Henrich Friedrich Wiemann1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 11265, (1816 - 1898)
FatherMaximilian Friderich Wiemann1 (23 Mar 1780 - 19 Sep 1829)
MotherAnna Maria Margaretha Elisabeth Lüken1 (5 Oct 1779 - aft 1852)

Key Events:

Birth: 20 Dec 1816, Hilter, Amt Iburg, Königreich Hannover4,5,6
Marriage: 31 Aug 1843, North German Lutheran Church, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Anna Maria Catharine Charlotte Rothefeld (6 Apr 1823 - 8 Jun 1891)7,8,9
Death: 11 May 189810,11,12
Burial: 15 May 1898, German Protestant Cemetery, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio13,14
ChartsDescendants of Jobst Wilhelm Wiemann
AncestryThe Wieman Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Henrich Friedrich Wiemann was born on 20 Dec 1816 in Hilter, Amt Iburg, Königreich Hannover.4,5,6 He was baptized on 26 Dec 1816 in Johannes der Täufer Kirche, Hilter, Kurfürstentum Hannover, with Henr. Fried. Wehrkamp, Jürg. Henr. Cammann, and Anna Mar. Elis. Spiring as godparents.1
     He immigrated to the United States. According to family lore he immigrated with his brothers Henry and Christian, to avoid serving in the German army. It appears they did not actually arrive together. A record has been found that appears to be Henry's arrival in 1844, but the others were not listed with him. There are records of several other Wiemanns or Weimanns arriving in the late 1830's and early 1840's, of which the one that appears most likely to be him is a F. H. Weimann, a mason age 22, who arrived in Baltimore in the fourth quarter of 1939.15,16,17
     After he immigrated, he was known as Friedrich Wiemann, or Fred, or more formally Friedrich H. The surname was variously spelled Wiemann or Wieman, though it appears he most commonly use the former spelling.18,19,20,3
     Friedrich married Anna Maria Catharine Charlotte Rothefeld, daughter of Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Rothefeld and Catharine Maria Stöppelwerth, on 31 Aug 1843 in North German Lutheran Church, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, with Rev. William Seib officiating.7,8,9
     Friedrich and Anna appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, enumerated 6 Sep 1850. Their son John was listed as living with them.19
     Friedrich and his brother, Henry, were in the stone mason business. They were supposed to have put the foundations under many of the old buildings in Cincinnati, among them the older part of the Alms and Doepke Co.21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29
     Friedrich and Anna appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, enumerated 12 Jun 1860, reporting real estate valued at $2000. Their children John, Wilhelmina, George and Elizabeth were listed as living with them.30
     Henrich registered for the draft for the Civil War, appearing on the register dated in Jun 1863, while living in 100 Gest, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, reporting he was employed as a stone mason.31
     Friedrich was naturalized before 1870.32
     Friedrich and Anna appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, enumerated 7 Jul 1870, reporting real estate of $5000 and personal estate of $800. Their children Wilhelmina, George, Elizabeth, Amelia and Edward were listed as living with them.20
     Friedrich and Anna appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, at 100 Gest St., enumerated 14 Jun 1880. Their children Elizabeth, George, and Wilhelmina, were listed as living with them, as was Wihelmina's daughter, Cora Marie Snyder.33
     Henrich Friedrich Wiemann and Anna Maria Catharine Charlotte Rothefeld were charter members of the old German Lutheran Church on Walnut St., between 8th and 9th Sts. It was later moved to Scioto and Calhoun St.34
     His wife died on 8 Jun 1891.35,36,37
     Friedrich died on 11 May 1898 at age 81.10,11,12 He was buried on 15 May 1898 in the German Protestant Cemetery, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, in the family plot owned by him and his brother Henry.13,14
     
