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Descendants of Conrad Langsdorf VII

Generation No. 2


2. CATHARINA ELISABETHA6 LANGSDORF (CONRAD5, JOHANN WILHELM4, JOHANNES3, JOHANN EBERHARDT2, JOHANN DOENGES1)12 was born December 17, 1827 in <near> Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany13,14,15, and died June 07, 1905 in Marathon Co., Wisconsin16,17. She married JOHANNES ARTUS IV18 December 17, 1848 in Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany18, son of HEINRICH ARTUS and MARIA HORSTMANN. He was born June 07, 1820 in Lang-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany19,20,21, and died October 04, 1903 in Stettin, Marathon Co., Wisconsin21,22.

More About CATHARINA ELISABETHA LANGSDORF:
Died 2: June 17, 1905, Stettin, Marathon Co., Wisconsin
AKA (Facts Page): Katharine Langsdorf23
Emigration: 1861, Germany to USA24

More About JOHANNES ARTUS IV:
Died 2: Aft. 1900, Marathon Co., Wisconsin?24
AKA (Facts Page) 1: John Artus25
AKA (Facts Page) 2: Johann Artus26
Emigration: 1854, Germany to USA27

Marriage Notes for CATHARINA LANGSDORF and JOHANNES ARTUS:
Johannes Artus arrived in the US in 1854. His wife (and probably his children) did not arrive until 1861.

Possibly the John Artus shown in the 1860 Census of Milwaukee Co. WI on page 407. His naturalization papers are not found in Milwaukee County.

Land holdings: 117 acres obtained in 3 lots between 1873-1885; township 29N, range 6E, sections 17 and 19, via the Wausau land office.

1870 Census, Town of Stettin, Marathon Co., WI (p. 16 line 24):
Artus,      John, age 50, b. Hesse Darmstadt, Farmer; $2000 real estate, $320 property
wife      Catharine, age 43 b. Hesse Darmstadt
son      Conrad, age 8 b. WI
dau      Mary, age 5 b. WI
The parents cannot read or write. Their parents are foreign-born.

1880 Census, Town of Stettin, Marathon Co., WI (ED93 sh11 line23):
Artus,      John, age 60, b. Hessian, parents b. Hessian; Farmer
wife      Catharina, age 52, b. Hessian, parents b. Hessian; Keeping House
son      Conrad, age 18 WI, Laborer
dau      Mary, age 15 WI, at home
dau      Martha, age 11 WI, parents Hessian, at home*
g-dau      Winter, Helena, age 1 WI, father b. Prussia, mother b. WI (note: parents unknown; quite possibly the daughter of Mary and living with her as Lena Lemke in the 1900 census.)

*Martha was actually the illegitimate child of John's daughter Katharina.

1900 Census, Stettin, Marathon Co., WI, June 9, 1900:
Last Name      First Name      Age      Page      Line      House      Born
Artus            John            79      35A      50      58      6/1820 Ger*
Artus            Katherine            72      35B      51      58      12/1827 Ger**

*Married 52 years, emigrated 1854, resident 46 years, occupation: Capitalist, naturalized citizen
**7 children, 3 surviving, emigrated 1861, resident 39 years (Johannes, Katharina, Elisabetha and two other children were dead by 1900. Anton, Conrad and Maria were still alive.)
Living next door to son Conrad. Mary lived next to Conrad on the other side of him.

More About JOHANNES ARTUS and CATHARINA LANGSDORF:
Marriage: December 17, 1848, Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany28
     
Children of CATHARINA LANGSDORF and JOHANNES ARTUS are:
  i.   JOHANNES7 ARTUS28, b. July 25, 1849, Pohl-Goens, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany28; d. April 11, 1851, Pohl-Goens, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany28.
6. ii.   KATHARINA ARTUS, b. October 13, 1851, Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany; d. Bef. 1884, Marathon Co., Wisconsin?.
  iii.   ELISABETHA ARTUS28, b. July 01, 1853, Pohl-Goens, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany29; d. February 02, 1854, Pohl-Goens, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany30,31.
  iv.   ANTON ARTUS32, b. December 30, 1854, Pohl-Goens, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany33; d. Aft. 1905, Marathon Co., Wisconsin?34.
  Notes for ANTON ARTUS:
Not found in the 1880 census of Wisconsin.
1900 Census, Mosinee, Marathon Co. WI:
Artus, Anton, b. 12/1853 Germany, age 46, Single, Day Laborer, boarder

It does not appear that he married.

