(NOTE: John G. Bremer probably never had his portrait taken prior to the Civil War. However, during the 10 month period that the 86th Illinois was in the Nashville, Tennessee area in 1862-63, John, like most of the Union soldiers in the Nashville area, probably took the time to sit for a portrait to send home to the loved ones that he left behind. These portraits were most often printed in the form of what was called a CDV, a paper picture glued to a heavier card stock about the size of a modern day baseball card, and the soldiers didn't just have one or two copies made. Most of the time, they had a dozen or more made, so they could swap pictures with their tentmates, messmates and for their friends, in the 86th and back home.
John G. Bremer survived the war and lived well into the 20th century. During his life, John probably had his picture taken dozens of times, if not hundreds of times. I would dearly love to see a copy of that CDV added to his Find A Grave site for all with an interest to see. However, at this point, I would be thrilled just to see some more pictures of him added to his Find A Grave Memorial, even ones of him as an old man. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Baxter)
Private JOHN GEORGE BREMER, Co. H, 86th Illinois
John George Bremer was born on December 27, 1838 in Gluckstadt, Schleswig, Holstein, Germany, the son of __________ Bremer and __________ (__________) Bremer, who farmed for a living, and the grandson of __________ __________, who according to a biography published in the NEBRASKAN about John's son, John George Bremer, was a sailor on a Danish war vessel.
According to the 1900 and 1910 census records, John came to America about 1857. It is not known, at this time, what members of the family came with him, but, at least one brother, Henry, is known to have come with him to America as well. John and Henry are believed to have moved almost immediately to Davenport, Iowa, working for his brother in Henry's Cooper shop. However, John is known to have moved first to New Orleans, Louisiana for some time. He apparently did not like the wet climate of that region and returned to the north and Peoria, Illinois sometime before 1862. At the time of the 1860 census, John Bremer is believed to be the John Bremer who is found residing in Ward 2 of the City of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. At this time, John is living with and working for John and Mary Hansel as a Servant;
1410 Hansel John W. 44 M Merchant 20,000 20,000 OH
1410 Hansel Mary A. 39 F OH
1410 Hansel Jacob C. 19 M Law Student OH
1410 Hansel Mary A. 17 F OH
1410 Hansel Ellen S. 13 F OH
1410 Hansel John W. Jr. 7 M IL
1410 Hansel George W. 3 M IL
1410 Hansel Charley 1 M IL
1410 Bremer John 24 M Servant 150 Germany
On August 1, 1862, John volunteered at Peoria, Illinois to serve in a company which was being raised in the Peoria, Illinois area by David W. Magee, a veteran of the Mexican War, for service in the Union Army during the Civil War.
ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
Name BREMER, JOHN
Rank PVT Company H Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence PEORIA, PEORIA CO, IL Age 24 Height 5' 9 Hair LIGHT
Eyes GRAY Complexion LIGHT Marital Status N/A Occupation COOPER
Nativity HOLSTIN, GERMANY
Service Record
Joined When AUG 1, 1862 Joined Where PEORIA, IL
Joined By Whom D H MAGEE Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out JUN 6, 1865
Muster Out Where WASHINGTON, DC Muster Out By Whom LT SCROGGS
Remarks N/A
When Magee had about 100 volunteers he assembled his company at Camp Lyons, located near present day Glen Oak Park in Peoria, where they remained in camp until they were mustered into service. On August 27, 1862 Magee and 89 of his volunteers were mustered into service as Co. H of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. John was now Private John Bremer, Co. H, 86th Illinois. Initially, the men of Co. H elected Magee to be their Captain. Magee, however, because of his past military experiences, was selected and promoted to the rank of Lt. Colonel of the entire regiment. After this John H. Hall, was elected by the men of Co. H to be their Captain.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 86th Illinois marched out of the gates of Camp Lyon, through the streets of Peoria, with much fanfare, and boarded a train bound for Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. Three weeks later, the men of the 86th were in the field in Kentucky as part of Col. Daniel McCook's Brigade, in pursuit of Confederate troops. On Oct. 8, 1862, the men of McCook's Brigade were engaged with those troops in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th Illinois suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the next three years.
During the next three years, Private John Bremer would serve faithfully in Co. H as the men of the 86th served in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina. During this time, John was witness to and a participant in numerous battles and skirmishes, some of the bloodiest fighting in the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chicakamauga, Georgia; Resaca, Georgia; Rome, Georgia, Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia; Peach Tree Creek, Georgia; Jonesboro, Georgia; Averysboro, North Carolina; and Bentonville, North Carolina, to name a few and would march with Sherman to the Sea.
On June 6, 1865, Private John Bremer was still there with the surviving members of the 86th Illinois when they were mustered out of service on June 6, 1865 at Washington, D.C. They then were sent by train to Chicago, Illinois where received their final discharge and soon were back home in Peoria County after having served in the 86th a little over two years and nine months.
After returning from the service, John is not believed to have remained in Illinois long. He returned to the Davenport, Iowa, where he may have returned to working with his brother, Henry. John Bremer was married to Bertha Wilhelmine Prien, of Davenport, Iowa on ___________ __, 1865 at ___________, Iowa. Bertha was born in Pomerania, Germany on February 8, 1846, the daughter of __________ Prien and ___________ (___________) Prien.
To them were born nine children, including;
1. Julius Bremer, born c. 1867/68 in Iowa.
2. Caroline "Carrie" Bremer, born __________ __, 1870 in Iowa; Carrie Bremer was the first qualified teacher in Valley County, Nebraska when she arrived with the family in 1889; In mid life, Carrie was married to the Rev. __________ Hellwege, his wife having passed away leaving him with a number of young children.
3. John George Bremer Jr., born November 16, 1872 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; John was married on May 22, 1907 to Elsie Wilhelmina Vogeler at Ord, Nebraska, her birthplace; Elsie was born on ___________ __, 1888; To them were born eight children including;
A. James, August 17, 1908
B. George, January 4, 1910
C. William, February 24, 1912
D. Lois, November 27, 1914; March 19, 1916
E. (twins) Franklin
F. (twins) Frances, born July 20, 1919
G. ohn III, born June 10, 1923, who died August 14, 1923
John and Elsie lived out the lives in Enterprise Township, Valley County, Nebraska. John died in 1964.
4. Louis Bremer, born c. August 12, 1875 in Iowa; lived out his life in the Scotia, Nebraska area; Louis Bremer died on Jan. 13, 1958 and his mortal remains were laid in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Scotia, Greeley County, Nebraska.
