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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:24 pm    Post subject: Baumeister Family Trace Reply with quote

Because relatively little was known about my great-grandmother Marie Baumeister Frerking, I conducted a search of the Baumeister family, tracing her origins back to Börninghausen, Westphalia, Germany. A considerable amount of data was found about Marie (christened Anne Marie Elisabeth) and her family. Marie was the eighth child of Johann Christian Baumeister (???-1843) and the oldest by Johann’s third wife, Catharine Ilsabein Kaase (1804-1865). She was one of four daughters in the family with the given name of “Anne Marie”. Many of her siblings died as infants and most of the family appears to have remained in Germany. Only her younger sister Catharine Charlotte is known to have also immigrated to the U.S.

Detailed information in chronological form is posted at the following link: Baumeister Family Trace. (It’s a fairly large file.) Those who would like a more consolidated view can download an Excel spreadsheet of the births, marriages, and deaths. The spreadsheet was compiled primarily from the records in a single microfilm. Finally, there is a GEDCOM file that was created from this and other indexed information from the FamilySearch website. This latter file should be used with caution because some of the links are tentative and the information has not been verified by viewing the original images of the records. The following is a summary of the findings.

Working back from the previously known history, Marie married Adolph Frerking on 26 Sep 1848 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Louis, MO. She had previously immigrated to the U.S. on her own as an 18 year old dressmaker. She traveled on the Ship Emerald that arrived in New Orleans on 30 Dec 1846.

Marie’s family was located back in Germany using a clue from Nancy Abbott, noting that her family history showed that Marie’s father was Johann Christian Baumeister born in Prussia. Searching for Johann Christian on the FamilySearch website revealed a number of entries for that family in Börninghausen, Westphalia, Germany.

Anne “Marie” Elisabeth Baumeister was the first daughter born to Johann Christian Baumeister (1786 or 1789 - 19 Jun 1843) and Catharine Ilsabein nee Kaase(n) Baumeister (21 Oct 1804 - 1865) in Börninghausen on 03 Jan 1828. Catharine Ilsabein was Johann Christian’s third wife. He was a second-time widower, marrying Catharine on 04 or 23 Mar 1827 in Spenge (the records of the two parishes disagree).

Marie had the following step-brothers and step-sisters, four of whom were still alive when she was born.

By Katharine Marie Charlotte (Stoffermeier) b. 1789, m. 06 Mar 1814, d. 14 Jun 1823:
Anne Marie Louise b. 1 Aug 1810, m. 21 Oct 1834 (Börninghausen)
Johann Friedrich b. 13 Nov 1813, d. 10 Mar 1835
Catharine Wilhelmine b. 03 Nov 1816, d. 22 Sep 1817
Jobst Heinrich b. 18 Sep 1818
Anne Marie Catharine Wilhelmine b. 03 May 1821

By Anne Catharine (Rexmann) b. 16 Oct 1800, m. 26 Nov or 05 Dec 1823, d. 14 Nov 1825 (in childbirth):
Catharine Marie b. 28 Sep 1824, d. 26 Oct 1824
(Stillborn) 12 Nov 1825

Marie later had the following brothers and sisters by her own mother Catharine Ilsabein (Kaase) b. 21 Oct 1804, m. 04 or 23 Mar 1827, d. 17 Dec 1865:
Clare Ilsabein Charlotte b. 07 Nov 1829, d. 22 Feb 1830
Anne Marie Gert. Lisabeth b. 11 Sep 1831
Friedrich Wilhelm b. 19 Mar 1834, d. 29 Jul 1834
Catharine Charlotte b. 17 Oct 1835, m. 20 Apr 1856 (St. Louis)
Wilhelmine Louise b. 06 Mar 1840
Carl Heinrich b. 06 Nov 1842, d. 27 Apr 1844

No birth record was found for Marie’s father Johann Christian, but the ages in his marriage records suggest that he was born between March and December 1789. His death record indicates that he was born in 1786.

The record of his first marriage to Catharine Marie Stoffermeier shows that his parents were Johann Friedrich Baumeister and Anna Katharine Huefmeier (or Huffmeyer) who, in turn, were married in Börninghausen on 19 Jun 1777. Catharine is listed as the daughter of Johann Jobst Meyer (actually Stoffermeier) and Gret Ilsebein Dunker. Catharine died of consumption on 14 Jun 1823.

