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HESEMANN FAMILY HISTORY

The original farm near Beemont, Missourii was homesteaded by Charles and
Mary Ann Davis on a Land Grant by President James Buchanan, dated June 10, I857, consisting of 160 acres. On March 25, 1865, this land was sold to
Frederick Hesemann for a sum of $1,000. The records mention a Catherine as his wife on April 18, 1870, when ten acres was sold to Anna Kemper and after Frederick’s death in 1871, in a will filed August 22, 1871, his wifie, Maria .
Elizabeth, is names as Executrix. We are not sure how to explain this discrepancy in names. According to the will, the farm was left to Frederick W. Hesemann, his son, and $100 each to three daughters, Catherine F., Francisca S.C., and Catherine M. William and Caroline Christina Ploenniger [Plieninger] were probably married in the early 1870's. Her sister, Mrs. Catherine Ruby, lived in the house just west of the M.E. Zion church which is still standing today and according to Oscar Hesemann, she could very well have written her mother back in Germany encouraging her sister Caroline, to come over knowing that William was in need of a wife.

Upon the death of Anna Kemper, the ten acres from the original farm were deeded back to the then listed owner of record William Hesemann on March 6, 1879. We do not know if Frederick W. Hesemann is also William Hesemann or if they are two different people and William purchased the land from Frederick.
[They were the same person - Frederick William Hesemann]

William and Catherine had thirteen children, three of whom died in infancy.
On April 1, 1882, according to the records, they donated the land for the
church and cemetery in Beemont, Missouri. Their daughter, Louise, was one of two babies to be the first baptized in the new church.

William, Sr. was killed in a train accident near Jeffersberg [Jeffriesburg], Missouri, on July 28, 1904 while going to the World's Fair in St. Louis, at the age of 53. His son, Edward, was with him on this trip. William's death left Catherine to to finishraising the family, although her youngest, Oscar, was eleven at the time and her oldest son, William, was married that year in April.

Eventually Catherine traveled between her sons’ and daughters’ homes,
living for a time with each, although a room was kept for her on the home
place. She also spent considerable time with her son, William, after the
death of his wife in 1920, helping to raise his four daughters. Catherine must
have been a very strong-willed, hard working woman. All of her children
learned how to work at an early age.

Catherine died on September 15, 1928, and thereafter each year in September, a family reunion is held, including the descendants of the ten children. This year, 1978, marks the 50th anniversary of the family reunions and the church at Beemont, which Catherine and William helped establish, seems an appropriate place for this celebration.


September 17, 1978
Beemont, Missouri


Place name: Jeffriesburg
Description: A town in the west central part of Union Township. The post office had been established since 1857. It was named for some members of the Jeffries family. According to Eaton, it was Elisha Betts Jeffries (1827-1855), a wealthy Virginian who held many offices in Franklin County. While serving as a member of the state legislature, he lost his life in the Gasconade Bridge disaster on November 1, 1855, and the Legislature appropriated $150 to mark his grave at Krakow (q.v.). Kiel declares, on the other hand, that the town is supposed to be named for Achilles Whitehead Jeffries, an early settler and a friend and neighbor of George Fink, the first postmaster. He came to Franklin County from Warren County, North Carolina, in 1819, and was county sheriff in 1834. A number of other people named Jeffries lived in the neighborhood. (Postal Guide; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13; HIST. FRANKLIN 225, 227; Eaton; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 204; Washington Library Records; Miss Johnson: O.E. Griese)
Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Frederick married Caroline Christina Plieninger on 23 Jul 1876 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA. Caroline (daughter of Matthaeus Plieninger and Maria Catharina Kaltschmid) was born on 05 Oct 1851 in Schornbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; was christened on 12 Oct 1851 in Schornbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 15 Sep 1928 in Boeuf Township, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Beemont Methodist Church Cemetery, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bertha L. Hesemann was born on 03 Aug 1876 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died in 1876 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; was buried in St. James United Church of Christ Cemetery, Drake, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA.
2. Amilia Katherine Hesemann was born on 05 Sep 1876 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died on 28 Apr 1969 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Beemont Methodist Church Cemetery, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA.
3. William J. Hesemann was born on 12 Dec 1877 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died on 23 Sep 1945 in Ballwin, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Salem United Methodist Cemetery, Ballwin, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA.
4. George Carl Hesemann was born on 19 Jul 1879 in Beemont, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died on 08 Sep 1959 in Richmond Heights, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
5. G. Wilhilmina Hesemann was born on 18 Mar 1881 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died on 10 Oct 1885 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Beemont Methodist Church Cemetery, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA.
6. Louise Katherine Hesemann was born on 12 Jun 1882 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died on 13 Nov 1973 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Beemont Methodist Church Cemetery, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA.
7. Emma S. Hesemann was born on 28 Dec 1883 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died on 06 Jan 1975 in Drake, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Zoar Cemetery, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA.
8. Anna Hesemann was born on 05 Apr 1885 in Beemont, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died on 22 Mar 1940 in St. Louis, (City of St. Louis), Missouri, USA; was buried in Beemont Methodist Church Cemetery, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA.
9. M. Martha Hesemann was born on 26 Sep 1886 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died on 24 Jul 1887 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Beemont Methodist Church Cemetery, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA.
10. Lena Christine Hesemann was born on 26 Mar 1888 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died on 20 Feb 1963 in Owensville, Gasconade County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Beemont Methodist Church Cemetery, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA.
11. Rosella Hesemann was born on 01 Aug 1889 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died on 17 Jan 1965 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Beemont Methodist Church Cemetery, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA.
12. Edward Gottlieb Hesemann was born on 30 Mar 1891 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died on 29 Mar 1951 in , Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; was buried in New Woollam Zoar Cemetery, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA.
13. Oscar Julius Hesemann was born on 15 Jul 1893 in , , Missouri, USA; died on 14 Jan 1979 in Ballwin, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; was buried in St. James United Church of Christ Cemetery, Stony Hill, Franklin County, Missouri, USA.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22516021/friedrich-hesemann

