Descendants of Frederick Cord Biesemeier

Generation No. 3

7. BERNHARD CHRISTOPH BLOME was born February 1846 in Germany. He was the son of Minnie Biesemeier and Fred Blome. He married MARIA SCHIFFMAN. She was born October 1852 in Germany. Bernhard Blome immigrated to America with his young family about 1881. They lived for a short time in Stephenson county Illinois where Biesemeier cousins had settled twenty-five years earlier. Before 1900 the Blome family had moved through Nebraska and settled in Park county Montana.

Children of BERNHARD BLOME and MARIA SCHIFFMAN are:

	i.		LOUISE MARY BLOME, b. December 1880, Germany; m. WALTER MONICAL; b. February 06, 1886, Bible Grove, Illinois; d. 1935.
	ii.		WILHELMINA LOUISE BLOME, b. 1883, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois; m. RUDOLPH FUHRMAN; b. 1882, Mustine, Monpelia co, Iowa; d. 1930.
	iii.		HENRY BLOME, b. March 1883, Illinois.
	iv.		WILLIAM FRED BLOME, b. November 25, 1886, Illinois; d. 1972.
	v.		EDWARD BLOME, b. October 22, 1890, Paxton, Lincoln co, Nebraska; d. 1969.
	vi.		BERNHARD GEORGE BLOME, b. October 23, 1894, Livingston, Park co, Montana; d. 1976.

8. FREDERIC HENRY BIESEMEIER was born on the 7th of March 1856 in Erin township of Stephenson county Illinois. He was the first born son of Fred Biesemeier and Minnie Beehrman. He was married to ELIZABETH FOSHA on the 1st of November 1882. She was the daughter of John Fosha and Mina Schueneman of Silver Creek township in Stephenson county Illinois. The Fosha family came to America from Lippe Detmold in 1836. in a biographical account of the Fosha family it states:

"Lizzie [Fosha] married Fred Biesemeier, a merchant at Eleroy, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; they have six children, Anna, Nettie, Emma, Eddie, Elmer and Walter."

Fred Biesemeier died in Eleroy Stephenson county Illinois on the 3rd of September 1912 at the age of fifty-six. Elizabeth Fosha Biesemeier was living with her youngest son, Walter Biesemeier and his wife in the 1920 census of Erin township Stephenson county Illinois. She died on the 5th of August 1942.

To learn more about the Fosha family visit Access Genealogy and place the Fosha surname in their search engine. Two biographical sketches related to the family are housed there.

Children of FREDERIC BIESEMEIER and ELIZABETH FOSHA are:

	i.		ANNA WILHELMINE BIESEMEIER, b. September 13, 1883, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. December 22, 1942; m. LEWIS ROTHERMEL WAGNER; b. June 16, 1882; d. 1966.
	ii.		JEANETTE DOROTHY "NETTIE" BIESEMEIER, b. November 29, 1885, Eleroy, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. July 08, 1967; m. ANDREW CORBIN STEELE, January 12, 1910, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois; b. March 07, 1885; d. 1950. Marriage License of Stephenson county Illinois Andrew Steele of Harlem township, Stephenson co, Ill age 24 to Jeannette D Biesemeier of Eleroy, Stephenson co, Ill age 24. Her parents- Fred H Biesemeier and Elizabeth Fosha
	iii.		EMMA ELISE BIESEMEIER, b. December 26, 1887, Erin ts, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. March 09, 1951, Rockford, Winnebago co, Illinois; m. LLOYD LOUIS GILMAN; b. January 20, 1885, Cherokee, Iowa; d. 1971.
	iv.		EDWARD FREDERICK "EDDIE" BIESEMEIER, b. April 27, 1890, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. January 05, 1955, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois; m. LEONA M MIDEKE; b. May 29, 1890, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. 1956. 1920 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Freeport Wd 4 pg 146 Edward Biesemeier - 29 - Stephenson Motor, laborer Leona - 29 Donald - 3 Evor (f) - 2
	v.		JOHAN ELMER BIESEMEIER, b. October 31, 1892, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. June 1973, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois; m. VIOLET WINTERS; b. April 07, 1896; d. October 30, 1943, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois. 1920 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Freeport Ward 4 pg 270 Elmer Biesemeier - 27 - mechanic, repair shop Violet - 24
	vi.		WALTER LEO BIESEMEIER, b. February 26, 1895, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. September 25, 1948, Erin ts, Stephenson co, Illinois; m. MILDRED LOUISE KOEHLER; b. October 14, 1897, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois. 1920 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Erin township pg 183 Walter L Biesemeier - 29 Mildred - 22 Elizabeth - 58 - widow - mother

