Libory St. Clair County in Shewent by the last name Lampe-Goshing. They had the Strathmann farm reserved to them for 10 years but since land was so cheap in the States they bought land and stayed. Of the Strathmann family only John Herman Heinrich Strathmann survied the chorera that was so prevelant in those early days.
Agnes Strathmann married Detrick Lemkohl and had daughters and one married a Voss but her children died young. It all started in Holdorf Germany. William Strathman. Join the conversation. Comments are appreciated and keep me motivated. Pages Home Locations Surnames. Thursday, November 4, Holdorf, Oldenburg, Germany.
Three years ago, Bill and I had the privilege of traveling to Germany. At the time, our nephew and his wife, Christopher and Sarah were living in Frankfurt. In addition to exploring the beauty of the entire country plus parts of Denmark , we had two primary goals: 1 visiting the home of our von der Heide ancestors in Holdorf, and 2 attending Oktoberfest with Chris, Sarah and their friends in Munich. As I look over the pictures and information collected when we were there, I long to go back.
What a beautiful country! When you travel to the "homeland", you constantly have to remind yourself that although you may be walking the same streets, it is NOT the same place. Holdorf today is a modern, up-to-date small town in northwest Germany in a country that is part of the European Union. When our ancestors lived there, Germany as a country, was just beginning to exist as a unified country. Our ancestors came from the Duchy of Oldenburg. If you look at the naturalization papers of "Henry Vonderheide" first and last name Americanized , Henry renounced his allegiance to the "Grand Duke of Oldenburg and the Emperor of Germany.
He had been in this country for five years. When Henry and his wife, Elizabeth, and their three children left Holdorf, they were near the end of a massive migration from this area to the United States.
