Glamann Family History

(Extended Family)

Jul 2009

hristian and August, two sons of Christian and Friederica Glamann, emigrated separately to the United States from Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Christian arrived first and lived in Wisconsin before settling in northeastern Kansas. He was later joined by August and his family who then continued onward to southern Kansas. This family is related to the Peisker family through Christian's marriage to Johanna Peisker.

Christian Glamann

Glamann Family Migration to Kansas
1. Neukalen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin
2. Wisconsin
3. Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas
4. Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas Christian Friederich Theodor Glamann was born 27 Nov 1843 in Neukalen in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, now a part of northern Germany. He left for America from Hamburg aboard the steamship "Wakefield" on 5 Apr 1866 with a probable cousin from Neukalen named Heinrich Lahmann (or Lehmann). Both were twenty two years of age, and both were shoemakers. This voyage was headed for New York via Hull and Liverpool, England, where they were to change ships. The ship which brought them to New York has not been identified.

Christian is first found in the United States on 29 Nov 1867 when he purchased 40 acres of land in Doniphan County, Kansas, three miles northwest of the town of Troy. However, according to the 1875 Kansas State Census, he lived in Wisconsin before this move.^note1 In Kansas, Christian initially took up farming, but he sold his property in April 1869 and moved into town to return to working as a boot and shoemaker. He eventually owned his own shop on Main Street near the town square in Troy.

Christian married Johanna Peisker 14 Feb 1874 across the Missouri River in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. According to the local newspaper, they were greeted by a traditional "cowbell serenade", or shivaree, the evening of their return. Just over a year later, on the night of 15 Apr 1875, his business burned down after a fire broke out in an adjacent building. In all, seven buildings were destroyed by morning.

On 04 Mar 1879, Christian died of Tuberculosis. His funeral was conducted by the local Odd Fellows Lodge (I.O.O.F.), of which he was a member, and they published a "tribute of respect" in the newspaper the following week. Christian and Johanna had two sons, the younger of whom was not born until two days after his father's death:

Christian William (Will C.) (1876-1938) who married Mary Schaefer about 1900. He and his descendants used the spelling "Glamann".
Otto Christian (1879-1943) who married Grace J. Faulkner in Atchison, Kansas, in 1903. He and his descendants used the spelling "Glaman".

August Glamann

Christian's older brother, August Friederich Gustav Glamann, was born 9 April 1839 in Neukalen and married Johanna Louise Behrend^note2 there on 26 November 1866. She was born on 29 Mar 1848 to Johann Joachim Behrend in Malchin, a town about six miles south of Neukalen. August and Johanna already had two young sons by the time they emigrated aboard the steamer "Saxonia", which departed from Hamburg and landed in New York 6 May 1870. Travelling with them were three other men from Neukalen, two stonemasons named August Schulz and Heinrich Barschow, and a miller named Ernst Krüger, as well as Heinrich Behrend of Malchin, another stonemason and probable relative of Johanna.

Just over one month after their arrival, the family was included on the federal census on 9 Jun 1870 while living with Christian in Troy, Kansas. Certainly by 1880 but probably much earlier, the family moved downstate to Wellington in Sumner County, Kansas, where they remained.

When August came to the United States, his occupation was also listed as stonemason, a vocation he followed through at least 1885. By 1895, however, he had become a successful ice dealer and continued in this business until retirement. The business was then continued by some of his sons and later his grandsons. August died 26 Apr 1910 and was buried in Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Wellington. The following year, Johanna returned for a visit to Germany and returned in August. She died 1 Jun 1930 and was buried with her husband in Wellington.

August and Johanna had the following children:

Albert G. (1867-1934)^note3 who was born in Neukalen and married Marie Inga "Mary" Price 1889 in Sumner County, Kansas.
August Friedrich (1869-1926)^note4 who was also born in Neukalen. He married Eugenie Fish, a successful painter and etcher, and moved to Chicago.
Elizabeth L. (c.1871) who married John L. Fisher 1887 in Sumner County.
Henry William (1873-1944) who married Asia Alice Landrus.
Anna Emma (c.1879-1960) who married Henry Albert Keuneke 1904 in Sumner County.
Christian Elnor (1882-1965) who married Mabel Mitchell and was the mayor of Wellington, Kansas, from 1938-44.

Mecklenburg

The parents of Christian and August were Christian Heinrich Theodor Glamann, also a stonemason, and Friederica Sophia Weilshäuser. Christian was born 24 May 1812 in Neukalen, and Friederica was born to Johann Gotthilf Kristoph Weilshäuser as a twin on 5 Jul 1814 in Glasow, about nine miles north of Neukalen. The two were married in Neukalen on 27 Oct 1837. Friederica died 1882, and Christian died 19 Nov 1892. They had the following children:

Christian Helmuth Theodor (1838) who died at six days of age.
August Friederich Gustav (1839-1910) previously discussed.
Christian Friederich Theodor (1843-1879) previously discussed.
Wilhelm Johann Theodor (1846) who died at fourteen days of age.
Friedrich Carl Wilhelm (1847-1864).
Sophia Carolina Bertha (1852-1926) who married Carl Friedrich Christian Kukuk in Neukalen in 1873.^note5

Helmuth and Sophia Glamann

The parents of Christian, senior, were Helmuth Christian Glamann and Catharina Sophia Lehmann. Sophia was born in Gnoien, about twelve miles north of Neukalen. At the time of their son's birth, Helmuth was shown as living in Teterow, about twelve miles southwest of Neukalen. The two were then married in Neukalen 6 Nov 1812, nearly six months after Christian was born. Sophia died 17 Jan 1832.

Notes

[The book, "The Heritage: A Family History : the Glamanns of Atchison and Doniphan Counties, Kansas", by Daryl Glamann, Sr. states that Christian came to the United States with his parents at the age of 8 years (c.1852) and initially lived in Ohio. They then moved to Wisconsin where he apprenticed with a shoemaker at the age of 14 years (c.1858). No sources were given for this. This has been proven incorrect, since his parents never left Mecklenburg, and Christian was already a shoemaker when he emigrated at the age of 22. He did however live in Wisconsin prior to moving to Kansas.]
[The wife of August Glamann was listed in the church records of Neukalen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin several times as Carolina Luise Sophia Behrend. However, she was listed on the passenger records of the "Saxonia" as Johanna, and was always shown as Johanna or Johanna Louise thereafter. There is no indication that August remarried before emigrating, and her birthdate given in the church records matches the month and year given on the 1900 U.S. census.]
[Albert Glamann was baptized in Neukalen as Albert Heinrich Johann Glamann, but was always shown as Albert or Albert G. Glamann in American records.]
[August Glamann was baptized in Neukalen as August Johann Friedrich Hermann Glamann, but was always shown as August or August F. Glamann in American records.]
[The marriage record of Carl F.C. Kukuk may show that he died in Chicago in 1917.]

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