Leurck, Reum, Knoblaugh, Burt, Yount, Buttemiller, Motz, Cottrell, Treinen, Driskell, Schweinlin, Schwartz, Thüme, and Maienschein Distribution of Family Names in Germany | ||
For quick look-up, the alphabetical surname index contains most of the names you will come across in this project. For those unfamiliar with the family, just browsing through the site is probably the best way to get a handle on it. |
How the Foertmeyers Came From Germany and where they Settled | Family Group Photos |
When surfing through this document remember that the name Förtmeier goes way back to a town in Germany called Loccum and probably to a farm thirteen miles away, known as the Förthof. You can read all about the Föertmeiers of Loccum and Mönchehagen at this location. To read about the Förthof, you may go to this location. Click Here to go back as far as we have been able Johann Friedrich FÖRTMEIER - b.1775 in Loccum m. 1797 Catharine Elisabeth MELL b.1779 in Loccum - d.1854 in Bohnhorst German records show (so far) two offspring... 1) Dietrich Friedrich Wilhelm Förtmeier 1798-1861 m. Doris Georges Förtmeier 1802-1864 2) Marie Luise Förtmeier 1799-xxxx m.(1826) Friedrich Wilhelm Moeller 1806-xxxx |
Emma Förtmeier Wagner... Bertha Förtmeier Reum... Wm. Charles Foertmeyer.. | Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Section 39 Lot 136 |
From the Cincinnati
Enquirer, 10 Aug 1882: On Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, Edward
William, infant son of Louis C and Marie Foertmeyer, age 2 yr. 2 mo. Funeral
from residence no. 113 Mill St. on Friday at 2 p.m. |
The
large numbers in the diagram below pertain to the numbered name in the tree
branch above
The photo above shows approximately the area of the plot into which thirty relatives are buried. Some of the graves are contained within one another, as shown in the diagram, and some of the individual graves are very small; the graves in the diagram are not to scale. All in all, it is a crowded plot, yet there are still two graves available for any direct descendant of anyone currently interred there.
This is an Excel file showing graphically who came to America and when, and who, including offspring, and who were all here together... CLICK HERE |
No
Monument
From diary of Blanche Cole Foertmeyer: Oct. 7, 1918: Our baby (Charles Henry
Foertmeyer) has the flu, fever 103. Dr. Neitus attending. Charles G. out with
Edna & children - all very ill. Oct. 14, 1918: No hope for Edna. Brought Blanche
& Chas. here. Edna died 5:23 P.M. was just 36 years old last Aug. The flu
spreading. Schools and other places closed.
Louis served in the Army during
WWI, but his enlistment lasted only a short time before the war ended. He was
honorably discharged on December 20, 1918. He attended the University of
Cincinnati for a couple of months before giving up college and traveling to
New York to work for the Dalton Adding Machine Co. He returned home shortly
after when he became ill, and upon recovering, again joined the army. He was
briefly married (December 22, 1924...noted in Blanche's diary) to Nellie
Swann, but she didn't want to move away from Norfolk, and Louis didn't want
to stay, so they separated. Louis never remarried and never had children.
Section 113 Lot 320 Foertmeyer / Rentz
Section
114 Lot 144D
Driskell
Section 72
Lot 159 Foertmeyer
/ Devou
Charles Henry Foertmeyer MD [II]
Virginia Louise Driskell Foertmeyer
Charles and Virginia had Four Children
Charles Henry
07/29/1949
Gayle Marie
03/03/1951 - 01/23/2022
Thomas Heston
02/20/1955
John Louis
06/20/1956
Carrie Virginia Evans was born a "Ferguson" but
was adopted by her grandparents, Charles W. Evans and Sarah Anderson Evans.
Carrie's mother died shortly after her birth. Her father, John C. Ferguson,
traveled for a living and felt he could not care for an infant. Therefore,
she was adopted by her maternal grandparents.
Foertmeyer - Treinen
Oak Hill Cemetery
Section: 19K Lot: 1265
Mary Elisa Treinen
1955
Nikki's Sister
Natalie "Nikki" Treinen Foertmeyer
03 JAN 1957 - 18 AUG 2018
Tom's Wife
Thomas Heston Foertmeyer
20 FEB 1955
Nikki's Husband
Nikki
Nikki and Tom
Julia A. Rentz
1846 - 1932
Rosa's Younger Sister
The Driskell branch of the family
comes from Garland and Ruth Driskell, parents of Virginia Louise Driskell
Foertmeyer. To their grandchildren they were affectionately known at Boo Boo and Granddaddy.
