Other Dohme Families -- Friedrich Wilhelm Dohme -- My 3x's Great-Grandfather's Older Brother

Throughout my research, I had found other families of the Dohme name who had immigrated to America during the same time period as my family.  They had settled in different parts of the country, and I am sure that they are all related to my family somehow.

The first of these families was Friedrich Wilhelm Dohme.  I mentioned him in a previous post.  He was my 3x's great-grandfather's older brother.  He married Caroline Charlotte Harke March 17, 1821 in Obernkirchen, Germany.  Friedrich apparently died sometime before 1852 because  he was not with his wife and children when they immigrated to America and settled in Austin, Texas.  They had 8 children, and they are as follows.

Emilie Augusta Dohme, born April 20, 1822 in Obernkirchen, and settled in Austin, Texas.

Carl Wilhelm Dohme, born September 18, 1824 in Obernkirchen, and died July 22, 1829 in Obernkirchen.

Friedrich Wilhelm Dohme, born August 7, 1826 in Obernkirchen, and settled in Grant Co., Wisconsin.  He married Harriet Schnee September 17, 1854 in Grant Co., Wisconsin.  This information not only came from census records, marriage records, and death records, but someone had posted his obituary on findagrave.com.  His birth and death dates were confirmed through that article. I will post more about him in another entry.

George Louis Leonhard Dohme, born October 18, 1828 in Obernkirchen.  He settled in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio.  He married Matilda Fischer, and he became a physician.

Augusta Wilhelmine Juliane Dohme, born November 23, 1830 in Obernkirchen, and settled in Austin, Texas.  

George Ferdinand Dohme, born April 22, 1833 in Obernkirchen, and settled in Austin, Texas.  He married Mary Rebecca Ruby and became a building contractor.  

Gustav Heinrich Adolf Dohme, born September 22, 1835 in Obernkirchen, and settled in Austin, Texas.

Agnes C. Dohme, born November 29,1841 in Obernkirchen, and settled in Austin, Texas.  She married Louis Sommer.  She died June 4, 1922 in Austin, Texas.

There was a Wilhelm Dohme living in Austin, Texas with the family above, and originally, I thought he was the same person as Friedrich Wilhelm Dohme mentioned above.  It turns out they are not the same person.  This Wilhelm Dohme was consistently cited as having been born around 1819 or 1820 throughout the census from 1860 to 1900.  In the 1900 census, his birthdate was indicated as being February 1819 and a brother to this family.  

The first record I have found for this family was the 1860 census for Austin, Travis Co., Texas.  They are listed by the first initial of their first names:  F. Dohme, C. Dohme, W. Dohme, E. Dohme, A. Dohme, A. Dohme, A. Dohme.  "C. Dohme" was Charlotte Dohme, wife of Friedrich Wilhelm Dohme, and mother of the other inhabitants of this household.

This is how they appear in the 1870 census for Austin, Texas.  You can, by the way, click on these images to see a larger version easier to read.

Ferdinand Dohme (George Ferdinand Dohme listed above), at age 37, with his wife, Maria (Mary Rebecca Ruby listed above), and their two children, Louise and Ferdinand.  Living next door to Ferdinand is Wilhelm Dohme, and his mother, Charlotte Dohme (Caroline Charlotte Harke mentioned above), and his other siblings, Adolf, Emilie, Augusta, and Agnes.