KESTELL - KAUTZER

Descendants of Wigand Breckheimer

Generation No. 1 1. WIGAND4 BRECKHEIMER (CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born 1715 in Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany, and died September 15, 1765 in Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany. He married ANNA MARIA WEILBACHER May 09, 1743 in Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany. Children of WIGAND BRECKHEIMER and ANNA WEILBACHER are:         i. INFANT5 BRECKHEIMER, b. Abt. 1758, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. November 04, 1758, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany.         ii. C. GEORGE BRECKHEIMER, b. October 23, 1744, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. December 17, 1805. Notes for C. GEORGE BRECKHEIMER: This family went through lots of hardships as both parents died while most of the family were very young. C. George went to become a priest and he had Heinrich with him when he worked in the Bishops Mainzer Domkapitels in Trechinghausen. The way I understand it, it is where the Bishop lived. There was one sister who grew to adulthood, and it is believed that she took care of her other brother Wigand. Henry Breckheimer was four years old when his mother died, and 9 when his father died. He had one other brother who was two years older. It is believed that the rest of the family all died young. This information from Mainz Dom-Und Diozes Anarchiv: Rev, George Breckheimer Kapl. in Wellstein 1777-`780, Kapl. in Bingen 1799 Pfarrverv. in Niederheimbach 1780-1805, Par. in Trechingshausen (Ernnant 233.0.1804) Rev. George Breckheimer died 17 Dec. 1805. (All of these records about the Conrads and Breckheimers was looked up by KARL CONRAD who was a former teacher in Germany. It took him many years to complete the Conrad and Breckheimer family history. He has done a marvelous job, and his work will be remembered by the Conrad and Breckheimer families forever.)         iii. MARIA ELISABETH BRECKHEIMER, b. April 05, 1746, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. Bef. 1752, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany.         iv. ANNA MARGARETHA BRECKHEIMER, b. August 24, 1749, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. March 07, 1750/51, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany.         v. ELISABETH BRECKHEIMER, b. May 19, 1752, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. March 13, 1832, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany. 2. vi. WIGAND BRECKHEIMER, b. December 02, 1754, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany. 3. vii. HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER, b. December 18, 1756, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. November 22, 1823, Trechtingshausen, Rhine, Germany.         viii. JOHANNES BRECKHEIMER, b. December 03, 1759. Generation No. 2 2. WIGAND5 BRECKHEIMER (WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born December 02, 1754 in Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany. He married (1) ANNA MARGARETHA GARTEL April 21, 1777. He married (2) CATHARINA GEBHARD October 03, 1790, daughter of FRIEDRICH GEBHARD. Children of WIGAND BRECKHEIMER and ANNA GARTEL are:         i. PHILIPP6 BRECKHEIMER, b. January 27, 1778.         ii. CATHARINA BRECKHEIMER, b. March 28, 1782. 3. HEINRICH5 BRECKHEIMER (WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born December 18, 1756 in Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany, and died November 22, 1823 in Trechtingshausen, Rhine, Germany. He married AGNES CONRAD January 07, 1786 in St. Clements, Trechingshausen, Germany, daughter of PHILLIP CONRAD and AGNES STURM. Notes for HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER: Heinrich's brother Rev. George Breckheimer performed the wedding ceremony of Heinrich Breckheimer and Agnes Conrad Edinger. This was the second marriage for Agnes. Heinrich had very high ranking job when he worked at the Domkapitels (Geschaftsfuhrer). The Domkapitels is a Catholic Cathedral where the Bishop lives. His brother, Father Georg also lived at the "Domkapitels". Heinrich died at the Faitsberger Hof (today called Schweizerhaus) by Trechtingshausen. Agnes died in Burg Layen. Napoleon Bonaparte was in power in France during this time, and he brought his army through where Heinrich was working. Heinrich would not dance to the tune of France's or Napoleon's orders so he lost his job and everything he owned at the Domkapitels. His brother bought him Faitsberger Hofes (An Inn and eating place, that hunters used to go to) In 1801 his place had 12 windows and 12 doors, as their tax Heinrich had to pay 47, 2 Francs, and his friend Josef Schmitz's building had 14 windows and 14 doors, and his tax was 69,4 Francs. In