Emma Merritt1

F, ID# 10621, (May 1885 - )
Father:Thomas J. Merritt (Feb 1832 - )
Mother:Elizabeth "Liza" J. (Unknown) (c 1843 - b 1898)
     Emma Merritt was born in May 1885 at Alabama. She was the daughter of Thomas J. Merritt and Elizabeth "Liza" J. (Unknown).

Citations

  1. [S538] Merritt Family Records.

James Franklin "Frank" Merritt1

M, ID# 10622, (22 Jun 1886 - 15 Jun 1966)
Father:Thomas J. Merritt (Feb 1832 - )
Mother:Elizabeth "Liza" J. (Unknown) (c 1843 - b 1898)
     James Franklin "Frank" Merritt was born on 22 Jun 1886 at St Clair Co, Alabama. He was the son of Thomas J. Merritt and Elizabeth "Liza" J. (Unknown). James Franklin "Frank" Merritt died on 15 Jun 1966 at Meridian, Lauderdale Co, Mississippi, at age 79.

Citations

  1. [S538] Merritt Family Records.

Unknown Wells1

M, ID# 10623, (a 1872 - b 1900)
     Unknown Wells was born a 1872. He married Della Merritt, daughter of Thomas J. Merritt and Elizabeth "Liza" J. (Unknown), a 1897. Unknown Wells died b 1900.

Citations

  1. [S538] Merritt Family Records.

Eliza "Liza" Keifer1

F, ID# 10624, (Apr 1859 - )
     Eliza "Liza" Keifer was born in Apr 1859 at Alabama. She married Thomas J. Merritt, son of Thomas Merritt and Martha "Patsy" Rowland, on 22 Jan 1899 at Shelby Co, Alabama.

Citations

  1. [S538] Merritt Family Records.

Mary J. Burke

F, ID# 10625, (a 1834 - )
     Mary J. Burke was born a 1834. She married Thomas J. Merritt, son of Thomas Merritt and Martha "Patsy" Rowland, on 22 Aug 1854 at Greene Co, Georgia.

Minnie M. Smith ?1

F, ID# 10626, (Jun 1878 - )
     Minnie M. Smith ? was born in Jun 1878 at Alabama. She married John Thomas Merritt, son of Thomas J. Merritt and Elizabeth "Liza" J. (Unknown), on 9 Jan 1896 at Shelby Co, Alabama.

Child of Minnie M. Smith ? and John Thomas Merritt

Citations

  1. [S538] Merritt Family Records.

Esther Merritt

F, ID# 10627, (Nov 1896 - )
Father:John Thomas Merritt (Mar 1874 - )
Mother:Minnie M. Smith ? (Jun 1878 - )
     Esther Merritt was born in Nov 1896 at Alabama. She was the daughter of John Thomas Merritt and Minnie M. Smith ?

John Wheat1

M, ID# 10628, (a 1775 - )
Father:Unknown Wheat (a 1745 - )
Charts:Virginia Custis Winslett lineage
Amanda Ola Weathers lineage
     John Wheat was born a 1775. He was the son of Unknown Wheat. John Wheat married Elisabeth (Unknown) a 1800.
      Based on research for Wheats born in the first decade of the 1800s in North Carolina, three potential siblings -- Edmund, Martha and Jonathan -- were identified. Strong DNA matches among the descendants were found, although segment triangulations have not yet been identified.

Research was done in the 1810 - 1830 censuses from Virginia to Georgia looking for any Wheat (or other spelling) families with children the right age to be Edmund, Jonathan, and Martha's birth family. There were two families where the three siblings would fit, one of those families had four additional children and a mother of the wrong name, thus this was not likely their birth family. The John Wheat family in the 1830 census fits perfectly but the family should be in three censuses which could not be found and they have not yet been found in 1800 - 1820.

In researching the John Wheat family of Guilford Co, NC, John was age 60-69 in the 1830 census, so he was likely born 1761-1770. Living with him in 1830 were 1 male and 1 female age 15-19, 1 male 20-29, and his wife who was also 60-69. Of note in 1840 Jonathan Wheat, age 20 - 29, and Edmond Wheat, age 30 - 39, were living in continguous counties in Georgia and Martha was age 20 - 29.

* "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH59-H2X : 20 February 2021), John Wheat, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing 148, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 121; FHL microfilm 18,087.

