Relative Immigration

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Peter Christopher Lohmann was born May 16, 1861, at Vahlde, Rotenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany (In Scheeßel Parish) and immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland aboard the SS Leipzig arriving in 1880.

Manifest of Passengers

Two partial pages of the SS Leipzig Passenger Manifest arriving 7 Dec 1880 in Baltimore, Maryland are shown below:

SS Leipzig Passenger Manifest Page 1
SS Leipzig Passenger Manifest – Page 15 – Peter Lohmann

Manifest of Passengers – Transcription

Name: Peter Lohman
Race: German
Birthdate: 1860
Birth Place: Germany
Age: 20
Arrival Date: 7 Dec 1880
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Ship Name: Leipzig
Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland
Last Residence: Preußen
Page: 15

The Master/Captain of the SS Leipzig was Fr. Pfeiffer. There were 880 aliens and 4 citizens taken aboard the ship at the Port of Bremen (Bremerhaven).

Peter Lohman is a workman age 20 from the Kingdom of Prussia (German: Preußen)/(Germany).

Information Source

Ancestry.com. Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1948 and 1954-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Peter Lohmann and Family

Peter Christopher Lohmann was born May 16, 1861, near Scheeßel, Germany and immigrated to the USA arriving at Baltimore, Maryland on 7 Dec 1880 , Maryland, USA at the age of 20. He then found his way to Perry County, Missouri.

There Peter married Margaretha Versemann on June 17, 1882. She was born in Ostervesede, Province of Prussia ,Germany on November 14, 1861, Her parents were Johann Versemann, born September 29, 1826, and Marie (Brockmann) Versemann. Margaretha came to America with her parents in 1868 and they landed at Wittenberg, Missouri, after coming up the Mississippi River on a riverboat. The couple settled on a farm near Farrar, Missouri.

Peter and Margaretha Lohmann had nine children: Johann Heinrich “Henry” Lohmann (1883-1957); Johann Friedrich Lohmann (1885-1887); Joachim Friedrich Lohmann (1887-1955); Maria Katherine Lohmann (1890-1978}; Martin Lohmann (1892-1963);  Martha Anna Hedwig Lohmann (1895-1982); Joachim Peter Lohmann (1897-1957); Theodore Gottlieb Lohmann (1899-1983); Ida Maria Lena Lohmann(1902-1937). They raised their family on a farm near Farrar, Missouri.

Around 1910-1912, they moved to near Goodwin, Oklahoma where their eldest son, “Henry” Lohmann, was living. After living there several years they moved to southeast of Alva, Oklahoma.. Here their five sons also had farms. Peter Lohmann drove his horse and buggy visiting his five sons.

Peter and Margaretha Lohmann were life-long members of the Lutheran Church. They continued to live on their farm southeast of Alva, until their deaths.

Margaretha died on November 18, 1933 at Alva, Oklahoma and was buried there. Peter died on October 13, 1934 at Alva, Oklahoma. and was buried there.

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