those days, they had to pay taxes according to how many windows and doors they had in their building. Heinrich Breckheimer and his wife Agnes owned Faitsburger Hof . Some Binger Ratsherrn decided to get Heinrich drunk and then bought the Hof from him by getting him to sign it over to them, but they forgot to include the land that the building was standing on. When these men tried to come into the Hof that they thought they had swindled out of Heinrich, Agnes his wife would not let them on the property. In Agnes' later years, she was on her way to church when she slipped and fell on a steep embankment and hit the back of her head, and she was blind for the rest of her life. Faitsburger Hof is on a high hill, and the roads going to it were not very good either. Heinrich Breckheimer was the third child of Agnes and Heinrich Breckheimer. He was a Major when Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812. The Czar had dropped his alliance with France, and joined Great Britain against Napoleon. Napolian entered Russia with almost half a million men just before the terrible Russian winter began. He found Moscow deserted, and immediately after his arrival, fires broke out all over the city. He was forced to retreat without adequate clothing or supplies for his troops. Thousands froze to death or starved, and many thousands more were slain or captured by the wild cossacks. Less than 20,000 men lived to cross the Polish frontier. Heinrich put on the clothes of a Russian farmer and was one of the few that got to safety. He learned to sing the following song which he later sang to his children when they sat on his knee:          "Petersburg, die Residenz, die Mussen wir noch nehmen,          Da Brot und Fleisch genug und ein junges Frisches Leben          Auch ein Glas Champagnerwein und einen Schnaps daneben." Children of HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER and AGNES CONRAD are: 4. i. MARIA AGNES6 BRECKHEIMER, b. April 27, 1787, Trechtingshausen, Rhine, Germany; d. September 02, 1861, Kempten, Germany. 5. ii. GEORG JOSEF BRECKHEIMER, b. October 21, 1789, Trechtingshausen, Rhine, Germany; d. December 07, 1827, Burg Layen. 6. iii. HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER II, b. November 07, 1791, Trechtingshausen,Rhine, Gerrmany; d. March 1873, Weiler, Germany.         iv. ADAM BRECKHEIMER, b. March 21, 1794.         v. ADAM BRECKHEIMER, b. March 17, 1795.         vi. WILHELM BRECKHEIMER, b. May 23, 1797.         vii. FRANZ BRECKHEIMER, b. August 02, 1800, Trechtingshausen, Rhine, Germany; d. August 02, 1800, Trechtingshausen, Rhine, Germany. Generation No. 3 4. MARIA AGNES6 BRECKHEIMER (HEINRICH5, WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born April 27, 1787 in Trechtingshausen, Rhine, Germany, and died September 02, 1861 in Kempten, Germany. She married AMBROSIUS NEUSESTER November 01, 1813 in Sst. Clements, Trechingshausen, Germany. Children of MARIA BRECKHEIMER and AMBROSIUS NEUSESTER are:         i. HEINRICH7 NEUSESTER, b. August 05, 1814, Kempten, Germany.         ii. AMBROSIUS P. NEUSESTER, b. November 04, 1816.         iii. AGNES NEUSESTER, b. June 09, 1819, Kempten, Germany.         iv. MARIA MARGARET NEUSESTER, b. December 15, 1821, Kempten, Germany.         v. MARIA ELIZABETH NEUSESTER, b. October 11, 1823.         vi. PHILLIP JOSEF NEUSESTER, b. February 24, 1827. 5. GEORG JOSEF6 BRECKHEIMER (HEINRICH5, WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born October 21, 1789 in Trechtingshausen, Rhine, Germany, and died December 07, 1827 in Burg Layen. He married CHRISTINA WEINHEIMER July 13, 1813 in Waldalgesheim, Rhine, Germany, daughter of MATHIAS WEINHEIMER and MARGARETE DEILSEITH. Notes for GEORG JOSEF BRECKHEIMER: George Josef Breckheimer was born 21 Oct. 1789. He married Christine Weinheimer in Burg Layen when she was 14 years of age. His brother William was born 23 May 1797, he married Margaret Weinheimer (a sister of Christine, who married George.) in Burg Layen. The brothers of Heinrich II married very young to avoid going in the Army and it worked. The Weinheimer's also had a Castle in Burg Layen. There had been a feud between the Breckheimer's and the Weinheimers that was over when the two boys married the two sisters. Father of the bride, Matthias Weinheimer, was born 17 Dec.1771 in Burg Layen, and died 3 Jan. 1810. He was killed in the Bingen Cave. The police looked for the killer for a long time and he was finally found in his own chimney where he went to hide. Evidently he died from suffocation when the fire was lit. Notes for CHRISTINA WEINHEIMER: Christina Weinheimer was 14 years old when she married. George did not want to go to war, so he wanted to get married so that he would not have to go to war, and it worked. Children of GEORG BRECKHEIMER and CHRISTINA WEINHEIMER are:         i. KATHERINA MARGARETE7 BRECKHEIMER, b. September 15, 1815, Burg Layen, Rhine, Germany; d. October 19, 1892, Mainz, Germany; m. PETER ANTON MERZ, February 02, 1839, Bingerbruck, Germany. 