Search for Wilhelm Heinrich Dierksen 1859-1917

[Anton 42]

Greetings from California.
I am a new member. This is a first post test. I hope this will work!
My great grandfather, Wilhelm Heinrich Dierksen, came from somewhere in the Uelzen District. He and his sweetheart, Catherine Kohlmeyer, emigrated in 1882 to New Albin, Iowa.
I have found records of her in "FAMILIIENKDE NIEDERSACHSEN Die Familien und Einwohner des Kirchspiels Hanstedt I". by Heinrich Porth . His books have a copyright.
Wilhelm may be listed in three other books by Porth:
Porth, Heinrich † / Behnke, Eberhard: Die Familien und Einwohner des Kirchspiels Ebstorf
Friesch, Gunda / Porth, Heinrich: Die Familien und Einwohner des Kirchspiels Himbergen
Porth, Heinrich: Die Familien und Einwohner des Kirchspiels Wriedel
All the books are from the Uelzen Museum. Does some one have access to the books?
I would be more than grateful to find his family.
Thanks, Tony Korzun

[chickenrun]

Hello and welcome to the forum,
there is a familiy tree on Ancestry which contains several Dierksen people from Wettenbostel, near Uelzen, with pretty detailed life data (even if from the 1700s til the beginning of the 1800s). However, given that the place had just about 100 inhabitants - these people could be relatives of yours. And because of the detailed life data one could suspect, that Ancestry user knows about church books from that area. You could try to get in touch with him.

[Dammwinkel]

Moin Tony,

I think, this is your great grandfather:

Familiendatenbank Uelzen-Landkreis (Auswanderer)

Wilhelm Dierksen

✶		Nov. 1859 in Deutschland
†		17.02.1917

Alter: 57 years and 3 month

oo before 1883, where ?

Catharina Margarethe Dorothee Kohlmeyer

✶ 02.10.1859 in Velgen DE-NI
† 05.12.1921, where ?

Es grüßt Dammwinkel

[Dammwinkel]

Moin Tony,

here you will find some children of your great grandfather.

Volkszählung United States, Census, 1900
Einzelheiten zu William H Dierkson

Name: William H Dierkson

Geschlecht: Male

Alter: 41 years

Geburt: November 1859

Geburtort: Germany

Ankunftsdatum: 1883

Familienstand: Married

Ethnische Zugehörigkeit White

Years Marries: 17

Verhältnis zum Haushaltsvorstand: Head

Geburtsort des Vaters: Germany

Geburtsor der Mutter: Germany

Art des Ereignisses: Census

Datum des Ereignisses: 1900

Ereignisort: Iowa Township, Allamakee, Iowa, United States

Ereignisort (original): Iowa Township New Albin town, ED 5, Allamakee, Iowa, United States
Haushalt ID: 166
Zeilennummer:30
Blatt (Bustaben): A
Blattnummer. 8
Veröffentlichungsnummer bei der angeschlossenen Organisation: T623
Partner-Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Ehepartner und Kinder von William H Dierkson

1. Alma M Dierkson: Tochter, F, 0 days Iowa
2. Herman C Dierkson: Sohn, M, 6 years Iowa
3.Lewis J Dierkson: Sohn, M, 3 years Iowa
4. Catherine M Dierkson: Ehefrau, F, 41 years, Germany
5. Alvina E Dierkson: Tochter, F, 15 years, Iowa
6. Martha M Dierkson: Tochter, F, 11 years, Iowa
7. William G Dierkson: Sohn: M, 17 years, Minnesota

best rigards Dammwinkel

[Dammwinkel]

Moin Tony,

I have found it by: findagrave.com search

William H. Dierksen
geb. 1859
Tod: 1917 (im alter vn 57-58 Jahren

Bestattung: Wheatland Cemetery
New Albin, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
Gedenkstätten-ID: 125636469

oo 1883

Katharina M. Kohlmeyer, verheiratete Dierksen
geb. 1859
Tod: 1921 (im Alter von 61-62)

Bestattung:Wheatland Cemetery
New Albin., Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
Gedenksrätten-ID: 125636456

Kinder:
1. William G. Dierksen
---1883-1982

2. Alvina Emma Karoline Dierksen, verheiratete Brecht
---1889-1937

3. Martha M. Dierksen
---1889-1965

4. Hermann Carl Dierksen
---1894-1964

5. Louis Henry Dierksen
---1897-1971

6. Alma Marie Dierksen, verheiratete Pottratz
---1900-1972

7. Alvin O. Dierken
---1902-1983

best rigards Dammwinkel

[Anton 42]

Thank you everyone for responding to the post. I will look into some of the suggestions.
I have information on William in the US. That is not a problem.
I am looking for his parents, siblings in Germany. He may be the father of Heinrich W Kohlmeyer. We found that in an entry of Heinrich Porth's family book for Hanstedt I. Catherine Kohlmeyer had a child in 1882 named Heinrich Kohlmeyer. The baby died in 1882, no father is listed. A friend found this entry in the reference section of the Salt Lake City, UT LDS Church library. William married Catherine when the settled in Iowa. I am at a dead end.
I found in GenWiki.org listings for other books by Porth mentioned before. Of the ten he wrote, the three I listed have Dierksen names in the index. The thought is William did not live far from Catherine in Germany. Those books are not in the US. They are in libraries in Berlin, Uelzen and other places in Germany. It could cost a few hundred dollars to order them. I could ask the Uelzen Museum to look for a fee, but the dollar to euro transfer fee is $45. I have no experience in international money orders.

I do appreciate your interest
Best regards, Anton 42

[Gastonian]

Hi Anton 42:

Just a hint (from someone who also uses services of German institutions from the US): if you use a money transfer service like Wise or XE (add .com to each), you can transmit money directly to a German bank account for much less than $45.

Regards

--Carl-Henry