According to both her baptismal and confirmation records at Eldena parish in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mary was born October 23, 1836 and baptized October 24. Like her husband Henry's gravestone at Garnavillo, her stone is engraved incorrectly. Instead of a date of birth of October 23, it is engraved with her baptismal date of October 24. It is not known but is speculated that Mary's natural child, Charles (Drahn) Johanningmeier, 1866-1943, had the matching stones created that commemorate his mother, his adoptive father Henry, and Henry and Mary's child, gender unknown, that died on the day of birth.
Eldest of the four surviving adult children of Jochim “Friederich” Drahn and Sophia “Maria” Elizabeth (Schütt) (Drahn) Drechsler, Maria "Mary" Drahn was 30 when she arrived in America via the Port of New York on May 12, 1867. Born October 23, 1836 in Göhren, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, baptized October 24, she worked in Hamburg prior to passage to the U. S. With her on the steamship HAMMONIA II (its meaning, “Hamburg, Germany”) were her one-year-old son, Carl Drahn (later Charles Johanningmeier); her younger sister Elizabeth (“Elise” on the passenger list), 20; Elizabeth’s future husband, Carl Schroeder, 24; and Maria’s mother Sophia, 57. The group journeyed under the surname DRECHSLER, that of the twice-widowed mother. There were 786 passengers aboard when the Hammonia II departed Hamburg for New York on April 28 for the voyage that lasted fourteen days.
On March 21, 1868 Maria married Johann Heinrich “Henry” Johanningmeier in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa with Pastor Thurner of St. John American Lutheran Church performing the ceremony. She was six years his senior. Although there is no formal record, it is written by two granddaughters of Henry's elder sister Florentine that he adopted Maria’s two-year-old son Carl. It was at that time Carl's first name became Charles followed by Henry’s Johanningmeier surname.
Henry died in 1874 when Charles was eight. Maria’s second marriage was to Henry’s younger brother, Heinrich Wilhelm “William” Johanningmeier, in 1876. Maria, 40 at the time, and William, 25, had no children. Later an ailing Maria lived with her son Charles and family near Monona with William proceeding to Langford, South Dakota where he owned land.
Maria was 75 when she died at Charles’ home on November 10, 1911. Because snow was too deep to transport her to Garnavillo Cemetery, she was temporarily interred on November 13 at Eno Cemetery in Wagner Township. In Spring 1912 she was moved to Garnavillo beside first husband Henry and their infant, gender unknown, born and died on August 19, 1873.
Entry #4, 1911 Deaths/Burials at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa, documents Maria’s November 10, 1911 death and her November 13 temporary burial. It reports her permanent burial in Garnavillo Cemetery in Spring, 1912.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
Eldest of the four surviving adult children of Jochim “Friederich” Drahn and Sophia “Maria” Elizabeth (Schütt) (Drahn) Drechsler, Maria "Mary" Drahn was 30 when she arrived in America via the Port of New York on May 12, 1867. Born October 23, 1836 in Göhren, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, baptized October 24, she worked in Hamburg prior to passage to the U. S. With her on the steamship HAMMONIA II (its meaning, “Hamburg, Germany”) were her one-year-old son, Carl Drahn (later Charles Johanningmeier); her younger sister Elizabeth (“Elise” on the passenger list), 20; Elizabeth’s future husband, Carl Schroeder, 24; and Maria’s mother Sophia, 57. The group journeyed under the surname DRECHSLER, that of the twice-widowed mother. There were 786 passengers aboard when the Hammonia II departed Hamburg for New York on April 28 for the voyage that lasted fourteen days.
On March 21, 1868 Maria married Johann Heinrich “Henry” Johanningmeier in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa with Pastor Thurner of St. John American Lutheran Church performing the ceremony. She was six years his senior. Although there is no formal record, it is written by two granddaughters of Henry's elder sister Florentine that he adopted Maria’s two-year-old son Carl. It was at that time Carl's first name became Charles followed by Henry’s Johanningmeier surname.
Henry died in 1874 when Charles was eight. Maria’s second marriage was to Henry’s younger brother, Heinrich Wilhelm “William” Johanningmeier, in 1876. Maria, 40 at the time, and William, 25, had no children. Later an ailing Maria lived with her son Charles and family near Monona with William proceeding to Langford, South Dakota where he owned land.
Maria was 75 when she died at Charles’ home on November 10, 1911. Because snow was too deep to transport her to Garnavillo Cemetery, she was temporarily interred on November 13 at Eno Cemetery in Wagner Township. In Spring 1912 she was moved to Garnavillo beside first husband Henry and their infant, gender unknown, born and died on August 19, 1873.