5. (Dau.) Augusta Bremer, born c. July 15, 1878 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. The following information is found on Ancestry.com;
"Augusta Bremer was confirmed on May 17, 1891, in St. Johns Lutheran Church at Mira Creek by Rev. Emil Just. (The Church had been officially organized in December of the year she arrived, her father being a chater member, and they worshipped in local public school houses until 1902, when the first building was erected, a combination church and school.) When she was sixteen, Augusta went back to Davenport to help her long-widowed Grandmother Prien, who at seventy years of age was running a boarding house. According to daughter Bertha, Augusta received eight dollars a month and "she was more like an indentured servant!" After Augusta's marriage, her older sister, Caroline, went to help her grandmother, from early in 1899 until Grandmother Prien died January 19, 1907. Some say it was at the boarding house that Augusta met GEORGE LANGE. Others think their meeting occurred at a church get-together of your people on the Mississippi River. (They both attended Trinity Lutheran in Davenport.) However it was early in the year of 1899 they traveled together by train to her parents' home in Nebraska so that George could ask for Augusta's hand in marriage. They were married at the home of the bride's parents on March 2, 1899, when Augusta was 20 and George was 29 years old. While George was in Nebraska to be married, he liked it so well that is about three weeks he bought a farm. It was the SW quarter of Section 8 in Davis Creek Township of Valley County, and he and Augusta made their first home in the small house that was there. (Martin "Pete" Fuss later farmed that land for many years.) George's daughter, Bertha says that "he never was sorry" to have make the more from Iowa."
The following story is also found on ancestry.com;
"Augusta - Child Story, Posted by mpuehler.
Augusta was born on July 15, 1879, in Davenport, Iowa to John Bremer and his wife, Bertha Wilhelmine Charlotte – Prien in their home at 1230 Second Street. She was the fifth of nine children born to he parents. Her father, John had immigrated in 1856 at the age of 17 from his home in Herzhorn by Gluckstadt, Holstein, Germany. Bertha, her mother, had immigrated with her parents in 1857 at age 11, having been born in Lauenburg, a duchy in what was a part of the province of Pomerania at that time. Both had come directly to the Davenport area. The Bremer and Prien families were nominally Lutheran from Germany, but Augusta's daughter, Cora, thinks they probably didn't attend church every much in Davenport. Augusta's daughter, Bertha, tells of a story told to her by her Aunt, Frieda (Bremer) Rachuy: As a little girl, Augusta was sometimes sent to a nearby Methodist Sunday School with her sisters. Her mother always gave each of them a penny for the offering. Every time, on the way to Sunday School, the little girls had to walk past a candy store, and this was particularly tempting for the little Augusta. One day she gave in and spent her offering money for a penny's worth of candy – quite a lot of candy! When she later ate the candy (all of it!), she got such a stomach ache that she was 'afraid she was going to die', and finally she told her mother. Now, her mother, Bertha Bremer, was a very stern woman, never know for a kind or understanding word. However, she told Augusta that is she'd promise never to do such a think again, she thought the Lord would forgive her. Augusta felt so relieved and in later life related this to Frieda, and example of a softer more forgiving side to her usually harsh-natured mother."
Augusta Bremer was married to George Heinrich Lange on March 2, 1899. Augusta (Bremer) Lange died 25 Nov 1956 in Ord and her mortal remains were laid in the Ord City Cemetery.
6. Amelia/Emilie L. Bremer, born September 28, 1880 in Iowa; Amelia (or Emilie) was married to John W. Dobberstein c. 1912 in Nebraska; They are known to have had at least #_____ children, including, Helen D. Dobberstein, born c. 1913/14; Emma M. Dobberstein, born c. 1915/16; and Eda M. Dobberstein, born c. 1916/17; Emilie and John resided with her parents near Mira Creek, Nebraska the last few years of their lives. Amelia died on August 29, 1967.
7. Laura M. Bremer, born March 22, 1883 in Iowa; Laura M. Bremer married William H. R. Fuss and they had four daughters. Laura died on December 6, 1975 and her mortal remains were laid in Ord.
8. Bertha Bremer, born January 15, 1887 in Iowa; Bertha never married and lived for many years in Ord, Nebraska. Bertha died on June 14, 1978 in Ord.
9. Freida Bremer, born c. December __, 1890 in . Believed to have been married to a Henry Rachuy. Freida died on February 16, 1940.
At the time of the 1870 census, John Bremer and his family are found in Ward 1 of the City of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa;
John Bremer M 33y Holstein
Bertha Bremer F 24y Prussia
Julius Bremer M 2y Iowa
Caroline Bremer F 4m Iowa
Heinrich Priess M 22y Prussia
Emilie Priess F 9y
At the time of the 1880 census, the family is still found in Ward 1 of the City of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. John is working as a Cooper;
Self John Bremer M 40 Germany
Wife Bertha Bremer F 34 Germany
Son Julius Bremer M 12 Iowa
Daughter Caroline Bremer F 10 Iowa
Son John Bremer M 7 Iowa
Son Louis Bremer M 4 Iowa
Daughter Auguste Bremer F 2 Iowa
John and Bertha are known to have moved to Nebraska in 1889. They took a boat to Burlington, Iowa, where they got on a train bound for Lincoln, Nebraska. From Lincoln, they took a train to Ord, Nebraska. From there they loaded the family and all of their belongings in a hack, which they took to a homestead, which John had made arraignments to rent. They arrived there on or about March 20, 1889. They remained there for one year before they bought a homestead located near Mira Creek, Nebraska. Mira Creek was a post office in the southeastern part of Valley county that was located eight miles south of Ord, Nebraska, which was the county seat. John and Bertha were charter members of St. John's Lutheran Church of Mira Valley, Nebraska.
At the time of the 1900 census, the Bremer family is found in Davis Creek & Enterprise Townships, Valley County, Nebraska. John is listed as having been born in Germany in Dec. of 1838. He is listed as having immigrated to America in 1856.
Head John Bremer M 62 Germany
Wife Bertha Bremer F 54 Germany
Son John G Bremer M 28 Iowa
Son Lou Bremer M 25 Iowa
Daughter Amelia Bremer F 20 Iowa
Daughter Laura Bremer F 17 Iowa
Daughter Bertha Bremer F 13 Iowa
Daughter Freida Bremer F 10 Nebraska
At the time of the 1910 census, the Bremer family is found in Enterprise, Valley County, Nebraska;
Head John Bremer M 71 Germany
Wife Berth Bremer F 64 Germany
Daughter Carrie Bremer F 40 Iowa
Daughter Amile Bremer F 29 Iowa
Daughter Berthe Bremer F 23 Iowa
Daughter Freda Bremer F 19 Nebraska
John Bremer died at Ord, Nebraska, November 21, 1919. John's mortal remains were laid in the Ord Cemetery in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska.
At the time of the 1920 census, Bertha is found residing with her daughter and son-in-law in Enterprise, Valley County, Nebraska. She is listed as widowed;
Head John W Dobberstein M 41 Nebraska
Wife Emilie L Dobberstein F 39 Iowa
Daughter Helen D Dobberstein F 6 Nebraska
Daughter Emma M Dobberstein F 4 Nebraska
Daughter Eda M Dobberstein F 3 Nebraska
Mother-in-law Bertha W S Bremer F 73 Germany
Bertha, who worked as a nurse for some of her married life, died on April 1, 1929 in Ord, Nebraska. Bertha's mortal remains are believed to have been laid in the Ord Cemetery next to those of her husband of about 54 years.
by Baxter B. Fite III and Jim Eggert, who is indirectly related to John three different ways and whose email address is [email protected]
(Baxter would enjoy hearing from anyone, especially descendants of the Bremer family, who might be able to add to the biographical material that we have on Private John Bremer and the Bremer family. Baxter would also love to see copies of any pictures that may still exist of John Bremer, especially any showing him in uniform, added to his Find A Grave site and for the local Historical Societies.)