On 18 Dec 1822 a Nancy Wheat married Elias Murphy in Guilford Co, NC and then apparently moved to Indiana. The Rush Co, Indiana census shows she was born about 1799 in North Carolina and lists her children as Jesse, Martha A., Jonathan, Zeno and Elizabeth -- all but Jesse being names known to be associated with the John Wheat of Guilford family.

Background Research:
Jonathan Wheat stated he was born in North Carolina on the 1850 census, as did his death certificate. Born circa 1811, Jonathan would have been enumerated as about age 19 on the 1830 census; there were no Wheat families on the 1830 Greene Co, GA census although there were families surnamed White.

An examination of Wheats from Maryland to Tennessee on the 1830 censuses showed the following families who had household males, other than themselves, who were age 15-19 and 20-24 and therefore could have included Jonathan: Levy Wheat and Reason Wheat of Albemarle Co, VA; Zachariah Wheat of Bedford Co, VA; James Whieat of Frederick Co, VA; John Wheat in Greene Co, KY; Dory Wheat in Hawkins Co, TN; Drury/Diany Wheat in McMinn Co, TN; Moses Wheat of Upson Co, GA; Wesley Wheat of Campbell Co, GA; Harris Wheat of Kershaw Co, SC; and John Wheat in Guilford Co, NC. Of these men the last four would potentially be the most likely fathers of Jonathan because of their geographical location in 1830. However, of note Jonathan's mother reported she was born in Virginia.

The general migration path in the United States at that time was south and then southwest. Guilford Co, NC is in the central part of the state near the VA border. Kershaw Co, SC is near the NC border, due south from Guilford Co, NC. Greene Co, GA where Jonathan married in 1838 is centrally located toward the SC border and southwest of Kershaw Co, SC. Upson Co, GA is not far southwest of Greene Co and Campbell Co, GA was due west of Greene Co near the Alabama border.

Geographically Jonathan could have come from any of these counties to get to Greene Co, GA by 1838 but he is more likely to have come south and southwest from Guilford Co, NC or Kershaw Co, SC. Thus his father is more likely to be John of Guilford or Harris from Kershaw -- with Moses of Upson and Wesley of Campbell also being likely options.

In researching the John Wheat family of Guilford Co, John was age 60-69 in the 1830 census, so he was likely born 1761-1770. Living with him in 1830 were 1 male age 15-19, 1 male 20-29 and his wife who was also 60-69. No other census or other records could clearly be identified with John in 2016 because this researcher only found that one census on which he was noted in the county. Of note in 1840 Jonathan Wheat, age 20 to 29, and Edmond Wheat, age 30 - 39, were living in continguous counties in Georgia and were both newly married.

In researching the Harris Wheat family of Kershaw Co, SC more data was available. An unsourced tree noted Harris Wheat was born to Basil Wheat and Mary Ridgeway in Union Co, SC, close to Kershaw Co, in 1786; the birth date may have been incorrectly reported because a Harris Wheat was living on his own in 1790. In 1790 Basil Wheat, enumerated as Barrel Wheat, was living in Union Co, SC with 6 males under 16, 3 females and 2 slaves. That same year in 1790 a Harris Wheat, over age 15, was living in Orangeburg Co, SC, which is 3 counties south from Kershaw; his household had 1 male under 16 and 1 female. If this Harris was about 25 at this time, by 1810 he would have been about age 45.

The remainder of the Harris Wheat records are in Kershaw Co, SC. In 1810 Harris, age over 44, had 2 males and 2 females under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, and his wife age 26-44. Harris was listed on the cotton manufacturing census with 7 looms and 200 yards cotton worth $50 each yard. In 1820 Harris and his wife, both over age 44, were in Kershaw Co with 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 1 female under 10, and 1 female 10-15. By 1830 Harris, age 60-69, resided with 1 male 20-29, 1 female each age 15-19, 20-29, and 50-59. In 1840 Harris, age 70-79, was still residing in the county with 1 male and 1 female 20-29, and one female 50-59.

Tracing back to 1820 when Jonathan Wheat would have been about age nine, the only Wheat on the 1820 North or South Carolina censuses with males at home that were about age 9 were Harris Wheat in SC, already discussed above, and Basdel (Basil?) Wheat, age 26-44, in Laurens Co, SC, adjacent to Union Co, with 3 males under age 10 at home; this may be the same line as the Basil Wheat discussed above but no other records were found for Basdel.

