Crume Family

I have accumulated the most information in my family tree from my maternal grandmother's family line on her mother's side. We go back to the 1500's in one family - which I will post about later. Today I'll post the family tree on the CRUME family. Much of this information I gained from other family members (cousins) who are also researching the CRUME family.

Once again, follow the (+) signs for the direct links between family members. I include the spouse with each as is known.

Susan Loftin Ziegemeier
      + James V. Ziegemeier b. Nov. 17, 1930, d. Feb 15, 1997
         Mary J. Nemec b. Jan. 11, 1933
             +Nellie Delora Morgan b. Jan. 16, 1905, d. Oct. 29, 1960 St. Charles, MO
               Albert J. Ziegemeier Sr. b. Apr. 29, 1902 d. Oct. 5, 1970 St. Charles, MO
                  +Nellie Mae Crume b. July 4, 1880 Troy, MO, d. Nov. 29, 1951 Troy, MO
                     James H. Morgan b. Dec. 6, 1874, IL; d. Feb 25, 1925, Lincoln Co., MO
                        +Charles A. Crume b. Apr. 11, 1849, d. Oct. 18, 1900 Lincoln Co., MO
                           Elizabeth Dowell b. Aug. 24, 1857, d. Jan. 7, 1928, Lincoln Co., MO
                               +Philip Wesley Crume b. Aug. 24, 1812 Kent KY, d. Jun 8, 1853 Lincoln Co. MO
                                 Sarah Ann McIntosh b. abt. 1825 Kent KY
                                     +John David Crume b. Dec. 8, 1781 Bull Run Creek, VA; d. Dec. 16, 1840
                                                             Lincoln Co., MO
                                        Jane Kirkham b. Aug. 24, 1783 Nelson Co., KY; d. abt. 1856 Lincoln Co MO
                                             +Philip Withers Crume b. Aug. 11, 1752 Frederick Co., VA d. May 8, 1823 Nelson Co., KY
                                               Sarah Traut (Trout) b. abt. 1760 VA; d. Nov 15, 1830 Nelson Co KY
                                                  +Philip Daniel Crume b. Aug. 9, 1724 Bull Run, VA, d. Apr. 20, 1801, Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY
                                                     Sarah Margaret Withers b. Aug. 19, 1728; d. Jan. 19, 1787 Shenandoah Co., VA
                                                        +Daniel Croome (Crume) b. Sep. 1, 1680 Kilmonarch, Scotland, d. aft. Sep. 8, 1724 in Goochland Co., VA or at sea
                                                          Elizabeth Brooks b. abt. 1694 d; aft. 1735 Bull Run, VA
           

Magdalena Husser

Magdalena Husser is my maternal great-grandmother. Like most of this side of the family, she is buried in Saints Peter and Paul cemetary in St. Louis, MO. One day I will  make a trip there to see the burial sites. Mom tells me that most of the headstones are written in German or Bohemian. I don't have any stories about Magdalena, so here is the tree as I have found it so far.

Susan Ziegemeier Loftin
     +Mary J. Nemec b. Jan 11, 1933
       James V. Ziegemeier b. Nov. 17, 1930, d. Feb 15, 1977
              +Josephine Kluepple b. Sept. 13, 1892, d. Feb 20, 1981, St. Louis, MO
                Joseph George Nemec b. Feb 22, 1895, d. Nov. 23, 1961, St. Louis, MO
                       +Magdalena Husser b. Oct. 10, 1868, d. Dec. 22, 1931, St. Louis, MO
                         Louis Kluepple b. Jan. 10, 1863 d. Nov. 25, 1906 St. Louis
                                 +Anselm (Samuel) Husser b. Apr. 5, 1842 Germany, d. Jul. 18, 1898 St. Louis, MO
                                   +Elizabeth Graber b. abt. 1847 St. Louis, d. Oct 25, 1909 St. Louis, MO

From Anselm Husser back, I have only his parents:
     Johannes Husser b. Jun. 15, 1802 and Marie Eva Kern b. Jan , 1803

