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JOHANN HERMANN WESSELING
He married (Angelina) Catharina Elisabeth Wenner on October 30,
1866 in Lingen at the Church of St. Bonifatius.
The bride was born on February 7, 1844 in Lingen.
Her parents were Johann Heinrich Ignatz Wenner and Gesina
Christina Elisabeth Tebbe.
(Witnesses were Anton Wenner of Lingen and Gerhard Ruy
of Rottum.)
Johann Hermann died on April 26, 1891 in Boston,
Massachusetts.1
Catharina died in May 2, 1913 in Boston, Massachusetts.
- They were the parents of the following
children:2
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- Anna Catharina Elisabeth
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was born on January 11, 1868 in Lingen, Massachusetts.
(A sponsor was Witwe Anna Catharina Elisabeth Wenner
"zu Lingen".)3
She died on January 26, 1868 in Lingen.
- Anna Gesina
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was born on July 21, 1869 in Lingen.
(A sponsor were Anna Gesina Kuhl, geb. Weßling
of Laxten.)4
She died on July 17, 1871 in Lingen.
- Maria Anna Adelheid
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was born on August 5, 1871 in Lingen.
(A sponsor were Maria Adelheid Wessling, "Neubauersfrau" of
Lingen Stadtflur.)5
She died on September 28, 1873 in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Henry J. A.
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was christened on December 25, 1873 in Boston, Massachusetts.
(Sponsors were Henry Wessling and Theresa
Wessling.)6
He died on July 25, 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Anna Theresia
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was christened on November 4, 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts.
(Sponsors were Hermann Wessling and Theresa
Wessling.)6
She married August Hoppe on October 26, 1898 in Boston,
Massachusetts at Holy Trinity Church.
- Henry Francis
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was born on October 22, 1877 in Boston, Massachusetts.
(A sponsor was Gesina Wessling.)
He married Anna Sophia Helena
Volmershausen7 on October 18, 1905
in Boston, Massachusetts at Holy Trinity Church.
- Elisabeth Antonia
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was born on Jan 10, 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts.
(Sponsors were Henry Vaas and Antonia Kamp.)
She was unmarried and died on May 2, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts.
- John Hermann
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was born on September 11, 1882 in Boston, Massachusetts.
(A sponsor was Henry Vehr.)
He married Helen Ida Gerwe on October 27, 1914 in Boston,
Massachusetts at Holy Trinity Church.
NOTES:
1. He had planned to immigrate in the summer of 1866 but based on U.S.
census returns, Johann Hermann with his wife and daughter arrived in 1872.
2. The first 3 children were baptised at the Church of St. Bonifatius
in Lingen and the remainder were baptised at Holy Trinity Church in Boston,
Massachusetts.
3. She may have been the child's maternal grandmother.
4. She was the child's aunt and wife of Gerhard Heinrich Kuhl.
5. She was the child's aunt and wife of Johann Albert
Weßling.
6. They were the child's first cousins.
7. Volmershausen was a name seen in the Lingen parish's record books.
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