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Descendants of August Remus

Generation No. 1

1. AUGUST¹ REMUS was born 1815 in (see note on his name - August or Samuel August or Daniel)¹, and died Bef. 1885 in Weissthurm, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia². He married (1) JUSTINE JACOBI November 26, 1837 in Exin³, daughter of ERDMANN JACOBI and MARIE MANTHEY. She was born January 02, 1816 in Debenke, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia^4,5, and died January 05, 1853 in Kathinowo, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia⁶. He married (2) ROSINE PIEKARSKA⁷ November 13, 1853 in Mrotschen, West Prussia⁸. She was born 1833⁸, and died February 27, 1931 in Chicago IL⁹.

Notes for AUGUST REMUS:

Lobsens Birth Record Index on lds 245513 for 1839 #139 lists Samuel August Remus as the father of Johan Friedrich Remus in 1839. S looks like D in faktur script so

maybe he is Daniel instead.

More About AUGUST REMUS:

Occupation: 1837, Blacksmith¹⁰

Residence: 1853, Vorwerk Mrotschen

More About JUSTINE JACOBI:

Baptism: January 06, 1816, Lobsens, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia¹¹

Residence: 1837, Lipcovy, Exin¹²

More About ROSINE PIEKARSKA:

Residence: 1853, Weisenthal (Skoraczewo), Mrotschen¹³

Children of AUGUST REMUS and JUSTINE JACOBI are:

2. i. JOHAN FRIEDRICH² REMUS, b. 1839, Valentinowo, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia (see note).

3. ii. WILHELMINE JUSTINE REMUS, b. August 1841, Ossiek, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia.

iii. AUGUSTE AMALIE REMUS, b. October 28, 1844, Broniewo, Kries Wirsitz, West Prussia^14,15.

More About AUGUSTE AMALIE REMUS:

Confirmation: April 25, 1858, Wilhelmsort¹⁶

Residence: 1858, Minikowo¹⁶

Children of AUGUST REMUS and ROSINE PIEKARSKA are:

4. iv. AUGUST EDUARD² REMUS, b. November 01, 1854, Weisenthal (Skoraczewo), Mrotschen; d. August 04, 1925, Chicago IL.

v. AUGUSTE REMUS, b. January 07, 1857, Trzemantowa, Wilhelmsort, Bromberg, Prussia (see note)¹⁷; d. April 27, 1940, Forrest Park, IL¹⁸; m. CARL WILLIAM HASS, February 16, 1882, Harlem (Forest Park), Cook Co., IL¹⁹; b. April 04, 1858, Prussia; d. October 28, 1903, Chicago IL²⁰.

Notes for AUGUSTE REMUS:

Dahm.Wolfgang@t-online.de reports that Auguste married Gustav Adolf Stumpe who was baptized on July 18, 1858 at St Jakobi in Berlin. I have chosen to not show this marriage as Augustes family in the US does not have collaborating information on this marriage.

More About AUGUSTE REMUS:

Baptism: January 25, 1857²¹

vi. ROSINE REMUS, b. November 19, 1858, Minikowo, Wilhelmsort, Bromberg, Prussia²²; d. January 07, 1940, Chicago IL²³; m. EMIL HASS, May 09, 1886, Harlem (Forest Park), Cook Co., IL²⁴; b. August 02, 1858, Prussia²⁵; d. May 22, 1952, Chicago IL²⁶.

More About ROSINE REMUS:

Baptism: December 05, 1858²⁷

vii. ANNA CHARLOTTE REMUS, b. February 11, 1861, Orlemuhle, Kreis Wirsitz^28,29,30; d. September 05, 1862, Kolonie Witoslaw (Kazmierowo), Kreis Wirsitz³¹.

viii. WILHELM ANTON REMUS, b. January 11, 1863, Kazmierovo, Kreis Wirsitz³²; d. April 13, 1931, Oak Park, IL³²; m. GESINE HILMERING, Prussia; b. January 10, 1852, Hhopstadt, Prussia³²; d. November 14, 1941, Oak Park, IL³².