While the research above on the elusive John Wheat of Guilford Co, NC and the sedentary Harris Wheat of Kershaw CO, SC is interesting, it does not prove any relationship with our Jonathan Wheat other than, if Jonathan was actually born in North Carolina in 1811, according to the available census records there did not appear to be a Wheat living in NC who had a nine-year-old son in 1820, so by 1820 the family may have moved on to Georgia.

Children of John Wheat and Elisabeth (Unknown)

Citations

  1. [S665] Jonathan Wheat Records.

LT Robert Duke of Richland SC & Marion MS1,2,3,4,5

M, ID# 10629, (a 1751 - a 1820)
Father:Nehemiah Duke (a 1730 - 1781)
Mother:Elizabeth Brown (c 1730 - 30 Nov 1813)
Charts:Joel Harper Winslett lineage
     LT Robert Duke of Richland SC & Marion MS was born a 1751. He was the son of Nehemiah Duke and Elizabeth Brown. LT Robert Duke of Richland SC & Marion MS died a 1820.
      According to Duke researcher Tony Cox, Robert Duke, a Revolutionary War veteran who was the son of Nehemiah Duke, used his war pay to buy William Dorch's 445 acres on Cedar Creek that drains into the Broad River in northern Richland Co, SC. The Kinsler family was shown living adjacent on Cedar Creek on an 1825 map. Tony noted Robert's mother Elizabeth Duke lived east on the Round Top Branch of Twenty Five Mile Creek. Robert and his mother Elizabeth settled about 1775 on the Round Top Branch of Twenty Five Mile Creek near the present-day town of Blythewood, SC.

According to the research of Tony Cox, Robert Duke, Jr. served with the South Carolina Revolutionary War Patriots under Captain William Simmons, Colonel Robert Goodwyn, and General Williamson during the Florida Expedition. Robert Duke, Jr. was also paid for forty-eight days on horse, sixty-two days on foot, and thirty-two days on foot with the rank of Lieutenant. This service occurred during 1781 and 1782 with Colonel Thomas Taylor's Regiment under Captain William Goodwin and Lieutenant ThomasTrap. The first service was "... at the Congaree and Junerpe ...", the second, "... at Orange Burg and Ft. Nimrod ...", and the last, as a Lieutenant, "... at Orange Burgh...."

Tony Cox believes Robert Duke used the suffix junior to distinguish himself from his mother's neighbor and likely brother-in-law Robert Duke of Fairfield, who died about 1785. A couple of decades earlier, another Robert Duke, likely Robert Duke of Fairfield, received a SC Colony land grant in southern Lancaster Co, SC on the Cedar Creek that drains west into the Wateree River. All three Robert Dukes along with Moses Duke of Kershaw and Elias Dukes were members of what Tony called the Twenty-Five Mile Creek Dukes because they lived part or all of their lives on that slow bend of Twenty Five Mile Creek, sometimes called Rice Creek, east of Blythewood, which is on Cedar Creek.

Robert Dukes was in the 1790 Richland Co, SC census with 2 males under 16, and 3 females. He is believed to be a son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth Dukes and the brother of Samuel Dukes who is listed in the 1790 Fairfield Co census with Robert, Moses and Thomas Duke living nearby.

In 1810 there were 2 Robert Duke, both over age 45, in Richland Co, SC. The man thought to be our Robert was living with his presumed wife both of them age 45 or higher, with 1 male under 10, 1 female age 10-15, 2 males and 1 female age 16-25, and 17 people noted as "other free persons" for a total of 24 members. Robert's presumed children are thought to be Hardeman, Jeptha, Elias, Simeon, Daniel and two daughters.

In the 1816 Marion Co, MS census Robert had 1 male [possibly son Daniel] and 1 female under age 21, 4 males [possibly Jeptha, Simeon, an unknown son, and Robert himself] and 2 females over age 21 and 8 slaves (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shannon50&id=I035326.) By 1820 Robert Duke junior was living near the Pearl River in Marion Co, MS; Tony Cox suspected some of Robert's family went with him to MS before 1820 and some followed later.

In 1820 Robert and his wife, both shown as over age 44, lived at Pearl River, Marion Co, MS with 1 male and 1 female age 16-25 and 1 male and 1 female age 26-44, but no slaves; he paid no poll tax. The proof that this is the particular Robert who relocated from Richland Co, SC was the 1831 pension application of William Wilson in Fairfield Disctrict, SC and the 6 Nov 1850 pension application of Mahalah Wilson, the widow of William Wilson, in Richland Co, SC. William Wilson was the son of John Wilson, Elizabeth Duke's neighbor in Fairfield Co., SC.

