Sources: Lin Strong, Karen Reader, C. Robert Appledorn, Hans-Georg Boyken, & Jan-Dirk Zimmermann
He is married to Trientje Freerks Petersen.
They got married on April 26, 1861 at Visquard, Krummhörn, Ostfriesland, Hannover, he was 33 years old.
Wubbe Dirks Ammermann oo Trientje Freerks Petersen
Marriage sources: Author: Reader, Karen Theriot, Title: "Ancestors of Talea (Tillie) Hinderks FOKKEN," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: iii Nov MMIII), Repository: The Cloud
Link: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com
'... Trientje Freerks PETERSEN ...Change Date: 3 Nov 2003
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Marriage 1 Wubbe Dirks AMMERMANN ... Married: 26 Apr 1861 in Visquard, Krummhorn, Ostfriesland, Germany 13
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Wübbe (Wubbe) (Wübbo) Dirks Ammermann
Source: Author: Reader, Karen Theriot, Title: "Ancestors of Talea (Tillie) Hinderks FOKKEN," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.com, Publication date: ix Dec MMIV), Repository: The Cloud
Wubbe Dirks AMMERMANN ... _AKA: H. D., AMMERMAN Sex: M Birth: 25 Nov 1827 in Bunde, Rheiderland, Ostfriesland, Germany 1 2 Christening: 10 Dec 1827 Bunde, Rheiderland, Ostfriesland, Germany 3 Death: 12 Sep 1894 in Clara City, Chippewa, MN4 5 6 Burial: 14 Sep 1894 Rheiderland, Chippewa, MN 7 8 ...
Immigration: 28 Apr 1864 New York City, New York, NY 9 10 11
Religion: True Holland Reformed Church in America 22 Aug 1866 Ridott, Stephenson, IL 12 13
NATU: 5 Apr 1867 ,Stephenson, IL 14
Event: Land Ownership 24 Jun 1868 Ridott, Stephenson, IL 15
Census: 1880 Ridott, Stephenson, IL 16 Event: Land Ownership 7 May 1886 , Chippewa, MN 17 18
Event: Move spring 1887 MN 19
Event: Obituary 1894 Breda, , IA 20
Probate: 13 Feb 1899 , Chippewa, MN 21
Note: !MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-IMMIGRATION: THE FOKKEN FAMILY HISTORY; prepared by Lin Strong & Muriel Emmen for reunion, 1995; unpaged. He came from Germany in 1863 [sic, 1864?] as a young [sic] man.!
RESIDENCES: W.D.'s land records show that he lived in Pecatonica, which is 15 miles west of Rockford, IL, in Winnebago county, during Apr & May 1886.
IMMIGRATION-OCCUPATION: Dale Eric Carlson, INTERNET FAMILY TREE; at<http://home.sprintmail.com/~dalecarlson/> printed out in Jan 2000. Wubbe was a farmer, immigrated to New York on the ship 'Bremen.' LAND: Lin Cornelius Strong, THE AMMERMANN FAMILY HISTORY; Almelund, MN, 1996; Part 2, [p.1]. Wubbe andhis brother Engleke purchased a farm from Marcus LOWRY & wife in NW quarter of Section 13, Township 26, Range 9, in town of Ridott [MN] on 24 Jun 1868 for $5,200. They took out a mortgage on same day for $4,200, which was paid off on 26Jun 1872. 22 Change Date: 3 Nov 2003 ...
