SOMMERFELD-FORUM

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Christoph SOMMERFELDT aus Podanin, Kreis Kolmar (Posen).

Sohn:
Johann Michael SOMMERFELDT, Einwohner, + 22. August 1855 in Neuwerder, Kreis Kolmar (Posen),
oo 28. September 1823 in Jankendorf, Kreis Kolmar (Posen)
Anna Christine KROLL * 2. November 1794, + 27. April 1886 in Wisconsin, USA.

Kinder:

1. Anna Louise SOMMERFELDT
* 1. Januar 1824, ~ 6. Januar 1824 Kunkolewo Hauland, + Februar 1824 Kunkolewo Hauland.

2. Anna Wilhelmine SOMMERFELDT
* 7. Februar 1825, ~ 13. Februar 1825 Kunkolewo Hauland, + 1828 Kunkolewo Hauland.

3. Johann Gottlieb SOMMERFELDT
* 27. Mai 1827 in Podanin, ~ 4. Juni 1827 Kunkolewo.
Konfirmation: 20. Mai 1841 in Podanin. Quelle: Kirchenbuch Podanin 1841, Nr. 42.
+ 17. April 1908 in Wisconsin, USA,

oo 27. Dezember 1849 in Kolmar, Anna Justina FENSKE
* 27. September 1821 Braknitz Hauland, Kreis Kolmar, + 8. April 1904 in Wisconsin, USA.

4. Johann Michael SOMMERFELDT
* 22. April 1829 in Podanin, ~ 26. April 1829 in Kunkolewo,
Konfirmation am 25. Mai 1843 mit 14 Jahren, 1 Monat. Quelle: Kirchenbuch Podanin 1843, Nr. 65.
+ 25. Januar 1862,

oo September 1855 in Kolmar Anna Rosina KROLL * 1838.
Quelle: Kirchenbuch Kolmar, Eintrag Nr. 49, Film-Nr. 807994 LDS.

5. Johann Ludwig Wilhelm SOMMERFELDT
* 10. März 1832 in Podanin, ~ 18. März 1832, 3 Uhr, in Podanin.
Taufpaten: Gotthilf Hiller, Jacob Dolce, Jungfrau Anna Christina Zelse.
Quelle: Kirchenbuch Chodziesen 1832 / Nr. 46.

oo seine verwitwete Schwägerin Anna Rosina SOMMERFELD geb. KROLL (24)
am 25. November 1862 in Pietrunke, Kreis Kolmar.
Quelle: Kirchenbuch Kolmar, Eintrag Nr. 53, Film-Nr. 807995 LDS.

6. Johann August SOMMERFELDT
* 28. Januar 1835, ~ 1. Februar 1835 in Kunkolewo,
+ 27. August 1855 (mit 20 Jahren) in Neuwerder, Kreis Kolmar.
Quelle: Kirchenbuch Podanin 1855, Nr. 207.

7. Anna Christina SOMMERFELDT
* 13. Mai 1837 in Podanin, 3 Uhr, ~ 15. Mai 1837 in Podanin.
Taufpaten: Christoph Lagga, Gottlieb Kühn, Jungfrau Anna Dorothea Schmidt.
Quelle: Kirchenbuch Podanin 1837, Nr. 114.
+ 2. Januar 1900 in Wisconsin, USA,
oo 1855 in Rattai, Kreis Kolmar, Johann Gottlieb GESS (John GESS) * 1828 (in Germany).

8. Johann Ludwig SOMMERFELDT
* 20. Februar 1840 in Podanin, 9 Uhr, ~ 23. Februar 1840 in Podanin.
Taufpaten: Einwohner Gottlob Krenz, Einswohner Michael Klatt, Jungfrau Anna Dorothea Sommerfeld.
Quelle: Kirchenbuch Podanin 1841, Nr. 142.
+ 7. Januar 1841 in Podanin (10 Monate, 17 Tage alt. Nervenfieber.)

9. Christoph SOMMERFELDT
* 6. Februar 1842 in Podanin, abends 6 Uhr, ~ 13. Februar 1842 in Podanin.
Taufpaten: Einwohner Gottlob Krenz, Junggesell Gottlieb Huth, Jungfrau Anna Sommerfeld.
Quelle: Kirchenbuch Podanin 1842, Nr. 46.
+ 20. Februar 1844 in Podanin (2 Jahre und 2 Monate alt. An Krämpfen.)
Quelle: Kirchenbuch Podanin 1844, Nr. 37.

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Ergänzende Hinweise:

Eheschließungen in der Evangelischen Gemeinde in Chodziez [Chodziesen / Kolmar]:

Eintrag 49 / 1855:
Johann Michael SOMMERFELDT (26). Vater: Michael SOMMERFELDT.
oo Anna Rosina KROLL (17). Vater: Johann KROLL.

Eintrag 53 / 1862:
Johann Ludwig Wilhelm SOMMERFELDT (29), Witwer,
oo Anna Rosina SOMMERFELD geb. KROLL (24), Witwe.

