William Frederick Siekman1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 14929, (1840 - 1918)
FatherJobst Heinrich Siekmann4 (1 Jun 1797 - abt 1854)
MotherAnne Ilsebein Nuenker4 (12 Feb 1799 - abt 1854)

Key Events:

Birth: 6 Jan 1840, Spenge, Westfalen, Preußen5,6,7,8
Marriage: Augusta Bohmeyer (about 1849 - )9,10
Divorce: before 1878, Augusta Bohmeyer (about 1849 - )9,11
Marriage: 8 Aug 1878, Freeman Ave. United Church of Christ, Cincinnati, Ohio, Louisa Elisabeth Strother (about 1838 - 11 Sep 1888)12,13,14
Marriage: 5 Feb 1890, Wilhelmina Louise Wieman (23 Nov 1850 - 19 Nov 1933)15,16,17
Death: 19 Sep 191818,19,20
Burial: 21 Sep 1918, Walnut Hills Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio18,21
ChartsDescendants of Maximilian Friderich Wiemann and Anna Maria Margaretha Elisabeth Lüken

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     William Frederick Siekman was born on 6 Jan 1840 in Spenge, Westfalen, Preußen.5,6,7,8 He was baptized on 12 Jan 1840 in Evangelisch, Spenge, Preußen.22
     Both his parents died, a month apart, from pneumonia, when he was 14 years old. He was then "bound out" to work for his keep. Later, he worked in a steel mill.23

Immigrating to the United States --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---


     William immigrated about 1867, settling in Cincinnati.24,25,26,27 He may have been the "Fr. Siekmann" who arrived in New York on 26 Nov 1866, aboard the Germanic from Hamburg, reporting his age as 25 and occupation as merchant. But no way has been found to verify this was him.28
     His baptismal name was Friedrich Wilhelm Siekmann but after his immigration to the U.S. he used simply William as is given name, and eventually "Americanized" the spelling of his surname to Siekman.4
     William married first Augusta Bohmeyer, daughter of Henry Bohmeyer and Anna Maria [surname unknown].9,10
     William and Augusta, with their daughter, Victoria, appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents, Henry Bohmeyer and Anna Maria [surname unknown].29
     William was naturalized, according to family tradition in 1872 at Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio. But searches of naturalization records there have not yet found his.30,31,32
     William and Augusta were divorced before 1878, when he remarried.9,11

A Move to Kentucky and a Second Marriage --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---


     He was reported to be a laborer in 1870, but then moved to Kentucky and became a farmer.33,34,35,36,37
     William married second Louisa Elisabeth Strother on 8 Aug 1878 in Freeman Ave. United Church of Christ, Cincinnati, Ohio. She was the widow of Bernard Bicknaver.12,13,14
     William and Louisa Elisabeth Strother lived on a farm outside in Burlington, Kentucky, after they were married.23 They appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Burlington, Boone Co., Kentucky, enumerated 21 Jun 1880. Their son Frederick was listed as living with them, as well as her children by a previous marriage, Emma Bicknaver, Henry Bicknaver and Bernard Bicknaver. Also listed were two German-born men identified as "servants," but since their occupations are shown as "laborer" it seems likely they were farm workers, rather than household servants.38
     In the 1880 census he reported he rented for a fixed amount 80 acres of tilled land, 60 of woodland, and 40 of other land, valued at $11,500. He had tools and implements worth $100, and $1,000 worth of livestock. He reported that he had spent $25 in repairing fences in the prior year, and two weeks of hired labor. He reported four horses, 31 milch cows which had dropped three calves and produced 2,000 lb. of cheese the prior year, one sheep, 20 swine, and 100 chickens that had produced 200 dozen eggs. He reported that he had produced 900 bushels of corn on 15 acres, 10 of oats on 10 acres, and 75 of apples, worth $75, on 75 trees on 2 acres. He had cut 18 cords of wood worth $55, for a total value of all products of $1,000.39
     His wife died on 11 Sep 1888.40,41

A Third Marriage --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---


     William married third Wilhelmina Louise Wieman, daughter of Henrich Friedrich Wiemann and Anna Maria Catharine Charlotte Rothefeld, on 5 Feb 1890. She was the widow of Charles William Snyder and William Caspar Doering.15,16,17
     William and Wilhelmina Louise Wieman lived on the farm outside in Burlington, Kentucky, about 1891 where he had lived with his previous wife, until about 1891, when they bought a farm near Heborn. They improved the house and barn, and planted an orchard, and then in Jan 1896 Mr. Winston, the seller, foreclosed on the mortgage and took the farm back. On 17 Feb 1896 they moved to a rented farm near Taylorsport, where they lived for 19 years, until it was sold. Then they bought a farm two miles west of Burlington, moving there 17 Feb 1915. They lived there until his death, and then she remained until she moved to live with her daughters in Feb 1923, renting the farm to Henry.23
     William and Wilhelmina appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Bullittsville, Boone Co., Kentucky, enumerated 8 Jun 1900. Their children Clara Louise and Henry were listed as living with them, along with her two children by previous marriages, Cora Marie Snyder and Johanna Marie Doering, and his son Frederick by his previous marriage.3
     William and Wilhelmina appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Bullittsville, Boone Co., Kentucky, at River Road, enumerated 25 Apr 1910. Their children Clara and Henry were listed as living with them.42
     William left a will dated 6 Dec 1915, in which he left all his real and personal property, after payment of his debts, to his wife, Wilhelmina Louise Wieman, for her life, then equally to "my children," naming Frederick, Clara and Henry, and the surviving children of his wife by her two prior marriages, Cora Marie Snyder and Johanna Marie Doering.43
     He became an invalid with arthritis, and as a result his son Henry was not inducted into the army because he was the sole support of the family.23,44
     William died on 19 Sep 1918 at age 78.18,19,20 He was buried on 21 Sep 1918 in Walnut Hills Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio.18,21
     His will was probated on 7 Oct 1918 in Boone Co., Kentucky.43