7. ii. HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER, b. December 22, 1817, Burg Layen, Rhine, Germany; d. Unknown.         iii. JOHANNES BRECKHEIMER, b. June 22, 1817.         iv. AGNES BRECKHEIMER, b. June 05, 1821, Burg Layen, Rhine, Germany; d. 1884, Furfield, Germany.         v. KATHARINA BRECKHEIMER, b. August 25, 1825, Burg Layen, Rhine, Germany; d. June 08, 1901, O'Bach, Germany; m. PHILIPP HEIMEN.         vi. WILHELM BRECKHEIMER, b. September 05, 1823, Burg Layen, Rhine, Germany; d. 1884, Fuerfield, Germany; m. MARGRETE GLOECKNER, April 21, 1854, Burg Layen, Germany. Notes for WILHELM BRECKHEIMER: Wilhelm Breckheimer was a landowner and a Baker in Burg Layen, Germany.         vii. SUSANNA BRECKHEIMER, b. June 26, 1828, Burg Layen, Rhine, Germany; d. May 26, 1922, Hentern, Germany; m. JOSEF KNOPP, May 08, 1858. 6. HEINRICH6 BRECKHEIMER II (HEINRICH5, WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born November 07, 1791 in Trechtingshausen,Rhine, Gerrmany, and died March 1873 in Weiler, Germany. He married ANNA MARIA MASSING July 25, 1817 in Weiler, Germany, daughter of JOHANNES MASSING and MARTHA STIPP. Notes for HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER II: Heinrich Breckheimer died at the Faitsberger Hof (today called Schweizerhous) by Trechtingshausen. Agnes Conrad Breckheimer was born 31 Mar 1757 in Burg Layen and she died 27 Feb. 1839 in Burg Layen. Children of HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER and ANNA MASSING are:         i. JOHANN7 BRECKHEIMER, b. August 21, 1818, Weiler, Germany; d. August 18, 1841, Koblenz, , Germany. Notes for JOHANN BRECKHEIMER: Johann Breckheimer was a Cannon operator in the 8th Artillery Brigade. He was killed in action. 8. ii. JOSEPH BRECKHEIMER, b. November 19, 1819, Weiler, Germany; d. November 09, 1896, Weiler, Germany. 9. iii. ADAM BRECKHEIMER, b. February 04, 1821, Weiler, Germany; d. November 20, 1896, Chilton, WI. 10. iv. WILHELM BRECKHEIMER, b. April 10, 1824, Weiler, Germany; d. March 30, 1883, Weiler, Germany. 11. v. AGNES BRECKHEIMER, b. April 26, 1827, Weiler, Germany; d. Unknown, Weiler, Germany. 12. vi. HENRY BRECKHEIMER III, b. April 26, 1827, Weiler, Rhineland, Germany; d. November 16, 1897, Kiel, Manitowoc Co., WI. 13. vii. AMBROSE BRECKHEIMER, b. March 11, 1830, Weiler, Rhine, Germany; d. July 02, 1901, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., Wi.         viii. KATHARINA BRECKHEIMER, b. September 13, 1831, Weiler, Germany; d. September 02, 1832, Weiler, Germany. Generation No. 4 7. HEINRICH7 BRECKHEIMER (GEORG JOSEF6, HEINRICH5, WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born December 22, 1817 in Burg Layen, Rhine, Germany, and died Unknown. He married ANNA MARIA CONRAD June 04, 1850 in Waldalgesheim, Germany, daughter of FRIEDRICH CONRAD and KATHARINA BELL. Children of HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER and ANNA CONRAD are:         i. AGNES8 BRECKHEIMER, b. July 04, 1851, Waldalgesheim, Germany; d. August 02, 1866, Waldalgesheim, Germany.         ii. WILHELM BRECKHEIMER, b. October 29, 1852, Waldalgesheim, Germany; d. June 12, 1854, Waldalgesheim, Germany.         iii. SUSANNA BRECKHEIMER, b. December 09, 1854, Waldalgesheim, Germany; d. August 09, 1899, Waldalgesheim, Germany.         iv. HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER, b. March 23, 1856, Waldalgesheim, Germany; d. July 03, 1905, Waldalgesheim, Germany; m. (1) ELISABETH LUNKENHEIMER, Unknown; m. (2) ELISABETH NEHER, Unknown. Notes for HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER: Heinrich Breckheimer was a farmer and a land owner.         v. GEORG BRECKHEIMER, b. December 30, 1857, Waldalgesheim, Germany; d. May 11, 1858, Waldalgesheim, Germany.         vi. MARIA ANNA BRECKHEIMER, b. May 20, 1859.         vii. MARGARETE BRECKHEIMER, b. November 08, 1860. 8. JOSEPH7 BRECKHEIMER (HEINRICH6, HEINRICH5, WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born November 19, 1819 in Weiler, Germany, and died November 09, 1896 in Weiler, Germany. He married GRETE BALL May 02, 1850 in Weiler, Germany. Children of JOSEPH BRECKHEIMER and GRETE BALL are:         i. AMBROSIUS8 BRECKHEIMER, b. August 15, 1850.         ii. JOSEF BRECKHEIMER, b. December 15, 1852.         iii. MARGARET BRECKHEIMER, b. May 25, 1855.         iv. ELISABETH BRECKHEIMER, b. December 02, 1860.         v. CATHARINA BRECKHEIMER, b. June 09, 1862. 