Ferdinand Carl Scheer
b. 16 Mar 1853, d. 26 Feb 1933
Ferdinand Fredrick Carl Scheer was born on March 16, 1853, in Neumark Germany to Johann Scheer and Wilhelmine Zoepp. He married Albertine Koehler in 1878 in Germany. They left Hamburg for the United States with daughter Bertha and son Franz (Frank) on June 3rd, 1883 and landed in New York later in June 1883. Ferdinand applied for citizen ship on November 1st, 1886.
German History lesson: The Prussian province of Brandenburg (or Mark Brandenburg) located east of the Oder River was known as the "Neumark" (in English: New Mark). It was referred to as the Neumark because it was settled later than Brandenburg, which was located west of the Oder River. It was also referred to as East Brandenburg. Following World War II, under the terms demanded by the Soviet Union in the Potsdam Agreement in 1945, the region was put under Polish administration and eventually became part of the Lubusz province of western Poland. Most Germans who lived in Neumark were expelled and Poles settled in the region. (Some of the Poles moving in had themselves been expelled from the Polish Radachowo area annexed by the Soviet Union). A small part of the German population, mostly technicians for the water supply companies, were retained and used for compulsory labor; they were allowed to emigrate to Germany in the 1950s.
In 1878, Ferdinand married Albertine Koehler in Germany. They had two children while living in Heidekavel, Germany: Bertha Louise and Franz (Frank) William.
More history: Heidekavel Germany was also annexed by Poland after WWII, and the name was changed to Radachowo. It's located about 150 miles northeast of Berlin, Germany and is within the Lubusz province mentioned above.
Ferdinand and Albertine immigrated to the United States and settled in Green Lake Center, Wisconsin, where they farmed and raised nine children. Their tenth son, Paul, died as a baby.
Ferdinand died of heart trouble on February 26, 1933, in Green Lake, Wisconsin, at the age of 79, and was buried there. His death is recorded in a church record at St. John's Lutheran Church in Markesan, Wisconsin. The record states that Ferdinand was born in Jagersburg, Germany in contrast with other documentation that states his birthplace as Neumark, Germany. Jagersburg is in the Southwest part of Germany, near France.
The Scheer children included:
- Bertha Louise Augusta Scheer (1879-1965)
- Frank (Franz) William Scheer (1881-1939)
- Emma Louisa Scheer (1883-1968)
- Charles H. Scheer (1885-1973)
- Anna Paulina Headwig Scheer (1887-1951)
- Albert Ernest Scheer (1888-1962)
- Ella Marie Scheer (1890-1969)
- Ida Albertina Scheer (1891-1993)
- Martha Amanda Scheer (1893-1986)
- Paul F. Scheer (1896-1897)
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Bertha Louise Scheer
Bertha - b. 2 Oct 1879, d. 11 July 1965; August - b. 18 March 1876, d. 22 Nov 1932
Bertha Scheer was born in Heidekafel Germany. She traveled to the U.S. with her parents and brother Frank in 1883. Bertha married August Dahlke in Ripon, WI on Feb 16, 1898 when she was 18 years old. They lived in Green Lake initially, but in 1902 moved to South Dakota.
Witnesses at their wedding include Bertha's brother Frank (Franz) and Theo Hamburger (Fred Keehl's uncle. Fred married Bertha & August Sheer's daughter Violet...Fred & Viola Keehl).
August's history is unclear. It appears from the marriage record that his father is unknown, and his mother and grandfather raised him.
Bertha and August had 12 children:
- Arthur Frank Dahlke (1899-1900)
- George Ferdinand Dahlke (1903-1979)
- Elisa Amelia Dahlke (1905-1912)
- Ida Bertha Dahlke (1906-1975)
- Elmer Willie Dahlke (1908-1991)
- Emma Dahlke (1910-1984)
- Lawrence Ludwig Dahlke (1911-1987)
- Anna Dahlke (1913-?)
- Harry Walter Dahlke (1915-1983)
- Elinora Dahlke (1917-1937)
- Viola Alice Dahlke (1919-2013)
- Evelyn Dahlke (1922-?)
Bertha Scheer Dahlke (left) Viola (Dahlke) and Fred Keehl (right)
Bertha and August appear in Wisconsin and South Dakota census during these years:
- Green Lake, Wisconsin - 1898
- Day County South Dakota - 1902-1910
- Troy, Grant County (unincorporated) - 1920
- Dewey County, South Dakota 1920 - 1940
Her husband August passed away on November 22, 1932, at the age of 56. They had been married 34 years.
Bertha married Charles Rheinhart Pfaff in Redfield, South Dakota, on January 3, 1945, when she was 65 years old. Bertha and Charles lived in Aberdeen from 1945 to about 1950, and by 1950 were living in Mobridge, South Dakota.
Charles Pfaff passed away on March 8, 1961, at the age of 75. They had been married 16 years.
Bertha Scheer-Dahlke-Pfaff died on July 11, 1965, in Bristol, South Dakota, when she was 85 years old.
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Frank (Franz) William Scheer
Frank b. 4 Oct 1881, d. 14 July 1939; Dora Louise Werth b. 10 April 1877, d. 24 April 1947
Frank Scheer was born in 1881 in Heide Kafel, Kreis Ancswalde Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He arrived in the U.S. in 1883 with his parents, settling in Alto Township.