Quelle:
Poznan Project / Das Posen-Projekt.
Ergebnisse nach Durchsuchen der Datenbank mit Eheschließungen:
http://bindweed.man.poznan.pl/posen/search.php

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Nach Wisconsin, USA, ausgewanderte SOMMERFELDTs

- die Geschwister Johann Gottlieb und Anna Christina SOMMERFELDT mit Kindern -
sowie die Mutter bzw. Großmutter Anna Christine SOMMERFELDT geborene KROLL
* 2. November 1794, + 27. April 1886 in Wisconsin, USA.

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Johann Gottlieb SOMMERFELDT
* 27. Mai 1827 in Podanin, ~ 4. Juni 1827 Kunkolewo, + 17. April 1908 in Wisconsin, USA,
oo 27. Dezember 1849 in Kolmar, Anna Justina FENSKE
* 27. September 1821 Braknitz Hauland, Kreis Kolmar, + 8. April 1904 in Wisconsin, USA.

Kinder:

1. Johann Wilhelm SOMMERFELDT
* 21. Februar 1850 in Rattai, ~ 11. März 1850 in Kolmar,
+ 6. Februar 1934 in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin.

2. Anna Wilhelmine SOMMERFELDT
* 21. Oktober 1852 in Rattai, ~ 31. Oktober 1852 in Kolmar,
+ 27. Februar 1891 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.

3. August Christoph Johann SOMMERFELDT
* 19. März 1859, + 28. Januar 1937 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.

4. Julius SOMMERFELDT
* 8. März 1862, + 7. Februar 1939 in Edgerton, Rock County, Wisconsin.

5. Friedrich Gottlieb SOMMERFELDT
* 2. November 1865 in Rattai, ~ 12. November 1865 in Kolmar, + vor 1870.

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Anna Christina SOMMERFELDT
* 13. Mai 1837 in Podanin, ~ 15. Mai 1837 in Kolmar, + 2. Januar 1900 in Wisconsin, USA,
oo 1855 in Rattai, Kreis Kolmar, Johann Gottlieb GESS (John GESS) * 1828 (in Germany).

Kinder:
1. Anna GESS * 1867 (in Germany).
2. Emma GESS * 1869 in Hebron Township, Jefferson County , Wisconsin, USA.
3. Bertha GESS * 1871 in Hebron Township, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, USA.
4. Mary GESS * 1878 in Hebron Township, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, USA.

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Johann Gottlieb SOMMERFELDT

Gottlieb SOMMERFELDT was born in 1827 in Kunkolewo, which is located eight
miles south of the city of Kolmar, Posen, Prussia, now Chodziez, Poland. He and
Anna Justina FENSKE (or VENZKE) were married in 1849. Anna was born in
1821 in Bracknitz Hauland, Posen, Prussia. Bracknitz is about 12 miles S/SE of
the city of Kolmar. They emmigrated to the United States in 1868 (Gottlieb's
obit says 1858, but all other records including ship logs agree on 1868),
stayed one year at Elm Grove near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, then settled on a 20
acre farm about 2 miles east of Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin on South Hebron Road
not far from the Bark River in Section 1 of Koshkonong Township, Jefferson
County, Wisconsin.

The family, or at least most of it, arrived May 25, 1868, in New York aboard
the ship 'Anton' from Bremen. The log listed: G. 40 male farmer; A. 46 female;
W. 16 female servant; A. 6 male; J. 2 male child; Fr. 0.09 male infant.
These ages compare quite well for Gottlieb (G.), Anna (A.), and Wilhelmina
(W.), less well for August (A.), and not well at all if the J. means Julius
and the Fr. means Friedrich. It is possible the Friedrich baptised November
12, 1865 died very young and that another son born a couple years later
was also named Fr.____ . If so, this child may also have died young, as no
mention is made of him in the 1870 census. It should also be noted that the
oldest child John William is not on the ship log. He would have been 18 in
1868 and may have come over separately, perhaps even with one or more
siblings.

They had six children, but only five are know of today. The sixth was not
alive at the time of Anna's death in 1904. I speculate he/she may have been
born between 1852 and 1859, a gap of years between their children Anna
Wilhelmina and August.

Gottlieb and Anna attended St Pauls Lutheran church. He died of organic
heart disease at the home of Charles Krekow, a relative, in Hebron Township,
Jefferson County, and she in Koshkonong Township of vascular disease of the
heart, also described as "dropsy". Both are buried in Evergreen Cemetery in
Ft. Atkinson (grave 2-S, lot S 1/2 69, section 13).

Johann Gottlieb and Anna Justina are apparently their correct names,
although various other names are listed for them: Gottlieb and Auguste in
the church marriage record of their daughter Anna Wilhelmina; John Gottlieb
and Anna Justina in that same daughter's baptism record; the 1870 Census
says August and Justina; and the 1880 Census say Gottlieb and Augusta
(good grief !).

