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Portions of the following information come from the records of the St.
Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Artesian, Bremer County, Iowa; a
cousin Cathy Riechmann; another cousin and Meier descendant William T.
Sell, and other family members. Although Heinrich Riechmann's obituary
states that he was born in Pohle, Germany, his marriage record states that
he was from Antendorf which is only a few miles from Pohle and about 15
miles SW of Hanover. At the time the area was known as Kurfurstentun
Kurhesse [33] and is now the state of Hanover. It could be that he was
actually born in Pohle and then his family moved to Antendorf at a later
time.
I only found one record from the Lauenau Parish (Pohle), Germany; that of marriage of Heinrich Riechmann and Eleonore Kölling. The church records were extremely difficult to read. The Riechmann may be found spelled in various ways: Reichmann, Richmann and Richman. I believe these are all inadvertent misspellings by census takers and records official.. (Direct ancestors are shown in bold type) |
Heinrich (a.k.a. Henry) Christoph Riechmann 1824 - 1902 and Eleonore Kölling, 1826 - 1874 Friedrich
Riechmann (1849
in Germany) In 1857, Henry took his family to America, departing from Bremen onboard the bark Adonis, a three-masted sailing ship. According to the arrival passenger list, Henry and Eleonore were 31 years old and Fred was 8. Accompanying them were Jacob Kölling (73) and his wife Anna (64) (Eleonore’s parents), and their two girls Sophia (21), Dorothea (11). They arrived in the port of New York on May 22, 1857. The Riechmanns first settled in Palataine, Cook County, Illinois where Sophia was born in 1858 and Henry was born in 1864. The 1860 US Census lists Henry as a farmer with a real estate value of $1200 and personal property of $500. In addition, the census lists a Dora Riechmann (age 14) but I believe this is Eleonore’s sister Dorothea Kölling since she was the only Dora who immigrated with the family and the age is right. Perhaps Eleonore’s parents had died leaving the Riechmanns to take care of Dora and perhaps they even adopted her. Eleonore’s other sister Sophia did not appear in the 1860 census but she was probably married by then. On reaching Bremer County, Henry purchased land in Warren Township. The 1870 US Census lists the family as follows: Henry (age 44), Eleonore (44), Frederick (20), Sophia (11) and Henry (6). He is listed as a farmer with a real estate value of $8000 and a personal property value of $1330 which, in today’s dollars, would approach $175,000. Obviously life was good for the Riechmanns. The family became members of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Artesian. Heinrich's son Henry C. farmed in Frederika, Bremer County and a 1900 US Census entry lists Henry Richman (sic, age 26) and his wife Ida (33) and children Nora (11), Charly (10), Martin (7), and Bessy (3/12), and Henry's father Henry (76). The 1894 plat map of Frederika shows their property on the north edge of town. . Heinrich is buried in St. John's Cemetery, Frederika. His wife Eleonore died in 1874 and is buried in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church cemetery, Artesian. Henry was a naturalized citizen. |
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Fred Kölling, a possible relation? Another Kölling family appears in Maxfield Township, Bremer County in the 1880 US Census and the 1885 Iowa State Census that could be a brother of Eleonore. It includes
Fred Kölling (age 47) The ages would be right for Fred to be Jacob’s second child and it states that they are from Kur Hesse which is where Jacob and Anna were from. Although I am not sure of their exact relationship, I am assuming they are related. In addition, several Köllings own land in Maxfield Township in 1917. I have no further information on these families. |
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Friedrich Riechmann,
1849 - 1932 and Wilhelmine Meier, 1847 - 1936
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Wilhelmina Riechmann (1873) married Henry Bade |
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Heinrich FriedrichRiechmann
(1910) never
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In the 1880 Census, we find Fred (age 30), Wilhelmina (33), Wilhelmina (6), Sophia (5), Louisa (3), Fred (1) and Fred's brother Henry (16). Fred was a very successful farmer and they farmed 200 acres in Warren Township. They belonged to St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Artesian. Fred was naturalized in 1872 and his wife was also naturalized. He died in 1932 and Mena died in 1936 and both are buried in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church cemetery, Waverly. Fred and Mena may have known each other in the old country
as
Apelern and Pohle are only a couple of miles apart. They
likely belonged to the same church parish. I do not know whether they
immigrated at the same time or not. |
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Read Fred's Obit Read Minnie's Obit Click to see descendents of this couple. |
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