More About WILHELM ANTON REMUS:

Christening: 1863, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz

ix. CARL GUSTAVE REMUS, b. February 06, 1865, Michalin, Kreis Wirsitz^33,34; d. May 15, 1950, Peotone, Will Co., IL; m. DOROTHEA MARIA SCHROEDER, October 20, 1889, Harlem (Forest Park), Cook Co., IL³⁵; b. November 1868, Prussia; d. October 22, 1965, Peotone, Will Co., IL.

More About CARL GUSTAVE REMUS:

Christening: 1865, Mrotschen, Kreis, Wirsitz

x. ERNESTINA CAROLINA REMUS, b. June 24, 1868, Konstantinowo, Kreis Wirsitz, Prussia³⁶; d. December 19, 1946, Chicago IL; m. PETER HARKE, October 13, 1889, Chicago IL³⁷; b. December 30, 1858, Russia; d. June 19, 1913, Chicago IL.

More About ERNESTINA CAROLINA REMUS:

Christening: 1868, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz

xi. HERMAN FRANZ REMUS, b. October 01, 1870, Weissthurm, Kreis Wirsitz³⁸; d. September 16, 1959, Alameda County, CA³⁸; m. MARIA AMANDA BARTHOLDY, April 17, 1901, San Francisco, CA; b. November 03, 1879, West Prussia³⁹; d. October 16, 1938, Agnew, Santa Clara Co., CA³⁹.

More About HERMAN FRANZ REMUS:

Christening: 1870, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz

Generation No. 2

2. JOHAN FRIEDRICH² REMUS (AUGUST¹) was born 1839 in Valentinowo, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia (see note)⁴⁰. He married (1) HENRIETTE HARTKOFF January 25, 1869 in Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz⁴¹. She was born June 1841^42,43, and died April 03, 1872 in Hohenwald (Drzewianowo), Kreis Wirsitz⁴⁴. He married (2) CAROLINE KLEI October 24, 1872 in Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz⁴⁵, daughter of FRIEDRICH KLEI and CHARLOTTE BLANCK. She was born March 1846^46,47.

Notes for JOHAN FRIEDRICH REMUS:

Johan Friedrich appears as a witness to birth of Wilhelmine Block nee Remus' daughter Emilie Caroline in 1868; Wilhelmine is the daughter of August. Also another child or Wilhelmine's. And Johan Friedrich is married in Constantowo in 1869 where August is concurrently located. So I assume he is her brother.

More About JOHAN FRIEDRICH REMUS:

Residence: 1872, Dzeidianowo, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia⁴⁷

More About HENRIETTE HARTKOFF:

Residence: 1869, Hohenwald(Drzewianowo), Kreis Wirsitz

More About CAROLINE KLEI:

Residence: 1872, Klein Sittnow

Children of JOHAN REMUS and HENRIETTE HARTKOFF are:

i. JOHAN WILHELM³ REMUS, b. July 02, 1869, Hohenwald (Drzewianowo), Kreis Wirsitz⁴⁸; d. July 05, 1869, Hohenwald (Drzewianowo), Kreis Wirsitz⁴⁹.

ii. AUGUSTE AMALIE REMUS, b. August 14, 1870, Hohenwald (Drzewianowo), Kreis Wirsitz⁵⁰; d. December 10, 1872, Hohenwald (Drzewianowo), Kreis Wirsitz⁵¹.

Children of JOHAN REMUS and CAROLINE KLEI are:

iii. FRIEDRICH CARL³ REMUS, b. March 06, 1874, Hohenwald (Drzewianowo), Kreis Wirsitz⁵².

iv. ALBERT EDUARD REMUS, b. October 28, 1876, Hohenwald (Drzewianowo), Kreis Wirsitz⁵².

3. WILHELMINE JUSTINE² REMUS (AUGUST¹) was born August 1841 in Ossiek, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia⁵³. She married (1) JOHANN BLANK November 25, 1866 in Wilhelmsort⁵⁴. He was born January 1842⁵⁴. She married (2) CARL AUGUST BLOCK November 14, 1869 in Wilhelmsort⁵⁵, son of MICHAEL BLOCK and ANNA RECKOW. He was born 1843⁵⁵.

