Baptised at St. Johann's in Essen
The Offermann family farm in Gladbeck, Westfalia was confiscated by Bismarck in 1881 during the Prussian conquest of Rheinland & Westfalia, which involved a Kulturkampf (culture war) against Catholics. A soldier was shot by a farmhand in a government raid on a secret Mass in the barn of the farm. Theodor & Anna then sold her gasthaus on the Rhine in Alten Essen that she had inherited from her family, and emigrated with their two sons, Charles and Friedrich.
1881 Arrival in New York
1881 Arrival in Ossian, Winneshiek, Iowa
They arrived by boat on Lake Michigan via inland waterways. They bought a beautiful, productive farm in Iowa with gold that pregnant Anna had sewn into her clothes. They had lived there for several years when Theodor decided to homestead in South Dakota. Charles Bernard the oldest son said they never should have left Iowa.
1888 Alpena, Jerauld, South Dakota
They bought a homestead near Woonsocket for 4 gold dollars. The summer weather was so hot that Theodor suffered a sunstroke which caused disabling brain damage. Anna moved the family to Omaha.
1900 South Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Anna bought a hotel near the railroad station in Omaha. The whole family worked there until the boys grew up and started a plumbing business. Omaha was putting in the first sewers and they got in on the ground floor, building sewers and indoor plumbing.
Fred married Julia Duggan Callahan on October 15, 1913 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Omaha. She was a widow with a young daughter, Helen. Julia and Fred had a daughter Marguerite in 1915, nicknamed Budge. Five months after Budge was born, Fred died of pneumonia. Julia had lost two young husbands in a row. When she died in 1933 she was buried with her first husband in Holy Sepulchre cemetery, Omaha. According to cemetery records, Fred was originally buried in Holy Sepulchre but was moved to the Offermann plot in St. Mary's cemetery on July 25, 1925.
Ancestry link: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/43464726/person/12710520394∼OFFERMAN, Fred J.; 36; 3 Dec 1915 WH @ Holy Sepulcher
The Offermann family farm in Gladbeck, Westfalia was confiscated by Bismarck in 1881 during the Prussian conquest of Rheinland & Westfalia, which involved a Kulturkampf (culture war) against Catholics. A soldier was shot by a farmhand in a government raid on a secret Mass in the barn of the farm. Theodor & Anna then sold her gasthaus on the Rhine in Alten Essen that she had inherited from her family, and emigrated with their two sons, Charles and Friedrich.
1881 Arrival in New York
1881 Arrival in Ossian, Winneshiek, Iowa
They arrived by boat on Lake Michigan via inland waterways. They bought a beautiful, productive farm in Iowa with gold that pregnant Anna had sewn into her clothes. They had lived there for several years when Theodor decided to homestead in South Dakota. Charles Bernard the oldest son said they never should have left Iowa.
1888 Alpena, Jerauld, South Dakota
They bought a homestead near Woonsocket for 4 gold dollars. The summer weather was so hot that Theodor suffered a sunstroke which caused disabling brain damage. Anna moved the family to Omaha.
1900 South Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Anna bought a hotel near the railroad station in Omaha. The whole family worked there until the boys grew up and started a plumbing business. Omaha was putting in the first sewers and they got in on the ground floor, building sewers and indoor plumbing.
Fred married Julia Duggan Callahan on October 15, 1913 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Omaha. She was a widow with a young daughter, Helen. Julia and Fred had a daughter Marguerite in 1915, nicknamed Budge. Five months after Budge was born, Fred died of pneumonia. Julia had lost two young husbands in a row. When she died in 1933 she was buried with her first husband in Holy Sepulchre cemetery, Omaha. According to cemetery records, Fred was originally buried in Holy Sepulchre but was moved to the Offermann plot in St. Mary's cemetery on July 25, 1925.
