August Christian Friedrich TREPTOW

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file, reports birth place
as Schmollenhagen.
TREPTOW, family group record; death notice August TREPTOW shows death 10 Jun
1940, burial 13 Jun 1940 (in German).
NOERENBERG, William, 15 Feb 1937; "Autobiography of William NOERENBERG, A short
Sketch of My Life"; on page 9 is the following "... Grandma Fiedericka Treptow,
died in Ithaca, and almost without notice, Grandpa August Treptow returned to
Germany.  He had been in the United States about 24 years. In Germany he was
reunited with his son August, who was married and had three children, only
one of whom grew to adulthood.  That was Erna, who married Heinrick Sabirowsky.
Grandpa was married again in Germany to Bertha Raddatz."

Treptow Pedigree Chart, provided to Kenneth M. Reim, 7 Jul 1997, by Kathryn
Stevens; reports birth place as Cordeshagen.

Letter from Erna (TREPTOW) SABIROWSKY (1894-    ) in German translated in
English, dated 11 Apr 1965, Elberfeld, Wuppertal, Westphalia, Germany, to Alam
Dorothea (Dorothy) (NOERENBERG) HAEHLEN (1906-1995), states "Why did mmy father
not go to America?  He loved Germany too much and entered the military when he
was 12  He was very able man and was promoted quickly."

August Treptow as of 1906 was a Police Inspector of Barmen, Wuppertal,
Germany; and his newspaper obituary notice reported his death 10 Jun 1940 in
his 81st year, and as a retired Police Inspector.
                  

                   Twin sister of Bertha Fredericke Wilhelmine TREPTOW (1862-1941) died in
infancy; reference Bertha TREPTOW's obituary.

Codeshagen Protestant Parish Records, 1862, page 502, birth records (Morman
Family History, 1794-1867, #1496984), provided to Kenneth M. Reim, 7 Jul 1997,
by Kathryn R. Stevens, 1989 West Touhy Avenue, Park Ridge, IL 60068,
847-698-0423; and also Treptow Pedigree Chart.
                  

                   REFERENCES:  Obituary, Oct 1941 (typed).
IN REMEMBERENCE, 26 Oct 1941, Ebenezer Evangelical Church, Ithaca, Saunders County, Nebraska.
CORDESHAGEN PROTESTANT PARISH RECORDS, Hinterpommern, Prussia, Germany, 1862, page 502, birth records (Morman Family History, 1794-1874, #1496984 and 1496985), was provided to Kenneth M. Reim, 7 Jul 1997, by Kathryn Stevens, 1989 West Touhy Avenu, Park Ridge, IL 60068, 847-698-0423; and also Treptow Pedigree Chart.  These records show Bertha Fredericke Wilhelmine Treptow was born 26 Dec 1862, and her twin sister, Mathilde Henriette Albertine Treptow was born 25 Dec 1862.  Both sisters were baptised in the Cordeshagen Protestant Parish, 11 Jan 1863.  Mathilde died as an infant 21 Jan 1863.  Since World War II, this part of Pommern has been part of Poland.

Herman A. Reim (1892-1973) in letter to son, Kenneth M. Reim (1926-    ), dated 20 Oct 1967, with marked up pedigree chart revised 26 Dec 1967, noted that his mother Bertha Fredericke Wilhelmine (Treptow) Reim (1862-1941) came to the United States from Kordeshagen, Pommern, Germany when she was about 16 years old.  Pedigree chart dated 3 Nov 1968, reviewed by Herman A. Reim shows birth place for Bertha to be Schmollenhagen, Pommern, instead of Kordeshagen.  Schmollenhagen is a small cluster of homes 1-3/4 miles (2.86 kilometers) south of the larger community Kordeshagen.  Kordeshagen was were the Protestant Parish records of births and deaths were located (note by Kenneth M. Reim, 17 Jun 2000).




Reference "Germans to America, List of Passangers Arriving at U.S. Ports", Volume 41, March 1881 - March 1882, Edited by Ira A. Glazer and P. William Filby, Scholarly Resources Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, p.9, lists Bertha Treptow (18) arriving in New York 2 Nov 1881 on the ship HERMANN from Bremann, Germany, accompanied by father Aug. Treptow - farmer (45), mother Friedrike Treptow (43), Auguste (15) and Wilhelm (24).  Bertha and her family came directly to Ithaca, Nebraska, and the first winter lived with two other families in a grainary.  In the spring of 1882 and the proceeding years she worked for H.H. Shedd in Ashland, Nebraska.  The Ashland Cemetery records show buried in one plot, Section 6A, Row 2, Hubbard Houston Shedd, 1854 - 1936, GAR; Kate L. Shedd, 1854 - 1936; Ralph Wayne Shedd, 1879 - 1882; and Mary A. Shedd, 1883 -1883.  Nearby is Edith Shedd Sizer, 1884 - 1925.  This is the family Bertha worked for starting in the spring of 1882.