Father: Dirk Engelkes AMMERMANN b: 11 Jan 1794 in Stapelmoor, , Ostfriesland, Germany
Mother: Meemke Wubbena POLMAN b: 12 May 1802 in Bunde, , Ostfriesland, Germany
Marriage 1 Trientje Freerks PETERSEN b: 7 Jun 1836 in Visquard, Krummhorn, Ostfriesland, Germany Married: 26 Apr 1861 in Visquard, Krummhorn, Ostfriesland, Germany 23
Children
1. Dirk Wubben AMMERMANN b: 22 Nov 1862 in Holthusen, , Ostfriesland, Germany
2. Freerk Wubben AMMERMANN 1 b: 19 Feb 1865 in , Stephenson, IL
3. Freerk Wubben AMMERMANN b: 12 Jun 1866 in , Stephenson, IL
4. Meemke Wubben AMMERMANN b: 9 Dec 1867 in , Stephenson, IL
5. Grietje Wubben AMMERMANN 1 b: 10 Nov 1869 in , Stephenson, IL
6. Geerd Wubben AMMERMANN b: 9 Nov 1870 in , Stephenson, IL
7. Grietje Wubben AMMERMANN b: 2 Jun 1872 in , Stephenson, IL
8. Antje Talea Wubben AMMERMANN b: 1 Feb 1875 in German Valley, Stephenson, IL
9. Talea Heikea Wubben AMMERMANN 1 b: 24 Oct 1876 in Ridott, Stephenson, IL
10. Talea Heikea Wubben AMMERMANN b: 6 Mar 1880 in Ridott, Stephenson, IL
Sources:
1. Title: Internet Family Tree Author: Dale Eric Carlson Call Number: http://home.sprintmail.com/~dalecarlson/ Note: Family genealogy on author's webpage, printed out on 18 Jan 2000. Page: /WC04/WC04_025.htm
2. Title: The Ammermann Family History Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: 1996 Page: Part 8, [p. 1] Note: Born in Bunde, Germany. Text: W. D. AMMERMANN was born on 25 Nov 1827 in Bunde, Ostfriesland. He waschristened on 10 [sic] Nov 1827 by the brother of his mother, Pastor Martin Geerds POLMANN. Bunde is located in the Rheiderland District, once mile from where the Holland/German border is situated today. In Part 7--'Ammermann Ancestry'section--birth place called Bunderhee. Repository: Name: Karen Theriot Reader Corralitos CA 95076-8618 e-mail: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)
3. Title: Ammermann Family History, The Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: Author, 1996 Page: part 2, [p. 1] & Part 4, [p. 9] & Part 8, [p. 4] Text: He was christened on 10 Nov [sic, date before his birth] 1827 bythe brother of his mother, Pastor Marten Geerds POLMANN. Actual baptismal record from Bunde show he was baptized on 10 Dec 1827.
3. Title: Internet Family Tree Author: Dale Eric Carlson Call Number: http://home.sprintmail.com/~dalecarlson/ Note: Family genealogy on author's webpage, printed out on 18 Jan 2000. Page: WC04/WC04_025.htm
4. Title: The Ammermann Family History Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: 1996 Page: Part 2, [pp.6 & 28] Text: His death certificate from Chippewa County, MN (Book A, p.62, No. 30) gives date of death 12 Sep 1894, atage 60 [sic] years, 7 months, 10 [sic] days. He was born in Germany, was a farmer, died of 'Pirerea.' His probate record dated 13 Feb 1899 in Chippewa County Probate Court says he died 14 Sep 1894.
5. Title: Certificate of Death Page: Book A, p. 62, No. 30 Note: Certified copy from Chippewa County, done in 1983, copy published in THE AMMERMANN FAMILY HISTORY; part 2, [p. 7]. Text: No. 30: W. D. AMMERMANN died of 'Pirerea' on 12 Sep1894 in Rheiderland Township, Chippewa county, MN, a married white male age 60 years, 7 months, 10 days [sic]. He was a Famrer who was born in Germany to D. & Mrs. D. AMMERMANN. Date: 10 Oct 1894
6. Title: Internet Family Tree Author: Dale Eric Carlson Call Number: http://home.sprintmail.com/~dalecarlson/ Note: Family genealogy on author's webpage, printed out on 18 Jan 2000. Text: Buried Bunde Cmty, Clara City, MN.
7. Title: The Ammermann Family History Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: 1996 Page: Part 8, [p.1] Note: Died 14 [sic] Sep 1894 in Chippews Co., MN. Title: Internet Family Tree Author: Dale Eric Carlson Call Number: http://home.sprintmail.com/~dalecarlson/ Note: Family genealogy on author's webpage, printed out on 18 Jan 2000. Page: WC04/WC04_25.htm Text: H. D. AMMERMANN, male age 36, a Farmer from Germany, immigrated from Bremen to New York on theship 'Bremen,' traveling with Frientje [sic], age 24, and Dink [sic], infant 3 months old.