From Elizabeth Graber, I also have only her parents:
     Michael Graber b. abt. 1816 Bavaria, d. Dec. 18, 1874, St. Louis; and Mary Kate b. about. 1819, d. Aug. 21, 1888 St. Louis, MO
    

James Harrison Morgan

Great-grandfather, James H. Morgan has been somewhat of a mystery for me in my geneology research. I've been looking for his background - his parents and siblings - every since I started researching the family tree back in the 1990's. He didn't seem to have a past. But with some luck and a little help from Aunt Jerri and Uncle Al, I was able to trace him through his brother, Winter Schwartz Morgan. Winter was listed in the 1900 census living in Ft. McKenzie, WY military base as a Pvt., born in Rockport, IL. That gave me a location to search prior census records for the rest of the family.

Here is the MORGAN tree as I have it so far:

Susan G. Ziegemeier Loftin
    +James V. Ziegemeier b. Nov. 17, 1930, St. Charles, MO d. Feb 15, 1997
      Mary J. Nemec b. Jan. 11, 1933 St. Louis
             Albert J. Ziegemeier Sr. b. Apr. 29, 1902, d. Oct. 5, 1970
             +Nellie Delora MORGAN b. Jan. 16, 1905, d. Oct 29, 1960
                        +James Harrison MORGAN b. dec. 6, 1874, IL; d. Feb 25, 1925 Lincoln Co., MO
                           Nellie Mae Crume b. July 4, 1880, Troy, MO; d. Nov. 29, 1951 Troy, MO
                                    +Daniel MORGAN b. Oct. 22, 1844 Pike Co., IL; d. Oct 1, 1886 Rockport, IL
                                       Matilda Smith b. Mar. 25, 1845; d. June 1, 1912, IL
                                             +John D. MORGAN b. abt. 1806, PA; d. IL
                                               Laura b. abt. 1817, NY

I found an interesting bit of information about the cemetary where Daniel and Matilda are buried - Bald Bluff Cemetary. You can read an article about the cemetary here. It is dated 2005 and I don't know if there is any updated information about it at this point in time.

Kluepple Family Tree

My maternal grandmother was Josephine Kluepple (Klueppel), and here is the Kluepple family as far as I have traced it as of this date. Once again starting with me and going backwards into the ancestry.

Susan G. Ziegemeier Loftin b. 10-13-1958
     James Vincent Ziegemeier b. 11-17-1930 d. Feb. 15, 1997
      +Mary Jane Ida Nemec b. Jan. 11, 1933 St. Louis, MO
             Joseph George Nemec b. Feb. 22, 1895 St. Louis, MO d. Nov 23, 1961 St. Louis, MO
             +Josephine Kluepple b. Sept. 13, 1892 St. Louis, MO d. Feb 20, 1981 St. Louis, MO
                    +Louis Kluepple b. Jan. 10, 1863 St. Louis, MO d. Nov. 2, 1906 St. Louis, MO
                       Magdalena Husser b. Oct. 10, 1868 d. Dec 22, 1931 St. Louis, MO
                              +Heinrich Johann Kluepple b. Jan. 21, 1824 Dornholthausen, Ger
                                                                             d. Aug. 4, 1893 St. Louis, MO
                                 Catherine Dausch b. abt. 1833 Bavaria, Germany d. Nov. 6, 1890 St. Louis, MO

Ziegemeier Tree

Before things get too muddied, I thought I should write the family tree as I have it now. I'll start with the ZIEGEMEIER family line with my name and going back in time.

Susan G. Ziegemeier Loftin b. Oct. 13, 1958, St. Charles, MO
   + James Vincent ZIEGEMEIER b. Nov. 17, 1930 St. Charles, MO, d. Feb. 15, 1997 Springfield, MO
      Mary Jane Nemec b. Jan. 11, 1933, St. Louis, MO
      +Albert Joseph ZIEGEMEIER Sr, b. Apr. 29, 1902 St. Charles Co., MO d. Oct. 5, 1970 St. Charles,     MO
         Nellie Delora Morgan b. Jan. 16, 1905 Lincoln Co., MO d. Oct. 29, 1960 St. Charles, MO
          +Franz X. ZIEGEMEIER b. Jan. 25, St. Peters, MO d. Mar. 9, 1935 St. Charles, MO
            Philomena Schuette b. Nov. 6, 1865 St. Peters, MO d. Dec. 26, 1928 St. Charles, MO
                 +James (Joachim) ZIEGEMEIER b. abt. 1824 Hanover, Germany
                    Gertrud b. abt. 1826 Switzerland