Notes for WILHELMINE JUSTINE REMUS:

August Remus and Justine Jacobi are indentified as her parents in Wilhelmsort Marriages on LDS 251171 Page 63, 1866 #19.

More About WILHELMINE JUSTINE REMUS:

Baptism: September 19, 1841, Gp Ernst Remus⁵⁶

Residence: 1869, Gross Sittnow, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia⁵⁷

More About JOHANN BLANK:

Residence: 1866, Klein Sittow, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia⁵⁸

More About CARL AUGUST BLOCK:

Residence: 1869, Trzmientowke, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz⁵⁹

Child of WILHELMINE REMUS and JOHANN BLANK is:

i. EMILIE CAROLINE³ BLANK, b. March 22, 1868, Gross Sittnow, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz⁶⁰.

Children of WILHELMINE REMUS and CARL BLOCK are:

ii. JULIUS AUGUST³ BLOCK, b. September 29, 1870, Klein Sittow, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia⁶¹; d. October 31, 1873, Hohenwald (Drzewianowo), Kreis Wirsitz⁶¹.

iii. AUGUST CARL BLOCK, b. January 30, 1872, Klein Sittow, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz, West Prussia⁶²; d. October 16, 1873, Hohenwald (Drzewianowo), Kreis Wirsitz⁶².

iv. AUGUSTE ANNA BLOCK, b. August 28, 1874, Drzawiznowo, Mrotschen, Kreis Wirsitz⁶³.

More About AUGUSTE ANNA BLOCK:

Baptism: Gp Johan Remus⁶³

v. EDUARD FREIDRICH BLOCK, b. April 02, 1876, Wilhelmsort⁶⁴; d. June 14, 1877, Klognowo, Wilhelmsort⁶⁵.

More About EDUARD FREIDRICH BLOCK:

Baptism: April 17, 1876, Gp Eduard Remus⁶⁶

4. AUGUST EDUARD² REMUS (AUGUST¹) was born November 01, 1854 in Weisenthal (Skoraczewo), Mrotschen^67,68, and died August 04, 1925 in Chicago IL⁶⁹. He married FLORENTINE NEUBAUER December 09, 1879 in Zempelburg, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia^70,71, daughter of ERDMANN NEUBAUER and ANNA DIETRICH. She was born July 12, 1857 in Obodowo, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia^72,73, and died September 10, 1946 in Maywood, Cook Co., IL⁷⁴.

Notes for AUGUST EDUARD REMUS:

From Rhoda Mackenzie <hbmack@comcast.net>

Sent Tuesday, March 28, 2006 8:45 am

To remus@hawaii.edu

Subject Genealogy

Hello Bill,

I came across your web page and information on the Remus family yesterday. I am amazed that I have not seen it sooner as I have been doing some research on the family, and more on related families, for quite awhile. You have done a phenomenal amount of research and a fascinating presentation of what you have done.

My great grandfather was August Eduard Remus. He himself is not listed in your information. However, his parents are listed under those that you haven't fit into the whole picture yet. They are August Remus (born 1815) and Rosine Piekarska. Your presentation lists all of the children of August (1815) and Rosine, with the exception of my great grandfather, August Eduard. He was the oldest, probably born in November of 1854, which I have concluded from U.S. census records and his death certificate. I am not surprised that he is not listed, because I haven't found him either, as he is not listed on the LDS Familysearch website and I haven't been able to go farther back than that. August Remus (1815) apparently died in Prussia. Rosine Piekarska Remus and all of her children, with the exception of Anna Charlotte whom I know nothing about, immigrated to the U.S. between 1880 or so and 1890's. I have found immigration and ship information on pretty much all of these children and have death certificates for most of them and have had contact with many of their descendants. All of them settled in the Chicago area with the exception of the youngest son, Herman, who went to California as a young man and married and lived out there. A big source of information has been a great granddaughter of Rosine Piekarska Remus who still lives in the Chicago area.

August Eduard Remus (1854) married Florentine Neubauer Baumgart. (This was Florentine's second marriage, the first being to John August Baumgart who is said to have been killed in a logging accident in Prussia. They had 3 children). August Eduard and Florentine had at least 4 children, including my grandmother, born in Prussia. They and the 7 children came to the U.S. in 1891.

