The earliest known Wegner ancestor was Jochim Hinrich Wegner.
He was a day laborer in Wangels, Germany.
He married Elisabeth Charlotte Luth.
Ernst Christian Friedrich Wegner born 12/12/1824 in Donsdorf, Germany was a son of Jochim and Elisabeth Wegner. He was also a day laborer and lived in Donsdorf, Germany. He married Carolina Charlotte Heinrietta Bruhn on 02/05/1854 in Hansuhn, Germany.
Carolina born 12/13/1824 in Kukelun, Germany was the daughter of Heinrich Friedrich Bruhn of Hansuhn and Anna Catherina Paulsen of Kukelun, Germany.
Ernst and Carolina immigrated to the USA and lived in Lockwood, KS. They had two sons, Hinrich and Fredrick, who apparently did not go with them to the USA.
Fredrick Christian Karl Wegener was a son of Ernst and Carolina Wegner. Some members of the family, particularly descendants of Fredrick Christian Karl Spell Wegner as Wegener.
Hinrich Friedrich Karl Wegner (born 04/25/1855 in Wangels, Germany, died 07/16/1909 in Sehlendorf, Germany) was a son of Ernst and Carolina Wegner. He was a day laborer and of the Lutheran religion.
He married Magdalena Margaretha "Johanna" Ahrens on 08/01/1880. Johanna was the daughter of Hans Heinrich Ahrens, a day laborer from Wasbuck and Engel (means angel) Margaretha Dierks. Johanna was born 09/06/1850 in Wasbuck, Germany and died 04/02/1932 in Kiel, Germany.
After Hinrich's death, Johanna went to live with her daughter, Emma, and Emma's son, Heinrich, in Kiel, Germany. She was a tiny lady (under 5 ft.) with a sparkle in her eyes. In the summer, she used to sell wild flowers on street corners downtown Kiel to make a living.
Hinrich and Johanna had seven children:
Heinrich (Henry) Louis Wegner
Ernst Christian Wegner
Karl Friedrich Christian (Chris) Wegner
Karoline (Line) Kathering Johanna Wegner Moritz
Johannes (John) Friedrich Karl Wegner
August Ernst Theodor Wegner
and
Emma Agusta Johanna Wegner Lohse
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