John G. Bremer survived the war and lived well into the 20th century. During his life, John probably had his picture taken dozens of times, if not hundreds of times. I would dearly love to see a copy of that CDV added to his Find A Grave site for all with an interest to see. However, at this point, I would be thrilled just to see some more pictures of him added to his Find A Grave Memorial, even ones of him as an old man. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Baxter)
Private JOHN GEORGE BREMER, Co. H, 86th Illinois
John George Bremer was born on December 27, 1838 in Gluckstadt, Schleswig, Holstein, Germany, the son of __________ Bremer and __________ (__________) Bremer, who farmed for a living, and the grandson of __________ __________, who according to a biography published in the NEBRASKAN about John's son, John George Bremer, was a sailor on a Danish war vessel.
According to the 1900 and 1910 census records, John came to America about 1857. It is not known, at this time, what members of the family came with him, but, at least one brother, Henry, is known to have come with him to America as well. John and Henry are believed to have moved almost immediately to Davenport, Iowa, working for his brother in Henry's Cooper shop. However, John is known to have moved first to New Orleans, Louisiana for some time. He apparently did not like the wet climate of that region and returned to the north and Peoria, Illinois sometime before 1862. At the time of the 1860 census, John Bremer is believed to be the John Bremer who is found residing in Ward 2 of the City of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. At this time, John is living with and working for John and Mary Hansel as a Servant;
1410 Hansel John W. 44 M Merchant 20,000 20,000 OH
1410 Hansel Mary A. 39 F OH
1410 Hansel Jacob C. 19 M Law Student OH
1410 Hansel Mary A. 17 F OH
1410 Hansel Ellen S. 13 F OH
1410 Hansel John W. Jr. 7 M IL
1410 Hansel George W. 3 M IL
1410 Hansel Charley 1 M IL
1410 Bremer John 24 M Servant 150 Germany
On August 1, 1862, John volunteered at Peoria, Illinois to serve in a company which was being raised in the Peoria, Illinois area by David W. Magee, a veteran of the Mexican War, for service in the Union Army during the Civil War.
ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
Name BREMER, JOHN
Rank PVT Company H Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence PEORIA, PEORIA CO, IL Age 24 Height 5' 9 Hair LIGHT
Eyes GRAY Complexion LIGHT Marital Status N/A Occupation COOPER
Nativity HOLSTIN, GERMANY
Service Record
Joined When AUG 1, 1862 Joined Where PEORIA, IL
Joined By Whom D H MAGEE Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out JUN 6, 1865
Muster Out Where WASHINGTON, DC Muster Out By Whom LT SCROGGS
Remarks N/A
When Magee had about 100 volunteers he assembled his company at Camp Lyons, located near present day Glen Oak Park in Peoria, where they remained in camp until they were mustered into service. On August 27, 1862 Magee and 89 of his volunteers were mustered into service as Co. H of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. John was now Private John Bremer, Co. H, 86th Illinois. Initially, the men of Co. H elected Magee to be their Captain. Magee, however, because of his past military experiences, was selected and promoted to the rank of Lt. Colonel of the entire regiment. After this John H. Hall, was elected by the men of Co. H to be their Captain.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 86th Illinois marched out of the gates of Camp Lyon, through the streets of Peoria, with much fanfare, and boarded a train bound for Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. Three weeks later, the men of the 86th were in the field in Kentucky as part of Col. Daniel McCook's Brigade, in pursuit of Confederate troops. On Oct. 8, 1862, the men of McCook's Brigade were engaged with those troops in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th Illinois suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the next three years.
During the next three years, Private John Bremer would serve faithfully in Co. H as the men of the 86th served in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina. During this time, John was witness to and a participant in numerous battles and skirmishes, some of the bloodiest fighting in the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chicakamauga, Georgia; Resaca, Georgia; Rome, Georgia, Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia; Peach Tree Creek, Georgia; Jonesboro, Georgia; Averysboro, North Carolina; and Bentonville, North Carolina, to name a few and would march with Sherman to the Sea.
On June 6, 1865, Private John Bremer was still there with the surviving members of the 86th Illinois when they were mustered out of service on June 6, 1865 at Washington, D.C. They then were sent by train to Chicago, Illinois where received their final discharge and soon were back home in Peoria County after having served in the 86th a little over two years and nine months.
After returning from the service, John is not believed to have remained in Illinois long. He returned to the Davenport, Iowa, where he may have returned to working with his brother, Henry. John Bremer was married to Bertha Wilhelmine Prien, of Davenport, Iowa on ___________ __, 1865 at ___________, Iowa. Bertha was born in Pomerania, Germany on February 8, 1846, the daughter of __________ Prien and ___________ (___________) Prien.
To them were born nine children, including;
1. Julius Bremer, born c. 1867/68 in Iowa.
2. Caroline "Carrie" Bremer, born __________ __, 1870 in Iowa; Carrie Bremer was the first qualified teacher in Valley County, Nebraska when she arrived with the family in 1889; In mid life, Carrie was married to the Rev. __________ Hellwege, his wife having passed away leaving him with a number of young children.
3. John George Bremer Jr., born November 16, 1872 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; John was married on May 22, 1907 to Elsie Wilhelmina Vogeler at Ord, Nebraska, her birthplace; Elsie was born on ___________ __, 1888; To them were born eight children including;
A. James, August 17, 1908
B. George, January 4, 1910
C. William, February 24, 1912
D. Lois, November 27, 1914; March 19, 1916
E. (twins) Franklin
F. (twins) Frances, born July 20, 1919
G. ohn III, born June 10, 1923, who died August 14, 1923
John and Elsie lived out the lives in Enterprise Township, Valley County, Nebraska. John died in 1964.
4. Louis Bremer, born c. August 12, 1875 in Iowa; lived out his life in the Scotia, Nebraska area; Louis Bremer died on Jan. 13, 1958 and his mortal remains were laid in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Scotia, Greeley County, Nebraska.
5. (Dau.) Augusta Bremer, born c. July 15, 1878 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. The following information is found on Ancestry.com;
"Augusta Bremer was confirmed on May 17, 1891, in St. Johns Lutheran Church at Mira Creek by Rev. Emil Just. (The Church had been officially organized in December of the year she arrived, her father being a chater member, and they worshipped in local public school houses until 1902, when the first building was erected, a combination church and school.) When she was sixteen, Augusta went back to Davenport to help her long-widowed Grandmother Prien, who at seventy years of age was running a boarding house. According to daughter Bertha, Augusta received eight dollars a month and "she was more like an indentured servant!" After Augusta's marriage, her older sister, Caroline, went to help her grandmother, from early in 1899 until Grandmother Prien died January 19, 1907. Some say it was at the boarding house that Augusta met GEORGE LANGE. Others think their meeting occurred at a church get-together of your people on the Mississippi River. (They both attended Trinity Lutheran in Davenport.) However it was early in the year of 1899 they traveled together by train to her parents' home in Nebraska so that George could ask for Augusta's hand in marriage. They were married at the home of the bride's parents on March 2, 1899, when Augusta was 20 and George was 29 years old. While George was in Nebraska to be married, he liked it so well that is about three weeks he bought a farm. It was the SW quarter of Section 8 in Davis Creek Township of Valley County, and he and Augusta made their first home in the small house that was there. (Martin "Pete" Fuss later farmed that land for many years.) George's daughter, Bertha says that "he never was sorry" to have make the more from Iowa."
