They are my great-great-great-grandparents, George Ludwig Dohme and Henriette Amalie Cornelius, and for years, I knew them only as Ludwig and Henriette Dohme. They are the parents of my great-great-grandfather, Ferdinand Dohme, whose full name was actually Ludwig Wilhelm Ferdinand Dohme.
George Ludwig Dohme was born November 14, 1798 in Obernkirchen, Germany to Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Dohme and Philippine Charlotte Farlemann. Ludwig was originally a baker by trade, an occupation that was evidently passed down from father to son. His father was a master baker in Obernkirchen, and Ferdinand was a baker during the first ten years of his life in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ludwig married my great-great-great-grandmother, Henriette Amalie Cornelius, November 8, 1823 in Obernkirchen, Germany. She was born August 24, 1804 in Rumbeck, Germany to Justus Casper Cornelius and Johanna Louise Fredericke Bohling. Her father was a forester.
Ludwig and Henriette had four children that I know of, so far. There is a four year gap between the year of their marriage and the year my great-great-grandfather was born in 1827, which tells me that there is a possibility they had another child during that time period.
The children of Ludwig and Henriette were:
Ludwig Wilhelm Ferdinand Dohme -- my great-great-grandfather
He was born June 16, 1827 in Obernkirchen, Germany. He died January 13, 1899 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married my great-great-grandmother, Justine Marie Louise Plumhoff, July 17, 1848 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio and had 12 children.
Frederick Louis Dohme
He was born October 6, 1830 in Obernkirchen, Germany. He died July 18, 1904 in Richland Township, Darke Co., Ohio. He married Wilhelmine Mary Rehmert March 14, 1854 in Darke Co., Ohio. They had three children together. After the death of Wilhelmine, Louis married a second time to Fredericke Wilhelmina Sellman January 31, 1865. He and Fredericka had 7 children.
Caroline Charlotte Henriette Dohme
She was born April 9, 1833 in Obernkirchen, Germany. She died January 9, 1873 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri. She married George Dempewolf January 30, 1851 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, and they had 6 children.
Louis Edward Dohme
He was born about February 1848 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio. He died April 11, 1896 in Belleview, Calhoun Co., Illinois. Louis married Sarah Adelia Gardner August 20, 1892 in Pike Co., Illinois. They had two children, possibly three. The third child I haven't confirmed yet.
George Ludwig Dohme died sometime between 1853 and 1855 in Cincinnati. Cincinnati didn't start keeping birth and death records until around 1865, so I do not have a death record for my 3x's great-grandfather. Ludwig was last listed in the Cincinnati city directories in 1853. The city directory for 1854 had not been published for some reason, and Henriette had married her second husband, Louis Regenhardt, July 1, 1855 in Meigs Co., Ohio.
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