1893 - 1960
"Granddaddy"
1898 - 1989
"Boo Boo"
Evans
John C. Ferguson**
Carrie Foertmeyer's Father
Sarah Anderson's son first marriage
1869 - 1907
Virginia Estella Joynes Ferguson**
Carrie Foertmeyer's Mother
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1873 - 1892
Sarah Anderson Evans
Carrie Foertmeyer's Grandmother
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1842 - 1925
Charles W. Evans
Carrie Foertmeyer's Step-Grandfather
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1841 - 1930
Josephine F. Evans
Carrie Foertmeyer's Aunt
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1866 - 1886
**Although born Fergusons, the
two children apparently adopted the Evans name
Although there are two graves earmarked
for Helen and Philip Williams at Spring
Grove, they were
actually laid to rest in
Evergreen Cemetery, 25 Alexandria Pike,
Southgate, Kentucky (Sec-16, lot-89
W1/2)
Philip Dowe Williams
Carrie Foertmeyer's Uncle by Marriage
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1885 - 1976
Helen Evans Williams
Carrie Foertmeyer's Aunt
***
1886 - 1970
Carrie Virginia Foertmeyer was raised by her grandparents,
as her mother died as a result of Carrie's birth, and her
father left her upbringing to Charles and Sarah Evans, her
grandmother and her step-grandfather.
Garden Mausoleum
M104-G1-0
Dorothy E. Foertmeyer
1923 - 2003
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM C. FOERTMEYER
HERE IS THE CHART
Birth: Jul. 18, 1855 Death: Dec. 8, 1937 William P. Devou, Jr. was born in 1855 at Ninth and Race Streets, Cincinnati to William P. Devou, a wholesale milliner, and Sarah Ogden Devou. This photo was taken in 1870 when William was 15, before he was sent to Germany for his high school and college education. When he returned he became a bookkeeper for his father and later entered the real estate business where he accumulated considerable property. At one time his holdings were estimated to be $6,000,000. Even with his wealth and property he was an eccentric recluse. He lived in a storeroom and spent little on clothes or ammenities. He had few friends. He personally collected rent from his tenants. He was close to his parents, and in their memory, donated the family farm, Devou Park, to the city of Covington, KY. Devou died of pneumonia in 1937 and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, section 52, lot 140. The bulk of his million dollar estate was left to the city of Covington for the upkeep of Devou Park. | ||||||
William P. Devou, Jr. Cemetery Card 1855 - 1937 | Young William P. Devou, Jr. | Charles P. Devou 1858 - 1922 | ||||
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OTHER CHILDREN OF A.W. FOERTMEYER & CLARA KONNERSMAN Charlotte L. 1877-1883 Spring Grove Sec. 39 Lot 136 Adolphus William 1879-1944 Spring Grove Sec. 60 Lot 25A Robert 1888-1968 Unknown Clara (Twin Sister of John) 1891-1891 Spring Grove Sec. 39 Lot 136 Walter John 1891-1968 [See Above] |
Lee Hearne Taylor 1915 - 1983 Graceland Cemetery Sidney, Ohio First Husband of Maree Foertmeyer Father of Kim Taylor Westendorf (Greg) | Maree Foertmeyer Schweinlin 1920 - 1996 Daughter of Adolphus W. "Dolph" Foertmeyer Sister of Adolph W. "Duff" Foertmeyer | Frederick H. Schweinlin 1923 - 1996 Second Husband of Maree Foertmeyer . . |
1891 - 1962 1892 - 1967 Buried in Vine Street Hill Cemetery are Frederick's parents, Frederick Schweinlin and Alma Pauline Rabe Schweinlin. They are located in Section 22 Plot 12 |
Jacob Frederick Schweinlin - Margareta Theisinger Schweinlin 1869 - 1950 1873 - 1950 Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery are Frederick's grandparents, Jacob Frederick Schweinlin and Margareta Theisinger Schweinlin. They are located in Section 7 Plot 2040 |
Rosa Schweinlin 1897 - 1905 | Karl & Margaret M. Schweinlin 1909 - 2002 1912 - 1995 |
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Wilhelm Heinrich Mente | When Herr Mente died, most of his children were living in the United States. Having never immigrated himself, his funeral was held in Germany and this photo was taken to send to his children abroad who could not attend. | ||
