{"id":2574,"date":"2022-12-16T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2022-12-15T22:32:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T03:32:19","slug":"happy-birthday-great-great-grandma-catharina-wellman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=2574","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday Great Great Grandma Catharina Wellman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walt&#8217;s great great grandmother was born on December 16, 1823. Catharina Maria was born to Johann and Maria Str\u00fcving Heil in Fladderlohausen, Lower Saxony, Germany. We don&#8217;t know much about her, but because three of her sons chose to come to the United States there are many descendants living here now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Church.png?resize=195%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2575\" width=\"195\" height=\"260\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">St. Nikolaus Church in Ankum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She married Johann Gerhard Wellman in 1848 in Ankum, Lower Saxony, Germany at St. Nikolaus Church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The church was built around 1100 AD and has been added onto and renovated a few times over the years. It is neat to think that one could go and see the church today. If you can read German, there is a page with more information <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artl%C3%A4nder_Dom\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I found these great shots of the interior in 1900 and today. The three arches in the first shot are seen in the back of the second shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:48.27438%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/interior-1900.png?strip=info&#038;w=220&#038;ssl=1 220w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"314\" data-id=\"2576\" data-link=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?attachment_id=2576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/interior-1900.png\" data-width=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/interior-1900.png?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:51.72562%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/interior-today.png?strip=info&#038;w=220&#038;ssl=1 220w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"293\" data-id=\"2577\" data-link=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?attachment_id=2577\" data-url=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/interior-today.png\" data-width=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/interior-today.png?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catharina and Johann had seven children. Three sons chose to emigrate, Bernard in 1883, Gerhard (Walt&#8217;s great grandfather) in 1884, and Herman in 1897. They all came to West Point, Iowa and raised families there. Herman actually married in the same church as his parents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catharina died on October 31, 1888 in Ankum, Germany. Johann died a few weeks later on November 24, 1888.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many post about the Wellmans on the blog, including this <a href=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=1032(opens in a new tab)\">one <\/a>about Gerhard&#8217;s military discharge papers. You can read more about the whole family in Georgie&#8217;s Memoirs, which start <a href=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=1875(opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a> and can all be found under the tag Memoir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walt&#8217;s great great grandmother was born on December 16, 1823. Catharina Maria was born to Johann and Maria Str\u00fcving Heil in Fladderlohausen, Lower Saxony, Germany. We don&#8217;t know much about her, but because three of her sons chose to come to the United States there are many descendants living here now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Walt's great great grandmother was born on December 16, 1823. 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