The following story is also found on ancestry.com;
"Augusta - Child Story, Posted by mpuehler.
Augusta was born on July 15, 1879, in Davenport, Iowa to John Bremer and his wife, Bertha Wilhelmine Charlotte – Prien in their home at 1230 Second Street. She was the fifth of nine children born to he parents. Her father, John had immigrated in 1856 at the age of 17 from his home in Herzhorn by Gluckstadt, Holstein, Germany. Bertha, her mother, had immigrated with her parents in 1857 at age 11, having been born in Lauenburg, a duchy in what was a part of the province of Pomerania at that time. Both had come directly to the Davenport area. The Bremer and Prien families were nominally Lutheran from Germany, but Augusta's daughter, Cora, thinks they probably didn't attend church every much in Davenport. Augusta's daughter, Bertha, tells of a story told to her by her Aunt, Frieda (Bremer) Rachuy: As a little girl, Augusta was sometimes sent to a nearby Methodist Sunday School with her sisters. Her mother always gave each of them a penny for the offering. Every time, on the way to Sunday School, the little girls had to walk past a candy store, and this was particularly tempting for the little Augusta. One day she gave in and spent her offering money for a penny's worth of candy – quite a lot of candy! When she later ate the candy (all of it!), she got such a stomach ache that she was 'afraid she was going to die', and finally she told her mother. Now, her mother, Bertha Bremer, was a very stern woman, never know for a kind or understanding word. However, she told Augusta that is she'd promise never to do such a think again, she thought the Lord would forgive her. Augusta felt so relieved and in later life related this to Frieda, and example of a softer more forgiving side to her usually harsh-natured mother."
Augusta Bremer was married to George Heinrich Lange on March 2, 1899. Augusta (Bremer) Lange died 25 Nov 1956 in Ord and her mortal remains were laid in the Ord City Cemetery.
6. Amelia/Emilie L. Bremer, born September 28, 1880 in Iowa; Amelia (or Emilie) was married to John W. Dobberstein c. 1912 in Nebraska; They are known to have had at least #_____ children, including, Helen D. Dobberstein, born c. 1913/14; Emma M. Dobberstein, born c. 1915/16; and Eda M. Dobberstein, born c. 1916/17; Emilie and John resided with her parents near Mira Creek, Nebraska the last few years of their lives. Amelia died on August 29, 1967.
7. Laura M. Bremer, born March 22, 1883 in Iowa; Laura M. Bremer married William H. R. Fuss and they had four daughters. Laura died on December 6, 1975 and her mortal remains were laid in Ord.
8. Bertha Bremer, born January 15, 1887 in Iowa; Bertha never married and lived for many years in Ord, Nebraska. Bertha died on June 14, 1978 in Ord.
9. Freida Bremer, born c. December __, 1890 in . Believed to have been married to a Henry Rachuy. Freida died on February 16, 1940.
At the time of the 1870 census, John Bremer and his family are found in Ward 1 of the City of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa;
John Bremer M 33y Holstein
Bertha Bremer F 24y Prussia
Julius Bremer M 2y Iowa
Caroline Bremer F 4m Iowa
Heinrich Priess M 22y Prussia
Emilie Priess F 9y
At the time of the 1880 census, the family is still found in Ward 1 of the City of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. John is working as a Cooper;
Self John Bremer M 40 Germany
Wife Bertha Bremer F 34 Germany
Son Julius Bremer M 12 Iowa
Daughter Caroline Bremer F 10 Iowa
Son John Bremer M 7 Iowa
Son Louis Bremer M 4 Iowa
Daughter Auguste Bremer F 2 Iowa
John and Bertha are known to have moved to Nebraska in 1889. They took a boat to Burlington, Iowa, where they got on a train bound for Lincoln, Nebraska. From Lincoln, they took a train to Ord, Nebraska. From there they loaded the family and all of their belongings in a hack, which they took to a homestead, which John had made arraignments to rent. They arrived there on or about March 20, 1889. They remained there for one year before they bought a homestead located near Mira Creek, Nebraska. Mira Creek was a post office in the southeastern part of Valley county that was located eight miles south of Ord, Nebraska, which was the county seat. John and Bertha were charter members of St. John's Lutheran Church of Mira Valley, Nebraska.
At the time of the 1900 census, the Bremer family is found in Davis Creek & Enterprise Townships, Valley County, Nebraska. John is listed as having been born in Germany in Dec. of 1838. He is listed as having immigrated to America in 1856.
Head John Bremer M 62 Germany
Wife Bertha Bremer F 54 Germany
Son John G Bremer M 28 Iowa
Son Lou Bremer M 25 Iowa
Daughter Amelia Bremer F 20 Iowa
Daughter Laura Bremer F 17 Iowa
Daughter Bertha Bremer F 13 Iowa
Daughter Freida Bremer F 10 Nebraska
At the time of the 1910 census, the Bremer family is found in Enterprise, Valley County, Nebraska;
Head John Bremer M 71 Germany
Wife Berth Bremer F 64 Germany
Daughter Carrie Bremer F 40 Iowa
Daughter Amile Bremer F 29 Iowa
Daughter Berthe Bremer F 23 Iowa
Daughter Freda Bremer F 19 Nebraska
John Bremer died at Ord, Nebraska, November 21, 1919. John's mortal remains were laid in the Ord Cemetery in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska.
At the time of the 1920 census, Bertha is found residing with her daughter and son-in-law in Enterprise, Valley County, Nebraska. She is listed as widowed;
Head John W Dobberstein M 41 Nebraska
Wife Emilie L Dobberstein F 39 Iowa
Daughter Helen D Dobberstein F 6 Nebraska
Daughter Emma M Dobberstein F 4 Nebraska
Daughter Eda M Dobberstein F 3 Nebraska
Mother-in-law Bertha W S Bremer F 73 Germany
Bertha, who worked as a nurse for some of her married life, died on April 1, 1929 in Ord, Nebraska. Bertha's mortal remains are believed to have been laid in the Ord Cemetery next to those of her husband of about 54 years.
by Baxter B. Fite III and Jim Eggert, who is indirectly related to John three different ways and whose email address is [email protected]
(Baxter would enjoy hearing from anyone, especially descendants of the Bremer family, who might be able to add to the biographical material that we have on Private John Bremer and the Bremer family. Baxter would also love to see copies of any pictures that may still exist of John Bremer, especially any showing him in uniform, added to his Find A Grave site and for the local Historical Societies.)