Robert served in the Revolutionary War under the South Carolina militia. Attached to William Wilson's 1831 pension application, payment for which he received until his 1837 death, was the 20 Nov 1824 Marion Co, MS deposition of Robert Duke of Marion Co wherein he stated he personally knew William Wilson long before and after 1779 and the deposition was signed Rot. Duke. Mahalah Wilson declared William was living in Fairfield District, SC during the Revolutionary War and served two to three years in the company commanded by Capt. William Simmons under the regiment of militia commanded by Col. Robert Goodwyn/Goodwin. Mahalah said her husband was in the expedition of forces that went to Florida, commonly known as the Florida Expedition under Gen. Andrew Williamson. During her husband's time in the military, he served with Robert Duke from his neighborhood who had moved to Mississippi some years ago. (Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements and Returns, Pension Application William Wilson R11688, widow Mahalah Wilson, http://revwarapps.org/r11688.pdf, transcribed by Will Graves, 31 May 2010)

According to researcher Tony Cox, a 12 marker Y-DNA test for a descendant of Simeon Dukes from Marion County, MS, born in SC, matches a marker with descendants of Moses, Abraham, Darrington, and Robert Duke of Fairfield Co, SC.

Tony Cox's other sources:
--"Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution", Bobby G. Moss, GPC Inc. 1983, page 272.
--South Carolina Revolutionary War Account Audited File Number 2067A, Indent 251.

Children of LT Robert Duke of Richland SC & Marion MS

Citations

  1. [S543] James E. Dukes Research.
  2. [S557] Tony Cox Research.
  3. [S614] Lynn Teague Research.
  4. [S636] Elizabeth Duke Probate, 2 Dec 1818.
  5. [S635] Charles E. Duke Research.

PVT Darrington J. Dukes1,2

M, ID# 10631, (c 1819 - b 1900)
Father:Elias Duke (c 1785 - b 1840)
Mother:Emily "Milly" Francis Elkins (c 1786 - a 1860)
     PVT Darrington J. Dukes was born c 1819 at Kershaw Co, South Carolina. He was the son of Elias Duke and Emily "Milly" Francis Elkins. PVT Darrington J. Dukes married Elizabeth "Betsy" Singleton on 3 Feb 1846 at Clarke Co, Alabama. PVT Darrington J. Dukes died b 1900 at Clarke Co, Alabama.
      Darrington J. Duke, age 40, and his wife Elizabeth Singleton were living in Grove Hill, Clarke Co, AL in 1860 with their family; they resided next to Richard Singleton senior age 64, Joseph Singleton age 34, and Richard Singleton 42, likely Elizabeth's relatives. Their marriage was also recorded in the old bible which descended in James Dukes family.

Darrington had two Alabama land patents dated 1 Sep 1860.

Darrington served for Alabama in the Confederate military from 1861 until 1865. He was a prisoner of war in Selma, AL but any wounds he may have received are not known. An 1898 land record for a Darrington Dukes may either be for him or for his namesake son. Elizabeth's 1897 civil war widow's application implied Darrington died within 5 years of the end of the civil war. So Darrington may have died before Jun 1870 or as late as after 1898.

In 1900 Elizabeth was enumerated as Elizabeth Singleton Dunes, a widow age 71, living in Jackson, Clarke Co, AL with her nephew Jack Singleton age 45 and Virginia O. Singleton, age 45. Elizabeth stated she was the mother of four children, none of whom were living.

Children of PVT Darrington J. Dukes and Elizabeth "Betsy" Singleton

Citations

  1. [S543] James E. Dukes Research.
  2. [S552] Elias Dukes Descendants' Family Records.

Elizabeth "Betsy" Singleton1

F, ID# 10632, (Nov 1828 - a 1900)
     Elizabeth "Betsy" Singleton was born in Nov 1828 at Clarke Co, Alabama. She married PVT Darrington J. Dukes, son of Elias Duke and Emily "Milly" Francis Elkins, on 3 Feb 1846 at Clarke Co, Alabama. Elizabeth "Betsy" Singleton died a 1900 at Walker Springs, Clarke Co, Alabama.

Children of Elizabeth "Betsy" Singleton and PVT Darrington J. Dukes

Citations

  1. [S543] James E. Dukes Research.