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In the chart below, the two Fricke sisters were actually half-sisters, having the same father [Johann Heinrich Tiede Fricke] like the Mente children did, but also like the Mente children, their mothers were half-sisters. Dorothea Fricke's mother was Dorothee Auguste Habichhorst, and Henrietta Fricke's mother was Marie Charlotte Habichhorst. Johann Tiede Fricke was a forester in Harpstedt (Eugene Mente said he was a forester for the King of Hannover), his bride was Catherine Marie Charlotte Habichhorst. | |||
This chart shows the two wives of Wilhelm Heinrich Mente [they were half-sisters] and which of his thirteen children were born to each, and the order of their births |
1880 - 1888 Edwin Space 227 - Fred Breitfeld Space 232 - Wilhelmina
Space 230 Augusta
Breitfeld Dotzauer Space 228 (Daughter of Wilhelmina Breitfeld and sister of Minnie
Breitfeld Mente) Section
29 Lot 0 Space 469
Grandson of Marie Wilhelmena Sophie Henrietta Fricke Mente
Son of Louis H. Mente
There is no record for a Space 229 or Space 231
Augusta Breitfeld Dotzauer and Expanded Family
STONE WHEN FOUND HERE
Louis Mente
1867 - 1868
Grandson of Marie Wilhelmena Sophie Henrietta Fricke Mente
Son of Louis H. Mente
Section
100 Lot 341
Mente
(Continued)
686 Mount Moriah Drive Cincinnati, OH 45245 Section 1 Lot 270 | ||
William Benjamin Mente 1881 - 1965 Grandson of Marie Wilhelmena Sophie Henrietta Fricke Mente Son of Emil Arnold Mente | Sadie Kendall Mente 1886 - 1970 *** *** | |
Wood Kendall 1862 - 1953 Sadie's Uncle James Woodruff Kendall | Ida Kendall 1866 - 1961 Sadie's Aunt Ida May Kendall | |
Although William Benjamin Mente and his wife Sadie Kendall Mente are not buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, William is one of the only Mente offspring in America not interred there. Furthermore, their infant son is buried in the Mente plot at Spring Grove as well. Little Emil Alwin died at birth. To my knowledge, William and Sadie had no other children. Note: To locate this family, Click Here To view family record, Click Here 686 Mount Moriah Drive Cincinnati, OH 45245 Section 12 Lot 426 | ||
John Kendall 1854 - 1939 Father of Sadie Kendall Mente | Ellen Kendall 1856 - 1939 Sadie Kendall Mente's Mother | |
Florence Marjorie Kendall 1890 - 1963 Sadie's Sister | Carrie Kendall Tharp 1877 - 1925 Sadie's Sister | |
Clarence Kendall 1899 - 1899 Sadie's Uncle James Woodruff Kendall Note: To locate this family, Click Here To view family record, Click Here |
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Julius "Jack" Mente, Marie Mente Foertmeyer, Blanche Cole Foertmeyer, Clemons Henry Motz, and Augusta Mente Motz New Orleans - 1910 | ||
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John Louis Motz's First Wife | John Louis Motz | |
Margaret Motz Meyer [daughter of John Louis Motz] Walter H. Meyer [husband of Margaret Motz Meyer] | son of Walter and Margaret Meyer |
Buttemiller
M 1878 - 1966 1885 - 1973
George Buttemiller I M 1820 - 1855 1830 - 1916 Section 101 Lot 221 Foertmeyer First
Person Buried in Clegg Plot
Georg Heinrich "George" Foertmeyer 1850 - 1877 27 Years (Consumption) Henrietta Fike Foertmeyer Clegg 1850 - 1923 The
German Connection Who
Came, Who Stayed
Dorothee
Luise Förtmeier, B: 02 Jun 1826 in Essern, Nienburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Mother of George H. who immigrated to
Cincinnati D: 1881 Louisville, KY Buried Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville Arrived New Orleans 1851 on ship Olbers - Traveled with younger sister Emma Förtmeier Wagner Louise
Mathilde Förtmeier, B: 10 Mar 1828 in Essern, Nienburg, Lower
Saxony, Germany, D: Jun 1854 in Bohnhorst, Nienburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Stayed in Germany Georg Eduard Förtmeier, B: 21 Jul 1830 in Essern, Nienburg, Lower