Johann Christian’s second wife Anne Catherine Rexmann is listed as the daughter of Johann Heinrich Rexmann and Cathrine Marie Obermann from Spenge, born 16 Oct. 1800. She died at Börninghausen during childbirth on 14 Nov 1825.

Johann Christian’s third wife Catharine Ilsabein Kaase(n) was listed as the daughter of Johann Philipp Kaase from Spenge. The Spenge church records indicate that she was born on 21 Oct 1804 in Huecker(?) and mother’s name was Anna Ilsabein. A number of variations of the surname are found in various records, such as Kaasen, Kaase, Kasen, Kasse, Kausen and Koasen. (The ‘u’ and ‘o’ are probably errors in transcribing the handwriting.) According to the Spenge church records, Johann Christian and Catharine Ilsabein were married on 04 Mar 1827, whereas the Börninghausen list the marriage date as 23 Mar 1827.

Johann Christian Baumeister died of consumption (Schwindsucht) on Jun 19, 1843. After his death, Catherine Ilsabein married Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Danielmeier (b. 13 Jul 1817) on 12 Apr 1844 and switched her first name to Anne. Johann Danielmeier assumed the farm name of Baumeister. The couple continued to live at No. 6 Börninghausen until she died on 17 Dec 1865 of some type of back problem (Ruck???). Johann Friedrich (Baumeister b. Danielmeier) then married Anne Catharine Hoeke on 04 Jun 1867 but died of a hemorrhage only 11 days after that marriage at an age of just under 48 years. The Baumeister farm No. 6 Börninghausen appears to have passed on to the Danielmeier family.

The whereabouts of her younger sister Anne Marie Gret Lisabeth are not known. No record of her was found after her birth.

Catharine Charlotte is the only other member of Marie’s immediate family known to have immigrated to the U.S. As an 18 year old servant, she came to the U.S by herself onboard the Leontine that arrived in New Orleans on 18 Oct 1853. She married Heinrich Wilhelm Krietemeyer on 20 Apr 1856 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Louis.

When Marie and Adolph Frerking arrived in Concordia during 1855, Adolph first continued to work as a carpenter. He purchased property southeast of Concordia from George Frerking, George Helm, and Wm. Heinbrock in 1858. During 1865, he sold some or all of this farm to Henry Deke and purchased other land from Herman H. Uphaus. This farm became the Frerking Centennial farm (a.k.a the Paul Frerking farm). Marie continued to live there until her death on December 09, 1908 and Adolph until his death on April 12, 1912.

Sources:

For those interested in examining the various records in more detail, the sources used for the information above are as follows.

The marriage record for Adolph and Marie can be found in the index of the Immanuel Lutheran Church records posted on the St. Louis Library website at http://www.slcl.org/content/immanuel-lutheran-church-index-baptisms-1848-%E2%80%93-1909-and-marriages-1848-%E2%80%93-1920. (The civil record was located in the Ancestry Library online files available at my local library.)

The passenger listing for Marie’s immigration can be found on the FamilySearch website at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22137-6754-27?cc=1916009&wc=12560385, page 192.

An index of the Börninghausen church records can be searched by name at https://familysearch.org/. However, because the original record images are not posted online at this time, it was necessary to order the microfilm(s) of them from the Family History Library. The film that covers most of the period of interest is FHL 1050778.

Adolph’s land transactions were found in the Lafayette County Index of Deeds, Microfilm C30511 from the Missouri State Archives. To examine the deeds in detail, one can either obtain the film of the deeds for that particular time period or search the county records in Lexington, MO.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:02 pm    Post subject: Duplicate church records Reply with quote

It should be noted that the information posted above was derived from a microfilm made of the duplicates of the church books from the Börninghausen church (Kirchenbuchduplikat). Before the 19th century, all vital records (births, marriages, and deaths) in Germany were maintained in the local churches. Then in the early 1800s, the various provinces required the churches to make duplicates of their books for the state archives. The books were hand-copied at end of the year and the copies forwarded to the state. While there is a risk of some error in the transcription, these duplicates are generally quite accurate. The advantage of using these copies is that all of the births, marriages and deaths were consolidated in one book and therefore were microfilmed together. Therefore, one can usually obtain all of these records on one microfilm. In this case, the film that was used (FHL1050778) contained essentially all of the information needed to trace the family.