Almana "Alma" Ernestina Maria Roess1

F, ID# 10633, (11 Sep 1882 - b 1930)
     Almana "Alma" Ernestina Maria Roess was born on 11 Sep 1882 at Oil City, Vernango Co, Pennsylvania. She was christened on 16 Oct 1882 at Good Hope Church, Oil City, Pennsylvania. She married Rev Claudius "Claude" Albert David Freseman I, son of Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I and Sophia Schuette, on 10 Oct 1906 at Oil City, Pennsylvania. Almana "Alma" Ernestina Maria Roess died b 1930.

Children of Almana "Alma" Ernestina Maria Roess and Rev Claudius "Claude" Albert David Freseman I

Citations

  1. [S544] Freseman - Guenther Records.

Hilda Louise Freseman1,2

F, ID# 10634, (25 Oct 1907 - )
Father:Rev Claudius "Claude" Albert David Freseman I (21 Sep 1876 - c 15 Jul 1946)
Mother:Almana "Alma" Ernestina Maria Roess (11 Sep 1882 - b 1930)
     Hilda Louise Freseman was born on 25 Oct 1907 at Adams, Butler Co, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Rev Claudius "Claude" Albert David Freseman I and Almana "Alma" Ernestina Maria Roess.

Citations

  1. [S544] Freseman - Guenther Records.
  2. [S547] Fresemann-Schuette Records.

Dorathea "Dorothy" Sophia Freseman1,2

F, ID# 10635, (18 Aug 1909 - 17 Jan 1996)
Father:Rev Claudius "Claude" Albert David Freseman I (21 Sep 1876 - c 15 Jul 1946)
Mother:Almana "Alma" Ernestina Maria Roess (11 Sep 1882 - b 1930)
     Dorathea "Dorothy" Sophia Freseman was born on 18 Aug 1909 at Mars, Butler Co, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Rev Claudius "Claude" Albert David Freseman I and Almana "Alma" Ernestina Maria Roess. Dorathea "Dorothy" Sophia Freseman married Maj. George S. Thompson on 22 Mar 1944 at Onslow, North Carolina. Dorathea "Dorothy" Sophia Freseman died on 17 Jan 1996 at age 86.

Child of Dorathea "Dorothy" Sophia Freseman and Maj. George S. Thompson

Citations

  1. [S544] Freseman - Guenther Records.
  2. [S547] Fresemann-Schuette Records.

Hilda Menke1

F, ID# 10636, (13 Apr 1881 - 16 Feb 1928)
Father:Unkn father of Mary, Theresa, Hilda (Unknown) (a 1841 - )
     Hilda Menke was born on 13 Apr 1881 at Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Unkn father of Mary, Theresa, Hilda (Unknown). Hilda Menke married Heinrich "Henry / Harry" Friedrich Carl Fresemann, son of Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I and Sophia Schuette, c 1902. Hilda Menke died on 16 Feb 1928 at Pittsburg, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania, at age 46.

Citations

  1. [S544] Freseman - Guenther Records.

Unkn father of Mary, Theresa, Hilda (Unknown)

M, ID# 10637, (a 1841 - )
     Unkn father of Mary, Theresa, Hilda (Unknown) was born a 1841.

Children of Unkn father of Mary, Theresa, Hilda (Unknown)

Mary W. (Unknown)1

F, ID# 10638, (c 1866 - )
Father:Unkn father of Mary, Theresa, Hilda (Unknown) (a 1841 - )
     Mary W. (Unknown) was born c 1866 at Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Unkn father of Mary, Theresa, Hilda (Unknown).

Child of Mary W. (Unknown)

Citations

  1. [S544] Freseman - Guenther Records.

Roger M. Baird1

M, ID# 10639, (c 1892 - )
Mother:Mary W. (Unknown) (c 1866 - )
     Roger M. Baird was born c 1892 at Pennsylvania. He was the son of Mary W. (Unknown).

Citations

  1. [S544] Freseman - Guenther Records.

Theresa (Unknown)1

F, ID# 10640, (c 1878 - )
Father:Unkn father of Mary, Theresa, Hilda (Unknown) (a 1841 - )
     Theresa (Unknown) was born c 1878 at Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Unkn father of Mary, Theresa, Hilda (Unknown).

Children of Theresa (Unknown)

Citations

  1. [S544] Freseman - Guenther Records.