9. ADAM7 BRECKHEIMER (HEINRICH6, HEINRICH5, WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born February 04, 1821 in Weiler, Germany, and died November 20, 1896 in Chilton, WI. He married KATHERINA BRAUN 1849 in Town Rhine, Sheboygan County, WI, daughter of FRANK BROWN. Notes for ADAM BRECKHEIMER: Adam Breckheimer left Weiler, Germany in 1846 to come to America. On the 16 of May 1848, he purchased his farm from the US government. It was in Section 15 in the Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County, WI. On Easter Sunday in 1849, Adam married Katherine Braun. She was born 14 Aug. 1832 in Canada, the daughter of Frank Braun. They farmed in the town of Rhine - their farm was just down the hill from St. George Catholic Cemetery. Adam and his wife donated the cemetery plot to the church. Originally there was a Chapel built by the cemetery. The St. George Church was later built in Elkhart Lake. Adam and his wife Katherine moved to the Chilton area after they retired. They both died in that area. Adam died unexpectedly in the barnyard while manuring out the horse barn. He is buried in the old Catholic Cemetery on Hillside in Chilton, Wisconsin. Notes for KATHERINA BRAUN: Katharina came from Canada and was French. Marriage Notes for ADAM BRECKHEIMER and KATHERINA BRAUN: Adam Breckheimer & Katharinaa Braun were married on Easter Sunday, 1849. Some of the dates were taken from Adam's diary. It was very old and dilapitated. Children of ADAM BRECKHEIMER and KATHERINA BRAUN are:         i. EDWARD8 BRECKHEIMER, b. April 06, 1851, Town Rhine, Sheboygan County, WI; d. April 1934, Town Rhine, Sheboygan County, WI; m. (1) JACOBINA KLEINHANS, November 23, 1876, Town Rhine, Sheboygan County, WI; m. (2) KATHERINE FABER, April 04, 1896, Sst. George, Town Rhine, WI.         ii. ROSALIE BRECKHEIMER, b. November 28, 1852.         iii. JOHN BRECKHEIMER, b. December 22, 1853.         iv. WILHELM BRECKHEIMER, b. July 18, 1856, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. July 04, 1934, State of Washington; m. MARGRETA SCHAEFER, June 29, 1887, St. Peter & St. Paul, Kiel, WI. Notes for WILHELM BRECKHEIMER: William Breckheimer went to N. Dakota in 1882, and homesteaded his farm. He came back to Wisconsin five years later and married Margrete Schaefer on 29 June 1887. He was married in St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church by the Rev. J. W. Schiefen. William Breckheimer was a farmer and a blacksmith. He also wrote several great autobiographies, that helped us understand life in his early years.         v. ANNA MARGARET BRECKHEIMER, b. June 04, 1858, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; m. JOHN REICHERT, December 18, 1876, At home of the grooms's father. Notes for ANNA MARGARET BRECKHEIMER: There were no children found in the court house in Sheboygan. The could have moved away soon after their marriage.         vi. PETRANELLA BRECKHEIMER, b. July 21, 1860.         vii. LUCIA BRECKHEIMER, b. November 14, 1861; m. JOE REISER. 10. WILHELM7 BRECKHEIMER (HEINRICH6, HEINRICH5, WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born April 10, 1824 in Weiler, Germany, and died March 30, 1883 in Weiler, Germany. He married KATHARINA STURM August 29, 1850 in Weiler, Germany, daughter of PETER STURM and KATHARINA DORY. Children of WILHELM BRECKHEIMER and KATHARINA STURM are:         i. AGNES8 BRECKHEIMER, b. July 03, 1851, Weiler, Germany; d. January 26, 1893, Bingerbruck, Germany; m. MATHIAS BELL, January 08, 1875, Weiler, Germany.         ii. KATHARINA BRECKHEIMER, b. January 02, 1854, Weiler, Germany; d. March 09, 1887; m. JOHANN STUMM, Unknown, Weiler by Bingen, Germany.         iii. HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER, b. December 15, 1856, Weiler, Germany. Notes for HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER: Heinrich was a Beer Brewer. He emigrated to the United States.         iv. ANNA MARIA BRECKHEIMER, b. March 15, 1859, Weiler, Germany; m. HEINRICH SCHEID, June 15, 1883, Weiler, Germany.         v. JOSEF BRECKHEIMER, b. January 22, 1862, Weiler, Germany; d. April 05, 1895, Budesheim, Germany; m. ELISE KAU, January 12, 1889.         vi. MARGARETHA BRECKHEIMER, b. June 24, 1867; d. June 18, 1871. 11. AGNES7 BRECKHEIMER (HEINRICH6, HEINRICH5, WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born April 26, 1827 in Weiler, Germany, and died Unknown in Weiler, Germany. She married HEINRICH SCHEID June 27, 1854 in Weiler, Germany. Children of AGNES BRECKHEIMER and HEINRICH SCHEID are:         i. HEINRICH8 SCHEID, b. July 07, 1855; d. Unknown; m. ANNA MARIA BRECKHEIMER, June 15, 1883, Weiler, Germany.         ii. AGNES SCHEID, b. March 28, 1861. 