Offermann Family Census

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="097a11c3.gif"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#9933FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Offermann Family Home Page</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial Black" >    </FONT> |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Offermann Family Home Page"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id635.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Koeneman Family Census"><U><B>Previous Page</B></U></A><B>    </B><A HREF="id640.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kaestner Family Census"><U><B>Next Page</B></U></A><B>    </B><A HREF="id665.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New February 2004"><U><B>Up Level</B></U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="096f4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Offermann Family Census</div> <bR> <div> Dietrich Offermann Family 1870 Monroe County, Illinois Census</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="fe440e70.jpg" border=0 width="576" height="743" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Dietrich Offermann, age 24, farmer, property $4000, household $650, birthplace, Prussia</div> <div> Mina Offermann, age 21, keep house, birthplace, Prussia</div> <div> William Offermann, age 2, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Dietrich Offermann, age 6 months, birthplace, Illinois *</div> <div> Maria Koenemann, age 60, keep house, birthplace, Prussia**</div> <div> Elina Harms, age 15, domestic servant, birthplace, Prussia</div> <div> Di?? Rodenberg, age 18, farm laborer, birthplace, Prussia</div> <div> Sam Moody, age 10, school, birthplace, Prussia</div> <bR> <div> * Dietrich Offermann, Jr. married Margaretha Kaestner in 1896 and they are the parents </div> <div> of Theodore Offermann.</div> <bR> <div> ** By 1870, both Wilhelm Koenemann, Sr. and Wilhelm Koenemann, Jr. were deceased, and</div> <div> Maria was living with her daughter Wilhelmina and her son-in-law, Dietrich Offermann.    </div> <bR> <div> Dietrich Offermann Family 1880 Census</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f77183e0.jpg" border=0 width="792" height="318" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Dietrich Offermann, age 35, farmer, birthplace, Hannover</div> <div> Mina Offermann, age 30, wife, keeping house, birthplace, Prussia</div> <div> William Offermann, age 12, son, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Dietrich Offermann, Jr., age 9, son, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Catherine Offermann, age 4, daughter, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Anna Offermann, age 3, daughter, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> John Rodenberg, age 3, adopted, birthplace, Illinois *</div> <div> Catherine Rodenberg, age 9, adopted, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Rebecca Rodenberg, age 15, hired girl, cooks, birthplace, Hannover</div> <div> Henry Rodenberg, age 21, hired man, farm laborer, birthplace, Hannover</div> <bR> <div> * The Rodenberg children were the children of Dietrich's sister Katherina (1837-1879)</div> <div> and her husband Jurgen "Heinrich" Rodenberg (1836-1879).    Jurgen died in January</div> <div> of 1879, and Katherine died in February of 1879.   Dietrich Offermann apparently</div> <div> took some of his sister Katherine's children into his home after the death of their parents.</div> <div> Roger Kaestner found the Rodenberg estate papers in Monroe County archives</div> <div> and reports that Dietrich was the executor of their estate.  He forgave a $1000 debt</div> <div> that the Rodenberg's owned him at the time of their death.</div> <bR> <div> On the 1870 Monroe County Census above, the Rodenbergs had six children: Anna, 13,</div> <div> Henry, 10, Mary, 7, Rebecca, 5, Christina, 3 and a one-month-old unnamed male infant.</div> <div> Two more children were apparently born after the 1870 census.   The children living</div> <div> with Dietrich Offermann in 1880 include two younger children, John Rodenberg, age 3, </div> <div> and Catherine Rodenberg, age 9.</div> <bR> <div> Another fact gleaned from this census is that Rebecca and Henry were born in </div> <div> Hannover, so we know that as late as 1865, Jurgen and Katherine were still living </div> <div> in Hannover.  Dietrich's sister Katherine must have immigrated years after the</div> <div> other Offermann siblings. </div> <div>                                        </div> <bR> <div> Peter Offermann Family 1880 Census<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Black" >  </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f7618f80.jpg" border=0 width="792" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Peter Offermann, age 27, farmer, birthplace, Germany*</div> <div> Elizabeth Offermann, age 24, wife, keeps house, birthplace, Germany</div> <div> Peter Offermann, age 8, son, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> William Offermann, age 5, son, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Daniel Gerber, age 26, brother-in-law, works on farm, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Daniel Gerber, age 57, father-in-law, birthplace, Germany</div> <bR> <div> * Peter Offermann is the younger brother of Dietrich Offermann, Sr.</div> <bR> <div> John & Anna Niemann Family 1880 Census</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f79d0b10.jpg" border=0 width="720" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> John Niemann, age 50, farmer, birthplace, Hannover</div> <div> Anna Niemann, age 40, wife, keeping house, birthplace, Hannover*</div> <div> Gepker? Niemann, age 18, daughter, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Mette Niemann, age 16, daughter, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Henry Niemann, age 15, son, works on farm, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> John Niemann, Jr., age 13, son, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> William Niemann, age 7, son, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Diedrich Niemann, age 4, son, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Herman Niemann, age 2, son, birthplace, Illinois</div> <bR> <div> *Anna Offermann Niemann is the younger sister of Dietrich Offermann, Sr.</div> <div> Since her oldest daughter was born in Illinois about 1862, Anna probably</div> <div> emigrated in 1861 with her brothers, Dietrich and Peter Offermann</div> <bR> <div>        </div> <div> William Offermann Family 1880 Census</div> <div> <IMG SRC="f78d05a0.jpg" border=0 width="720" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> William Offermann, age 32, farmer, birthplace, Hannover</div> <div> Wilhelmina Offermann, age 25, wife, keeping house, birthplace, Prussia</div> <div> Meany Offermann, age 3, daughter, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> John Offermann, age 1, son, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> William Wi, age 15, hired man, birthplace, Prussia</div> <bR> <div> * We believe that William Offermann is a cousin of Dietrich Offermann, Sr., </div> <div> and that he and his father Henry came to the U.S. in 1861 with Dietrich </div> <div> and his siblings.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Dietrich Offermann Family 1930 Census<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Black" >     </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f6fd0ed0.jpg" border=0 width="720" height="237" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">      </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Dick Offermann, head, age 60, birthplace, Illinois*</div> <div> Maggie Offermann, wife, age 52, birthplace, Ilinois</div> <div> Walter Offermann, son, age 19, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Lydia Offermann, daughter, age 17, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Alvin Offermann, son, age 16, birthplace, Illinois</div> <div> Gilbert Offermann, son, age 9, birthplace, Illinois </div> <bR> <div> Dietrich Offermann, Jr., his wife Margaretha,  are the parents of Theodore</div> <div> Offermann.  Walter, Lydia, Alvin and Gilbert were the four youngest children.                               </div> </td> </tr></table></body>