8. Title: The Ammermann Family History Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: 1996 Page: Part 2, [p.1] & Part 6, [pp. 20-21] Text: [W]. D. AMMERMANN, his wife Trientje, and their son Dirk, left from the Port of Bremen inOstfriesland with a cargo and crew of more than 550 people. They were passengers #350, 351 & 352: W. D. AMMERMANN, age 36, male from Bunde, Germany, with Trientje AMMERMANN, age 24, female & Dirk AMMERMANN, male age 1/4 [one year, 4months?], both also from Bunde, Germany. They arrived in New York City aboard the 2375-ton Russian steamship 'Bremen' on 28 Apr 1864, from Bremen, Germany. Traveled to German Valley, IL, where Wubbe's sister Antje and her husband GeerdFreerks PETERSEN (Trientje's brother) had gone ten months earlier. The rest of the family, including his parents and sisters, followed two years later. Repository: Name: Family History Library
9. Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, N.Y., 1820-1897 Author: National Archives Page: M237, ship #239 Note: LDS microfilm #0175595, covering 5 Apr 1864 to 4 May 1864. Text: District of New York, Port of New York,manifest filed by C. MEYER from Bremen, Master of the Russian Steamer 'Bremen,' sworn to on 28 Apr 1864. Passengers #350-352 were: H. [sic] D. AMMERMANN, age 36, a male from Bunder?ee, a Farmer, with Trientje AMMERMANN, female age 24, andDink, male age 1/4 [or 3 months], both also from same place. Date: 28 Apr 1864
10. Title: The Ammermann Family History Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: 1996 Page: Part 2, [pp. 1-3] Text: With his brother and other family members, W. D. started 'der Ware Hollandische Gereformeerde Kerk inAmerika,' one of the first Christian Reformed churches in the US. Sixty-five families joined this newly formed church. They had attended the Silver Creek Reformed Church in German Valley until 22 Aug 1866. W.D. was the scribe for thechurch. In Apr 1882 the name was changed to Hollandische Christelyke Gereformeerde Keerke (Holland Christian Reformed Church). It is still located in Ridott Township, Stephenson county, IL.
The Dutch language was used when the church was started, but there was pressure to change to the German tongue. Wubbe 'was vehemently against that change.' In 1887 the W. D. AMMERMANN family moved to MN, having bought land there in 1886.In 1889 Rev. POTGETER came to the Ridott church; in 1893 the church went to German sermons. W. D. named the Church in Rheiderland Township, Chippewa county, MN after Bunde, the town where he attended church in Germany. He was an elder inthe Bunde Christian Reformed Church until his death. Repository: Name: Craig Taatjes
11. Title: Bunde Christian Reformed Church; Semi-Centennial Celebration Author: Clara City, MN: Church Jubilee Committee, 1937 Note: Cover title: Golden Jubliee, 1887-December 9-1937. Page: p. [1-6+] Text: 'As leader and promoter of thisnew colony [in Chippewa county, MN], Mr. W. D. Ammermann of seceder stock, and former elder of our Ridott Church [in IL], was determined that the religious life should not be neglected, and he and his wife and children gladly opened theirhome to welcome religious services, he himself taking the lead and on the Lord's Day gathered around him his family and the neighbors to worship the Lord. This formed the nucleus of our church.'
'This committee met with the people of this community at the home of the Ammermanns on Friday, December 9, 1887... the congregation was duly organized, with Mr. W. D. Ammermann as secretary which office he held until his death in 1894.......charter members...a total of ten families, twenty three members, with sixty six souls.' 'For some time the services were held at the Ammermann home... Later a school house was built near where our present church property is located,and for a while, since Nov. 16, 1886, was kindly set aside also for the use of the congregation.' 'November 29, 1888 the following committee was appointed to look up a suitable location large enough for a church, parsonage and cemetery:W. D. Ammermann, Nan Fokken... The result of their findins led to the purchase of four acres at $25.00 an acre of Mr. J. J. Ahlfs and is unto this day the home of our church. When later the school-house was moved, that acre was purchasedfor $30.00. Meanwhile through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Theo: F. Koch an additional forty acres half mile east of the church was added to our possessions.'
'The language question has also been a matter of concern at different times. At the beginning the German and Dutch were used but in 1914 the Dutch was dropped. Since then the congregation has in recent years been headed for an Englishspeaking church, only two services a month are now held in the German language. ...These transition periods are not always the most pleasant, and it requires some grace at times to adjust one's self to the new situation, which hithertohas been done more or less in an amiable way.'