Looking at the records on this film, it appears that the requirement to make the duplicate copies was instituted in that region around 1820. Five years of records before that date were all copied into one book, with all of the births during that time span lumped together, then all of the marriages, and then all of the deaths. Starting in 1820, the records are grouped one year at a time. For the first three of those years, preprinted forms were used (possibly supplied by the state). For about 40 years after that, the copies were entirely handwritten, including the headings on the columns, until they finally started using preprinted forms again in the 1860s.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:52 am    Post subject: Baumeister/Kappelmann Connection? Reply with quote

Besides being next-door neighbors before they married, my grandparents Henry and Marie Kappelmann Frerking had another connection. Grandfather Henry’s mother Marie Baumeister Frerking and both of Grandmother Marie’s parents, Henry and Catharine Kappelmann, were from nearby villages in Westphalia. They were not Hanoverians, like most of the pioneers in Concordia, MO. While the area was adjacent to Hanover, they always referred to themselves as Prussians and probably had a slightly different Low German dialect.

The Kappelmanns were from the Borgholzhausen area and the Baumeister family lived in Börninghausen. These two villages were only about 16 miles apart (Marie Baumeister’s mother came from Spenge, about halfway between them); however, it is unlikely that the two families knew each other back in Germany. On the other hand, Marie, Catharine, and Henry surely exchanged memories of the homeland at family get-togethers.

The only photo that I have of Marie and Adolph Frerking is the faded and tattered picture from my mother’s collection posted below. This picture was taken at their golden wedding anniversary in front of the Frerking homestead. Marie and Adolph (hat on knee) are in the center. My grandfather Henry Frerking is in the left of the back row, next to the tree. His brother Louis (arms folded) is to the right of the tree.

Does anyone have a better copy of this photo and can they identify more people in it?



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:48 am    Post subject: Frerking/Baumeister Marriage Record and Sources Reply with quote

Cousin Kathy Gelner sent a copy of the marriage of Adolph Frerking and Marie Baumeister from the original Immanuel Lutheran Church records. This is much better than the faint civil record or the indexed record that was included in the earlier posting.

An extract of that record is posted below because it illustrates several issues involving sources of information and their confidence. I’m slowly learning some points that are repeatedly made by respected genealogists. They distinguish between primary and secondary sources of information and say that one should try to assign a confidence level to them.

Primary sources generally involve entries that are recorded for the actual event relating to a piece of information. In this case, a marriage entry in church records is a primary source for the date of the marriage. (Even in this case, there may be duplicate entries in several parishes where the date disagrees, as noted in my original posting.) This is a secondary source for the names of the people because it may be the names that they are currently using at that time. Meticulous genealogists prefer to record the names of people based on the entries in their birth records, i.e. their christened names. So, one would need the birth record as a primary source for the name. Many of our sources of information are secondary. They may involve stated names, birth dates or ages, and locations. Early records are fraught with misspellings. The best example of that are census records and immigration records where the name of a person or place was provided verbally and the enumerator or clerk may not have been familiar with the name. The memory of the person providing the information is not always accurate. Death records, for example, give ages or date of birth. This was obviously provided by someone else who may not remember it correctly.

In the case of this marriage record, one can see several variations. First of all, note that old German church records were frequently recorded in a mixture of early German script (like Kurrent) and Latin (or Roman) script. I have noted a tendency of pastors to enter the names of principals in Latin script, while other information was written in German script. In this record, Adolph’s given name and surname are accurate. Adolph was always known as Adolph. Marie’s name is close to her baptized name, i.e. ‘Anne Maria’, rather than ‘Anne Marie’. Note that the fathers’ given names were actually their middle names in both cases. Father Frerking was christened ‘Johann Dietrich’ while father Baumeister was christened ‘Johann Christian’.