April 18th in the spring of 1891, Bertha married Max B. Reim, and two sons were born, Herman A. and Richard W.  Plat Book, Saunders County, Nebraska, 1907, compiled and published by The Brown-Scoville Publishing Co., 2141 Grand Ave., Desmoines, Iowa, shows Max Reim owning 80 acres 1 mile east, and 1/2 mile north of Ithaca.  Bertha and Max, with their two sons, lived on this farm, and near the farm of Bertha's younger brother, Herman Treptow; located 2 miles east of Ithaca.  This 1907 Plat Book also shows Max owned 160 acres 1-1/2 miles southwest of Memphis, in Sec. 10, T.13N., R.9E., 6th PM.

In 1912, Bertha and Max moved from the farm east of Ithaca, to the farm 1-1/2 miles southwest of Memphis (now consisting of 240 acres).  Bertha during World War I had household assistance, particularly during harvest time, by here niece, Erna Timm (daughter of half-brother Wilhelm Timm).  Bertha was very concerned about the well being of her son, Richard being in the U.S. Army in France during World War I.  Her other son, Herman, was deferred from serving in the Army, so as to assist Max in farming to provide food for the World War I war effort.  Bertha was issued a Warranty Deed 19 Feb 1920, by Henery and Erna Grauerholz for portion of SW1/4SE1/4, Section 17, T.13N., R.9E., 6th PM, lying west of right-of-way of Chicago and Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, for $2,500, recorded 24 Mar 1920, Book 55, page 230 of Deeds.  Max and Bertha continued  farming untill 1921.  They then moved to Memphis, Lot 1, Section 13, at the southeast corner of Davenport and Natchez Streets.  When Max passed away 12 Mar 1931, then Bertha, being nearly blind, came to live with her son, Herman and family on the family farm 1-1/2 miles southwest of Memphis, untill her death 23 Oct 1941.  Bertha had one or more cataract eye operations, however, they were not successful in restoring her vision.

Bertha was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Germany. When she arrived at Ithaca, she joined the Evangelical Church and remained a faithful member the rest of her life.  In the early days, she with other neighbors walked five miles to their church services.

CERTIFICATE OF DEATH, No. M 9926, Nebraska (State) Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics for Bertha Reim notes the following; housewife, residence with son Herman and daughter-in-law Gertrude on Reim family farm southwest of Memphis, Nebraska; cause of death embolism and pneumonia.

Compiled by her grandson, Kenneth M. Reim (1926-    ), on 26 May 2002.  Revised 18 Jul 2002.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
TREPTOW, family group record.
MONUMENT, Indian Mound Cemetery; Ithaca, Saunders County, Nebraska; marked
"HERMAN H. TREPTOW, MAR 22, 1864 MAY 1. 1943".

Treptow Pedigree Chart, provided to Kenneth M. Reim, 7 Jul 1997, by Kathryn
Stevens, lists birth place as Cordeshagen, Germany.

Herman TREPTOW immigrated to America at the age of 17 with his 15 year old
cousin, Albert Hanke on the SS Baltimore, arriving in Baltimore, Maryland, June
4, 1881.  Herman's father, August TREPTOW, bought land 2 miles east of Ithaca in
1881 for $25 per acre.  Herman bought the land from his father in 1893, married,
raised a family and farmed this land the rest of his life.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972, genealogical file.
VERMAZEN, John & Beulah, 23 Feb 1998; family group record, show buried 29 Jul
1919.

Reference "Germans to America, List of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports",
Volume 41, March 1881 - March 1882, edited by Ira A. Glazer and P. William
Filby, Scholarly Resources Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, p. 9 lists Auguste (15)
arriving in New York, 2 Nov 1881, on the ship HERMANN from Bremen, Germany,
accompanied by father Aug. Treptow (45), occupation farmer, mother Friedrike
Treptow (43), and other children Bertha (18) and Wilhelm (24).

Treptow Pedigree Chart, provided Kenneth M. Reim by Kathryn R. Stevens, 7 Jul
1997, shows Augusta Marie Emilie Treptow died 25 Jul 1919, Sutton, Nebraska.

From hand written record of her husband, William NOERENBERG; Augusta suffered a
(brain) stroke on July 24, 1919 at 3 p.m., then a second at 4 o'clock, a third
around 5 o'clock, and died on July 25 ay 6:10 in the morning, was buried on
July 28, 1919, Ithaca, Nebraska.