The Neubauer family also comes from the Vandsburg/Zempelburg/Bromberg area, and I have done more research on that branch of the family than the Remus line. I have been very slowly working my way through some Vandsburg church records I have being held at the local branch of a LDS Family Library. I have seen a lot of the Remus names that you have posted on your website.

It must have been quite an experience to be able to visit these small towns now in Poland where your ancestors came from. My main research interest up until recently has been a totally different branch of the family who came from Silesia, in the Breslau/Wroclaw area. My husband and I were in Europe in the fall of 1989, shortly before the "Wall" came down. And we did take the train across Germany to Wroclaw. I had big ideas about finding the small town where my ancestors were from, but unlike you, I was totally unprepared to do anything meaningful and we never really got out of the Wroclaw train station and went on to Krakow. And unfortunately I doubt that I'll get back there again.

I would be glad to share with you any information that I might have on my Remus branch of the family if you are interested. And, of course, the best thing would be if it were somehow possible to connect August Eduard Remus and his parents to some documented branch of the family in Prussia. I guess I am not really sure where to begin on that.

I do have one question: Do you know of any source or writing or even historical novel that would give information on the everyday life in that area of West Prussia back in the last half of the 1880's--the schools, occupations, church life, etc.? You have touched on some of this, but I was wondering if there is anything more extensive around. The reason I happened on your web site is that a small group of the Remus/Baumgart family is having a little reunion in Chicago in June and I was going to write up a little history of what I know about our ancestors and wanted to include something generally about what their early life in Prussia might have been like.

Thanks for taking the time to read through this and for taking the time to make such an interesting and informative presentation on the web.

Rhoda Grosser Mackenzie

2111 Hallmark Ct.

More About AUGUST EDUARD REMUS:

Immigration: Bet. 1891 - 1893⁷⁵

Children of AUGUST REMUS and FLORENTINE NEUBAUER are:

i. AUGUST EDUARD³ REMUS, b. January 1881, Obodowo, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia⁷⁶; d. March 30, 1881, Obodowo, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia⁷⁶.

ii. ANTON WILHELM REMUS, b. January 17, 1882, Obodowo, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia⁷⁷.

iii. FLORENTINE HELENA REMUS, b. August 07, 1884, Obodowo, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia⁷⁸.

iv. CARL HEINRICH REMUS, b. December 25, 1886, Obodowo, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia⁷⁹.

v. HERMAN REINHOLD REMUS, b. February 21, 1890, Obodowo, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia⁸⁰.