12. Title: The Ammermann Family History Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: 1996 Page: Part 2, [p.1], Part 6, [pp. 23-24] Text: No. 1254: Wubbe Dirks AMMERMAN applied for naturalization in Stephenson County, IL on 5Apr 1867, renouncing allegiance to the King of Hannover; he signed the paper of intent to naturalize. He was granted citizenship 17 Dec 1872. Testimony given by B. ROESING & Engelke AMMERMANN, citizens, was that he had resided in the U.S.for 5 years, one year in the state of IL, 2 years since application, and that Wubbe Dirks AMMERMANN 'has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles contained in the Constitution of the United States, and welldisposed to the good order, well being and happiness of the same.' Repository: Name: Karen Theriot Reader Corralitos CA 95076-8618 e-mail: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)
13. Title: Ammermann Family History, The Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: Author, 1996 Page: Part 2, [p. 1] Text: Wubbe and his brother Engelke purchased a farm for $5,200 (mortgage of $4,200) from Marcus LOWRY andhis wife. It was located in the NW quarter of Section 13, Township 26, Range 9, Town of Ridott. The mortgage was paid off 4 years later, on 26 Jun 1872. Repository: Name: National Archives, Pacific Branch
13. Title: U.S. federal census Page: Microfilm T9, Roll 253, p. 21 (231A stamped) Note: Ancestry.com, image 21/41. Text: Supv. Dist. No. 2, E.D. #182, line 39, Dwelling #199/Family #199: Wubbe AMMERMAN, married white male age 52, born inPrussia (as were parents), a Farmer, living with his wife Trintje, age 43, also born in Prussia, and seven children. The oldest was also born in Prussia about 1863, the others in IL. Daughter Greatde [sic] is age 7, 'at school.' [Next ishousehold of brother Engelke AMMERMAN, age 47, with family; and another of Meenike AMMERMAN, female age 78, living as Mother-in-law with Peter & Martha ECKHOFF's family.] Date: 12 Jun 1880 Repository: Name: Karen Theriot Reader CorralitosCA 95076-8618 e-mail: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)
14. Title: Ammermann Family History, The Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: Author, 1996 Page: Part 2, [pp. 2 & 10] Text: All of the land in what later became Rheiderland Township was purchased from the Saint Paul,Duluth Railroad Company by FREDERICKSEN & PRINS on 22 Mar 1886. W. D. and Trientje AMMERMANN were the first settlers, purchasing 160 acres on 7 May 1886 from N. C. FREDERICKSEN & M. W. PRINS, Jr., filing a mortgage for $960. Less than 9months later, they purchased another 160 acres from Marten W. PRINS, Jr. & Theodore F. KOCH, filing another mortgage for $960. Over the next 8 years they bought more land. 'Wubbe supposedly traveled to Chicago to meet with members of thisland company and came to an agreement to serve as their agent in this new frontier.'
The Warranty Deed on file in Chippewa county, MN; BOOK L, p. 180, No. 423: dated 7 May 1886, between N. C. FREDERIKSEN & Ada M. FREDERIKSEN his wife, & M. W. PRINS, Jr. & Johanna M. PRINS, his wife, all of Chicago, Cook county, IL(sellers) and W. D. AMMERMANN of Pecatonica, Winnebago county, IL. He bought 160 acres in Chippewa county, MN for $1280. Description: the SW quarter of Section No. 9 in Township No. 117 North of Range No. 37 W of the 5th principalmeridian. A Land Contract No. 424 [No. 1631 in margin], recorded on p. 280B, was dated 19 Apr 1886 [just before the one above], another 160 acres, for $1520. [See more] Repository: Name: Craig Taatjes
15. Title: Bunde Christian Reformed Church; Semi-Centennial Celebration Author: Clara City, MN: Church Jubilee Committee, 1937 Note: Cover title: Golden Jubliee, 1887-December 9-1937. Page: p. [1] Text: 'The well-known firm of Prins andKoch purchased huge tracts of this prairie land and induced the thrifty Ostfriesian and Holland people to settle here... The first one to purchase a tract of land, so Mr. Theo. F. Koch who is still living, informs us, was Mr. W. D.Ammermann, an uncle of our present pastor, and it was he who named the Township after his homeland across the Ocean, Rheiderland, and gave to the church the name of his native place, Bunde.'
16. Title: The Ammermann Family History Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: 1996 Page: Part 2, [p.2] Text: W. D.'s sons Dirk and Geerd, and daughter Meemke, along with a carpenter, went in the spring of 1886 to breakthe land on the new prairie acreage, where land was cheaper than in IL. They traveled to Renville by train, about 18 miles away. There were few trees in the area (Lone Tree Township was well named), and they moved a small cattle herder'sshelter to the property. The rest of the family moved to MN in the spring of 1887. Repository: Name: Karen Theriot Reader Corralitos CA 95076-8618 e-mail: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)
17. Title: Ammermann Family History, The Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: Author, 1996 Page: Part 2, [p. 6] Text: Found in the OSTFRIESEN NACHRICHTEN [was it in German?]: 'With deeply sorrowing hearts we bring thesad news that it has pleased the Almighty to take from our side by death my dear husband and children [sic] loyal father, W. D. Ammermann, after a short illness at the age of 66 years, 2 months and 11 [sic] days.