Gertrud is someone who is confusing me as I also have information that has James as being married to Margaretha Naff b. 1824 Switzerland, d. 1895 St. Charles Co., MO. Marriage date is 1853 in St. Peters, MO. I don't know if James was married twice or if Gertrud went by more than one name. Or it is possible that I have 2 different James' confused. There are several James Ziegemeiers floating around in ancestry trees and census' and it gets very confusing.

Census Records Show:

1860 Dardenne Township, St. Peters, MO
            James Ziegemeier 37 y/o b. Hanover, Germany married to Margaret 35 y/o b. Switzerland
                Children listed: John 8 y/o b. MO
                                          Batiste 13 y/o b. Switzerland
                                          Gertrude 5 y/o b. MO
                                           Frank 3 y/o b. MO
                                           Henry 3 y/o b. MO
                                           Joseph 1 y/o b. MO

Note: if the marriage date of James and Margaretha is correct as 1853 and in MO, then Batiste is either a brother of James' or his son by a previous marriage, or..... I haven't been able to find Batiste in any other census records.

1870 Dardenne Township, St. Peters, MO
         J. Ziegemeier 49 y/o b. Hanover, married to Margaret 46 y/o b. Switzerland
           Children listed:  John 18 y/o b. MO
                                      Gertrude 16 y/o b. MO
                                      Henry 13 y/o b. MO
                                      Frank 13 y/o b. MO
                                      Joseph 11 y/o b. MO
                                      Elisabeth 3 y/o b. MO

1880 Dardene Township, St. Charles Co., MO
         James Ziegemeier 56 y/o b. Hanover, married to Gertrud 54 y/o b. ?
             Children listed: Gertrud 25 y/o b. MO
                                        Henry 23 y/o b. MO
                                         Frank 23 y/o b. MO
                                        Joseph 21 y/o b. MO
                                        Elisabeth 13 y/o b. MO
                                        James 9 y/o b. MO

James Ziegemeier drops off the census records after this as far as I can find. My on-line source of census records apparently doesn't have the 1890 census for St. Charles Co., MO.

However, the 1900 census lists Frank Ziegemeier 44 y/o living with wife Minnie 34 y/o and have been married 5 years. Minnie has had 6 children with 3 surviving.
    Children listed are: Ottmar b. June 1888 1 y/o
                                    Frank b. May 1899  1 y/o
                                    Leo Algermissen (step-son to Frank) b. Apr. 1888 12 y/o

1910 Census Portage Des Sioux Township, St. Charles Co. MO
    Frank Ziegemeier 52 y/o married to Philomina 44 y/o living on Doland Road.
        Children listed: Ottmer 14 y/o
                                   Frank 10 y/o
                                   Albert 8 y/o
                                   Idella 4 y/o
                                   Sylvester 1 y/o

So if anyone can help me clear up the Gertrud/Margaretha mystery I would love to hear from you. I would also like more info on Batiste Ziegemeier if possible.

I am also trying to find when and where James and Margaret/Gertrude immigrated to the U.S. It is believed by family story that they came in at a Louisiana port, but I don't know when and can't find them on any ship registry that is available to me.

I will add on to this tree in future posts, focusing on a particular family name at a time. Nellie Delora Morgan's family has several branches that I have traced back as many as 13 generations. That will be for another day's posting.

Enjoy!

Philomena Schuette

Back to the Ziegemeier side of the family today.

Philomena Schuette is my great grandmother b. Nov. 6, 1865, d. Dec. 26, 1928. Father is Heinrich Schuette, mother is Margaretha Heintzelmann. Philomena was married twice. First to Joseph Algermissen and then to my great-grandfather Franz Ziegemeier.