Endnotes

1. Mrotschein Marriage Records on LDS 245488 fir 1853 #30.

2. Rhoda Mackenzie <hbmack@comcast.net>.

3. Exin Records on LDS 814594 marriages 1837 #28.

4. Mrotschen Death Records on lds 245491 for 1853 #2.

5. Lobsens Birth Records on lds 245512 for 1816 #34.

6. Mrotschen Death Records on lds 245491 for 1853 #2.

7. Wolfgang Dahm Dahm.Wolfgang@t-online.de.

8. Mrotschein Marriage Records on LDS 245488 fir 1853 #30.

9. Obituary in "The Austinite" March 6, 1931.

10. Exin Records on LDS 814594 marriages 1837 #28.

11. Wilhelm J. H. Ossenbühl Wilhelm.Ossenbuehl@t-online.de.

12. Exin Records on LDS 814594 marriages 1837 #28.

13. Mrotschein Marriage Records on LDS 245488 fir 1853 #30.

14. Wilhelmsort Churchbook on lds 251177 confirmations for 1858.

15. Mrotschein Birth Records on LDS 245487 for 1844 P. 278, #177.

16. Wilhelmsort Churchbook on lds 251177 confirmations for 1858.

17. Wilhelmsort Church Book on LDS 245427 1857 #4.

18. Ill. Regional Archives Depository, Death Records as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

19. Ill. Regional Archives Depository, Marriage Records as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

20. Concordia Cemetery records as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

21. Wilhelmsort Church Book on LDS 245427 1857 #4.

22. Wilhelmsort Church Book on LDS 245427 1858 #71.

23. Eleanore Schwartz recollection as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

24. Ill. Regional Archives Depository, Marriage Records as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

25. Concordia Cemetery records as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

26. Eleanor Schwartz recollections as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

27. Wilhelmsort Church Book on LDS 245427 1858 #71.

28. Robert Bentley, 1968 N. Skyline Dr. Orem, UT 84097.

29. Mrotschein Birth Records on LDS 245487 for 1859 #115.

30. Mrotschen Birth Records as Indexed by Marilyn Lind in Volkszahlung page 72.

31. Mrotschen Evangelical Death Records on LDS 245491 for 1862.

32. Forest Home Cemetery records as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

33. Robert Bentley, 1968 N. Skyline Dr. Orem, UT 84097.

34. Mrotschein Birth Records on LDS 245487 for 1865 #27.

35. Ill. Regional Archives Depository, Marriage Records as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

36. Mrotschen Evangelical Birth Records on LDS 245487 for 1868 #119.

37. Ill. Regional Archives Depository, Marriage Records as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

38. Death Certificate as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

39. Cypress Lawn Cemetery Records as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

40. Lobsens Birth Record Index on lds 245513 for 1839 #139.

41. Mrotschen Evangelical Marriage Records on LDS 245489 for 1869 #25.

42. Mrotschen Birth Records as Indexed by Marilyn Lind in Volkszahlung page 47.

43. Mrotschen Evangelical Marriage Records on LDS 245489 for 1869 #25.

44. Mrotschen Death Records on lds 245491 for 1872 #48.

45. Wilhelmsort Marriage records on lds 245427 for 1872.

46. Mrotschen Birth Records as Indexed by Marilyn Lind in Volkszahlung page 47.

47. Wilhelmsort Marriage records on lds 245427 for 1872.

48. Mrotschen Birth Records as Indexed by Marilyn Lind in Volkszahlung page 47.

49. Mrotschen Death Records on lds 245491 for 1869 #72.

50. Mrotschen Birth Records as Indexed by Marilyn Lind in Volkszahlung page 47.

51. Mrotschen Death Records on lds 245491 for 1872 #214.

52. Mrotschen Birth Records as Indexed by Marilyn Lind in Volkszahlung page 47.

53. Mrotschen baptism records on Film 245507, 1841, Item 78.

54. Wilhelmsort Marriages on LDS 251171 Page 63, 1866 #19.

55. Wilhelmsort Marriages on LDS 251171 Page 95, 1869 #19.

56. Mrotschen baptism records on Film 245507, 1841, Item 78.

57. Wilhelmsort Marriages on LDS 251171 Page 95, 1869 #19.

58. Wilhelmsort Marriages on LDS 251171 Page 63, 1866 #19.

59. Wilhelmsort Marriages on LDS 251171 Page 95, 1869 #19.

60. Wilhelmsort Church book on LDS 251171 Page 25, 1868 #34.

61. Mrotschen Death Records on lds 245491 for 1873 #251.

62. Mrotschen Death Records on lds 245491 for 1873 #240.

63. Mrotschein Birth Records on LDS 245487 for 1874 #156.

64. Wilhelmsort Church book on LDS 251171 Page 207, 1876 #26.

65. Wilhelmsort Church book on LDS 251171 Deaths on page 95 1877 #30.

66. Wilhelmsort Church book on LDS 251171 Page 207, 1876 #26.

67. Rhoda Mackenzie <hbmack@comcast.net>.

68. Mrotschen Birth Records on lds 245486 for 1854 #196.

69. Death Certificate as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

70. Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

71. Zempelberg Evangelical Marriage Records for 1879 #12.

72. Rhoda Mackenzie <hbmack@comcast.net>.

73. As reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

74. Death Certificate as reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

75. As reported by Tom Remus <t.remus@comcast.net>.

76. Zempelberg Evangelical Death Records on LDS 245464 for 1881 #15.

77. Zempelberg Evangelical Birth Records on LDS 245458 for 1882 #51.

78. Zempelberg Evangelical Birth Records on LDS 245458 for 1884 #134.

79. Zempelberg Evangelical Birth Records on LDS 245458 for 1886 #250.

80. Zempelberg Evangelical Birth Records on LDS 245458 for 1890 #51.