Weddings of My Great Great Grandparents in Germany

Two sets of my great great grandparents had marriages that occurred in Germany.

 Ida Sophia Mathilda Krentler was 26 years old in 1867. She was the eighth of fourteen children. Her mother had died the year before. Also in 1866 two of her brothers had immigrated to the United States.  She had a big decision to make. Frederick Henry Wilhelm Moehlmann had asked her to marry him. Little is know about his family but both of his parents had died, his mother 10 years prior and his father six year before. He had only one full brother and three half brothers. But I think her decision was more than just getting married. Frederick also wanted to goes to the United States.

So on August 16, 1867, in Meisen, Schaumburg, Germany the two were married.  But the parish record sheds light on how difficult the decision must have been, for there was a notation "Very short notice/time given for the intention of marriage. They married at 7 in the evening because their ship is going to America."  Just how long they had to get to Bremen and set sail is not known but just 17 days later, on September 2, 1867, Ida and her new husband arrived in New York to start their new life.

They lived in Indianapolis and raised a family of nine children during their 42 year marriage.

Fredrick Henry Wilhelm and Ida Sopia Matilda (Krentler) Moehlmann

The other set of great great grandparents that were married in Germany followed a much different path.  Peter Tendick and Katrina Kukes were married in Neukirchen, Rhineland, German on January 14, 1858.  Katrina was 20 and Peter was 21. Katrina's mother had died shortly after Katrina's birth. Katrina's only brother, six years older, had immigrated to the United states four years earlier.

Katrina and Peter raised a family of 10 children before they came to the United States.  In 1889 they made the long journey with their four youngest children. They came to rural Greene County, Indiana where Katrina's brother and his family lived. Their oldest daughter had immigrated two years prior. Their two oldest boys who were already married remained in Germany.

Katrina (Kukes) and Peter Tendick

Katrina and Peter lived to celebrate their 51st wedding anniversary.

Katrina and Peter's daughter Matilda Tendick married Fredrick and Ida's son Fredrick Moehlmann.