Saxony, Germany. Immigrated to U.S. - Nothing more is known about this brother Wilhelm Adolph (Adolphus William) Foertmeyer, B: 08 Jul
1832 in Bonhorst, Hanover,Germany, D: 07 Jul 1893 in Cincinnati,
Ohio, M: Elizabeth Kirchoff, Cincinnati, Ohio. Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery William
Charles (Carl Wilhelm Förtmeyer) Foertmeyer, B: 19 Jun 1834 in Hannover, Germany, D:
19 Jun 1907 in Cincinnati, Ohio, M: Catherine Emily "Amelia" Bultman, 30 Aug 1858 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co. OH. Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery Emma
Louise Bertha Förtmeyer, B: 03 Apr 1837 in Bohnhorst,
Nienburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, D: 07 Aug 1894
in Cincinnati, Ohio, Arrived New Orleans in 1851 on ship Olbers with older sister Dorothea - M: Steffan Wagner, 01 Nov 1860 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery Friedericke Bertha Förtmeyer, B: 24 Mar 1839
in Bohnhorst, Nienburg,
Lower Saxony, Germany, D: 26 Jun 1904 in 3110
Vine St., Cincinnati, OH, M: Herman Frank Reum, 19 Dec 1860 in Louisville,
Jefferson Co. KY. Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery Charles Henry (Carl Heinrich Förtmeyer) Foertmeyer M.D.,
B: 01 Mar 1841 in Bohnhorst, Nienburg,
Lower Saxony, Germany, D: 30 Aug 1912 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH, M: Rosa
Rentz, 03 Feb 1868 in Hamilton Co, Cincinnati, Ohio. Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery Anne Caroline Sophie Förtmeyer, B: 05 Mar 1843 in Bohnhorst, Nienburg, Lower
Saxony, Germany, D: 14 Aug 1843 in Bohnhorst, Nienburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Stayed in Germany Louise Friedericke Förtmeyer,
B: 29 Oct 1844 in Bohnhorst, Nienburg,
Lower Saxony, Germany, D: 16 Feb 1847 in Bohnhorst,
Nienburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Stayed in Germany Louis C. Foertmeyer, B: 28 Jul 1849 in Bohnhorst, Nienburg, Lower
Saxony, Germany, D: 12 Jul 1914 in Cincinnati, Ohio, M: Marie Mente, Abt. 1870
in probably Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH. Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery Great Grandfather to Charles H. III, Gayle
Marie, Thomas Heston, and John Louis Foertmeyer The above records
come from the Lavelsloh Parish church records in Diepenau/Bohnhorst, Germany.
One thing I have noticed in
working on this project, is that the vast majority
of our German ancestors did not live in "Over the Rhine". If you start
checking out some of the addresses shown on the cemetery interment cards
you'll find they no longer exist. That is because most of our ancestors
lived in Cumminsville (North Side) around Knolton's Corner, or in the "West End" where I-75
plowed its way through their old neighborhoods. I have included some
map links of old Cincinnati that you can follow to examine the street's
whereabouts back in the day that are under I-75 and its exchanges today.
1858 - 1935
Daughter of Adolph W. Foertmeyer
and Elizabeth Kirchof
1853 - 1934
Son of George Buttemiller I
Descendants of Joseph Buttemiller
Son of John C. Buttemiller MD
Father of John C. Buttemiller MD
Daughter of Clara Foertmeyer Buttemiller
Granddaughter of Immigrant Adolph W. Foertmeyer
Sister of George S. Buttemiller
Morrow Cemetery, Morrow, Ohio
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George, having been buried in the Foertmeyer plot would have been in an unmarked grave. None of the original thirty-some graves are individually marked. Being that George's headstone matches both Henrietta's and John's in style and content, I think it safe to say that Henrietta arranged for and paid for a personal stone for George.
George and Henrietta's daughter, Lillian Foertmeyer, was raised in the Clegg household and sometime around 1900 married Dr. Edward Guinn. More can be read about this family at the Lillian Foertmeyer link below.
Born: October 13, 1876 in Hamilton County, Ohio
Died: November 6, 1951 in Los Angeles, California [not a certainty]
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