Elizabeth Isengard1

F, ID# 10641, (c 1899 - )
Mother:Theresa (Unknown) (c 1878 - )
     Elizabeth Isengard was born c 1899 at Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Theresa (Unknown).

Citations

  1. [S544] Freseman - Guenther Records.

Hilda Isengard1

F, ID# 10642, (c 1903 - )
Mother:Theresa (Unknown) (c 1878 - )
     Hilda Isengard was born c 1903 at Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Theresa (Unknown).

Citations

  1. [S544] Freseman - Guenther Records.

Effie E. Thomas1

F, ID# 10643, (22 Jun 1870 - 2 Jul 1967)
     Effie E. Thomas was born on 22 Jun 1870 at Pennsylvania. She married Heinrich "Henry / Harry" Friedrich Carl Fresemann, son of Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I and Sophia Schuette, a 1930. Effie E. Thomas died on 2 Jul 1967 at San Mateo, San Mateo Co, California, at age 97.

Citations

  1. [S544] Freseman - Guenther Records.

Sophia Schuette1

F, ID# 10644, (Jun 1836 - 20 Jun 1905)
Charts:Virginia Custis Winslett lineage
William Langfitt Freseman lineage
     Sophia Schuette was born in Jun 1836 at Varrel, Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. She immigrated c 1860. She married Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I c 1861. Sophia Schuette died on 20 Jun 1905 at Glen Osborne, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania;
Sophia Schuette, age 70, died on Tuesday morning at the home of her son, W. L. Freseman in Glen Osborne. Mrs Freseman was born in Varrel, province of Hanover, Germany in 1836 and came to America in 1860, settling in Allegheny, where she had lived almost continuously until the time of her death. (Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburg, PA, p. 8, 22 Jun 1905 -- Sophia Freseman obituary.) She was buried on 23 Jun 1905 at Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania.
      In 1874 a Sophia Fresemann was listed as a member of St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Allegheny, PA; this person was only marked as a member on this list that one year. Our Sophia and her family joined this church in 1875, was listed on the Fresemann family register, and remained members with their subseqent children's births, confirmations and deaths recorded, based on church records until they moved about 1898. Her name was spelled Schuette on the family register page which is the Dutch spelling, Schulty in the index, Schutte on her daughter Lydia's death registration, and in Germany would have been spelled Schuumlauttte (sic.)

Sophia died at age 70 or 71 based on two different obituaries, "at the home of her son W. L. Freseman in Glen Osborne. Mrs Freseman was born in Varrel, province of Hanover, Germany in 1836 and came to America in 1860, settling in Allegheny, where she had lived almost continuously until the time of her death." (Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburg, PA, p. 8, 22 Jun 1905 -- Sophia Freseman obituary) "On Tuesday, 20 Jun at the residence of her son W. L. Freseman, Glen Osborne, PA, Sophia Freseman, widow of the late Henry Freseman in her 71st year. Funeral services at the residence of her son H. C. Freseman, 15 Leland Avenue, Allegheny, PA, Thursday 23 Jun 1905." (Pittsburg Press, Pittsburgh, PA, p. 6, 21 Jun 1905 -- Sophia Freseman obituary) Varrel was about 40 miles from Hanover as the crow flies. Early records for Varrel births have not been found; Varrel was the location of World War II German fighter-bomber and bomber units

