[NOTE - The International Genealogical Index, notorious for it's lack of documentation, lists that Dorothea was born in Pollhagen, Prussia. German Methodist church records state she was born in Nordsehl, in the principality of Lippe-Detmold. These two historical locations are only about 2 1/2 miles apart in modern day Germany.]
Dorothea immigrated to the US at the age of 19, landing at St. Louis, Missouri with a number of relatives. She married Henry Lahrmann on 1 April 1849 in St. Louis, who had been received by the church the previous year. He joined their ministry in 1850. Based on his years of service to the church, Dorothea received a monthly pension from the church until her own passing.
The 1860 census shows the family residing in St. Charles, Missouri, in the same home as the family of her brother, Gottlieb; the 1870 census shows them in Pekin, Illinois; the 1880 census shows them living in St. Louis, Missouri. Their daughter Amelia Marie "Mollie" married Oscar O. Bird in Henry county, Iowa during 1876. An 1881 Burlington, Iowa newspaper reported that Rev. H. Lahrman of St. Louis was a guest at the Bird home in Burlington. A Burlington newspaper also reported in 1890 that Rev. Henry Lahrman of Keokuk, Iowa, was representing the St. Louis District at the German Methodist conference being held in Burlington.
Henry and Dorothea may have been short-term residents of Burlington, Iowa, when Henry died on 12 June 1891. Burlington newspapers reported that Henry was among residents who protested the pavement of Franklin street between 6th and 7th streets in May 1891. In October of 1891, Dorothea was among those ordered to pay for improvements to Franklin street in 5 equal annual payments.
A biography stated Dorothea kept home for her youngest son (Edwin Henry) for 14 years, prior to entering the "Old People's Home" of Quincy, Illinois in 1907. This implies that they lived together since about 1893, and can be found together in the 1900 census of St. Joseph, Missouri. The 1910 census showed that Dorothea was living at the retirement home, and listed as the mother of 11 children, 5 living. The home was administered by the St. Louis Conference of the German M. E. Church. She died there 10 years later, months after the 1920 census.
Census records reveal the names of 7 children, 5 of whom were survived their mother. The 1900 census lists her as the mother of 11 children, 6 living. Daughter Malinda Henriette Lahrman died in 1908. Those not linked below include:
Daughter Annie Ernstine, born March 1852 in Illinois, last seen with her parents in the 1870 census of Pekin, Tazewell county, Illinois. She married John Daniel Hoffman about 1874, and was the mother of sons Elmer Owen and Ray Eugene Hoffman, both born in Iowa. Annie was with her husband in the 1905 & 1910 census of Schenectady, New York; he died in Moline, Illinois in 1914 and was buried there. Annie died in 1934 and was buried in New York.
Son Heinrich George Lahrman, reportedly born and died less than a month later in St. Charles, Missouri during 1854.
Daughter Phillipine, born about 1856 in Missouri, last seen with her parents in the 1880 census of St. Louis, Missouri. This might be the "Mrs. Phillip" Lahrman who died in 1895 and is buried in St. Joseph, Missouri per Find A Grave. This would be during the time that Dorothea was living with her son Edwin in St. Joseph.
Dorothea immigrated to the US at the age of 19, landing at St. Louis, Missouri with a number of relatives. She married Henry Lahrmann on 1 April 1849 in St. Louis, who had been received by the church the previous year. He joined their ministry in 1850. Based on his years of service to the church, Dorothea received a monthly pension from the church until her own passing.
The 1860 census shows the family residing in St. Charles, Missouri, in the same home as the family of her brother, Gottlieb; the 1870 census shows them in Pekin, Illinois; the 1880 census shows them living in St. Louis, Missouri. Their daughter Amelia Marie "Mollie" married Oscar O. Bird in Henry county, Iowa during 1876. An 1881 Burlington, Iowa newspaper reported that Rev. H. Lahrman of St. Louis was a guest at the Bird home in Burlington. A Burlington newspaper also reported in 1890 that Rev. Henry Lahrman of Keokuk, Iowa, was representing the St. Louis District at the German Methodist conference being held in Burlington.