I have been looking for Philomena (Mina, Minnie)'s parents in the census and hitting lots of dead ends until today. I found Mina Schuette 14 y/o in the 1880 census listed as the step-daughter of Herman Wahoman and Margaretha. Step-son Henry Schuette is 16 y/o. Herman and Margaretha have 3 other children listed: Alois (son) 9 y/o. George (son) 3 y/o, and daughter Emilie 1 month old.

Going by the age of Alois and Mina, I am guessing that Heinrich died before 1870. I haven't found any information on Heinrich's death, burial, immigration or marriage. He was born in Hanover, Germany.

Philomena and Joseph Algermissen had 2 children: Leo H who died in infancy, and Leo Joseph. Joseph died Oct. 30, 1888. Philomena married Franz (Frank) Ziegemeier May 14, 1895. They had 6 children, one of whom died in infancy if my research is correct.

Margaretha Heintzelmann is another person I am researching but not getting very far with. More work to be done here.

Adalbert Nemec

My great grandfather, Adalbert (Albert) Nemec b. abt. 1854 immigrated to the U.S. along with his wife, Caroline Mrazek and 3 children. I have been researching to find the name of the ship which they arrived on. My grandfather, Joseph Nemec was the only member of the family to be born in the U.S. The other family members were born in Bohemia.

I took advantage of Ancestry.com's free passenger search weekend and typed in "Adalbert Nemec" and up popped "Vojtech Nemec". Vojtech's date of birth was correct, his wife's and daughter's names and birthdates were correct, but his son who I have listed as Albert came up as Voptech. Now I am trying to find someplace in the internet that will translate Bohemian names into English to see if these names do translate to Albert or Adalbert.

The ship "Rhaetia" is the immigrant ship this Nemec family arrived on. It originated in Hamburg, Germany and LeHavre, France before landing in New York in 1891. Ellis Island records start in 1892 so I can't trace this family there.

This is the information I have on my great-grandparents and their children:

Adalbert (Albert) Nemec b. abt. 1854 Bohemia, Czechoslovakia d. 1904 St. Louis, MO
Caroline Mrazek (wife) b. abt. 1855 Bohemia, Czechoslovakia d. 1901 St. Louis, MO
Albert Nemec (son) b. Aug. 15, 1879 Bohemia, Czechoslovakia; d. July 15, 1949 St. Louis, MO
Mary (Maria) Nemec (daughter) b. abt. 1881 Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
Anna Nemec (Daughter) b. abt. 1884 Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
Joseph George Nemec (son) b. Feb. 22, 1895 St. Louis, MO; d. Nov. 23, 1961 St. Louis, MO

James V. Ziegemeier

James Vincent Ziegemeier

This photo of my dad was taken at his home in St. Charles, MO. There isn't a date on the photo so I'm guessing in the early 1940's. Dad was born in 1930 and passed away in 1997. He was the 2nd child of Albert Joseph Sr. and Delora Morgan Ziegemeier.

Family Trees and Branches

I've created this blog in order to keep in touch with members of my family as well as to share and exchange information about our common ancestors. Back in the 1990's I started researching my dad's side of the family. Over the years I've discovered branch after branch of this family on the maternal side. The paternal side hasn't been as successful. I think it is due to various given names being carried down through the generations.

Albert Joseph Sr. and Delora Morgan Ziegemeier

My paternal grandparents

Then my mother's side of the family was due to be researched. This side has proved to be a bit more difficult to find information on both maternal and paternal branches.

Joseph George Sr. and Josephine Kluepple Nemec

Wedding Photo June 26, 1918 St. Louis, MO

My maternal grandparents

Over time, I will post what information I have about various branches of my tree and hope you will contribute as well. Some of my information is unconfirmed and I will make mention of that when such is the case. As I dig further, I find documents that confirm information and other documents that raise more questions.

To start with, here are some of the surnames that I have in my database in the ZIEGEMEIER branch:
Morgan, Dowell, Crume, Schuette, Heintzelmann, Withers, Traut, Kirkham, Boyd, McIntosh, Majors, Davis.

In the NEMEC branch: Kluepple, Mrazek, Husser, Dauch, Graber, Kern.