Although Sophia Schuette's ancestors have not been traced because as yet her parents are unknown, the St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church register provided data on her possible relatives Katharine Wilhelmine Schuette, Caroline Wilhelmine Schuette, Minna Schuette, Amos Dietrich Schuette, Clemens Schuette and Clamor[?] Schuette; because they were her contemporaries they could be siblings and/or cousins. Despite these many Schuette records, no Schuettes were included in the church membership list. There was no index for this church register and it was difficult to search electronically because of transcription errors, thus this researcher reviewed a lot of the register page by page. Although this researcher believes she found the majority of the Freseman and Schuette principles, there may be others who are witnesses and were not recorded below. Most troubling was the ancestry.com transcription of the Fresemann family record incorrectly showed the date they joined the church to be the death date of all 10 family members. Also found in the church records was:
--On 3 Sep 1873 Katharine Wilhelmine Schuette and Hermann Heinrich Steinbrink, both of Allegheny, married. The witnesses were Heinrich Seimann [looks like Kleimann but does not make sense in this context,] Marie Christ. Steinbrick, Christian Niemeyer, and Maria Brueggemann. This was the first marriage listed in the church register. (electronic age 135)
--On 15 Oct 1874 Heinrich Wilhelm Simon [sic] and Caroline Wilhelmine Schuette, both of Allegheny, married at the church. The witnesses were Wilh. Simon, Maria [?]espenheider, Heinr. Meyer and Minna Schuette. (electronic age 135)
--On 14 Apr 1875 Heinrich Siemann senior [did not include Wilhelm in name] and his wife Sophie Mattoh both from Hanover, Germany and their children Wilhelm, Ferdinand and Caroline were listed on a family page. On 23 May 1885 Henrich died. (electronic page 16)
–Also on 14 Apr 1875 Henrich Wilhelm Siemann junior and his wife Caroline Wilhelmine Schuette both of Hanover, Germany and their children Anna Sophia (an X is by her name and the date 27 May 1877, so this is likely when Anna died), Edward Heinrich, Emilie Louise, Carl Wilhelm and Heinrich Albert joined the church. (electronic page 16)
--On 10 Sep 1877 Heinrich Wilihelm Siemann and Carolina Schuette had a son Edward Heinrich Siemann and christened 11 Sep 1877; his sponsors were Wilhelm and Marie Schuette (electronic version p. 44.)
--In 1879 when Heinrich Fresemann and Sophia Schuette's twins were christened, Concordia's sponsors were Sophia Schrader and Wilhelm Conrad Boettcher, and Amos' sponsors were Amos Dietrich Schuette and Wilhelmine Schuette. (electronic version p. 48/original p. 70 birth and electronic version p. 153, Amos' death).
--On 8 Dec 1879 Wilhelmine Caroline Schuette, daughter of Clemens Schuette and Elizabeth Mueller, died; she was age 15 years, 9 months, 28 days old at her death (electronic p. 152.)
--On 17 Jan 1880 Heinrich Siemann and Carolina Schuette had a daughter Emilie Louisa Siemann who was christened 29 Feb 1880 with sponsors Fr[iedrich?] Rahenkamp and Sophia Rahenkamp (electronic version p. 49.)
–On 27 May 1877 Heinrich and Carolina Siemann experienced the death of their daughter Anna Sophia Siemann (electronic version p. 151)
--On 10 Jul 1882 Elizabeth Schuette, apparently the wife of Clamor[?] Schuette, died, leaving children named Marie Schuette and Friedrich Meyer Schuette (electronic p. 155.)
--Diedrich F. Schuette and his wife Gufrieid Marie were in the records but the page number was miswritten down by this researcher.

Children of Sophia Schuette and Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I

Citations

  1. [S546] Fresemann Family Church Register.

Emilie Pauline Victoria Fresemann1

F, ID# 10645, (7 Dec 1865 - )
Father:Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I (Apr 1833 - 21 Apr 1902)
Mother:Sophia Schuette (Jun 1836 - 20 Jun 1905)
     Emilie Pauline Victoria Fresemann was born on 7 Dec 1865. She was the daughter of Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I and Sophia Schuette. Emilie Pauline Victoria Fresemann was confirmed on 7 Dec 1879 at Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania.
      Emilie Pauline Victoria Freseman was in St. Matthews Evangelical Church records on p. 18 & 94, electronic version.) Her confirmation records was also annotated that she was dead but no date was given.

Citations

  1. [S546] Fresemann Family Church Register.

Jesse Levinus Emanuel Fresemann1

M, ID# 10646, (c Dec 1871 - 24 Oct 1877)
Father:Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I (Apr 1833 - 21 Apr 1902)
Mother:Sophia Schuette (Jun 1836 - 20 Jun 1905)
     Jesse Levinus Emanuel Fresemann was born c Dec 1871. He was the son of Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I and Sophia Schuette. Jesse Levinus Emanuel Fresemann died on 24 Oct 1877 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania. He was buried on 26 Oct 1877 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania.
      The death and burials listing in St Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church register was annotated to show Jesse Levinus Emanuel Fresemann's death on 24 Oct 1877 at age 5 years 10 months, less than a month after his little sister Lydia's death. His and his sister's death records are also separately from the family record in the church records in separate listings.

Other sources:

--St Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church death & burial record in 1877; original no page number / electronic p. 151 (death & burial of Jesse Freseman.)

Citations

  1. [S546] Fresemann Family Church Register.

