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Johann Theodur “Dirk” Hilgefort

Birth
Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
28 Feb 1850 (aged 57)
Shelby County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Fort Loramie, Shelby County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Johann Theodur (Dietrich) Hilgefort was born on the Kildehoff Farm, Hoene, Dinklage in the Duchy of Oldenburg on August 21, 1792 to Gerhard Heinrich and Anna Gertrud (Staggenborg) Hilgefort. He married Margaret Elisabeth Barhorst on October 24, 1830 in St. Catharina's Church, Dinklage. They emigrated to the Baltimore on the ship Albert on September 24, 1847. They established a farm on Hilgefort Road in McLean Township, Shelby Co, Ohio and had 8 children, all before emigrating.

Four children died and were buried in Dinklage before emigrating. They were:
Clemens - 12/5/1830 - 12/19/1830
Johan Dirk 8/8/1832 - 8/9/1832
Bernadina 5/12/1842 - 5/31/1844
Bernadina Margaretha - 9/18/1844 - 7/41/1846
Johann Theodur (Dietrich) Hilgefort was born on the Kildehoff Farm, Hoene, Dinklage in the Duchy of Oldenburg on August 21, 1792 to Gerhard Heinrich and Anna Gertrud (Staggenborg) Hilgefort. He married Margaret Elisabeth Barhorst on October 24, 1830 in St. Catharina's Church, Dinklage. They emigrated to the Baltimore on the ship Albert on September 24, 1847. They established a farm on Hilgefort Road in McLean Township, Shelby Co, Ohio and had 8 children, all before emigrating.

Four children died and were buried in Dinklage before emigrating. They were:
Clemens - 12/5/1830 - 12/19/1830
Johan Dirk 8/8/1832 - 8/9/1832
Bernadina 5/12/1842 - 5/31/1844
Bernadina Margaretha - 9/18/1844 - 7/41/1846


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