Henry and Dorothea may have been short-term residents of Burlington, Iowa, when Henry died on 12 June 1891. Burlington newspapers reported that Henry was among residents who protested the pavement of Franklin street between 6th and 7th streets in May 1891. In October of 1891, Dorothea was among those ordered to pay for improvements to Franklin street in 5 equal annual payments.
A biography stated Dorothea kept home for her youngest son (Edwin Henry) for 14 years, prior to entering the "Old People's Home" of Quincy, Illinois in 1907. This implies that they lived together since about 1893, and can be found together in the 1900 census of St. Joseph, Missouri. The 1910 census showed that Dorothea was living at the retirement home, and listed as the mother of 11 children, 5 living. The home was administered by the St. Louis Conference of the German M. E. Church. She died there 10 years later, months after the 1920 census.
Census records reveal the names of 7 children, 5 of whom were survived their mother. The 1900 census lists her as the mother of 11 children, 6 living. Daughter Malinda Henriette Lahrman died in 1908. Those not linked below include:
Daughter Annie Ernstine, born March 1852 in Illinois, last seen with her parents in the 1870 census of Pekin, Tazewell county, Illinois. She married John Daniel Hoffman about 1874, and was the mother of sons Elmer Owen and Ray Eugene Hoffman, both born in Iowa. Annie was with her husband in the 1905 & 1910 census of Schenectady, New York; he died in Moline, Illinois in 1914 and was buried there. Annie died in 1934 and was buried in New York.
Son Heinrich George Lahrman, reportedly born and died less than a month later in St. Charles, Missouri during 1854.
Daughter Phillipine, born about 1856 in Missouri, last seen with her parents in the 1880 census of St. Louis, Missouri. This might be the "Mrs. Phillip" Lahrman who died in 1895 and is buried in St. Joseph, Missouri per Find A Grave. This would be during the time that Dorothea was living with her son Edwin in St. Joseph.
[NOTE - The International Genealogical Index, notorious for it's lack of documentation, lists that Dorothea was born in Pollhagen, Prussia. German Methodist church records state she was born in Nordsehl, in the principality of Lippe-Detmold. These two historical locations are only about 2 1/2 miles apart in modern day Germany.]
Dorothea immigrated to the US at the age of 19, landing at St. Louis, Missouri with a number of relatives. She married Henry Lahrmann on 1 April 1849 in St. Louis, who had been received by the church the previous year. He joined their ministry in 1850. Based on his years of service to the church, Dorothea received a monthly pension from the church until her own passing.
The 1860 census shows the family residing in St. Charles, Missouri, in the same home as the family of her brother, Gottlieb; the 1870 census shows them in Pekin, Illinois; the 1880 census shows them living in St. Louis, Missouri. Their daughter Amelia Marie "Mollie" married Oscar O. Bird in Henry county, Iowa during 1876. An 1881 Burlington, Iowa newspaper reported that Rev. H. Lahrman of St. Louis was a guest at the Bird home in Burlington. A Burlington newspaper also reported in 1890 that Rev. Henry Lahrman of Keokuk, Iowa, was representing the St. Louis District at the German Methodist conference being held in Burlington.
Henry and Dorothea may have been short-term residents of Burlington, Iowa, when Henry died on 12 June 1891. Burlington newspapers reported that Henry was among residents who protested the pavement of Franklin street between 6th and 7th streets in May 1891. In October of 1891, Dorothea was among those ordered to pay for improvements to Franklin street in 5 equal annual payments.
A biography stated Dorothea kept home for her youngest son (Edwin Henry) for 14 years, prior to entering the "Old People's Home" of Quincy, Illinois in 1907. This implies that they lived together since about 1893, and can be found together in the 1900 census of St. Joseph, Missouri. The 1910 census showed that Dorothea was living at the retirement home, and listed as the mother of 11 children, 5 living. The home was administered by the St. Louis Conference of the German M. E. Church. She died there 10 years later, months after the 1920 census.
