Hi,
I'm looking for evidence of my WICHMANN ancestors in Fort Wayne and the
surrounding area, from about 1853-1880 or so.
I believe Johann Christian WICHMANN (b. 1796) may have died there in the
1850's, and
his widow Anna Dorothea WICHMANN (b 1800) may have died there after 1870,
or in the Kendallville area of Logan County.
Their son Herman, who had been a Lutheran pastor in Canada, became very
ill and, according to his obit in Der Lutheraner, died in Fort Wayne on
Christmas day, 1863 at age 23.
Can anyone suggest a church and/or cemetery that would be likely choices
to check for records of this family?
Another son Albert lived for at least a while in Kendallville, and seems
to have had a brewery there, according to the census. He also lived in
Fort Wayne before and after the time in Kendallville.
Thanks so much!
Mona Houser
Mona_Houser(a)juno.com
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~monajo/
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