(NOTE: John G. Bremer probably never had his portrait taken prior to the Civil War. However, during the 10 month period that the 86th Illinois was in the Nashville, Tennessee area in 1862-63, John, like most of the Union soldiers in the Nashville area, probably took the time to sit for a portrait to send home to the loved ones that he left behind. These portraits were most often printed in the form of what was called a CDV, a paper picture glued to a heavier card stock about the size of a modern day baseball card, and the soldiers didn't just have one or two copies made. Most of the time, they had a dozen or more made, so they could swap pictures with their tentmates, messmates and for their friends, in the 86th and back home.
John G. Bremer survived the war and lived well into the 20th century. During his life, John probably had his picture taken dozens of times, if not hundreds of times. I would dearly love to see a copy of that CDV added to his Find A Grave site for all with an interest to see. However, at this point, I would be thrilled just to see some more pictures of him added to his Find A Grave Memorial, even ones of him as an old man. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Baxter)
Private JOHN GEORGE BREMER, Co. H, 86th Illinois
John George Bremer was born on December 27, 1838 in Gluckstadt, Schleswig, Holstein, Germany, the son of __________ Bremer and __________ (__________) Bremer, who farmed for a living, and the grandson of __________ __________, who according to a biography published in the NEBRASKAN about John's son, John George Bremer, was a sailor on a Danish war vessel.
According to the 1900 and 1910 census records, John came to America about 1857. It is not known, at this time, what members of the family came with him, but, at least one brother, Henry, is known to have come with him to America as well. John and Henry are believed to have moved almost immediately to Davenport, Iowa, working for his brother in Henry's Cooper shop. However, John is known to have moved first to New Orleans, Louisiana for some time. He apparently did not like the wet climate of that region and returned to the north and Peoria, Illinois sometime before 1862. At the time of the 1860 census, John Bremer is believed to be the John Bremer who is found residing in Ward 2 of the City of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. At this time, John is living with and working for John and Mary Hansel as a Servant;
1410 Hansel John W. 44 M Merchant 20,000 20,000 OH
1410 Hansel Mary A. 39 F OH
1410 Hansel Jacob C. 19 M Law Student OH
1410 Hansel Mary A. 17 F OH
1410 Hansel Ellen S. 13 F OH
1410 Hansel John W. Jr. 7 M IL
1410 Hansel George W. 3 M IL
1410 Hansel Charley 1 M IL
1410 Bremer John 24 M Servant 150 Germany
On August 1, 1862, John volunteered at Peoria, Illinois to serve in a company which was being raised in the Peoria, Illinois area by David W. Magee, a veteran of the Mexican War, for service in the Union Army during the Civil War.
ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
Name BREMER, JOHN
Rank PVT Company H Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence PEORIA, PEORIA CO, IL Age 24 Height 5' 9 Hair LIGHT
Eyes GRAY Complexion LIGHT Marital Status N/A Occupation COOPER
Nativity HOLSTIN, GERMANY
Service Record
Joined When AUG 1, 1862 Joined Where PEORIA, IL
Joined By Whom D H MAGEE Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out JUN 6, 1865
Muster Out Where WASHINGTON, DC Muster Out By Whom LT SCROGGS
Remarks N/A
When Magee had about 100 volunteers he assembled his company at Camp Lyons, located near present day Glen Oak Park in Peoria, where they remained in camp until they were mustered into service. On August 27, 1862 Magee and 89 of his volunteers were mustered into service as Co. H of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. John was now Private John Bremer, Co. H, 86th Illinois. Initially, the men of Co. H elected Magee to be their Captain. Magee, however, because of his past military experiences, was selected and promoted to the rank of Lt. Colonel of the entire regiment. After this John H. Hall, was elected by the men of Co. H to be their Captain.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 86th Illinois marched out of the gates of Camp Lyon, through the streets of Peoria, with much fanfare, and boarded a train bound for Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. Three weeks later, the men of the 86th were in the field in Kentucky as part of Col. Daniel McCook's Brigade, in pursuit of Confederate troops. On Oct. 8, 1862, the men of McCook's Brigade were engaged with those troops in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th Illinois suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the next three years.
During the next three years, Private John Bremer would serve faithfully in Co. H as the men of the 86th served in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina. During this time, John was witness to and a participant in numerous battles and skirmishes, some of the bloodiest fighting in the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chicakamauga, Georgia; Resaca, Georgia; Rome, Georgia, Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia; Peach Tree Creek, Georgia; Jonesboro, Georgia; Averysboro, North Carolina; and Bentonville, North Carolina, to name a few and would march with Sherman to the Sea.
On June 6, 1865, Private John Bremer was still there with the surviving members of the 86th Illinois when they were mustered out of service on June 6, 1865 at Washington, D.C. They then were sent by train to Chicago, Illinois where received their final discharge and soon were back home in Peoria County after having served in the 86th a little over two years and nine months.
After returning from the service, John is not believed to have remained in Illinois long. He returned to the Davenport, Iowa, where he may have returned to working with his brother, Henry. John Bremer was married to Bertha Wilhelmine Prien, of Davenport, Iowa on ___________ __, 1865 at ___________, Iowa. Bertha was born in Pomerania, Germany on February 8, 1846, the daughter of __________ Prien and ___________ (___________) Prien.
To them were born nine children, including;
1. Julius Bremer, born c. 1867/68 in Iowa.
2. Caroline "Carrie" Bremer, born __________ __, 1870 in Iowa; Carrie Bremer was the first qualified teacher in Valley County, Nebraska when she arrived with the family in 1889; In mid life, Carrie was married to the Rev. __________ Hellwege, his wife having passed away leaving him with a number of young children.
3. John George Bremer Jr., born November 16, 1872 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; John was married on May 22, 1907 to Elsie Wilhelmina Vogeler at Ord, Nebraska, her birthplace; Elsie was born on ___________ __, 1888; To them were born eight children including;
A. James, August 17, 1908
B. George, January 4, 1910
C. William, February 24, 1912
D. Lois, November 27, 1914; March 19, 1916
E. (twins) Franklin
F. (twins) Frances, born July 20, 1919
G. ohn III, born June 10, 1923, who died August 14, 1923
John and Elsie lived out the lives in Enterprise Township, Valley County, Nebraska. John died in 1964.
4. Louis Bremer, born c. August 12, 1875 in Iowa; lived out his life in the Scotia, Nebraska area; Louis Bremer died on Jan. 13, 1958 and his mortal remains were laid in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Scotia, Greeley County, Nebraska.