Buried:
Findagrave memorial - 22516021

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22516021/friedrich-hesemann

Johann + Maria Elisabeth Mollenbrock. Maria (daughter of Johann Friedrich Mollenbrock and Anna Marie Devert) was born on 29 Nov 1811 in Borgholzhausen, , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; was christened on 1 Dec 1811 in Borgholzhausen, , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; died on 17 Oct 1874; was buried in St. James United Church of Christ Cemetery, Drake, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1860 Census:




Christened:
Name: Maria Elisabeth Moellenbrock
Gender: Female
Baptism Age: 0
Birth Date: 29 Nov 1811
Baptism Date: 1 Dez 1811 (1 Dec 1811)
Baptism Place: Evangelisch, Borgholzhausen, Westfalen, Prussia
Residence Place: Borgholzhausen, Westfalen, Preussen
Father: Johann Friedrich Moellenbrock
Mother: Anna Maria Elisabeth Gossling
FHL Film Number: 1050772

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findagrave memorial # 22515561
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22515561/maria-e.-hesemann

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Johann Friedrich Flottmann was born 24 October 1763 at Borghoolzhausen which belongs to the Dissen Church parish, Westphalia, Prussia. He was the son of Heuerling. (day laborer or leaseholder; this is still not clear, but he was a freeman) J. Berend and Maria Ilsabein (nee Ostlindes) Flottmann.

J. Friedrich was baptized 28 October 1763 at the Dissen Evangelical-Lutheran Church. His sponsors were: Johann Friedrich Kirk; Johann Friedrich Wolméller; Anna Maria Petkers.

Before 1870, Westphalia was a Prussian country. In 1807 Prussia had to give up Westphalia. It became a kingdom with Jerome as king. Jerome was the youngest brother of Napoleon. After 1813, the country was once more part of Prussia, until 1945. Today (198O) it is in the state Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Borgholzhausen, Dissen, Berghausen are all villages in this state.
J. Friedrich spent his childhood in the village of his birth, where he attended school to about age 15. They worked from morning till evening in the fields. Since his father was a leaseholder, he too could be a lease holder. His certificate states he was born Johann Fried rich Flottmann, which is indeed the case. He was a Leibpachter (leaseholder) Hesemann of Cleve. So he must have leased the farm from a man named Hesemann and taken his name. In this area of Germany ; when a man moved into a different farm, of "Statte" (place, spot) as they were called. he assumed the last name of the original builder of that house. So he was indeed, born a Flottmann, but moved into the Hesemann home and took that name.
Flottmann Hesemann peasant is a freeman belonging to the third and lowest class of freeman as described by the law. Vollfrei (landed peasant) he is not, as he does not himself own the land he tills. The farm or clearing which he cultivates may be extensive, with small farmers or serfs resident on it, who are attached to the land. T his holding, together with its bondsmen, is the personal inherited property of the man Herr Hesemann. The peasant Flottmann Hesemann had no managerial duties toward Herr Hesemann -- that is, he does not act as superintendent and collector of peasant rentals -— but rents or leases the land from Herr Hesemann in his own right.


J. Friedrich had been a widower at least five years when he married Maria Ilsabein Kremmers.
His first wife was Cathrine Maria Breuer (?) who died 1749(?). His first wife could have been a widow from a man Hesemann" of Cleve, so that J. Friedrich took the name Hesemann from the first man of his first wife. A man lost his own name also, if he married a widow from a farm.