12. HENRY7 BRECKHEIMER III (HEINRICH6, HEINRICH5, WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born April 26, 1827 in Weiler, Rhineland, Germany, and died November 16, 1897 in Kiel, Manitowoc Co., WI. He married (1) ANNA MARGARETHA HOLZMANN. Anna Margaretha was born 6 June 1832 in Dormitz, Bavaria, Germany the daughter of EBERHARDT HOLZMANN and Rosina Fritzner. She died 31 January 1925, Kiel, Manitowoc Co., WI. Children of HENRY BRECKHEIMER and MARGARET HOLZMANN are:         i. GEORGE8 BRECKHEIMER, b. February 07, 1857, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. February 28, 1937, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; m. (1) THERESA NADLER, February 12, 1884, Calumet County, WI; m. (2) CATHARINA HARTH, April 04, 1888, Town Rhine, Sheboygan County, WI. Notes for GEORGE BRECKHEIMER: Caroline Breckheimer was found living with Henry (George's brother) and Catherine Breckheimer in the 1900 federal census and listed as an adopted daughter. Notes for CATHARINA HARTH: I received this information from Sara Dagget "I think that I can clear up the confusion about George Breckheimer's wife. She was born Catherine Harth in Niagara Falls, Erie County, New York. Around the time of her birth, Phillip Harth, her father, died. Someone said that the family story was that someone killed him by throwing him into the Falls. I have not been able to find proof of this. Katie Rosenthal Harth, Catherine's mother, then married Adam Mathes, shortly thereafter. Catherine then went by the name 'Mathes'. Catherine Harth had a son Henry before she married George, whom we believe adopted him. More About CATHARINA HARTH: Cause of Death: Ruptured appendix         ii. ADAM BRECKHEIMER, b. July 02, 1858, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. August 01, 1873, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI.         iii. FREDERICK BRECKHEIMER, b. February 12, 1861, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. September 05, 1946; m. (2) BELL ANDREWS, June 26, 1890, Town Rhine, Sheboygan County, WI.         iv. CATHERINE BRECKHEIMER, b. July 12, 1864, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. Bef. 1896, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; m. CHRISTIAN SCHMAHL, January 15, 1884, Plymouth, WI. Notes for CHRISTIAN SCHMAHL: Christian Schmahl slipped and fell doing farm chores at 95 years of age and died.         v. WILLIAM BRECKHEIMER, b. July 16, 1865, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. March 12, 1874, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI.         vi. HENRY BRECKHEIMER IV, b. December 01, 1867, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. January 14, 1959, Salem, Marion, OR; m. KATHERINE KRAEMER, November 28, 1899, Kiel, Manitowoc Co., WI. More About KATHERINE KRAEMER: Cause of Death: cereberovascular accident         vii. MARY BRECKHEIMER, b. February 21, 1870, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. October 23, 1965, Ssheboygan Co., WI; m. JOSEPH TEPORTEN.         viii. MARGARET BRECKHEIMER, b. June 15, 1873; m. JOHN HENRY HINZE, July 18, 1900. 13. AMBROSE7 BRECKHEIMER (HEINRICH6, HEINRICH5, WIGAND4, CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born March 11, 1830 in Weiler, Rhine, Germany, and died July 02, 1901 in Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., Wi. He married ANNA MARIA COBLENZ August 21, 1854 in Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI, daughter of PHILIPP COBLENZ and ANNA MASSING. More on the Ambrose Breckheimer Family Notes for AMBROSE BRECKHEIMER: Ambrose Breckheimer left his homeland in Weiler, Rhine Province, Germany in 1851. He had one brother, Adam, who had bought his farm in the town of Rhine, Sheboygan County, in 1848. He evidently came to his brother's house to live. Ambrose purchased his farm in the town of Rhine the 23rd of July 1851, from DeLorma and Lila Brooks, (land prospectors from New Lisbon Ohio, who had purchased the land from the U.S. Government.) He paid $150.00 for the 80 acres. He later purchased 30 acres of land on the south side of the road from the 80 acres, south of county trunk (A) today. Ambrose lived the life of a bachelor for three years while he cleared the land and built a log cabin on his land. He also made his own furniture from the wood on his land. Then he sent for his bride from Weiler, Germany. This log cabin was south of the present buildings. It served as the family home for the first nine children. Only the last two children were born in the new home that Ambrose built - so the new home was built around 1867. I was told that Ambrose made a table and benches, bed and dresser. (My father inherited this dresser which is still in use today). He also made a cradle, which is also in existence today. Ambrose sent for his wife in 1854. We have not found a passenger list, but it is believed that she came in August with Ambrose's brother Henry. Ambrose and Anna Maria Koblenz married 21 August 1854 in the chapel in the town of Rhine. Henry Breckheimer bought his farm in the town of