7. v.   CONRAD ARTUS, b. April 06, 1862, Stettin, Marathon Co., Wisconsin; d. October 09, 1916, Stettin, Marathon Co., Wisconsin.
8. vi.   MARIA ARTUS, b. 1865, Stettin, Marathon Co., Wisconsin; d. December 29, 1902, Marathon Co., Wisconsin.


3. JOHN6 LANGSDORF (CONRAD5, JOHANN WILHELM4, JOHANNES3, JOHANN EBERHARDT2, JOHANN DOENGES1)35 was born November 26, 1830 in Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany36,37, and died March 07, 1905 in Minneola, Goodhue Co., Minnesota38. He married KATHARINA SPIESS39 October 27, 1853 in Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany40, daughter of ANTON SPIESS and KATHARINA KOLLMAR. She was born February 04, 1836 in Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany41, and died February 10, 1880 in Goodhue Co., Minnesota42,43.

Notes for JOHN LANGSDORF:
Johann Langdorf was born in Pohl-Goens, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany. He made his initial Declaration of Intention for naturalization in Green Lake Co., Wisconsin on November 1, 1858. He stated that he was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany in 1830. And, he emigrated to the United States in June 1857, landing at the Port of New York.

Six months after "John" emigrated, his wife had a daughter in Germany. She and the children later joined him.

His cemetery record from Ancestry.com:
LANGSDORF, JOHN sec. D 148 4 b. 26/NOV/1831 d. 07/MAR/1905, Zumbrota Cemetery, Minneola, Goodhue, MN
SP. KATE. WITH THERSIA. WITH KATHERINE SPEICE

And his son was buried there also:
LANGSDORF, JOHN H., sec. E 360 7, b. 1860, d. , 14/FEB/1930, Zumbrota Cemetery, Minneola, Goodhue, MN AGE 69 YRS. 8 MOS. 8 DAS. SP. AUGUSTA W. PYTHIAN-SISTERS. FLAG STAND

(Note: the Pythian Sisters was a fraternal organization for women, associated with the Knights of Pythias.)

The last John Langsdorf named above is the topic of an Ancestral File at:
http://www.familysearch.com/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

Obituary of John Langsdorf Sr., Saturday, 11 Mar 1905, Red Wing Daily Republican:
John Langsdorf, an old resident of Goodhue county, died Tuesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. Buchholz, in Minneola. He was born in Germany and was 74 years old. He leaves seven children, one of whom is Mrs. W. Schultz of Red Wing.

We have the following baptism record from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gschepp/PGBirths1826.html:

Langsdorf, Johannes, son of Konrad >Philipp (Langsdorf) and Anna Elisabetha Reitz (or Seitz), born 26 Nov 1830 in Pohl-Goens, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany. Married Catharina Spiess. He is listed as the 2nd child, first son.

In the 1900 Census he was living in Wausau, Marathon Co. WI as a widower with his brother Anton. He must have returned to Minnesota before his death in 1905.
Langsdorf, John Brother 26 Nov 1830, 69y Germany; immigrated 1870, 29 years ago, not naturalized? Can read, write, and speak English

More About JOHN LANGSDORF:
Date born 2: November 26, 1831, Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany44
Date born 3: Bef. 1840, Germany45,46
AKA (Facts Page): Johannes Langsdorf47
Burial: Unknown, Zumbrota Cemetery, Minneola, Goodhue Co., Minnesota48
Immigration 1: June 1857, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany to USA48
Immigration 2: Bet. 1857 - 1860, Germany to USA49
Immigration 3: 1870, Germany to USA50

Notes for KATHARINA SPIESS:
Probably the Katharina Spiess b. 4 Feb 1836 in Pohl-Goens, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, daughter of Anton Spiess and Katharina Kollmar. This is confirmed by her marriage record, which states that she was 17 years 8 months old at her marriage. This calculates to Feb 1836.

More About KATHARINA SPIESS:
AKA (Facts Page): Catharine Spiess51
Burial: Unknown, St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Minneola, Goodhue Co., Minnesota52
Emigration: Bet. 1858 - 1859, Pohl-Goens, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany

Marriage Notes for JOHN LANGSDORF and KATHARINA SPIESS:
From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gschepp/PGMarriages1800.html:
Married in Pohl-Goens 27 Oct 1853, Johannes Langsdorf son of Konrad VII (Langsdorf) & Anna Elisabetha Reitz, age 22y/11m/8d, and Katharina Spiess, daughter of Katharina, age 17y/8m.

