Name: hafw -- The Wedemeyers of Oldenburg and New Orleans

Updated: 01-20-2020 07:01:59. Owner: nicole


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Infant Wedemeyer: Birth: 28 Jul 1853 in New Orleans, LA, USA.

  2. Johann Gerhard Eduard Martin Wedemeyer: Birth: 12 Jan 1855 in New Orleans, LA, USA. Death: 14 Aug 1923 in New Orleans, LA, USA

  3. Auguste Helene Sophie Wedemeyer: Birth: 13 Apr 1858 4:00am in New Orleans, LA, USA.

  4. Catherine Louise Wedemeyer: Birth: 28 Feb 1860 in New Orleans, LA, USA. Death: 26 Aug 1925 in Metairie Ridge, LA

  5. Gesina Adolphine Ernestina Wedemeyer: Birth: 11 Apr 1862 in New Orleans, LA, USA. Death: 17 Mar 1914 in New Orleans, LA, USA

  6. Jacob Wedemeyer: Birth: @1867 in New Orleans, LA, USA.


Sources
1. Title:   Marriage License from the First Justice of the Peace, Orleans Parish 24 Aug 1850
2. Title:   Marriage certificate from the German Evangelical Church of Lafayette
3. Title:   Death Certificate, Orleans Parish
4. Title:   Register of Naturalizations
Page:   Bk. 1 pg. 140
Author:   Fourth District Court
5. Title:   New Orleans Times Picayune newspaper
Page:   obituary p.4 c.5
6. Title:   Ships Passenger List
Page:   Nat. Archives series M259-23
7. Title:   Mexican War Pension File #4272

Notes
a. Note:   . In Louisiana he joined the militia and fought in the Mexican War. He settled in the city of Lafayette and opened a grocery store. Reasons for leaving: avoidance of the military draft, and he was the second son. His older brother Johann would inherit the family business.
Note:   He emmigrated from Germany in 1844. There he worked in his father's gastwirt, or restaurant

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