9. SOPHIA BIESEMEIER was born on the 4th of November 1857 in Lena, Stephenson county Illinois. She was the daughter of Fred Biesemeier and Minnie Beehrman. She was married about 1880 to HENRY JOHN KANEY and the couple lived in Ogle county Illinois. They were the parents of six identified children: Jesse W Kaney born 17 Jun 1881, Edwin Frederick Kaney born 13 September 1883, Albert O Kaney born 29 Dec 1884, William A Kaney born 14 Sep 1885, Henry J Kaney born 25 Feb 1887 and Oscar C Kaney born 2 Jul 1889.

Henry John Kaney died on the 11th of October 1888, nine months before the birth of his posthumous son. Sophia Biesemeier Kaney died forty-five years later on the 27th of February 1934 in Freeport, Stephenson county Illinois. They are buried in the North Grove Evangelical Cemetery in Ogle county Illinois.

10. ANNA BIESEMEIER was born on the 1st of January 1863 in Eleroy Stephenson county Illinois. She was the daughter of Fred Biesemeier and Minnie Beehrman. She was married on the 9th of October 1884 to HENRY ZUMDAHL and the couple resided in Ogle county Illinois. They had four identified children: Clara Zumdahl born 29 Jul 1888, Edward Zumdahl born 31 Jul 1890, Walter A Zumdahl born 8 Mar 1895 and Esther Zumdahl born 1 Jan 1898 (her mother's birthday). Census records give the following detail:

1900 Census of Ogle county Illinois - Maryland ts ED 85 Sheet 2

Henry Zumdahl		Sep 1860 – Cal - married 15 years
Anna		Jan 1862 - Ill - 3 of 4 children living - parents born Germany
Clara		14
Edward		10
Ester		2

Henry Zumdahl died on the 12th of January 1918 at the age of fifty-seven. Anna Biesemeir Zumdahl lived another twelve years and died on the 22nd of September 1930. They are both buried in the North Grove Evangelical Cemetery in Ogle county Illinois. All of their children are buried there also.

11. LOUIS KARL BIESEMEIER was born on the 24th of January 1866 in Stephenson county Illinois. He was the son of Fred Biesemeier and Minnie Beehrman. He was married on the 25th of February 1891 to CAROLINE HATTIE POLKER of Jo Daviess county Illinois. The couple set up housekeeping in Erin township of Stephenson county Illinois and had seven identified children: Agnes Biesemeier, Ervin Biesemeier, Irene Biesemeier, Alfred Biesemeier, Mabel Biesemeier, Allen Biesemeier, and Lula Biesemeier. The two younger sons died in infancy leaving four daughters and one son to survive to adulthood.

Detailed records of this family appear at the website of Don Dentandt under Ancestors of Emma Elise Biesemeier.