5. (Dau.) Augusta Bremer, born c. July 15, 1878 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. The following information is found on Ancestry.com;
"Augusta Bremer was confirmed on May 17, 1891, in St. Johns Lutheran Church at Mira Creek by Rev. Emil Just. (The Church had been officially organized in December of the year she arrived, her father being a chater member, and they worshipped in local public school houses until 1902, when the first building was erected, a combination church and school.) When she was sixteen, Augusta went back to Davenport to help her long-widowed Grandmother Prien, who at seventy years of age was running a boarding house. According to daughter Bertha, Augusta received eight dollars a month and "she was more like an indentured servant!" After Augusta's marriage, her older sister, Caroline, went to help her grandmother, from early in 1899 until Grandmother Prien died January 19, 1907. Some say it was at the boarding house that Augusta met GEORGE LANGE. Others think their meeting occurred at a church get-together of your people on the Mississippi River. (They both attended Trinity Lutheran in Davenport.) However it was early in the year of 1899 they traveled together by train to her parents' home in Nebraska so that George could ask for Augusta's hand in marriage. They were married at the home of the bride's parents on March 2, 1899, when Augusta was 20 and George was 29 years old. While George was in Nebraska to be married, he liked it so well that is about three weeks he bought a farm. It was the SW quarter of Section 8 in Davis Creek Township of Valley County, and he and Augusta made their first home in the small house that was there. (Martin "Pete" Fuss later farmed that land for many years.) George's daughter, Bertha says that "he never was sorry" to have make the more from Iowa."
The following story is also found on ancestry.com;
"Augusta - Child Story, Posted by mpuehler.
Augusta was born on July 15, 1879, in Davenport, Iowa to John Bremer and his wife, Bertha Wilhelmine Charlotte – Prien in their home at 1230 Second Street. She was the fifth of nine children born to he parents. Her father, John had immigrated in 1856 at the age of 17 from his home in Herzhorn by Gluckstadt, Holstein, Germany. Bertha, her mother, had immigrated with her parents in 1857 at age 11, having been born in Lauenburg, a duchy in what was a part of the province of Pomerania at that time. Both had come directly to the Davenport area. The Bremer and Prien families were nominally Lutheran from Germany, but Augusta's daughter, Cora, thinks they probably didn't attend church every much in Davenport. Augusta's daughter, Bertha, tells of a story told to her by her Aunt, Frieda (Bremer) Rachuy: As a little girl, Augusta was sometimes sent to a nearby Methodist Sunday School with her sisters. Her mother always gave each of them a penny for the offering. Every time, on the way to Sunday School, the little girls had to walk past a candy store, and this was particularly tempting for the little Augusta. One day she gave in and spent her offering money for a penny's worth of candy – quite a lot of candy! When she later ate the candy (all of it!), she got such a stomach ache that she was 'afraid she was going to die', and finally she told her mother. Now, her mother, Bertha Bremer, was a very stern woman, never know for a kind or understanding word. However, she told Augusta that is she'd promise never to do such a think again, she thought the Lord would forgive her. Augusta felt so relieved and in later life related this to Frieda, and example of a softer more forgiving side to her usually harsh-natured mother."
Augusta Bremer was married to George Heinrich Lange on March 2, 1899. Augusta (Bremer) Lange died 25 Nov 1956 in Ord and her mortal remains were laid in the Ord City Cemetery.
6. Amelia/Emilie L. Bremer, born September 28, 1880 in Iowa; Amelia (or Emilie) was married to John W. Dobberstein c. 1912 in Nebraska; They are known to have had at least #_____ children, including, Helen D. Dobberstein, born c. 1913/14; Emma M. Dobberstein, born c. 1915/16; and Eda M. Dobberstein, born c. 1916/17; Emilie and John resided with her parents near Mira Creek, Nebraska the last few years of their lives. Amelia died on August 29, 1967.
7. Laura M. Bremer, born March 22, 1883 in Iowa; Laura M. Bremer married William H. R. Fuss and they had four daughters. Laura died on December 6, 1975 and her mortal remains were laid in Ord.
8. Bertha Bremer, born January 15, 1887 in Iowa; Bertha never married and lived for many years in Ord, Nebraska. Bertha died on June 14, 1978 in Ord.
9. Freida Bremer, born c. December __, 1890 in . Believed to have been married to a Henry Rachuy. Freida died on February 16, 1940.
At the time of the 1870 census, John Bremer and his family are found in Ward 1 of the City of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa;
John Bremer M 33y Holstein
Bertha Bremer F 24y Prussia
Julius Bremer M 2y Iowa
Caroline Bremer F 4m Iowa
Heinrich Priess M 22y Prussia
Emilie Priess F 9y
At the time of the 1880 census, the family is still found in Ward 1 of the City of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. John is working as a Cooper;
Self John Bremer M 40 Germany
Wife Bertha Bremer F 34 Germany
Son Julius Bremer M 12 Iowa
Daughter Caroline Bremer F 10 Iowa
Son John Bremer M 7 Iowa
Son Louis Bremer M 4 Iowa
Daughter Auguste Bremer F 2 Iowa
John and Bertha are known to have moved to Nebraska in 1889. They took a boat to Burlington, Iowa, where they got on a train bound for Lincoln, Nebraska. From Lincoln, they took a train to Ord, Nebraska. From there they loaded the family and all of their belongings in a hack, which they took to a homestead, which John had made arraignments to rent. They arrived there on or about March 20, 1889. They remained there for one year before they bought a homestead located near Mira Creek, Nebraska. Mira Creek was a post office in the southeastern part of Valley county that was located eight miles south of Ord, Nebraska, which was the county seat. John and Bertha were charter members of St. John's Lutheran Church of Mira Valley, Nebraska.
At the time of the 1900 census, the Bremer family is found in Davis Creek & Enterprise Townships, Valley County, Nebraska. John is listed as having been born in Germany in Dec. of 1838. He is listed as having immigrated to America in 1856.
Head John Bremer M 62 Germany
Wife Bertha Bremer F 54 Germany
Son John G Bremer M 28 Iowa
Son Lou Bremer M 25 Iowa
Daughter Amelia Bremer F 20 Iowa
Daughter Laura Bremer F 17 Iowa
Daughter Bertha Bremer F 13 Iowa
Daughter Freida Bremer F 10 Nebraska
At the time of the 1910 census, the Bremer family is found in Enterprise, Valley County, Nebraska;
Head John Bremer M 71 Germany
Wife Berth Bremer F 64 Germany
Daughter Carrie Bremer F 40 Iowa
Daughter Amile Bremer F 29 Iowa
Daughter Berthe Bremer F 23 Iowa
Daughter Freda Bremer F 19 Nebraska
John Bremer died at Ord, Nebraska, November 21, 1919. John's mortal remains were laid in the Ord Cemetery in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska.
At the time of the 1920 census, Bertha is found residing with her daughter and son-in-law in Enterprise, Valley County, Nebraska. She is listed as widowed;
Head John W Dobberstein M 41 Nebraska
Wife Emilie L Dobberstein F 39 Iowa
Daughter Helen D Dobberstein F 6 Nebraska
Daughter Emma M Dobberstein F 4 Nebraska
Daughter Eda M Dobberstein F 3 Nebraska
Mother-in-law Bertha W S Bremer F 73 Germany
Bertha, who worked as a nurse for some of her married life, died on April 1, 1929 in Ord, Nebraska. Bertha's mortal remains are believed to have been laid in the Ord Cemetery next to those of her husband of about 54 years.
by Baxter B. Fite III and Jim Eggert, who is indirectly related to John three different ways and whose email address is [email protected]
(Baxter would enjoy hearing from anyone, especially descendants of the Bremer family, who might be able to add to the biographical material that we have on Private John Bremer and the Bremer family. Baxter would also love to see copies of any pictures that may still exist of John Bremer, especially any showing him in uniform, added to his Find A Grave site and for the local Historical Societies.)