Rhine on the 19 of August 1854. The Breckheimer's had eleven children, - ten of which grew to adulthood After the Ambrose Breckheimer's retired, they sold the farm to their eldest daughter Magdalena and her husband, John George Kestell. They sold their farm 9 June 1894, and moved to Elkhart Lake. The house is still standing in good condition. It is the first place west of the Garage on Rhine street - one block west of the Catholic Church. Notes for ANNA MARIA COBLENZ: Anna Maria Coblenz left her parents and twelve brothers and sisters in Weiler, Germany at the time that Ambrose Breckheimer invited her to come to the United States to become his bride. We have assumed that Henry Breckheimer came to the States with Ambrose's future wife, as Henry bought his farm in the Town of Rhine in August of 1854, right about the same time that Ambrose and Anna Maria were married. That would have been a very scary trip for Anna Maria to make alone, as there was very poor travel conditions in 1854. There were no trains going into Wisconsin at all. It is assumed that they took a boat and came as far as Sheboygan and were met there by Ambrose. Several years later, Anna Maria and Ambrose Breckheimer had her younger brother John Koblenz come to the States from Weiler with his wife and family. They lived in Elkhart Lake their entire lives in Wisconsin. Children of AMBROSE BRECKHEIMER and ANNA COBLENZ are:         i. MAGDALENA8 BRECKHEIMER, b. June 28, 1855, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI.; d. September 14, 1902; m. JOHN GEORGE KESTELL, November 15, 1881, St. Francis, Milwaukee, Wi. Notes for MAGDALENA BRECKHEIMER: On the 19th Jan. 1882, John George sold the homestead farm to John Conrath Wiseckel with the personal. He must have gotten the farm back, as on the 15 Oct. 1886, George John Kestel and Magdalena sold the farm to John Tiry (George Kestell was married to Ferdinanda Tiry), and on the same day 15 Oct. 1886, John Tiry sold the homestead farm to Charles Dallmann of Milwaukee County. Christina was a sister of John George. John George Kestell and Magdalena with their 7 children, lived on the 'Daily' farm in Germantown until 9 June 1894 when they bought the farm in the town of Rhine, from Ambrose Breckheimer and his wife Anna Maria. They paid $3500.00 for 110 acres of land and all the buildings. Magdalena and smaller children came to Elkhart Lake by train, and the household furniture was moved up by wagons and teams. John G. Kestell III was ten years old at the time. The Ambrose Breckheimers were the parents of Mrs. John George Kestell II. The Breckheimers moved to a house in Elkhart Lake to retire. A few years before John George II death, he was picking apples in the orchard. He used a chair that had posts on the back lean, to climb up into the tree. He slipped and fell from the tree and hit the chair on one of the posts and injured his intestines. He lived for some time , but he was not in good health. He died 21 Jan. 1905. He is buried beside his wife on St. George's Cemetery in the town of Rhine. Anna and her brother John George Kestell III were the only ones who were over 21 years of age when their father and mother were both dead. Francis Williams was appointed guardian of Julius, Charles, Arthur, Margaret and Catherine. Katie, the youngest was 10 years of age when her mother died and just 13 when her father died. John had just signed papers with his father on his 21st birthday to take over running of the farm. When Julius was 21, he went into partnership with John. The children all stayed at home. On the 5th of October 1905, John George III bought 26 acres from Julia Feldmann and her husband John for $1000.00. John George III also bought the personal property from his father before his death. He borrowed the money from his grandmother, Anna Maria Breckheimer. Each one in the family received their inheritance when they became of age. Notes for JOHN GEORGE KESTELL: John George Kestell was born 24 August 1853, the son of Johann Baptist Kastel and Ursula Kreppel/Krebbel/Krippel, in the town of Germantown, Washington County, Wi. He married , Jane Daily, a neighbor girl, about 1880. She died giving birth to their first born son on 12 March, 1881. Jane was born December 20, 1840 at Rochester, New York, the daughter of John and Nancy Daily. She was 40 years old when she died. She was 13 years older then John George. She is buried on Nelson's burial ground, Waukesha, Co. The 26th of August 1880, John Kastell bought the farm from his mother for $1,000. with the personal. In the 1870 census, the property was valued as follows: 20 acres improved land, 20 acres woods valued at $1500. and $50. worth of machinery: 2 milking cows, 2 working oxen, 5 swine, $100. all livestock; 80 bushels wheat, 20 bushels rye, 10 bushels oats, 10 