I have not been successful as yet finding how long there stay was in Baltimore either. More research to do!
My Dear Departed Mother's Side Of The Family
What follows is a simple pedigree chart showing the families for my Mother's side:
I've had a very difficult time finding out about the immigration and ancestors for my great grandfather John D. Lutgens. I did find out from Voter Registration records that his middle name was not "Delano" as my Mother had told me, but that it was "Diedrich". Also, he often dropped the "s" from his last name - in several San Francisco City Directories, his name was John D. Lutgen. Even with that I have been unable to find his immgration record. In his death certificate, his parents name are listed as "unknown". Oh well, the digging continues.
One other great grandfather, William William Williams, came from Wales and was a miner in the gold fields of California when he came to America. Unfortunately, like many, he came in the later 1850s, after many of the claims were already worked.
He died in an automobile accident in 1906 after the earthquake. The man, who hit him, George Hensley, after I researched him was discovered to have participated in car racing back then. I suspect that the cars weren't very fast, but I wonder if he was speeding when poor William was hit. William died two weeks after the accident. The newspaper clipping follows:
I've had a very difficult time finding out about the immigration and ancestors for my great grandfather John D. Lutgens. I did find out from Voter Registration records that his middle name was not "Delano" as my Mother had told me, but that it was "Diedrich". Also, he often dropped the "s" from his last name - in several San Francisco City Directories, his name was John D. Lutgen. Even with that I have been unable to find his immgration record. In his death certificate, his parents name are listed as "unknown". Oh well, the digging continues.
One other great grandfather, William William Williams, came from Wales and was a miner in the gold fields of California when he came to America. Unfortunately, like many, he came in the later 1850s, after many of the claims were already worked.
He died in an automobile accident in 1906 after the earthquake. The man, who hit him, George Hensley, after I researched him was discovered to have participated in car racing back then. I suspect that the cars weren't very fast, but I wonder if he was speeding when poor William was hit. William died two weeks after the accident. The newspaper clipping follows:
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