Johann and Maria Hillmann with Otto, Louise, Charl (otte), and Dorothea are found in the 1819 Mecklenburg Census (Germany). Johann is listed as a Tischler which is a carpenter. The family is listed as living at the present place for 12 years. Their religion is Lutheran. Otto was listed as being born in Reckntiz in the Ritteramt Gustrow District (umlat over the u). It is listed as Repnitz in his obiturary.
Otto immigrated on the ship John Bohring and arrived in New York on July 21, 1854 with his wife, Louisa, and their children. Otto was 45 and Louisa 43. The children were Theodor 7, Fritz, 4, Louise 16, Carl 19, and Wilhelm 23. Information has it that the ship was named John Baring in German. The New York Times on July 19, 1854 reads that the ship arrived July 18, 1854 and the captain was McKenney. It took 54 days from Hamburg with 355 passengers to agent S. Engle. During the passage they had a succession of head winds and calms. Also, they saw a large quantity of ice. There were 4 deaths and 3 births on the passage. American registers show that the ship was built in 1833 at Stonington, Connecticut and weighed 550 tons. Otto is listed as a farm Laborer. Wilhelm is listed as Hillmann but his last name was Krieger and is Louisa's son, not Otto's.
In the 1879 History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin:
Kenosha County Biographical Sketches
TOWN OF BRIGHTON
OTTO HILLMANN, Sec. 5; P.O. Dover; born in Mecklinburg, Germany, in November 1808; came to Wisconsin in 1854; bought a farm of eighty acres, on which he now lives; industriously followed farming ever since. Married in Germany, October 1834, Miss Louisa Krieger, born in Germany in 1812; they have four children living - Carl, born June, 1839; Theodore, born June, 1846; Fritz, born August 1849; Louisa, born June, 1851. His son Fritz married, March, 1878, Miss Amelia Schultz, a native of Prussia, born in 1858; they have one child - Louisa, born Jan. 6, 1879. Fritz rents the farm from his father and is working it with success. His father built two houses on the place, one he occupies and the other his son lives in. He now owns 120 acres of good land, well improved. Members of the Lutheran Church.
Otto immigrated on the ship John Bohring and arrived in New York on July 21, 1854 with his wife, Louisa, and their children. Otto was 45 and Louisa 43. The children were Theodor 7, Fritz, 4, Louise 16, Carl 19, and Wilhelm 23. Information has it that the ship was named John Baring in German. The New York Times on July 19, 1854 reads that the ship arrived July 18, 1854 and the captain was McKenney. It took 54 days from Hamburg with 355 passengers to agent S. Engle. During the passage they had a succession of head winds and calms. Also, they saw a large quantity of ice. There were 4 deaths and 3 births on the passage. American registers show that the ship was built in 1833 at Stonington, Connecticut and weighed 550 tons. Otto is listed as a farm Laborer. Wilhelm is listed as Hillmann but his last name was Krieger and is Louisa's son, not Otto's.
In the 1879 History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin:
Kenosha County Biographical Sketches
TOWN OF BRIGHTON
OTTO HILLMANN, Sec. 5; P.O. Dover; born in Mecklinburg, Germany, in November 1808; came to Wisconsin in 1854; bought a farm of eighty acres, on which he now lives; industriously followed farming ever since. Married in Germany, October 1834, Miss Louisa Krieger, born in Germany in 1812; they have four children living - Carl, born June, 1839; Theodore, born June, 1846; Fritz, born August 1849; Louisa, born June, 1851. His son Fritz married, March, 1878, Miss Amelia Schultz, a native of Prussia, born in 1858; they have one child - Louisa, born Jan. 6, 1879. Fritz rents the farm from his father and is working it with success. His father built two houses on the place, one he occupies and the other his son lives in. He now owns 120 acres of good land, well improved. Members of the Lutheran Church.
Johann and Maria Hillmann with Otto, Louise, Charl (otte), and Dorothea are found in the 1819 Mecklenburg Census (Germany). Johann is listed as a Tischler which is a carpenter. The family is listed as living at the present place for 12 years. Their religion is Lutheran. Otto was listed as being born in Reckntiz in the Ritteramt Gustrow District (umlat over the u). It is listed as Repnitz in his obiturary.
Otto immigrated on the ship John Bohring and arrived in New York on July 21, 1854 with his wife, Louisa, and their children. Otto was 45 and Louisa 43. The children were Theodor 7, Fritz, 4, Louise 16, Carl 19, and Wilhelm 23. Information has it that the ship was named John Baring in German. The New York Times on July 19, 1854 reads that the ship arrived July 18, 1854 and the captain was McKenney. It took 54 days from Hamburg with 355 passengers to agent S. Engle. During the passage they had a succession of head winds and calms. Also, they saw a large quantity of ice. There were 4 deaths and 3 births on the passage. American registers show that the ship was built in 1833 at Stonington, Connecticut and weighed 550 tons. Otto is listed as a farm Laborer. Wilhelm is listed as Hillmann but his last name was Krieger and is Louisa's son, not Otto's.
In the 1879 History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin:
Kenosha County Biographical Sketches
TOWN OF BRIGHTON
OTTO HILLMANN, Sec. 5; P.O. Dover; born in Mecklinburg, Germany, in November 1808; came to Wisconsin in 1854; bought a farm of eighty acres, on which he now lives; industriously followed farming ever since. Married in Germany, October 1834, Miss Louisa Krieger, born in Germany in 1812; they have four children living - Carl, born June, 1839; Theodore, born June, 1846; Fritz, born August 1849; Louisa, born June, 1851. His son Fritz married, March, 1878, Miss Amelia Schultz, a native of Prussia, born in 1858; they have one child - Louisa, born Jan. 6, 1879. Fritz rents the farm from his father and is working it with success. His father built two houses on the place, one he occupies and the other his son lives in. He now owns 120 acres of good land, well improved. Members of the Lutheran Church.
Otto immigrated on the ship John Bohring and arrived in New York on July 21, 1854 with his wife, Louisa, and their children. Otto was 45 and Louisa 43. The children were Theodor 7, Fritz, 4, Louise 16, Carl 19, and Wilhelm 23. Information has it that the ship was named John Baring in German. The New York Times on July 19, 1854 reads that the ship arrived July 18, 1854 and the captain was McKenney. It took 54 days from Hamburg with 355 passengers to agent S. Engle. During the passage they had a succession of head winds and calms. Also, they saw a large quantity of ice. There were 4 deaths and 3 births on the passage. American registers show that the ship was built in 1833 at Stonington, Connecticut and weighed 550 tons. Otto is listed as a farm Laborer. Wilhelm is listed as Hillmann but his last name was Krieger and is Louisa's son, not Otto's.
In the 1879 History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin:
Kenosha County Biographical Sketches
TOWN OF BRIGHTON
OTTO HILLMANN, Sec. 5; P.O. Dover; born in Mecklinburg, Germany, in November 1808; came to Wisconsin in 1854; bought a farm of eighty acres, on which he now lives; industriously followed farming ever since. Married in Germany, October 1834, Miss Louisa Krieger, born in Germany in 1812; they have four children living - Carl, born June, 1839; Theodore, born June, 1846; Fritz, born August 1849; Louisa, born June, 1851. His son Fritz married, March, 1878, Miss Amelia Schultz, a native of Prussia, born in 1858; they have one child - Louisa, born Jan. 6, 1879. Fritz rents the farm from his father and is working it with success. His father built two houses on the place, one he occupies and the other his son lives in. He now owns 120 acres of good land, well improved. Members of the Lutheran Church.
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