For both the bridegroom and the bride, their father’s last name is recorded with an ‘s’ at the end. This is sometimes seen when the surname ends in a consonant. A similar variation is seen with surnames ending in ‘e’ where an ‘n’ is added. For example, the name of Marie’s mother (Anne) Catharine Ilsabein Kaase is often seen with an ‘n’ appended. (In the case of my own family surname, one will see it listed as ‘Papen’, rather than ‘Pape’). This puzzled me for some time until a German genealogist pointed out that this is the genitive form of a name (meaning “of the … family” or “…’s child). I have raised this issue with the LDS people who are busy indexing vital records and for which I have volunteered to help. Their reply is that one should index a record exactly as written and let the person using the record decide what is correct. This is fine if one has access to images of the original records but many people simply accept the spelling and perpetuate the error in their family trees.

Adolph’s place of birth was recorded correctly as ‘Esperke’. On the other hand, Marie’s place of birth is listed as ‘Boeddinghausen’ rather then ‘Boerninghausen’. This error resulted in dead ends when people searched for the records of Marie’s family.

Adolph is listed as the seventh son of Dietrich. That is correct although he was the ninth in the family of thirteen children, including his sisters. Marie is listed as the third daughter of Christian. She was the third living daughter of Johann Christian by three different wives. She was actually the fifth daughter if one includes older step-sisters who died in infancy. (Marie may not have even been aware of these sisters.)

So what’s my point?

First of all, one must always be flexible when searching for ancestors. Be sure to consider variations in the spelling of names, as well as switching of given names. Also be aware of endings included at the end of surnames.

Secondly, one should always consider whether the source of information is primary or secondary. Every piece of information helps in solving the puzzle, but try to assign a confidence level to it. One should collect as many different sources as possible, compare them, and evaluate their accuracy.

Sorry to say, I don’t always practice what I preach.



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:13 pm    Post subject: Additional Baumeister Records Reply with quote

The first posting above includes the link to a spreadsheet of the Baumeister family information that I extracted from a microfilm of the Börninghausen church records [FHL 1050778]. It only includes the individuals that were of immediate interest to me. This file was updated recently to include more cause of death information, a separate column in the original records. (There is another column after it to indicate how long the deceased was under a doctor’s care. However, this was frequently left blank or contained other notes like the date of birth.) Looking at this information gives one a better appreciation of health conditions in the 1800s.

First of all, one is struck by the large number of infant deaths. In some year, almost half of the deaths were infants less than 2 years old. Other than still births, the cause of death for infants was often listed as Kinder___, a catchall phrase for children’s illnesses. In these particular records, certain general causes are seen repeatedly. For adults, a significant number are listed as dying from Schwindsucht, commonly translated as consumption. It is not known if there was a serious problem with tuberculosis in that area or if the term was used for any type of lung problem, like pneumonia. (Was lung cancer a problem at that time?) It is possible that certain types of illness were prevalent there but in many cases it appears that a generic term was used. Epidemics can be seen in some years with higher numbers of deaths. In the fall of 1871, Börninghausen had a serious epidemic of scarlet fever (Scharlachfieber). Twenty one people of all ages died of the illness in that season, quite a few for a small community.

For those looking for more information about other members of the family, I put together another spreadsheet (Indexed Baumeister Records) that lists some other names and data including other parishes in the area surrounding Börninghausen. The spreadsheet may have multiple entries for a particular event, like a wedding, that was recorded in two parishes. This file was generated by simply searching the indexed records on the Familysearch.org website for all Baumeister references in that area. It includes births and marriage for years before the time span covered in the posting above. (Death entries in the church records in that region were generally not indexed on the website.) The spelling of names was left exactly as extracted from those records. While the amount of information that was indexed varies, it does provide clues to other members of the extended family. For more detail, one can refer to the film from which the record was extracted. Film numbers are included in the spreadsheet.

Looking at this compilation, it is tempting to guess at who the earlier members in the family tree were. Unfortunately, there is one missing link, namely the birth parents of Johann Christian’s father Johann Friederich Baumeister. His birth record was not found in the collection. Examination of the original church records might uncover this and other links. [Note. The posted GEDCOM file uses data from this latter spreadsheet.][/url]
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:00 am    Post subject: Baumeister GEDCOM file posted on RootsWeb Reply with quote

The Baumeister history described in this posting is now on the RootsWeb site at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mbaumeister. One can trace through the family, view it in tree format, or download a GEDCOM file of the data from that site.
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