Census records give the following details:

1900 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Erin ts pg 27

Lewis Beaimier		34 - Jan 1866 – married 9 years
Leona		32 - Dec 1867 – 3 of 3 children living
Agnas		7 - Jun 1892
Edvan		3 - Sep 1896
Irene		2 - Nov 1897
Albert Kaning		11 - Dec 1888 - laborer

1910 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Erin ts pg 204

Lewis Biesemeier		43 - married 19 years
Caroline H		42 - 5 of 7 children living
Agnes J		17
Irvin A		13
Irene G		12
Mabel F		7
Lula P		1

1920 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Erin township pg 185

Louis H Biesemeier		54
Evaline H		52
Ervin A		23
Irene G		22
Mabel A		17
Lula P		11

Lewis Biesemeier died on the 12th of October 1941. Caroline Polker Biesemeier lived almost twenty more years, dying on the 17th of May 1959 at the age of ninety-one years.

Children of LOUIS BIESEMEIER and CAROLINE POLKER are:

	i.		AGNES JOSEPHINE BIESEMEIER, b. June 13, 1892, Erin ts, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. 1984; m. JOSEPH CURTIS HUTMACHER; b. August 06, 1890, Illinois; d. 1970.
	ii.		ERVIN A BIESEMEIER, b. September 04, 1896, Erin ts, Stephenson co, Illinois; m. ESTHER V BLOCKER; b. November 02, 1899, Illinois.
	iii.		IRENE BIESEMEIER, b. November 18, 1897, Erin ts, Stephenson co, Illinois; m. CARL A BRECHTEL; b. March 19, 1895.
	iv.		ALFRED O BIESEMEIER, b. December 17, 1900, Erin ts, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. 1901.
	v.		MABEL BIESEMEIER, b. November 02, 1902, Erin ts, Stephenson co, Illinois; m. MISTER HOPE.
	vi.		ALLEN B BIESEMEIER, b. May 18, 1904, Erin ts, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. 1904.
	vii.		LULU PAULINE BIESEMEIER, b. May 27, 1908, Erin ts, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. 1965; m. EDGAR C SHEAHAN; b. June 10, 1888, Wyoming; d. 1963.

12. AMELIA BIESEMEIER was born on the 25th of February 1868 in Stephenson county Illinois. In some records her name is shown as Emily. She was the daughter of Fred Biesemeier and Minnie Beehrman. She was married on the 4th of February 1892 to FREDERICK ZUMDAHL and the couple resided in Ogle county Illinois. They had one daughter Therese Francis Zumdahl who was born on the 8th of August 1896. Amelia Biesemeier Zumdahl died in 1926 and Fred Zumdahl died in 1930. They are buried together in the North Grove Evangelical Cemetery in Ogle county Illinois.

13. ALBERT C BIESEMEIER was born on the 4th of April 1872 in Stephenson county Illinois. He was one of the younger sons of Fred Biesemeier and Minnie Beehrman. He married PAULINE PRASSE on the 17th of January 1896. In the 1900 census of Erin township Stephenson county Illinois the young couple was living next door to Albert Biesemeier's older brother Lewis Biesemeier and his youngest brother, Charles Biesemeier was in his household. Ten years later in 1910, a son Maynard Biesemeier, has been added to the family. Census records give further detail:

1900 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Erin ts pg 27

Albert Beasemier		27 - Apr 1872 – married 2 years
Pauline		27 - Sep 1872 – 0 of 0 children
Charles		21 - Mar 1879 - brother

1910 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Erin ts pg 205

Albert C Biesemeier		38 - married 12 years - farmer
Paulina S		37 - 1 of 1 child
Manard F A		9
Henry Rampenthal		21- hired man

1920 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Erin township pg 18

Bert Biesemeier		47
Pauline		47
Maynard		18

Pauline Prasse Biesemeier died on the 19th of February 1950 and Albert Biesemeier died a year later, on the 6th of January 1951.

Check out the Family Briefs with miscellaneous notes o n Staderman, Prasse, Hanke/Henke and Leweke.

Child of ALBERT BIESEMEIER and PAULINA PRASSE is:

i.

MAYNARD F BIESEMEIER, b. 1902.

14. CHARLES A BIESEMEIER was born March 04, 1877 in Erin ts, Stephenson co, Illinois, and died June 02, 1931. He married MINNIE PRASSE February 19, 1905 in Stephenson co, Illinois. She was born 1879, and died 1962.