Entry #4, 1911 Deaths/Burials at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa, documents Maria’s November 10, 1911 death and her November 13 temporary burial. It reports her permanent burial in Garnavillo Cemetery in Spring, 1912.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
According to both her baptismal and confirmation records at Eldena parish in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mary was born October 23, 1836 and baptized October 24. Like her husband Henry's gravestone at Garnavillo, her stone is engraved incorrectly. Instead of a date of birth of October 23, it is engraved with her baptismal date of October 24. It is not known but is speculated that Mary's natural child, Charles (Drahn) Johanningmeier, 1866-1943, had the matching stones created that commemorate his mother, his adoptive father Henry, and Henry and Mary's child, gender unknown, that died on the day of birth.
Eldest of the four surviving adult children of Jochim “Friederich” Drahn and Sophia “Maria” Elizabeth (Schütt) (Drahn) Drechsler, Maria "Mary" Drahn was 30 when she arrived in America via the Port of New York on May 12, 1867. Born October 23, 1836 in Göhren, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, baptized October 24, she worked in Hamburg prior to passage to the U. S. With her on the steamship HAMMONIA II (its meaning, “Hamburg, Germany”) were her one-year-old son, Carl Drahn (later Charles Johanningmeier); her younger sister Elizabeth (“Elise” on the passenger list), 20; Elizabeth’s future husband, Carl Schroeder, 24; and Maria’s mother Sophia, 57. The group journeyed under the surname DRECHSLER, that of the twice-widowed mother. There were 786 passengers aboard when the Hammonia II departed Hamburg for New York on April 28 for the voyage that lasted fourteen days.
On March 21, 1868 Maria married Johann Heinrich “Henry” Johanningmeier in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa with Pastor Thurner of St. John American Lutheran Church performing the ceremony. She was six years his senior. Although there is no formal record, it is written by two granddaughters of Henry's elder sister Florentine that he adopted Maria’s two-year-old son Carl. It was at that time Carl's first name became Charles followed by Henry’s Johanningmeier surname.
Henry died in 1874 when Charles was eight. Maria’s second marriage was to Henry’s younger brother, Heinrich Wilhelm “William” Johanningmeier, in 1876. Maria, 40 at the time, and William, 25, had no children. Later an ailing Maria lived with her son Charles and family near Monona with William proceeding to Langford, South Dakota where he owned land.
Maria was 75 when she died at Charles’ home on November 10, 1911. Because snow was too deep to transport her to Garnavillo Cemetery, she was temporarily interred on November 13 at Eno Cemetery in Wagner Township. In Spring 1912 she was moved to Garnavillo beside first husband Henry and their infant, gender unknown, born and died on August 19, 1873.
Entry #4, 1911 Deaths/Burials at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa, documents Maria’s November 10, 1911 death and her November 13 temporary burial. It reports her permanent burial in Garnavillo Cemetery in Spring, 1912.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
Eldest of the four surviving adult children of Jochim “Friederich” Drahn and Sophia “Maria” Elizabeth (Schütt) (Drahn) Drechsler, Maria "Mary" Drahn was 30 when she arrived in America via the Port of New York on May 12, 1867. Born October 23, 1836 in Göhren, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, baptized October 24, she worked in Hamburg prior to passage to the U. S. With her on the steamship HAMMONIA II (its meaning, “Hamburg, Germany”) were her one-year-old son, Carl Drahn (later Charles Johanningmeier); her younger sister Elizabeth (“Elise” on the passenger list), 20; Elizabeth’s future husband, Carl Schroeder, 24; and Maria’s mother Sophia, 57. The group journeyed under the surname DRECHSLER, that of the twice-widowed mother. There were 786 passengers aboard when the Hammonia II departed Hamburg for New York on April 28 for the voyage that lasted fourteen days.
On March 21, 1868 Maria married Johann Heinrich “Henry” Johanningmeier in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa with Pastor Thurner of St. John American Lutheran Church performing the ceremony. She was six years his senior. Although there is no formal record, it is written by two granddaughters of Henry's elder sister Florentine that he adopted Maria’s two-year-old son Carl. It was at that time Carl's first name became Charles followed by Henry’s Johanningmeier surname.
Henry died in 1874 when Charles was eight. Maria’s second marriage was to Henry’s younger brother, Heinrich Wilhelm “William” Johanningmeier, in 1876. Maria, 40 at the time, and William, 25, had no children. Later an ailing Maria lived with her son Charles and family near Monona with William proceeding to Langford, South Dakota where he owned land.
Maria was 75 when she died at Charles’ home on November 10, 1911. Because snow was too deep to transport her to Garnavillo Cemetery, she was temporarily interred on November 13 at Eno Cemetery in Wagner Township. In Spring 1912 she was moved to Garnavillo beside first husband Henry and their infant, gender unknown, born and died on August 19, 1873.
Entry #4, 1911 Deaths/Burials at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa, documents Maria’s November 10, 1911 death and her November 13 temporary burial. It reports her permanent burial in Garnavillo Cemetery in Spring, 1912.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
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