John G. Bremer survived the war and lived well into the 20th century. During his life, John probably had his picture taken dozens of times, if not hundreds of times. I would dearly love to see a copy of that CDV added to his Find A Grave site for all with an interest to see. However, at this point, I would be thrilled just to see some more pictures of him added to his Find A Grave Memorial, even ones of him as an old man. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Baxter)
Private JOHN GEORGE BREMER, Co. H, 86th Illinois
John George Bremer was born on December 27, 1838 in Gluckstadt, Schleswig, Holstein, Germany, the son of __________ Bremer and __________ (__________) Bremer, who farmed for a living, and the grandson of __________ __________, who according to a biography published in the NEBRASKAN about John's son, John George Bremer, was a sailor on a Danish war vessel.
According to the 1900 and 1910 census records, John came to America about 1857. It is not known, at this time, what members of the family came with him, but, at least one brother, Henry, is known to have come with him to America as well. John and Henry are believed to have moved almost immediately to Davenport, Iowa, working for his brother in Henry's Cooper shop. However, John is known to have moved first to New Orleans, Louisiana for some time. He apparently did not like the wet climate of that region and returned to the north and Peoria, Illinois sometime before 1862. At the time of the 1860 census, John Bremer is believed to be the John Bremer who is found residing in Ward 2 of the City of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. At this time, John is living with and working for John and Mary Hansel as a Servant;
1410 Hansel John W. 44 M Merchant 20,000 20,000 OH
1410 Hansel Mary A. 39 F OH
1410 Hansel Jacob C. 19 M Law Student OH
1410 Hansel Mary A. 17 F OH
1410 Hansel Ellen S. 13 F OH
1410 Hansel John W. Jr. 7 M IL
1410 Hansel George W. 3 M IL
1410 Hansel Charley 1 M IL
1410 Bremer John 24 M Servant 150 Germany
On August 1, 1862, John volunteered at Peoria, Illinois to serve in a company which was being raised in the Peoria, Illinois area by David W. Magee, a veteran of the Mexican War, for service in the Union Army during the Civil War.
ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
Name BREMER, JOHN
Rank PVT Company H Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence PEORIA, PEORIA CO, IL Age 24 Height 5' 9 Hair LIGHT
Eyes GRAY Complexion LIGHT Marital Status N/A Occupation COOPER
Nativity HOLSTIN, GERMANY
Service Record
Joined When AUG 1, 1862 Joined Where PEORIA, IL
Joined By Whom D H MAGEE Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out JUN 6, 1865
Muster Out Where WASHINGTON, DC Muster Out By Whom LT SCROGGS
Remarks N/A
When Magee had about 100 volunteers he assembled his company at Camp Lyons, located near present day Glen Oak Park in Peoria, where they remained in camp until they were mustered into service. On August 27, 1862 Magee and 89 of his volunteers were mustered into service as Co. H of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. John was now Private John Bremer, Co. H, 86th Illinois. Initially, the men of Co. H elected Magee to be their Captain. Magee, however, because of his past military experiences, was selected and promoted to the rank of Lt. Colonel of the entire regiment. After this John H. Hall, was elected by the men of Co. H to be their Captain.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 86th Illinois marched out of the gates of Camp Lyon, through the streets of Peoria, with much fanfare, and boarded a train bound for Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. Three weeks later, the men of the 86th were in the field in Kentucky as part of Col. Daniel McCook's Brigade, in pursuit of Confederate troops. On Oct. 8, 1862, the men of McCook's Brigade were engaged with those troops in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th Illinois suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the next three years.
During the next three years, Private John Bremer would serve faithfully in Co. H as the men of the 86th served in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina. During this time, John was witness to and a participant in numerous battles and skirmishes, some of the bloodiest fighting in the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chicakamauga, Georgia; Resaca, Georgia; Rome, Georgia, Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia; Peach Tree Creek, Georgia; Jonesboro, Georgia; Averysboro, North Carolina; and Bentonville, North Carolina, to name a few and would march with Sherman to the Sea.
On June 6, 1865, Private John Bremer was still there with the surviving members of the 86th Illinois when they were mustered out of service on June 6, 1865 at Washington, D.C. They then were sent by train to Chicago, Illinois where received their final discharge and soon were back home in Peoria County after having served in the 86th a little over two years and nine months.
After returning from the service, John is not believed to have remained in Illinois long. He returned to the Davenport, Iowa, where he may have returned to working with his brother, Henry. John Bremer was married to Bertha Wilhelmine Prien, of Davenport, Iowa on ___________ __, 1865 at ___________, Iowa. Bertha was born in Pomerania, Germany on February 8, 1846, the daughter of __________ Prien and ___________ (___________) Prien.
To them were born nine children, including;
1. Julius Bremer, born c. 1867/68 in Iowa.
2. Caroline "Carrie" Bremer, born __________ __, 1870 in Iowa; Carrie Bremer was the first qualified teacher in Valley County, Nebraska when she arrived with the family in 1889; In mid life, Carrie was married to the Rev. __________ Hellwege, his wife having passed away leaving him with a number of young children.
3. John George Bremer Jr., born November 16, 1872 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; John was married on May 22, 1907 to Elsie Wilhelmina Vogeler at Ord, Nebraska, her birthplace; Elsie was born on ___________ __, 1888; To them were born eight children including;
A. James, August 17, 1908
B. George, January 4, 1910
C. William, February 24, 1912
D. Lois, November 27, 1914; March 19, 1916
E. (twins) Franklin
F. (twins) Frances, born July 20, 1919
G. ohn III, born June 10, 1923, who died August 14, 1923
John and Elsie lived out the lives in Enterprise Township, Valley County, Nebraska. John died in 1964.
4. Louis Bremer, born c. August 12, 1875 in Iowa; lived out his life in the Scotia, Nebraska area; Louis Bremer died on Jan. 13, 1958 and his mortal remains were laid in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Scotia, Greeley County, Nebraska.
5. (Dau.) Augusta Bremer, born c. July 15, 1878 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. The following information is found on Ancestry.com;
"Augusta Bremer was confirmed on May 17, 1891, in St. Johns Lutheran Church at Mira Creek by Rev. Emil Just. (The Church had been officially organized in December of the year she arrived, her father being a chater member, and they worshipped in local public school houses until 1902, when the first building was erected, a combination church and school.) When she was sixteen, Augusta went back to Davenport to help her long-widowed Grandmother Prien, who at seventy years of age was running a boarding house. According to daughter Bertha, Augusta received eight dollars a month and "she was more like an indentured servant!" After Augusta's marriage, her older sister, Caroline, went to help her grandmother, from early in 1899 until Grandmother Prien died January 19, 1907. Some say it was at the boarding house that Augusta met GEORGE LANGE. Others think their meeting occurred at a church get-together of your people on the Mississippi River. (They both attended Trinity Lutheran in Davenport.) However it was early in the year of 1899 they traveled together by train to her parents' home in Nebraska so that George could ask for Augusta's hand in marriage. They were married at the home of the bride's parents on March 2, 1899, when Augusta was 20 and George was 29 years old. While George was in Nebraska to be married, he liked it so well that is about three weeks he bought a farm. It was the SW quarter of Section 8 in Davis Creek Township of Valley County, and he and Augusta made their first home in the small house that was there. (Martin "Pete" Fuss later farmed that land for many years.) George's daughter, Bertha says that "he never was sorry" to have make the more from Iowa."