The certain trust that deceased is now in the rest of Holy One, comforts our sorrow and eases our pain.
Trientje Ammermann (Petersen) and children. Clara City, Minnesota' Repository: Name: Karen Theriot Reader Corralitos CA 95076-8618 e-mail: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)
18. Title: Ammermann Family History, The Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: Author, 1996 Page: Part 2, [p. 28-29] Text: On petition of D. W. AMMERMANN, dated 16 Jan 1899, he was named administrator of [his father's]estate, who died intestate on 14 [sic] Sep 1894, and gave bond of $4000. An Inventory dated 21 Feb 1899 listed personal property, now allowed to the widow, included $40 of 'Furniture and Household Goods,' including an Organ ($7) and 2stoves ($10). There was 'Stock in Banks and other Corporations' ($20), livestock ($269), and farm implements ($160). Probate No. 390, filed 6 Nov 1899, recorded in BOOK E OF ORDERS, p. 260. Trintje AMMERMANN, surviving wife, was given alife estate to the property during her life, also one third of the other real estate. The homestead was described as: the East Half of the SE quarter of Section 9 in Township 117 of Range 37.
19. Title: Internet Family Tree Author: Dale Eric Carlson Call Number: http://home.sprintmail.com/~dalecarlson/ Note: Family genealogy on author's webpage, printed out on 18 Jan 2000.
20. Title: The Ammermann Family History Author: Lin Cornelius Strong Publication: Almelund, MN: 1996 Page: Part 2, [p. 1] & Part 8, [p.1] Text: After marriage on 26 Apr 1861 they lived in the town of Holthusen, about 1 KM southeast ofBunde, Ostfriesland, Germany.'
Author: Appledorn, C. Robert, compiler, Strong, Lin Cornelius, ed.: Title: The Ostfriesen Families of German Valley Illinois, Vol. i, (Publication location: S. St. Paul, MN, Publisher: Ostfriesen Gen. Soc. of America, Publication date:MMXII), Pg. 46, Repository: George IA Pub. Lib.
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"0175. Ammermann, Wübbe Dirks 0173, farmer, Church Elder, * 25 NOV 1827 Bunderhee, Weener, OSTF, + 14 SEP 1894, Clara City, Chippewa Co., MN [0320]. * 17 SEP 1894 Clara City, Minnesota, > Ridott, IL [0321] oo 26 APR 1861 Visquard, Emden, OSTF, Trientje Freerks Petersen 3392, * 7 JUN 1836 Visquard, Emden, Krummhörn, OSTF, + 10 MAR 1917 Chippewa Co., Minnesota [0321] ... 4. Meemke Wubben, * 9 DEC 1867 IL, ~ 26 JAN 1868 RCRC ..."
Author: Boyken, Hans-Georg, Title: Wo sind sie geblieben - Ostfriesen in Amerika Teil i, (Publication location: Bancroft IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken, Publication date: MCMXCVIII), pg. 115, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.
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"W. D. AMMERMANN * 25 Nov 1827 Bunderhee/Ostfriesland \\ oo 1862 Trientje PETERSEN \\ > 1864 Ridott, IL \\ > > 1886 MN, "wo er in einer neuen Gegend wieder ein Rheiderland gegründet hat mit gutem Erfolg" \\ + 14 Sep 1894 Clara City, MN \\ = 17 Sep 1894Clara City, MN \\ R: w Trientje AMMERMANN*PETERSEN, 7 ch, br E. AMMERMANN, si Talea GROENEVELD*AMMERMANN \\ O/L: ON#19-1894, #21-1894"
Author: Zimmermann, Jan-Dirk, Title: Familienbuch der Ev.-ref. Kirchengemeinde WEENER ... 1674-1900," Teilband i, (Publication location: Weener, Niedersachsen, Publisher: Eigenverlag, Publication date: MMXV), Seiten 134 u. 135, Repository: MN Gen. Soc. lib., S. St. Paul, MN
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"414. Ammermann, Wübbo Dirks, (OSB German Valley 0175), Landwirt oo mit Trientje Petersen"
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" Kinder: Kirk Wübben * 22.11.1862 Holthusen"
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