Children:
     Children with Augusta Bohmeyer

No record of Victoria has been found after the 1880 census when she was listed with her mother.
  • Victoria Siekman45,46 (Dec 1869 - )

Children:
     Child with Louisa Elisabeth Strother:

  • Frederick Siekman3,23 (31 Dec 1879 - 4 Jul 1967)

Children:
     Children with Wilhelmina Louise Wieman:

Citations

  1. [S1736] Henry Bohmeyer household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows name as William Sickman.
  2. [S792] Restored Marriage Records, Hamilton Co. Probate Court, B29:278, William Silkmann and Louisa Bieknüve.
  3. [S706] William Siekman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky.
  4. [S13425] "Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," Ancestry.com, record for Friedrich Wilhelm Siekmann, citing FHL # 1052330.
  5. [S13425] "Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," Ancestry.com, record for Friedrich Wilhelm Siekmann, citing FHL # 1052330, shows date, town, province and state.
  6. [S1736] Henry Bohmeyer household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows age 28, and country, as Holland. It is not clear why this source shows Holland while others show Germany or places in present Germany. The head of the household and his family is shown as from Holland, and perhaps Henry is shown the same in error.
  7. [S706] William Siekman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows month, year, age 60, and country, as Germany.
  8. [S705] Garland, "Descendants of Friedrich W. and Anna Maria Rodefeldt Wieman", shows date, and country as Holland or Germany.
  9. [S710] Hewett, "Recollections of My Family", shows he was married and divorced, but she knew nothing else about it as he never talked about it and no one dared ask.
  10. [S1736] Henry Bohmeyer household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows living apparently as husband and wife.
  11. [S717] Augusta Seigmann household, 1880 U.S. Census, Scioto Co., Ohio, shows her as widowed.
  12. [S792] Restored Marriage Records, Hamilton Co. Probate Court, B29:278, William Silkmann and Louisa Bieknüve, shows date, county, state, and officiant, as Rev. J. B----.
  13. [S13393] Hamilton County Marriage Index 1808-1884, online, record for William Siekmann and Louisa Biekenuver, citing Freeman Ave. United Church of Christ records, at Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, shows date.
  14. [S711] William Sickmann household, 1880 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows married.
  15. [S706] William Siekman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows married 10 years.
  16. [S1732] William Siekman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows married 20 years.
  17. [S710] Hewett, "Recollections of My Family", shows date.
  18. [S13408] Walnut Hills Cemetery (formerly known as the German Protestant Cemetery), burial records online, record for William Siekman, section 32, plot 51, grave D, shows date.
  19. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 12957889, William Henry Frederick Siekmann, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  20. [S705] Garland, "Descendants of Friedrich W. and Anna Maria Rodefeldt Wieman", shows date.
  21. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 12957889, William Henry Frederick Siekmann, includes tombstone photo.
  22. [S13425] "Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," Ancestry.com, record for Friedrich Wilhelm Siekmann, citing FHL # 1052330, shows date, church, town, province and state.
  23. [S710] Hewett, "Recollections of My Family."
  24. [S705] Garland, "Descendants of Friedrich W. and Anna Maria Rodefeldt Wieman", shows year, as 1867.
  25. [S706] William Siekman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows year, as 1866, and in country 34 years.
  26. [S1732] William Siekman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows year, as 1867.
  27. [S710] Hewett, "Recollections of My Family", shows year, as 1867, and city.
  28. [S13428] Germanic arrival 26 Nov 1866, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897.
  29. [S1736] Henry Bohmeyer household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  30. [S705] Garland, "Descendants of Friedrich W. and Anna Maria Rodefeldt Wieman", shows year, city, county, and state.
  31. [S706] William Siekman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows naturalized.
  32. [S1732] William Siekman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows naturalized.
  33. [S706] William Siekman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farmer.
  34. [S1732] William Siekman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farmer, on a general farm.
  35. [S710] Hewett, "Recollections of My Family", shows occupation as farmer.
  36. [S711] William Sickmann household, 1880 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farmer.
  37. [S1736] Henry Bohmeyer household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as laborer.
  38. [S711] William Sickmann household, 1880 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky.
  39. [S13427] William Sickmann farm, 1880 U.S. Census, agriculture schedule, Boone Co., Kentucky.
  40. [S710] Hewett, "Recollections of My Family", shows she died when her son Fred was 8 years old.
  41. [S13472] Karen L Garland, "Re: Louisa Elizabeth Strother(s) Siekman death date?," e-mail to author, 4 Apr 2024, said date from Linda Grow Siekman, wife of a great-grandson of Lousia.
  42. [S1732] William Siekman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky.
  43. [S13452] Wills, Boone Co., Kentucky, 14:474-5, will of Wm. Siekman.
  44. [S708] Minnie Siekman household, 1920 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farm manager on a general farm, working for wages.
  45. [S1736] Henry Bohmeyer household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  46. [S717] Augusta Seigmann household, 1880 U.S. Census, Scioto Co., Ohio, shows her as daughter of his ex-wife, with a variation of his surname.
  47. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Clara Louise Hewett, Soc. Sec. No. 289-36-7037.
  48. [S705] Garland, "Descendants of Friedrich W. and Anna Maria Rodefeldt Wieman", and reports an Affidavit of Descent filed in Boone County, Kentucky Deed Book 73 pp 89-90, listing Henry Siekman as son and heir of William Siekman, and a deed at pp 157-8 in the same book showing William's four other children conveying title of theri inheritance to Henry.