1910 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Kent township pg 23

Chas A Biesemeier		33 - married 5 years
Minnie S		35 - 0 of 0 children
Lewis Pouppen		19 - hired man

Check out the Family Briefs with miscellaneous notes on Staderman, Prasse, Hanke/Henke and Leweke.

Children of CHARLES BIESEMEIER and MINNIE PRASSE are:

	i.		FERN BIESEMEIER, b. Stephenson co, Illinois.
	ii.		DOROTHY BIESEMEIER, b. Stephenson co, Illinois.

15. JOHN HENRY BIESEMEIER was born on the 12th of December 1864 in Lena Stephenson county Illinois. He was the first-born son of Henry Biesemeier and Louise Niemeier. He was married on the 15th of February 1900 to SELMA MARIE ELISE KURTH. Selma Kurth was born on the 9th of October 1880 in Lapana, near Stettin, Pomerania. In 1880 Stettin was part of the Prussian Empire, but today it is in the northwest corner of Poland, bordering on Germany.

John Biesemeier and Selma Kurth removed to Moorland in Webster county Iowa and were the parents of three sons, Raymond Biesemier, John Biesemier and Glen Biesemier. Selma decided to remove the third "e" from the original spelling of the Biesemeier name and most of their descendants follow that spelling today. John Biesemeier died on the 30th of August 1916 at the age of fifty-one. Some sources give his death in the year 1917. Selma Kurth Biesemeier appears in the 1920 census of Webster county Iowa:

1920 Census of Webster county Iowa - Fulton page 3

Selma Biesemeier		39 – widow - immigrated 1881 - naturalized 1886 - farming
Raymond		17
Johann L		12
Glen C		11
Mrgena Franks		46 - hired help

Selma Kurth Biesemier died on January 5th 1961, forty-five years after her husband. She was age eighty and still living in Moorland Webster county Iowa.

Descendant Alice Buthala-Srackangast supplied many of the vital records included in this report. She has some wonderful pictures of her family branch, but I have not had the opportunity to see them all. She sent me scanned (paper) copies of eleven photos that she has not been able to identify. She states, "I have also sent some pictures that I have that we don't know who they are. Most were taken in Stephenson co, Ill. One was taken in Missouri (Baldwin's Art Gallery, Clarksville, Mo). These pictures were taken from (John's wife) Selma Kurth Biesemier's album so they could be her relatives." I have included these photos in the Selma Kurth Biesemier Photo Album. It would be wonderful to hear from anyone who might have further clues to their identity.

Children of JOHN BIESEMEIER and SELMA KURTH are:

	i.		RAYMOND HENRY BIESEMIER, b. October 09, 1902, Moorland, Webster co, Iowa; d. 1989; m. EDITH LUELLA THUROW; b. September 21, 1902, Floyd co, Iowa; d. 1983.
	ii.		JOHN DWIGHT BIESEMIER, b. July 17, 1906, Moorland, Webster co, Iowa; d. July 19, 1991.
	iii.		GLEN CARL BIESEMIER, b. June 20, 1908, Moorland, Webster co, Iowa; d. May 21, 1997, Winfield, Cowley co, Kansas; m. THELMA M ELDRIDGE; b. July 14, 1908, Marshall co, Iowa; d. December 25, 1974, Winfield, Cowley co, Kansas.

16. MARY LOUISE BIESEMEIER was born on the 9th of January 1867 in Stephenson county Illinois. She was the daughter of Henry Biesemeier and Louise Niemeier. She was married on the 12th of June 1890 to ERNEST CARL HUNEKE and they established their family in Stephenson county Illinois. They were the parents of four identified children: Henry Ernest Huneke, Laura Josephine Huneke, Marie L Huneke, and Ethel Louella Huneke. Ernest Huneke died in 1918 and Mary Louise Biesemeier Huneke died many years later, on 20th of December 1954 .