lbs. wool, 25 bushels peas and beans, 60 bushels Irish potatoes. $10.00 orchard products, 300 lbs. butter, 8 tons hay, $55.00 worth of animals slaughtered; $650.00 estimated value of all farm products. There was also a plow, a spring tooth, and a drag included in the machinery. On October 3, 1881, there was a land entry between Nancy Daily and John G. Kestell (as he spells his name now) . According to the indenture, Jane, John George's wife, had bought the farm a few years earlier from her mother, but I guess the papers were not made at the time. Jane had died in March and the estate was being settled. Before the death of Johann Baptist Kastel, John George went by the name of 'George", because of the confusion with his father's name. He kept using the name of 'George until the time of his death, even though he had a brother by the name of George. Eight months after Jane died, John George Kestell married Magdalena Breckheimer, daughter of Ambrose Breckheimer and Anna Maria Koblenz in St. Francis Church in Milwaukee. They were married by Rev. P. Ignatius Ullrich on 15 Nov. 1881. Lena Breckheimer was born 28 June 1855, in the town of Rhine, Sheboygan County. She went to Milwaukee to find work as a young girl and that is when she met John George. Magdalena died of Broncho pneumonia following a case of the measles, on the 14 Sept. 1902. She is buried on St. George's Catholic Cemetery in the town of Rhine - just one half mile north from the family homestead. On the 19th Jan. 1882, John George sold the homestead farm to John Conrath Wiseckel with the personal. He must have gotten the farm back, as on the 15 Oct. 1886, GEORGE John Kestell and wife Magdalena sold the farm to John Tiry (George Kestell was married to Ferdinanda Tiry), and on the same day, 15 Oct. 1886, John Tiry sold the homestead farm to Charles Dallmann of Milwaukee County. Charles Dallmann was married to Christina Kaestel, a sister of John George's. John George Kestell and his wife Magdalena and family of seven children, lived on the "Daily" farm in Germantown until 9 June 1894, when they bought the farm in the town of Rhine, Sheboygan County, from Ambrose Breckheimer and his wife Anna Maria. The Breckheimers were the parents of Magdalena Kestell. They paid 3500.00 for 110 acres of land and all the buildings. Magdalena and smaller children came to Elkhart Lake by train, and the household furniture was moved up by wagons and teams. John G. Kestell III was ten years old at the time. The Breckheimers moved to a house in Elkhart Lake to retire. Ambrose lived until 2 July 1901, and Anna Maria outlived her daughter by a good many years and passed away 16 Jan. 1917. A few years before John George's death, he was picking apples in the orchard. He used a chair that had posts on the back lean, to climb up into the tree. He slipped and fell from the tree and hit the chair on one of the posts and injured his intestines. He lived for several years, but he was not in good health. He died 31 Jan. 1905. He is buried beside his wife on St. George's Cemetery in the town of Rhine, just one half mile north of the farm Anna and John were the only ones who were over 21 years of age when their father and mother were both dead. Anna had just married the September before her father's death. Francis Williams was appointed guardian of Julius, Charles, Arthur, Margaret and Catherine. Katie was 10 years of age when her mother died and just 13 when her father died. She was the youngest in the family. John had just signed papers with his father on his 21st birthday to take over running of the farm. When Julius was 21, he went into partnership with John. The 5th of October 1905, John George III bought 26 acres from Julia Feldmann and her husband John for $1000.00. Now the farm was 136 acres total. John George III also bought the personal property from his father before his death. He borrowed the money from his grandmother Breckheimer.         ii. AMBROSE BRECKHEIMER, b. October 01, 1856, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. February 05, 1934, Remington, Wood Co., WI.         iii. HERMAN BRECKHEIMER, b. October 06, 1858, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. January 13, 1924, Menominee, MI; m. ?, Unknown. Notes for HERMAN BRECKHEIMER: Herman was a twin to William Breckheimer. After he moved to Michigan, The family lost track of him.         iv. WILLIAM BRICKHEIMER, b. October 06, 1858, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. April 20, 1944, Wood County, WI; m. KATHERINE STEPHANS, Abt. 1884, Wood County, WI. Notes for WILLIAM BRICKHEIMER: William was a twin to Herman Brickheimer. The northern Wisconsin Brickheimers spell their name with an I, while the rest of the Breckheimers spell their name with an 'e'.         