Lydia Sophia Amanda Fresemann1

F, ID# 10647, (c Dec 1873 - 27 Sep 1877)
Father:Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I (Apr 1833 - 21 Apr 1902)
Mother:Sophia Schuette (Jun 1836 - 20 Jun 1905)
     Lydia Sophia Amanda Fresemann was born c Dec 1873. She was the daughter of Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I and Sophia Schuette. Lydia Sophia Amanda Fresemann died on 27 Sep 1877 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania. She was buried on 28 Sep 1877 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania.
      The death and burials listing in St Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church register was annotated to show Lydia Sophia Amanda Fresemann's death on 27 Sep 1877 at age 3 years 9 months.

Other sources:

--St Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church death & burial record in 1877; original no page number / electronic p. 151 (death & burial of Lydia Freseman.)

Citations

  1. [S546] Fresemann Family Church Register.

Amos Arthur Walther Fresemann1

M, ID# 10648, (12 Aug 1879 - 2 Dec 1880)
Father:Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I (Apr 1833 - 21 Apr 1902)
Mother:Sophia Schuette (Jun 1836 - 20 Jun 1905)
     Amos Arthur Walther Fresemann was born on 12 Aug 1879 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I and Sophia Schuette. Amos Arthur Walther Fresemann was christened on 31 Aug 1879 at Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania. He died on 2 Dec 1880 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania, at age 1. He was buried on 5 Dec 1880 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania.
      Amos Arthur Walther Freseman was a twin brother to Concordia. He died at age 15 months 18 days.

Other sources:

--St Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church birth record & christening in 1879; original p. 70/electronic p. 48; death & burial registration in 1880; no original p. number/electroic p. 153 (birth, christening, death & burial of Amos Arthur Walther Freseman.)

Citations

  1. [S546] Fresemann Family Church Register.

Concordia Sophia Wilhelmine Fresemann1,2

F, ID# 10649, (12 Aug 1879 - )
Father:Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I (Apr 1833 - 21 Apr 1902)
Mother:Sophia Schuette (Jun 1836 - 20 Jun 1905)
     Concordia Sophia Wilhelmine Fresemann was born on 12 Aug 1879 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Heinrich "Henry" B. Fresemann I and Sophia Schuette. Concordia Sophia Wilhelmine Fresemann was christened on 31 Aug 1879 at Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania. She married Cassius A. Seanor on 19 Sep 1898 at Denver, Denver Co, Colorado.
      Concordia Sophia Wilhelmine Freseman was a twin sister to Amos. Concordia was likely the child of Henry and Sophia's reported as "Courtlandt born about 1882" by William Langfitt Freseman because Concordia was one of the five siblings -- including John, William, Henry and Claudius -- still alive in 1900; alternatively William Langfitt Freseman could have been referring to Claudius. There was no birth for a Courtlandt Freseman in the St Matthews church register.

The relationship between Concordia's husband Cassius A. Seanor and Charles B. Seanor who was living in her father's Henry Freseman's home in Denver, Co in 1901 is unknown. However Charles B. Seanor was born in 1866, married in 1896 and lived in Pittsburg, PA and also in Columbian Co, OH -- Concordia's husband's death and burial locations. Among diverse geographical locations, Charles worked at Seanor Brothers in Columbiana Co, OH.

Other sources:

--St Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church birth record & christening in 1879; original p. 70/electronic p. 48 (birth & christening of Concordia Sophia Wilhelmine Freseman.)

Child of Concordia Sophia Wilhelmine Fresemann and Cassius A. Seanor

Citations

  1. [S546] Fresemann Family Church Register.
  2. [S547] Fresemann-Schuette Records.
  3. [S1] "Virginia Winslett Research."

Rev Richard D. Freseman1

M, ID# 10650, (16 Nov 1917 - 10 Aug 2007)
Father:Rev Claudius "Claude" Albert David Freseman I (21 Sep 1876 - c 15 Jul 1946)
Mother:Almana "Alma" Ernestina Maria Roess (11 Sep 1882 - b 1930)
     Rev Richard D. Freseman was born on 16 Nov 1917 at Akron, Summit Co, Ohio. He was the son of Rev Claudius "Claude" Albert David Freseman I and Almana "Alma" Ernestina Maria Roess. Rev Richard D. Freseman married Doralee Hoffman a 1944. Rev Richard D. Freseman died on 10 Aug 2007 at Mount Vernon, Knox Co, Ohio, at age 89.

Citations

  1. [S547] Fresemann-Schuette Records.