17. DANIEL FREDRICK BIESEMEIER was born August 10, 1871 in Stephenson co, Illinois, and died June 12, 1950 in Stephenson co, Illinois. He married MINNIE PAULINE KURTH February 01, 1905 in Stephenson co, Illinois. She was born December 06, 1883 in Waddams, Illinois, and died 1959.

1910 census of Stephenson county Illinois - Kent township pg 230

Daniel F Biesemeier		38 - married 4 years
Minnie		27 - 2 of 2 children
Arthur C		3
Ruben E		1

Children of DANIEL BIESEMEIER and MINNIE KURTH are:

	i.		ARTHUR CARL BIESEMIER, b. June 21, 1907, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. November 15, 1947, Stephenson co, Illinois.
	ii.		REUBEN ERNEST BIESEMIER, b. July 06, 1908, Stephenson co, Illinois.
	iii.		LAURA HENRIETTA BIESEMIER, b. October 27, 1910, Stephenson co, Illinois.
	iv.		BERNICE MARTHA BIESEMIER, b. August 27, 1916, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. February 02, 1919, Stephenson co, Illinois.
	v.		GENEVA MARIE BIESEMIER, b. May 22, 1921, Stephenson co, Illinois.

18. WILLIAM FREDRICH BIESEMEIER was born April 23, 1874 in Stephenson co, Illinois, and died May 10, 1945. He married MARTHA ANDORFER September 17, 1896 in Stephenson co, Illinois. She was born September 11, 1876, and died 1970.

1910 Census of Brooking South Dakota- Elkton pg 112

William Biesemeir		35 - married 14 years
Martha		34 - 5 of 6 children
Ruth		12 - Il
Alvin		10 - Il
Francis		5 - SD
Florence		2 - SD
Grace		9/12 - SD
Harold Wall		15 - hired man

1920 Census of Ashland county Wisconsin - Ashland pg 34

William S Biesemeier		44 - hospital janitor
Martha		43
Ruth C		22
Alvin J		19
Florence		12
Bartimus W		16
Grace M		10
Gladys L		7
Robert N		4

Children of WILLIAM BIESEMEIER and MARTHA ANDORFER are:

	i.		RUTH BIESEMIER, b. January 04, 1897, Stephenson co, Illinois.
	ii.		ALVIN BIESEMIER, b. September 29, 1899, Stephenson co, Illinois.
	iii.		CLARENCE BIESEMIER, b. January 03, 1902, Waddams Grove, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. 1902.
	iv.		FRANCIS BIESEMIER, b. April 07, 1904, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. 1932.
	v.		FLORENCE BIESEMIER, b. July 09, 1907, Elkton, Brookings co, South Dakota.
	vi.		GRACE BIESEMIER, b. August 04, 1909, Elkton, Brookings co, South Dakota.
	vii.		GLADYS LUCILLE BIESEMIER, b. August 21, 1912, Elkton, Brookings co, South Dakota.
	viii.		ROBERT BIESEMIER, b. June 24, 1915, Hayward, Washburn co, Wisconsin.

19. CARL HEINRICH FREDRICH "HENRY" BIESEMEIER was born November 26, 1878 in Stephenson co, Illinois, and died March 22, 1970 in Lena, Stephenson co, Illinois. He married GERTRUDE ALICE BROWN May 23, 1906 in Stephenson co, Illinois. She was born March 05, 1887, and died November 1983 in Lena, Stephenson co, Illinois.

1910 Microcode of Stephenson county Illinois – 197-108-7

Henry C Biesemeier		33 - Ill
Gertrude		23
Margaret M		2

Child of CARL BIESEMEIER and GERTRUDE BROWN is:

i.

MARGARET MAY BIESEMEIER, b. October 22, 1907, Stephenson co, Illinois.

20. EMIL JOHANN BIESEMEIER was born July 09, 1882 in Lena, Stephenson co, Illinois, and died December 21, 1937. He married ELIZABETH AUGUSTA KURTH December 24, 1914 in Stephenson co, Illinois. She was born December 28, 1888 in Lena, Stephenson co, Illinois, and died 1973.