In his naturalization papers John states that he arrived in the USA in June 1857. Katherine bore her last child in Germany in December 1857, which means that she must have arrived after John, but before June 1860 when her next child was born in Wisconsin.

1860 Census, Randolph, Columbia Co., WI (p. 23 line 15 dwelling 159) 6/8/1860:
Langstrof, John L., age 29 b. Germany, Day Laborer, no real estate, personal effects $300
      Catharine, 24, Germany
      Mary, 6, Germany
      Andrew, 4, Germany =Anton
      Catharine, 2, Germany
Kroush, Phebe, 60, Germany

Per the obituary of their son John Henry, the family moved to Minnesota in the fall of 1871. (Family not found in Randolph in the 1870 census.)

1880 Census Place:      Belle Creek, Goodhue, Minnesota
      Source:      FHL Film 1254621 National Archives Film T9-0621 Page 280B
                  Relation      Sex      Marr      Race      Age      Birthplace
John LANGSDORF            Self      M      W      W      51      PRUSSIA
      Occ:      Farmer      Fa: PRU      Mo: PRU
George LANGSDORF      Son      M      S      W      17      WI
      Occ:      At Home      Fa: PRU      Mo: PRU
Henry LANGSDORF            Son      M      S      W      9      WI
      Occ:      Goes To School      Fa: PRU      Mo: PRU
Kate LANGSDORF            Dau      F      S      W      22      PRUSSIA
      Occ:      At Home      Fa: PRU      Mo: PRU
Margaret LANGSDORF      Dau      F      S      W      14      WI
      Occ:      At Home      Fa: PRU      Mo: PRU
Minnie LANGSDORF      Dau      F      S      W      12      WI
      Occ:      At Home      Fa: PRU      Mo: PRU
Mary LANGSDORF            GDau      F      S      W      2      MN [Note: Kate's daughter]
      Occ:      At Home      Fa: PRU      Mo: PRU
Catherine SPEIS            MotherL      F      W      W      70      PRUSSIA
      Occ:      At Home      Fa: PRU      Mo: PRU

1900 Census: John is shown with brother Anton in Wausau, Wisconsin.

More About JOHN LANGSDORF and KATHARINA SPIESS:
Marriage: October 27, 1853, Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany53
     
Children of JOHN LANGSDORF and KATHARINA SPIESS are:
9. i.   ANNA MARIA7 LANGSDORF, b. October 06, 1854, Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany; d. June 06, 1932, Fort Dodge, Webster Co., Iowa?.
10. ii.   ANTON AUGUST LANGSDORF, b. Bet. August 13 - 16, 1856, Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany; d. November 06, 1934, Sheldon, Monroe Co., Wisconsin.
11. iii.   KATHARINA LANGSDORF, b. December 05, 1857, Pohl-Göns, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany; d. May 08, 1946, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.
12. iv.   JOHN HENRY LANGSDORF, b. June 06, 1860, Columbia Co., Wisconsin; d. February 14, 1930, Zumbrota, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.
13. v.   GEORGE LANGSDORF, b. July 29, 1862, Columbia Co., Wisconsin; d. December 02, 1942, Wausau, Marathon Co., Wisconsin.
14. vi.   MINNIE LANGSDORF, b. September 29, 1865, Columbia Co., Wisconsin; d. January 11, 1911, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.
  vii.   MARGARET LANGSDORF54, b. February 06, 1866, Wisconsin (Columbia Co.?)55; d. October 31, 1904, Minnesota?56; m. HENRY STAHMAN57, November 15, 1888, Goodhue Co., Minnesota57; d. Unknown.
  More About MARGARET LANGSDORF:
Date born 2: Bet. 1865 - 1866, Wisconsin (Columbia Co.?)58
Died 2: Bet. 1888 - 190559
AKA (Facts Page): Margarette W. Langsdorf60
Burial: Unknown, St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Minneola, Goodhue Co., Minnesota60

  Marriage Notes for MARGARET LANGSDORF and HENRY STAHMAN:
Not found in the 1900 census.

  More About HENRY STAHMAN and MARGARET LANGSDORF:
Marriage: November 15, 1888, Goodhue Co., Minnesota61
15. viii.   HENRY H. LANGSDORF, b. January 11, 1871, Columbia Co., Wisconsin; d. 1944, Wausau, Marathon Co., Wisconsin.

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