Other Children Died Young
Henrich and Anna clearly had more children than have been identified. By one family account, there were a total of eleven, six of whom died in childhood. Cemetery records for the lot owned by Frederich and his brother Henry, list eight children who died young, but whose parents are not identified. They are:
     J. H., d. 24 Oct 1845
     F. H., b. circa 1845, d. 19 Aug 1846
     Friederich, b. circa 1847, d. 1849
     Heinrich, b. circa Jan 1848, d. Feb 1849
     Friederich, b. circa Feb 1849, d. Mar 1850
     Anna, b. circa Nov 1856, d. 23 Feb 1858
     Friederich H., b. circa 14 Jul 1863, d. 5 May 1865
     Johann H. E., d. 31 Mar, year not shown, age 6 yr 8 day.38,39

Children:
     Children with Anna Maria Catharine Charlotte Rothefeld

Edward appears only in the 1870 census, which does not state relationships, and not in 1880, when he would have been 14, nor has he been found in later records. He's not listed with their other children in Louise Fenker's account, which suggests either he was not their child, or he didn't survive. He does not appear in the family plot at Walnut Hills Cemetery with the other children who died young unless he was the Johann H. E. who died 31 Mar in an un-recorded year between 1858 and 1879, at age 6 years 8 days.51,52,34,53