v. HENRY BRECKHEIMER, b. February 10, 1860, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. August 31, 1953, Calumet Co. WI; m. CHRISTINA HENSCHEL, April 15, 1890, Town Schleswig, Manitowoc Co., WI. Marriage Notes for HENRY BRECKHEIMER and CHRISTINA HENSCHEL: Henry Breckheimer and Christina Henschel were married in a civil ceremony. Manitowoc County records, volume 6, page 29.         vi. PETER BRECKHEIMER, b. June 13, 1861, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. April 02, 1934, Elkhart Lake, Sheboygan Co., WI; m. EMMA PITZLEN, November 24, 1885, Brandow, WI. Notes for PETER BRECKHEIMER: Peter Breckheimer went to Sheboygan to learn the wagon-making trade from Fritz Hoppe. The following article was in the Sheboygan Press on April 22, 1910 Sheboygan is to have a horses' neck yoke factory. Otto Hardt and William Schultz have purchased the patents, plant and business for manufacturing the "Horses's Friend Neck Yoke" owned by P. Brickheimer of Elkhart Lake, and will move the concern to Sheboygan. They will begin next week the erection of a new factory near Lake View and expect to be turning out their product in a couple of months. The manufacture of the patent neck yokes has been Going on at Elkhart Lake for some time. About eight or nine men will be employed when the factory begins operations here.         vii. JULIUS BRECKHEIMER, b. September 19, 1862, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. 1937, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI; m. MARY STARR. Notes for JULIUS BRECKHEIMER: Julius Breckheimer went to Milwaukee as a young man and married and was a very successful business man. All of the Breckheimers were successful, except one brother Ambrose. He never married and he never seemed to own anything.         viii. JOSEPH BRECKHEIMER, b. January 05, 1864, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. December 05, 1868, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI. Notes for JOSEPH BRECKHEIMER: Joseph Breckheimer died at the age of 4 years and 11 months.         ix. EDWARD BRECKHEIMER, b. March 12, 1866, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. September 03, 1940, Marshfield, WI; m. LUCY BECKER, Unknown. Notes for EDWARD BRECKHEIMER: Edward Breckheimer Breckheimer settled in Marshfield, Wood County. He operated a flour and feed mill very successfully for many years.         x. ANNA BRECKHEIMER, b. November 11, 1868, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. July 14, 1939, Elkhart Lake, Sheboygan Co., WI; m. CORNELIUS GESSERT, January 09, 1901, Kiel, Manitowoc Co., WI by Rev. J. Schmitz. Notes for ANNA BRECKHEIMER: Anna Lived in Elkhart Lake her entire married life. Anna and Cornelius lived with the Ambrose Breckheimers the first years of their married life. Then Cornelius and Anna built a home on the street real close to the Elkhart Lake Depot. Many years later, they built another home on Lake Street, where they lived out their lives. Cornelius was a rural mail carrier in the Elkhart Lake region all of his life, until he retired.         xi. KATHARINE BRECKHEIMER, b. March 12, 1870, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. July 19, 1946, Milwaukee, Wi; m. JOSEPH SCHLOEMER, Abt. 1904, Milwaukee, WI. Notes for JOSEPH SCHLOEMER: Joseph and Katherine did not have children, but Joe did have at least one son from a previous marriage. Joseph's father invented one of the first cars built, but there were many inventors of cars in that time, and rarely was more than one car built from the same pattern. His car never became popular. The following was in "Wisconsin Then and Now" Vol. xx1 No. 8, page 15: In 1890, a practical self propelled gasoline vehicle was designed by Gottfried Schloemer of Milwaukee. One of the first such cars in the U.S., the motor had, instead of spark plugs, "a make & break" system by which two steel points struck up a spark and ignited the gas. These points were fragile, needing replacement every few miles. Spring 1970 - Wisconsin - "Tales & Trails" Page 24. Charles & Frank Duryea from Massachusetts usually are credited with building and operating America's first successful motor vehicle to run on gas. Their machine was built in 1893, yet 4 years earlier, the SCHLOEMER was chugging down Milwaukee streets, produced by Schloemer-Toepfer in Milwaukee. A Schloemer car has been preserved by the Milwaukee Public Museum as the first practical gasoline-powered auto in the nation. The 1st FWD Car, later christened the Battleship, was large and roomy. It held 8 people - e in front, four in the rear, and two on folding seats. Many other cars had a "Mother-in-law seat". This single seat was located in the rear and was hard to get into and out of. Once settled, there was no top or windshield to protect the passenger. She couldn't even shout at the couple up front.