FIFTH GENERATION 1822-1839

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               Clemens WIEDEMEIER, son of Anton Wilhelm and Catharina Elisabetha (GUENTER) WIEDEMEYER, christened in Sankt Achatius, Atteln, Westfalen, Prussia, 6 Jun. 1822. Clemens was named after his uncle Clemens (Gunther?)Guenter. Batch #: C995873, SourceCall #:1051959.

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     Maria Francisca WIEDEMEYER, daughter of Anton Wilhelmus and Catharina Elisabetha (GUENTER) WIEDEMEYER, christened Sankt Achatius, Atteln, Westfalen, Prussia, 21 Aug. 1824, died 26 Jan. 1892.

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        Johann  Ignaz WIEDEMEYER, son of Anton Wilhelm  and Catharina Elisabetha (GUENTER) WIEDEMEYER, born Atteln, Westfalen, Prussia, 21 Feb. 1828, christened Sankt Achatius, Atteln, Westfalen, Prussia, 22 Feb. 1828. Johann  was named after his uncle Johann  Ignaz(Gunther?)Guenter.  He left his ancestral village seeking work west towards the new factories which were appearing at this time.   There are only two stories handed down and recorded by Raymond and Karen Wiedemeier of Porterfield 1993. 

"Ignaz Wiedemeier(At the time of this writing no one knew his first name) had died while in Germany.  He had given some money to a friend to invest so that he could make enough money to send his family to the USA to live.  When he returned to his friend for the money he had invested for him he found out his friend had squandered it leaving Mr. Wiedemeier broke.  So he worked day and night trying to come up with enough money to send his family.  He had enough to send his oldest son Albert.  But Mr Wiedemeier worked hard trying to come up with the money and took sick and died of pneumoina.  Albert was 18 years old when he arrived by boat to America.  When Joseph arrive he was 17 years old."  Henry Miller is often hinted as the friend who lost the money.  However this is only a rumor.  This story may be a little exaggerated because Albert's father died in 1873 while Albert was a small child.  Albert's mother remarried Henry Miller and had a child in 1875.  Albert left for America 16 years after his half brother was born).

Second Story-"This is what I was told second.  The first I was told Mr. Wiedemeier was a mason brick layer and some wall fell and buried him alive and his body was never recovered." 

 

Maria Sophia Wenner

Johann Ignaz died September 30, 1873 in Dortmund and probably buried at the St. John the Baptist Church Cemetary on October 3, 1873; Before he was married he lived in Bochum.  He married in Sankt Nikolaus, Lippstadt, Westfalen, Prussia, 8 Nov. 1870, Maria Sophia Wenner, daughter of Franz Schlieper of Heringhausen and Elizabeth Margaretha(called Michelle) Wenner, a "maid", christened at St. Cyriakus ,Horn, Westfalen, Prussia, 26 Feb. 1842, later she married Henry Miller about 1874, immigrated to America in 1891with her second husband and children, died Town of Lake, Marinette Co,WI, 14 Aug. 1921, buried St.Mary Cemetary, Crivitz, Marinette Co, WI, 17 Aug. 1921. Christening record  LDS FHL Batch #: C995873, Source Call #: 1051959.   Marriage record LDS FHL Source Call #:958865 and more complete is #1052068  Godfather was his uncle Clemens Gunther.   Johann Ignaz and Maria Sophia  (WENNER) WIEDEMEYER had the following children:

+ 155-431 Albert Joseph WIEDEMEIER, b 1 Sep. 1871, d 22 Sep. 1953; m Mary SCHILDER

+ 155-432 Joseph Gerhard WIEDEMEIER, b 30 Jun. 1873, d 26 Jan. 1951; m Francis Elizabeth REZENCAK

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               Joseph August WIDDEMEYER, son of Anton Wilhelm and  Catharina Elisabetha (GUENTER) WIEDEMEYER, christened in Sankt Achatius, Atteln, Westfalen, Prussia, 26 Aug. 1829, died 18 Dec. 1855. Birth record call #1051959. Godfather was his great uncle Emmanuel Engels.

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               Maria Anna WIEDEMEYER, daughter of Anton Wilhelm and Catharina Elisabetha (GUENTER) WIEDEMEYER, christened in Sankt Achatius, Atteln, Westfalen, Prussia, 12 Apr. 1832.Batch #: C995873, Source Call #:1051959. Godmother  was Maria Anna Wiedemeyer. 

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               Maria Elisabeth WIEDEMEYER, daughter of Anton Wilhelm and Catharina Elisabetha (GUENTER) WIEDEMEYER, christened in Sankt Achatius, Atteln, Westfalen, Prussia, 11 Oct. 1833. Batch #: C995873, Source Call #: 1051959. Godmother was his aunt Elizabeth Grolmes)Gunther.

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               Heinrich WIEDEMEYER, son of Anton Wilhelm and Catharina Elisabetha (GUENTER) WIEDEMEYER, christened in Sankt Achatius, Atteln, Westfalen, Prussia, 12 May 1835, died 1837.Batch #: C995873, Source Call #: 1051959. Godfather was Heinrich Lappe.

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               Maria Theresia WIEDEMEYER, daughter of Anton Wilhelm and Catharina Elisabetha (GUENTER) WIEDEMEYER, christened in Sankt Achatius, Atteln, Westfalen, Prussia, 6 Dec. 1836, died Jun. 1838. Batch #: C995873, Source Call #: 1051959.Godparents were Theresia Finke and B Engels.

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