Census records reveal the names of 7 children, 5 of whom were survived their mother. The 1900 census lists her as the mother of 11 children, 6 living. Daughter Malinda Henriette Lahrman died in 1908. Those not linked below include:
Daughter Annie Ernstine, born March 1852 in Illinois, last seen with her parents in the 1870 census of Pekin, Tazewell county, Illinois. She married John Daniel Hoffman about 1874, and was the mother of sons Elmer Owen and Ray Eugene Hoffman, both born in Iowa. Annie was with her husband in the 1905 & 1910 census of Schenectady, New York; he died in Moline, Illinois in 1914 and was buried there. Annie died in 1934 and was buried in New York.
Son Heinrich George Lahrman, reportedly born and died less than a month later in St. Charles, Missouri during 1854.
Daughter Phillipine, born about 1856 in Missouri, last seen with her parents in the 1880 census of St. Louis, Missouri. This might be the "Mrs. Phillip" Lahrman who died in 1895 and is buried in St. Joseph, Missouri per Find A Grave. This would be during the time that Dorothea was living with her son Edwin in St. Joseph.
Dorothea immigrated to the US at the age of 19, landing at St. Louis, Missouri with a number of relatives. She married Henry Lahrmann on 1 April 1849 in St. Louis, who had been received by the church the previous year. He joined their ministry in 1850. Based on his years of service to the church, Dorothea received a monthly pension from the church until her own passing.
The 1860 census shows the family residing in St. Charles, Missouri, in the same home as the family of her brother, Gottlieb; the 1870 census shows them in Pekin, Illinois; the 1880 census shows them living in St. Louis, Missouri. Their daughter Amelia Marie "Mollie" married Oscar O. Bird in Henry county, Iowa during 1876. An 1881 Burlington, Iowa newspaper reported that Rev. H. Lahrman of St. Louis was a guest at the Bird home in Burlington. A Burlington newspaper also reported in 1890 that Rev. Henry Lahrman of Keokuk, Iowa, was representing the St. Louis District at the German Methodist conference being held in Burlington.
Henry and Dorothea may have been short-term residents of Burlington, Iowa, when Henry died on 12 June 1891. Burlington newspapers reported that Henry was among residents who protested the pavement of Franklin street between 6th and 7th streets in May 1891. In October of 1891, Dorothea was among those ordered to pay for improvements to Franklin street in 5 equal annual payments.
A biography stated Dorothea kept home for her youngest son (Edwin Henry) for 14 years, prior to entering the "Old People's Home" of Quincy, Illinois in 1907. This implies that they lived together since about 1893, and can be found together in the 1900 census of St. Joseph, Missouri. The 1910 census showed that Dorothea was living at the retirement home, and listed as the mother of 11 children, 5 living. The home was administered by the St. Louis Conference of the German M. E. Church. She died there 10 years later, months after the 1920 census.
Census records reveal the names of 7 children, 5 of whom were survived their mother. The 1900 census lists her as the mother of 11 children, 6 living. Daughter Malinda Henriette Lahrman died in 1908. Those not linked below include:
Daughter Annie Ernstine, born March 1852 in Illinois, last seen with her parents in the 1870 census of Pekin, Tazewell county, Illinois. She married John Daniel Hoffman about 1874, and was the mother of sons Elmer Owen and Ray Eugene Hoffman, both born in Iowa. Annie was with her husband in the 1905 & 1910 census of Schenectady, New York; he died in Moline, Illinois in 1914 and was buried there. Annie died in 1934 and was buried in New York.
Son Heinrich George Lahrman, reportedly born and died less than a month later in St. Charles, Missouri during 1854.
Daughter Phillipine, born about 1856 in Missouri, last seen with her parents in the 1880 census of St. Louis, Missouri. This might be the "Mrs. Phillip" Lahrman who died in 1895 and is buried in St. Joseph, Missouri per Find A Grave. This would be during the time that Dorothea was living with her son Edwin in St. Joseph.
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