1910 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Kent township pg 230

Emil J Biesemeier		27
Carrie H		41 - sister

1920 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Kent township pg 215

Emil J Biesemeir		37
Elizabeth		31

Children of EMIL BIESEMEIER and ELIZABETH KURTH are:

	i.		ALLEN JOHN BIESEMEIER, b. November 28, 1921, Stephenson co, Illinois. He died March 20, 2004 in Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois.
	ii.		PHYLLIS ELIZABETH BIESEMEIER, b. November 13, 1926, Stephenson co, Illinois.

21. JOSEPHINE S "JOSIE" BIESEMEIER was born on the 15th of August 1866 in Ackerville Polk township Washington county Wisconsin. She was the oldest daughter of William Biesemeier and Hermine Gassman. Rev William Biesemeier was pastoring a German Evangelical Church in Wisconsin at the time of her birth. The family removed to North Grove Ogle county Illinois before 1870 and this was the childhood home that Josie Biesemeier remembered.

Josephine Biesemeier was married to ADOLPH HOFFMAN on the 25th of June 1891 in Ogle county, Illinois. He was the son of Edward Hoffman and Charlotta Krueger. He had come with his widowed mother to America in 1881 and settled in Ogle county Illinois. Josephine Biesemeier and Adolph Hoffman began their married life in Ogle county Illinois but they soon removed to Iowa and lived in the communities of Ruthven and Dickens in Clay county. They moved on to Kingfisher Kingfisher county Oklahoma by 1903 where they lived out the rest of their days.

Adolph Hoffman and Josephine Biesemeier were the parents of three daughters: Ethel Hoffman, Elba Hoffman, and Edna Hoffman. Adolph Hoffman died on the 4th of November 1845 and Josephine Biesemeier Hoffman died on the 31st of March 1952. They are buried together in the cemetery of Kingfisher Oklahoma.

Their daughters all married and remained many years in Oklahoma. They are all named as heirs in the 1961 Estate of Mathilda Brueckner Neels. Further details of the family and descendents of Josephine Biesemeier Hoffman are found in the Hoffman Family Report.

22. SAMUEL JESSIE “JESS” BIESEMEIER was born on the 3rd of July 1870. He was the only son of William Biesemeier and Hermine Gassman to survive to adulthood. In records his name appears as Samuel, Jessie, Jess and JS Biesemeier. He has been difficult to follow, but clues provided by Otis Garrett have been helpful. A Samuel Biesemeier appears in the 1900 Chicago Illinois Census:

1900 Soundex of Cook county Illinois - Chicago 53-755-7-52 1428 Clark Street

Samuel Biesemeier		Jul 1870 - Ill
May		Aug 1874 - Wisc
Agnus		Jun 1897 - Wisc
Francis		Dec 1898 - Wisc

This record supplies all the information we know about Jess Biesemeier's wife and children. It appears that this Biesemeier family spent some time in Wisconsin before settling in Chicago Illinois. A birth record located on the internet indicates an Agnes H Biesemeier born in Waukesha county Wisconsin on the 3rd of June 1897.

Otis Garrett told me that his grandmother Josephine Biesemeier Hoffman's only brother was the mayor of Cicero, near Chicago. In the 1920's Cicero was the headquarters of the infamous Chicago gangster, Al Capone. The city government was, at times, controlled by the gangster element. With the help of Ellen Lempera of the Cicero Public Library, I have explored the claim that Jess Biesemeier was mayor of Cicero Illinois. A list of the Town Presidents (mayors) beginning in 1888, does not include his name. It is wondered if perhaps, Jess Biesemeier served in some more minor position in city government. I have not been successful in locating him in the 1910 or 1920 census, but the 1930 census gives this interesting information:

1930 Census of Cook county Illinois - Cicero District 2096 pg 1

James Biesemeir

59 – Ill – single - lodger - public accountant - father born Germany – mother born Illinois

It seems very likely that this is Samuel Jessie Biesemeier. The birth year and birthplaces for himself and his parents all fit well. The placement in Cicero is of interest. The statement that he is single would raise some question as to whether he might have been divorced. The 1961 Estate of Mathilda Brueckner Neels names as heirs the living children of his two married sisters, but it does not include any children of Jess Biesemeier.