The following story is also found on ancestry.com;
"Augusta - Child Story, Posted by mpuehler.
Augusta was born on July 15, 1879, in Davenport, Iowa to John Bremer and his wife, Bertha Wilhelmine Charlotte – Prien in their home at 1230 Second Street. She was the fifth of nine children born to he parents. Her father, John had immigrated in 1856 at the age of 17 from his home in Herzhorn by Gluckstadt, Holstein, Germany. Bertha, her mother, had immigrated with her parents in 1857 at age 11, having been born in Lauenburg, a duchy in what was a part of the province of Pomerania at that time. Both had come directly to the Davenport area. The Bremer and Prien families were nominally Lutheran from Germany, but Augusta's daughter, Cora, thinks they probably didn't attend church every much in Davenport. Augusta's daughter, Bertha, tells of a story told to her by her Aunt, Frieda (Bremer) Rachuy: As a little girl, Augusta was sometimes sent to a nearby Methodist Sunday School with her sisters. Her mother always gave each of them a penny for the offering. Every time, on the way to Sunday School, the little girls had to walk past a candy store, and this was particularly tempting for the little Augusta. One day she gave in and spent her offering money for a penny's worth of candy – quite a lot of candy! When she later ate the candy (all of it!), she got such a stomach ache that she was 'afraid she was going to die', and finally she told her mother. Now, her mother, Bertha Bremer, was a very stern woman, never know for a kind or understanding word. However, she told Augusta that is she'd promise never to do such a think again, she thought the Lord would forgive her. Augusta felt so relieved and in later life related this to Frieda, and example of a softer more forgiving side to her usually harsh-natured mother."
Augusta Bremer was married to George Heinrich Lange on March 2, 1899. Augusta (Bremer) Lange died 25 Nov 1956 in Ord and her mortal remains were laid in the Ord City Cemetery.
6. Amelia/Emilie L. Bremer, born September 28, 1880 in Iowa; Amelia (or Emilie) was married to John W. Dobberstein c. 1912 in Nebraska; They are known to have had at least #_____ children, including, Helen D. Dobberstein, born c. 1913/14; Emma M. Dobberstein, born c. 1915/16; and Eda M. Dobberstein, born c. 1916/17; Emilie and John resided with her parents near Mira Creek, Nebraska the last few years of their lives. Amelia died on August 29, 1967.
7. Laura M. Bremer, born March 22, 1883 in Iowa; Laura M. Bremer married William H. R. Fuss and they had four daughters. Laura died on December 6, 1975 and her mortal remains were laid in Ord.
8. Bertha Bremer, born January 15, 1887 in Iowa; Bertha never married and lived for many years in Ord, Nebraska. Bertha died on June 14, 1978 in Ord.
9. Freida Bremer, born c. December __, 1890 in . Believed to have been married to a Henry Rachuy. Freida died on February 16, 1940.
At the time of the 1870 census, John Bremer and his family are found in Ward 1 of the City of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa;
John Bremer M 33y Holstein
Bertha Bremer F 24y Prussia
Julius Bremer M 2y Iowa
Caroline Bremer F 4m Iowa
Heinrich Priess M 22y Prussia
Emilie Priess F 9y
At the time of the 1880 census, the family is still found in Ward 1 of the City of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. John is working as a Cooper;
Self John Bremer M 40 Germany
Wife Bertha Bremer F 34 Germany
Son Julius Bremer M 12 Iowa
Daughter Caroline Bremer F 10 Iowa
Son John Bremer M 7 Iowa
Son Louis Bremer M 4 Iowa
Daughter Auguste Bremer F 2 Iowa
John and Bertha are known to have moved to Nebraska in 1889. They took a boat to Burlington, Iowa, where they got on a train bound for Lincoln, Nebraska. From Lincoln, they took a train to Ord, Nebraska. From there they loaded the family and all of their belongings in a hack, which they took to a homestead, which John had made arraignments to rent. They arrived there on or about March 20, 1889. They remained there for one year before they bought a homestead located near Mira Creek, Nebraska. Mira Creek was a post office in the southeastern part of Valley county that was located eight miles south of Ord, Nebraska, which was the county seat. John and Bertha were charter members of St. John's Lutheran Church of Mira Valley, Nebraska.
At the time of the 1900 census, the Bremer family is found in Davis Creek & Enterprise Townships, Valley County, Nebraska. John is listed as having been born in Germany in Dec. of 1838. He is listed as having immigrated to America in 1856.
Head John Bremer M 62 Germany
Wife Bertha Bremer F 54 Germany
Son John G Bremer M 28 Iowa
Son Lou Bremer M 25 Iowa
Daughter Amelia Bremer F 20 Iowa
Daughter Laura Bremer F 17 Iowa
Daughter Bertha Bremer F 13 Iowa
Daughter Freida Bremer F 10 Nebraska
At the time of the 1910 census, the Bremer family is found in Enterprise, Valley County, Nebraska;
Head John Bremer M 71 Germany
Wife Berth Bremer F 64 Germany
Daughter Carrie Bremer F 40 Iowa
Daughter Amile Bremer F 29 Iowa
Daughter Berthe Bremer F 23 Iowa
Daughter Freda Bremer F 19 Nebraska
John Bremer died at Ord, Nebraska, November 21, 1919. John's mortal remains were laid in the Ord Cemetery in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska.
At the time of the 1920 census, Bertha is found residing with her daughter and son-in-law in Enterprise, Valley County, Nebraska. She is listed as widowed;
Head John W Dobberstein M 41 Nebraska
Wife Emilie L Dobberstein F 39 Iowa
Daughter Helen D Dobberstein F 6 Nebraska
Daughter Emma M Dobberstein F 4 Nebraska
Daughter Eda M Dobberstein F 3 Nebraska
Mother-in-law Bertha W S Bremer F 73 Germany
Bertha, who worked as a nurse for some of her married life, died on April 1, 1929 in Ord, Nebraska. Bertha's mortal remains are believed to have been laid in the Ord Cemetery next to those of her husband of about 54 years.
by Baxter B. Fite III and Jim Eggert, who is indirectly related to John three different ways and whose email address is [email protected]
(Baxter would enjoy hearing from anyone, especially descendants of the Bremer family, who might be able to add to the biographical material that we have on Private John Bremer and the Bremer family. Baxter would also love to see copies of any pictures that may still exist of John Bremer, especially any showing him in uniform, added to his Find A Grave site and for the local Historical Societies.)
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