Citations

  1. [S740] Taufregister (Baptism Register), Kurfürstentum Hannover, 1816 no. 51, Heinrich Friederich Wiemann.
  2. [S792] Restored Marriage Records, Hamilton Co. Probate Court, A/11:429, Wiemann-Rodefeldt, 16 Aug 1843, shows name as Frederick Wiemann.
  3. [S703] Friedrich Wiemann tombstone, Walnut Hills Cemetery, formerly German Protestant Cemetery, shows name as Friedrich H. Wiemann; while the middle initial is not perfectly clear, it is clearly not W, as provided by the cemetery records.
  4. [S740] Taufregister (Baptism Register), Kurfürstentum Hannover, 1816 no. 51, Heinrich Friederich Wiemann, shows date.
  5. [S703] Friedrich Wiemann tombstone, Walnut Hills Cemetery, formerly German Protestant Cemetery, shows date, village, Amt., and state.
  6. [S748] Walnut Hills Cemetery (formerly known as the German Protestant Cemetery), burial records, Interments, record for F. W. Wieman 15 May 1898, and Lot record for lot 138, both show age 81 years, 4 months, and 21 days, and interment records show born in Germany.
  7. [S792] Restored Marriage Records, Hamilton Co. Probate Court, A/11:429, Wiemann-Rodefeldt, 16 Aug 1843, shows date and name of pastor.
  8. [S1734] Frederick Leman household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. [S458] Walnut Hills Cemetery (formerly known as the German Protestant Cemetery), burial records, record for Anna Wieman, shows her husband as Fred W. Wieman.
  10. [S703] Friedrich Wiemann tombstone, Walnut Hills Cemetery, formerly German Protestant Cemetery, shows date.
  11. [S748] Walnut Hills Cemetery (formerly known as the German Protestant Cemetery), burial records, Interments, record for F. W. Wieman 15 May 1898, and Lot record for lot 138, both show date.
  12. [S277] Louise A. Fenker, ""The Fenker Family" and "The Wieman Family"", shows he died when she was about seven years old.
  13. [S703] Friedrich Wiemann tombstone, Walnut Hills Cemetery, formerly German Protestant Cemetery.
  14. [S748] Walnut Hills Cemetery (formerly known as the German Protestant Cemetery), burial records, Interments, record for F. W. Wieman 15 May 1898, shows date, and section and lot numbers; and Lot record for lot 138, shows date.
  15. [S277] Louise A. Fenker, ""The Fenker Family" and "The Wieman Family"", shows "My grandfather" [Henrich Friedrich] with his two brothers, Henry (Harry Wieman's grandfather) and ? Norman Wieman's grandfather came to this country in early 1800's to avoid serving in the German Army.
  16. [S886] "Baltimore, 1820-1852 Passenger and Immigration Lists," Ancestry.com, record for Henry Wiemann, citing film M255, roll 4, list 42, shows date, age 25, occupation as mason, ports of departure and arrival, ship, place of origin as Hilter, and destination as Cincinnati.
  17. [S10500] Arrival Oct to 31 Dec 1839, Quarterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, 1820-1869.
  18. [S792] Restored Marriage Records, Hamilton Co. Probate Court, A/11:429, Wiemann-Rodefeldt, 16 Aug 1843, shows name as Fredeerick Wiemann.
  19. [S459] Friedrich Wiemann household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  20. [S701] Fredk Wieman household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  21. [S277] Louise A. Fenker, ""The Fenker Family" and "The Wieman Family"", attributing the part about the foundations of old buildings to her mother.
  22. [S459] Friedrich Wiemann household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as laborer.
  23. [S1867] Henry Wiemann household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as stone mason.
  24. [S1734] Frederick Leman household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as mason.
  25. [S1733] Henry Wenmine household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as mason.
  26. [S701] Fredk Wieman household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as stone mason.
  27. [S1735] Henry Wieman household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as stone mason.
  28. [S388] Fred Wiemann household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as stone mason.
  29. [S389] H. Weiman household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as stone mason.
  30. [S1734] Frederick Leman household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  31. [S13364] Federch Wieman, Civil War Draft Registrations Records.
  32. [S701] Fredk Wieman household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows he was a citizen.
  33. [S388] Fred Wiemann household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  34. [S277] Louise A. Fenker, ""The Fenker Family" and "The Wieman Family.""
  35. [S704] Anna Maria Wiemann tombstone, Walnut Hills Cemetery, formerly German Protestant Cemetery, shows date.
  36. [S748] Walnut Hills Cemetery (formerly known as the German Protestant Cemetery), burial records, Interments, record for Anna M. Wiemann 11 Jun 1891, shows date; and Lot record for lot 138, shows date.
  37. [S277] Louise A. Fenker, ""The Fenker Family" and "The Wieman Family"", shows she died when Louise was about 7 years old.
  38. [S710] Hewett, "Recollections of My Family", shows her mother, Wilhelmina Wieman, was one of 11 children, six of whom died in childhood, 5 of measles and one of spinal meningitis.
  39. [S748] Walnut Hills Cemetery (formerly known as the German Protestant Cemetery), burial records, Lot record for lot 138.
  40. [S748] Walnut Hills Cemetery (formerly known as the German Protestant Cemetery), burial records, Lot record for lot 138, entry for Friederich Wieman, 19 Mar 1846.
  41. [S458] Walnut Hills Cemetery (formerly known as the German Protestant Cemetery), burial records, show name, and nearest relative Fred W. Wieman.
  42. [S1734] Frederick Leman household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows him living with Fredrick, apparently as father and son.
  43. [S459] Friedrich Wiemann household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows him living with Fredrich, apparently as father and son.
  44. [S13366] John Wiemann entry, 1850 U.S. Census, mortality schedule, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  45. [S1247] Minnie Sickman, Certificate of Death.
  46. [S1734] Frederick Leman household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows her living with Fredrick, apparently as father and daughter.
  47. [S701] Fredk Wieman household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows him with living Fred, apparently as father and son.
  48. [S1252] Elizabeth Caroline Stagge, Certificate of Death.
  49. [S358] Amelia Fenker, Certificate of Death.
  50. [S701] Fredk Wieman household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows her with living Fred, apparently as father and daughter.
  51. [S701] Fredk Wieman household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, includes Edward, age 4.
  52. [S388] Fred Wiemann household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Edward, who would have been about 14, is not listed.
  53. [S748] Walnut Hills Cemetery (formerly known as the German Protestant Cemetery), burial records, Lot record for lot 138, entry for Johann H. E. Wiemann, 25 Apr, year omitted, listed after Anna, d. 23 Feb 1858 and before Wilhelm Capelle, d. 6 Jun 1879.