Jess Biesemeier died on the 3rd of February 1932 in Chicago Illinois. His youngest sister, Jonette Bessemer (Biesemeier), died in Chicago three weeks later and family records suggest that they were buried together in a Chicago cemetery. The location has not been determined.

Children of SAMUEL BIESEMEIER and MAY [UNKNOWN] are:

	i.		AGNES BIESEMEIER, b. June 03, 1897, Waukesha co, Wisconsin.
	ii.		FRANCIS BIESEMEIER, b. December 1898, Waukesha co, Wisconsin.

23. JOHANNA MINETTE BIESEMEIER was born on the 22nd of Aug 1873 in Ogle county Illinois. She was married on the 2nd of October 1894 to CHRISTIAN BROCKMEIER (Brookmeier). Their marriage license in Ogle county Illinois gives the following:

Christian H Brockmeier of North Grove Ogle county Illinois age 27 and Miss Johanna M Biesemeier of North Grove Ogle county Illinois age 21 license dated 27 September 1894 I Rev W Biesemeier hereby certify that Mr Christian H Brockmeier and Miss Johanna M Biesemeier were united in marriage by me at North Grove Ogle county Illinois on 2 October 1894. Board of Health Information: Christian H Brockmeier of North Grove Ogle county Illinois, farmer age 27 nativity-American, place of birth-North Grove Ogle county Illinois, father’s name-Christian Brockmeier, mother’s maiden name Fentje born Luetken, groom’s first marriage. Johanna Minette Biesemeier of North Grove Ogle county Illinois age 21, nativity-American, place of birth-North Grove Ogle county Illinois, father’s name-Wilhelm Biesemeier, mother’s maiden name-Hermine born Gassmann, bride’s first marriage. Witnesses-Alfred Gassman and Lizzie Stadermann at North Grove Illinois, 2 October 1894 signed-Christian H Brockmeier and Johanna M Biesemeier, W Biesemeier minister

Christian Brockmeier was the son of son of Christian Brockmeier and Fentje Luetken. The Brockmeier family came to America from Lippe Detmold in 1848 and settled in Maryland township of Ogle county Illinois. Christian Brockmeier Jr and his wife Johanna Biesemeier remained in Ogle county Illinois and raised six identified children: Gladys Brockmeier, Lloyd Brockmeier, Elmer Brockmeier, Elvira Brockmeier, Irene Brockmeier, and Roy Brockmeier.

Census Records give the following details:

1900 Census of Ogle county Illinois - Maryland township ED 85 sheet 2

CH Brookmier		33 - Oct 1866 - Ill - married 5 years
Johana		Aug 1873 - Ill - 1 of 2 children
Gladdys		4

1910 Census of Ogle county Illinois - Maryland township page 212

Christian Brockmeier		43 - married 15 years
Johanna		36 - 5 of 5 children
Gladys		14
Elmer		9
Eva		7
Irene		5
Roy		2

1920 Census of Ogle county Illinois - Maryland township page 186

Christ Brockmeier		52- widower
Elmer		19
Elviria		17
Irene		14
Roy		11

1930 Census of Ogle county Illinois - Maryland township

Christian Brockmeier

63 - widower - Ill – parents born Germany

Johanna Biesemeier Brockmeier died on Christmas Day the 25th of December 1913. She was forty years old and left five children between the ages of five and eighteen. Christian Brockmeier remained in Ogle county Illinois many years after his wife's death and appears there in the 1930 census as a 63 year old widower. Sometime after 1930 he removed to Santa Rosa Cameron county Texas, presumably to live with his oldest daughter, Gladys Brockmeier Kloepping. He died there on the 15th of August 1954 at the age of eighty-seven. He is buried with his wife in the North Grove Evangelical Cemetery in Ogle county Illinois.