Ancestry link: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/43464726/person/12710520394∼OFFERMAN, Fred J.; 36; 3 Dec 1915 WH @ Holy Sepulcher
Baptised at St. Johann's in Essen
The Offermann family farm in Gladbeck, Westfalia was confiscated by Bismarck in 1881 during the Prussian conquest of Rheinland & Westfalia, which involved a Kulturkampf (culture war) against Catholics. A soldier was shot by a farmhand in a government raid on a secret Mass in the barn of the farm. Theodor & Anna then sold her gasthaus on the Rhine in Alten Essen that she had inherited from her family, and emigrated with their two sons, Charles and Friedrich.
1881 Arrival in New York
1881 Arrival in Ossian, Winneshiek, Iowa
They arrived by boat on Lake Michigan via inland waterways. They bought a beautiful, productive farm in Iowa with gold that pregnant Anna had sewn into her clothes. They had lived there for several years when Theodor decided to homestead in South Dakota. Charles Bernard the oldest son said they never should have left Iowa.
1888 Alpena, Jerauld, South Dakota
They bought a homestead near Woonsocket for 4 gold dollars. The summer weather was so hot that Theodor suffered a sunstroke which caused disabling brain damage. Anna moved the family to Omaha.
1900 South Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Anna bought a hotel near the railroad station in Omaha. The whole family worked there until the boys grew up and started a plumbing business. Omaha was putting in the first sewers and they got in on the ground floor, building sewers and indoor plumbing.
Fred married Julia Duggan Callahan on October 15, 1913 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Omaha. She was a widow with a young daughter, Helen. Julia and Fred had a daughter Marguerite in 1915, nicknamed Budge. Five months after Budge was born, Fred died of pneumonia. Julia had lost two young husbands in a row. When she died in 1933 she was buried with her first husband in Holy Sepulchre cemetery, Omaha. According to cemetery records, Fred was originally buried in Holy Sepulchre but was moved to the Offermann plot in St. Mary's cemetery on July 25, 1925.
Ancestry link: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/43464726/person/12710520394∼OFFERMAN, Fred J.; 36; 3 Dec 1915 WH @ Holy Sepulcher
The Offermann family farm in Gladbeck, Westfalia was confiscated by Bismarck in 1881 during the Prussian conquest of Rheinland & Westfalia, which involved a Kulturkampf (culture war) against Catholics. A soldier was shot by a farmhand in a government raid on a secret Mass in the barn of the farm. Theodor & Anna then sold her gasthaus on the Rhine in Alten Essen that she had inherited from her family, and emigrated with their two sons, Charles and Friedrich.
1881 Arrival in New York
1881 Arrival in Ossian, Winneshiek, Iowa
They arrived by boat on Lake Michigan via inland waterways. They bought a beautiful, productive farm in Iowa with gold that pregnant Anna had sewn into her clothes. They had lived there for several years when Theodor decided to homestead in South Dakota. Charles Bernard the oldest son said they never should have left Iowa.
1888 Alpena, Jerauld, South Dakota
They bought a homestead near Woonsocket for 4 gold dollars. The summer weather was so hot that Theodor suffered a sunstroke which caused disabling brain damage. Anna moved the family to Omaha.
1900 South Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Anna bought a hotel near the railroad station in Omaha. The whole family worked there until the boys grew up and started a plumbing business. Omaha was putting in the first sewers and they got in on the ground floor, building sewers and indoor plumbing.
Fred married Julia Duggan Callahan on October 15, 1913 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Omaha. She was a widow with a young daughter, Helen. Julia and Fred had a daughter Marguerite in 1915, nicknamed Budge. Five months after Budge was born, Fred died of pneumonia. Julia had lost two young husbands in a row. When she died in 1933 she was buried with her first husband in Holy Sepulchre cemetery, Omaha. According to cemetery records, Fred was originally buried in Holy Sepulchre but was moved to the Offermann plot in St. Mary's cemetery on July 25, 1925.
Ancestry link: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/43464726/person/12710520394∼OFFERMAN, Fred J.; 36; 3 Dec 1915 WH @ Holy Sepulcher
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