The Heinrich Christian Lammers family immigrated from Rodewald, Germany in the mid 1880's. Family Surnames include: Krumwiede, Duensing, Ahlefeld, Niklaus, Handke, and Yoder
Family first settled in Bloomingdale, IL, Whittemore, IA, Sauk Centre, MN, and Chicago, IL.
Other areas the family settled in are: Glen Ellyn, IL; Wheaton, IL, (and other western suburbs of Chicago) & Belgrade, MN.
Anyone having information on any of these families please contact me at one of the addresses above.
Any family members wanting to contribute photographs for this web page contact me as well.
I would love to correspond with anyone who has ancestors that immigrated from Rodewald, Germany
David Lammers
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- Karl Niklaus Faimly 1906 (From W.F. Niklaus) (39 KB)
Back: George, Anna, Frieda, Emiline, Ida, William
Front: Karl, Frank, LOUISE geb. Lammers, Amanda, KARL, Henry.
- Wilhelm Lammers Family, Glen Ellyn, IL ca 1920 (132 KB)
Photo shows Albert, John, Maria, Em & Charlie Lammers in Glen Ellyn, IL ca 1920
- Lammers/Reeser Wedding, September 14, 2002 (51 KB)
Matt & Danielle Reeser Geb. Lammers(Bride & Groom)
Daryl, Dawn and Dave Lammers
- Heinrich Lammers Family, Whittemore, IA, ca 1900 (168 KB)
Photo shows Heinrich & Anna Lammers and their children on front porch of Whittemore, IA home. This was the farm that Christian, Heinrich, and Wilhelm sojourned until buying it in about 1900.
- Wilhelm Lammers Becomes US Citizen (45 KB)
Wilhelm Lammers became a US citizen in October of 1888. He took his oath in Kossuth, IA at the age of 21. This picture was taken close to that time.
- Wilhelm Lammers' Chain Driven Truck (87 KB)
This is the chain driven truck that Wilhelm Lammers used for his contracting business in Chicago, IL ca. 1900. It is belived to be a Lindsley made in Chicago, however, if anyone can shed any further light on the make, please let me know.
- Wilhelm & Maria (Poruban) Lammers Wedding, 1906 (74 KB)
Wilhelm and Maria geb. Poruban, Lammers were married in Chicago, December, 1906
- Krumwiede Home, Bloomingdale, IL (59 KB)
This is the Krumwiede home in Bloomingdale, IL. Note that Roselle Road is dirt. This was the first stop for all of the Christian Lammers,(Sophia's father) family coming from Rodewald.
- Edward & Sophia (Lammers) Krumwiede (28 KB)
Edward & Sophia geb. Lammers immagrated to the US in 1885 aboard the SS Eider. They settled in Bloomingdale, IL where, it is said that all of the remaining family in Rodewald made their first stop in the US.
- Krumwiede Family (78 KB)
Krumwiede family reunion, 1913 in Bloomingdale, IL. Roselle Road home.
- Karl & Meta Louise Niklaus (21 KB)
Karl & Louise Niklaus geb. Lammers Married Feb. 3, 1885, Bloomingdale, IL
- Albert Lammers 1940 (37 KB)
Albert Lammers in 1940 while working for the Ball Coal Company, St. Charles Rd, Wheaton, IL
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