J. Friedrich and Maria., born Kraemers (Kremmers) were married 1 December 1810 at 10:00 o'clock in the morning by Jacob Stieffel of Borgholzhausen, Jacob was the clergyman and Civil official. J. Friedrich was 48 years of age and Maria Ilsabein was 25 years old. She was the daughter of Johann Heinrich Kraemer and Cathrine Margaretha, born Kickers. Maria Ilsabein was born 8 May 1785 at Bergnausen. She was christened 16 May 1785 according to the Churchbook at Borgholzhausen.
Her sponsors were: Margaretha Elisabeth Schoneweg; Johann Henrich Bolte, Catherine Elisabeth
Fuchtemeiers.
The relationship of godparent to godchild was highly esteemed, and was placed on a level with blood relationship. The belief that qualities - particularly moral characteristics - pass from godparent to his godchild. (I've even heard this belief today - 1980)

The women of the family were accustomed to hard work, such as flailing grain, swinging and beating flax, digging up beets and looking for the calves grazing in the brush.
Beds in the early days were usually prepared upon the floor, whether the bed upon the large tile stove was for a short rest before dinner or for the night as well, is not clear. Large tile stoves may still be found in peasant rooms of South Germany and Tyrol. The peasant who wishes to stretch out after his day's labor usually lies down on the stove bench, or sometimes on the board scaffolding built over the stove, which in Tyrol is called the Ofenbrugg, or aufm Ofen.
Borgholzhausen looks on the Teutoberger Forest in Nordrhein-Westfalen. The beauty of the surroundings and the terrain encouraged the people to settle. It is a beautiful area with many hills and villages. It is with this in mind the oldest home was built in 751 In the area.

Borgholzhausen is first mentioned in 1300. The old name Holthusen (1323) -- because of the nearness to the "Burg" (castles or fortress) Ravensberg — of late "Borg"holthausen. In year-1451, it became a city and received the rights of a free city. It is in the County Halle. South and East of the county is Bielefeld county, to the North and Northwest, the county of Osnabrueck. There are two rivers, Ems with its many tributaries and Hessel of which the Hessel is the greatest. There are many single farm houses with many acres for grazing. (In southern Germany, there are not many single farms, in fact, I don't remember seeing any - the farmer lived in the village).

The mansion of the Dukes of Ravensburg Calverlage lies in the center of the area and ruled over the area since the 13th century. In the year 1346, because there was no more Ravensberger, the House of the Dukes of Juelich took on the area. In 1647, the whole area came under Brandenburg Prussen. The Castle Ravensberg has been in ruin since 1733.

J. Friederich and Maria were members of the Evangelical Church. Known children born to them:
• Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Hesemann, born 7 November 1811, Borgholzhausen;
married Maria Elisabeth Mollenbroek. J. Friedrich died 31 July 1871, Gasconade County,
Missouri, U.S.A.
• Johann Henrich Philip Hesemann,.born 14 March 1814, Borgholzhausen, Westphalia;
married twice, Anna Marie Charlotte Vahlkamp 19 April 1839 Dissen, Westphalia.
After her death, Philip married Anna Charlotte Niehaus. J. H. Philip died 25 August 1880,
Gasconade County, Missouri, U.S.A.
• Cathrine Elisabeth Hesemann, born 19 October 1818; baptized 29 October 1818; died
10 December 1821

• Franz Wilhelm Hesemann, bom 1821, Borgholzhausen, Westphalia; married Wiihelmina
Vedder. Franz Wilhelm died I876, Gasconade County, Missouri, U.S.A

• Anna Marie Catharine Hesemann, bora 24 November 1824, Borgholzhausen, Westphalia
There may have been others — stillbirths, which would have no record.
Just when J. Friedrich and Anna Maria Elisabeth (nee Kraemer) Hesemann died is not known at this time•


Christened:
Sponsors were: Johann Friedrich Kurk, Johann Friedrich Welmoller, Anna Maria Petkers.

Dissen Evangelical-Lutheran Church

Johann married Anna Maria Elisabeth Kraemer on 1 Dec 1810 in Borgholzhausen, , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Name: Johann Friedrich Flottmann Or Hesemann
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Marriage Date: 1 Dez 1810 (1 Dec 1810)
Marriage Place: Evangelisch, Borgholzhausen, Westfalen, Prussia
Father: Johann Baerend Flottmann
Mother: Maria Ilsabein Ostlinder
Spouse: Maria Ilsabein Kramer
FHL Film Number: 1050772
Reference ID: 2:2D69H6K

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Johann married Anna Marie Devert on 12 Oct 1816 in Borgholzhausen, , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Name: Johann Friedrich Moellenbrock
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 12 Okt 1816 (12 Oct 1816)
Marriage Place: Evangelisch, Borgholzhausen, Westfalen, Prussia
Father: Johann Friedrich Moellenbrock
Mother: Marie Kroos
Spouse: Anna Marie Deverts
FHL Film Number: 1050774