Four of their children appear as heirs of the Estate of Mathilda Brueckner Neels in 1961. Matilda Brueckner Neels was the daughter of their grandmother Hermine Gassman Biesemeier's sister, Louisa Gassman Brueckner.

Children of JOHANNA BIESEMEIER and CHRISTIAN BROCKMEIER are:

	i.		GLADYS BROCKMEIER, b. July 1895, Ogle co, Illinois; d. of Santa Rosa, Cameron co, Texas; m. HENRY KLOEPPING; b. 1893. 1920 Census of Stephenson county Illinois- Florence page 195 E Henery Kloepping - 27 - general farming Gladys - 24
	ii.		LLOYD BROCKMEIER, b. June 14, 1897, Ogle co, Illinois; d. March 08, 1898, Ogle co, Illinois. He is buried in the North Grove Evangelical Cemetery of Ogle county Illinois.
	iii.		ELMER BROCKMEIER, b. December 12, 1900, Ogle co, Illinois; d. August 23, 1970, Forreston, Ogle co, Illinois; m. MARIE ABELS, May 22, 1922, Forreston, Ogle county, Illinois; b. January 28, 1903, Forreston, Ogle co, Illinois; d. September 11, 1994, Shannon, Carroll co, Illinois. See Susan Gillick’s records at World Connect on the Abels family. Some early members of this family are buried in the White Oak Cemetery of Forreston Ogle county Illinois.
	iv.		ELVIRA BROCKMEIER, b. 1903, Ogle co, Illinois; d. 1966; m. RAYMOND GENANDT; b. 1901; d. 1963. They are buried in the White Oak Cemetery of Forreston Ogle county Illinois.
	v.		IRENE BROCKMEIER, b. July 10, 1905, Forreston, Ogle co, Illinois; d. October 26, 1983, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois; m. THOMAS KONING, October 14, 1926, Addison Park, Illinois; b. September 15, 1897, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. August 14, 1990, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois. They are buried in the North Grove Evangelical Cemetery of Ogle county Illinois.
	vi.		ROY BROCKMEIER, b. December 28, 1908, Forreston, Ogle co, Illinois; d. January 05, 1995, Forreston, Ogle co, Illinois; m. HARRIET SOLACE; b. November 17, 1913, Snohomish, Washington; d. November 17, 2003, Forreston, Ogle co, Illinois. They are buried in the North Grove Evangelical Cemetery of Ogle county Illinois.

24. JONETTE BIESEMEIER was born on the 28th of September 1875 in Ogle county Illinois. She was the youngest child of William Biesemeier and Hermine Gassman. She was a "modern" woman, joining the workforce and remaining unmarried. The 1900 census shows her in the town of Dixon in Lee county Illinois and by 1910 she had taken up residence in Chicago, working as a milliner.

1900 Soundex of Lee county Illinois - Dixon township City of Dixon 112-58-7-28

lodging with Alexander Turner at 311 Peoria Ave

Johnette Beisemeir

24 - Apr 1876 - Ill

1910 Census of Cook county Illinois - Chicago Ward 3 page 79

Jonelle T Beisemer

34 - Ill - milliner in millinery store - father born Germany – mother born Ill

Sometime after 1910 she went to work as a secretary for William Wrigley the maker of Wrigley's Chewing Gum in Chicago. She "americanized" the spelling of her name, which appears on her death certificate as Jonette Bessemer. She died on the 26th of February 1932 in Chicago Illinois. She was fifty-six years of age. She expressed a wish to be buried near her brother, Jesse Biesemeier, who had died only three weeks previously. They are likely buried in a Chicago cemetery, but the location has not been established.

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