One explanation for some of the above name confusion is that baptism
records show Gottlieb's brothers all had the name Johann added to
their given names (Johann Gottlieb, Johann Michael, Johann Ludwig, etc).
This was perhaps either a church-added name at baptism, or a communal
family given name.

Bob Sommerfeldt says (e-mail note of Feb 7, 1999) he went used Johann
Gottlieb when in Germany, but Gottlieb Johann after he emigrated to this
county, apparently to Americanize the name.

Anna's name is alternately listed as FENSKE (LDS data on her daughter's
baptism and her own death certificate) and as VENZKE (in her and her
husband's obituaries and in family charts). The VENZKE may have been a
German spelling. In searching further records, I suggest we check both
spellings.

With respect to their birthdates, cemetery records indicate Anna was born
December 27, 1820, and Gottlieb about 1824. Anna's death certificate says
Dec 27 (no year) and her obituary September 27, 1821. Gottlieb's obit says
he was born May 27, 1827. 1870 census record indicate about 1821 for Anna
and 1813 for Gottlieb, while 1880 census indicates about 1821 and 1827,
respectively. I lean toward December 27, 1820 for Anna, and May 27, 1827
for Gottlieb as being the more reliable dates, but the others should be kept
in mind when searching records.

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Do not know the birthdate or birth place of this unknown child of Gottlieb
and Anna. I am speculating he may have been born during the gap between
their children Anna Wilhelmina (born 1852) and August (born 1859). He was
apparently not alive in 1904 however, when his mother died.

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Quelle / source: Andy's Kin - Detailed Genealogy
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ... wegn02.htm

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Andrew Wegner (View posts) Posted: 28 Dec 1998 12:00PM GMT

I am researching FENSKE, JAHN, KROLL, RAUSCH, RIESS, ROMIG,
SOMMERFELDT, WEGNER, and ZENKE family names for Jefferson County.
Please visit our web site at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~wegner/
to see what info we have and what we need.

Thank You,
Andy Wegner
Mailto: awegner(at)prodigy.net

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ... dex.html#F

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Sommerfeldt / Kroll / Fenske:

My grandfather, Herman WEGNER born 1850 (see above section), emigrated to
the USA in 1869, and in 1872 married first to Anna Wilhelmina SOMMERFELDT,
born 1851, Rattay (2 miles E/NE of the city of Kolmar now Chodziez). The
Sommerfeldt's were from the Kolmar district of the Prussian province of
Posen. Posen is southeast of Pomerania, and like most of Pomerania, is now a
part of Poland. Anna Wilhelmina's paternal grandparents were Johann Michael
(the son of Michael) born 1791 in Neu Werder, two miles southeast of Kolmar,
and Anna Christina KROLL born 1794. They were married in 1823 in
Jankendorf, 12 miles south of Kolmar.

Anna Wilhelmina Sommerfeldt's parents were Johann Gottlieb born 1827 in
Kunkolewo Hauland, 8 miles south of Kolmar, and Anna Justina FENSKE (also
spelled VENZKE) in Braknitz, 12 miles S/SE of Kolmar. Johann Gottlieb had
seven siblings: Anna Louisa born 1824, Anna Wilhelmina (died as infant in
1825), Johann Michael (1829-1862) [married Anna Rosina KROLL], Johann Ludwig
and August (both died as infants:1832 & 1835), Anna Christina born 1837
[GESS], and another Johann Ludwig, born 1840 [who married his brother's
widow Anna Rosina KROLL in 1862]. The first three of these listed siblings
were born in Kunkolewo; August died in Neu Werder, and Anna Christina was
born in Padanin, 7 kilometers south of Kolmar. At least the following
emigrated to Jefferson County, Wisconsin, in 1868: Johann Gottlieb & his
family, his sister Anna Christina [GESS] & her family, and their mother Anna
Christina.

Anna Wilhelmina Sommerfeldt [WEGNER] had five siblings, Johann Wilhelm born
1850 in Rattay [married HACKBARTH], August born 1859 [BARTH], Julius born
1862 [KLEMP], Friedrich Gottliev born 1865 in Rattay, plus an unknown child.
Even though Anna Wilhelmina died suddenly at the young age of 38 of
inflammation of the lungs, she and Herman Wegner had six children: Lizzeta
[RIESS] (also see RIESS entry in above WEGNER section), William
[BAUMGARTNER], Hannah (died as child), Henry [HANSON], and Arthur
[KIENBAUM].

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Johann Gottlieb SOMMERFELD (22), * 1828 (err.)
(Vater: Michael SOMMERFELD.)
oo 1850 in der Ev. Kirche von Kolmar in Posen
Anna Justine FENSKE (28), * 1822 (err.)
(Vater: Christian FENSKE.)

Quelle:
Ev. Gemeinde in Chodzież [Chodziesen/Kolmar], Eintrag 8 / 1850.
Heiratsregister / Posen-Projekt:
http://poznan-project.psnc.pl/search.php

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