On Feb 18, 1903 Frank married Dora Werth at Centerhouse in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Attendants at the wedding included Charles Scheer (his brother), Anna Scheer (his sister), Ludwig Moderoff, and Ella Draeger.
Frank and Dora farmed in Green Lake on property that appears to be previously owned by August Werth (Dora's father) who died in 1882.
Frank and Dora had one daughter, Laura Marie Scheer who was born on Feb 6, 1906, and baptized on Feb 7, 1906. Dora married Wilbert Berg on Nov 12, 1930 in Fairwater, Wisconsin. They had one daughter, Annagene Berg born on Oct 30th, 1945. Annagene Married Keith Schultz and they had one son, Lance.
Frank Scheer died of cancer on July 14th 1939. He was 58 years old. Dora died on April 24th, 1947 at age 60. He and Dora are buried in Fairwater cemetery in Fairwater WI.
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Emma Louisa Scheer
Emma b. 11 September 1883, d. 7 June 1968; Charles (Carl) Edward Dahlke b. 29 September 1880, d. 11 June 1935
Emma Louisa Scheer was born on September 11, 1883, in Green Lake, Wisconsin. She married Charles "Carl" Edward Dahlke on December 18, 1902 at Centerhouse in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Their witnesses were Minnie Dahlke (Charles' sister), Fred Dahlke (Charles' brother), Emma Prellwitz (Emma's cousin), and Charles Scheer (Emma's brother).
They had nine children in 18 years. During this time, they farmed on rented property in Green Lake, then Metomen, and again in Green Lake. Charles died in 1935 at age 54, and Emma died in 1968 when she was 84. They are buried in Green Lake Center Cemetery
- William C. Dahlke (1903-1997)
- Lillian E. Dahlke (1905-2002)
- Ella Minna Dahlke (1907-1997)
- Lewis Albert Dahlke (1910-1995)
- Edward Dahlke (1910-1985)
- Alice Dahlke (1920-?)
- Walter F. Dahlke (1922-2002)
Emma (Scheer) and Charles Dahlke Headstone
Charles Julius Scheer
Charles Scheer b. 1 March 1885, d. 7 April 1973; Louise Bierman b. 15 August 1885, d. 26 March 1960
Charles Scheer was born in Green Lake, WI in 1885. He married Louise Bierman on Sept 23, 1908 at Zion Lutheran Church in Fairwater. Their attendants were: Albert Scheer, Reinholdt Wilke, Dora Biermann, Else Hanemann, Hy Schimmel, and Laura Hanemann.
Charles and Louise had one dauger Lucille Marie, born in 1919. Louise died of a heart attack in 1960.
Charles and Louise celebrated their Golden (50th) wedding anniversary in 1958:
Anna Scheer
b. 21 February 1887, d. 24 July 1951
Anna Paulina Headwig (Annie) Scheer was born on February 21, 1887, in Green Lake, Wisconsin. She died on July 24, 1951, in Linton, North Dakota, at the age of 64, and was buried there.
On July 9, 1906 Anna married Herman Gustav Brusch from nearby Germania Wisconsin. They were married in the Lutheran Parsonage in Green Lake. Witnesses were Anna's sister Ella Scheer and her soon-to-be husband Herman Jahns. Four years later, the 1910 census shows them living in Emmons County, North Dakota. The census mentions the townships of McCulley and Danbury which no longer exist but are in the area where the town of Temvik is today, not far from Anna's sister Bertha. They had 3 daughters: Viola, Sadie, and Clara. Herman died in 1922 of stomach cancer.
After Herman's death, Anna married John Blasen in 1923. Census records show them living in Linton North Dakota. John died in 1932 and his death certificate listed his occupation as retired farmer
On 20 April 1934, Anna married John Riedlinger (Anna was 46 years old). John died in 1957, 6 years after Anna's death.
Anna Scheer Brusch Riedlinger Photos
Anna Scheer (left), Anna's first husband Herman Brusch (right)
Anna & Herman's Daughters: Viola, Sadie, and Clara
Anna Scheer and third husband John Riedlinger
Albert Scheer Photos
Albert Scheer, right (?) b. 25 March 1888, d. 18 October 1962
Albert Ernest Scheer was born on March 25, 1888, in Green Lake, Wisconsin. He married Helen Louise Lichtenberg on September 23, 1914, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He died on October 18, 1962, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, at the age of 74, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Ripon, Wisconsin. Helen died on July 10th, 1970. Albert and Helen had no children.
Ella Marie Scheer
b. 4 January 1890, d. 6 December 1969
Ida, Martha, Ella Scheer
Ella Mary (Marie) Scheer was born on January 4, 1890, in Green Lake, Wisconsin. She married Herman August Jahns on October 23, 1907, in Green Lake, Wisconsin.
Ella and Herman lived in Green Lake when they were first married, and by 1920 they had moved to Joliet Illinois. In Joliet, they owned a large house and took in boarders. (Herman may have worked outside the home as well). Herman and Ella had one daughter, Esther.
Ella's sister Martha moved with Lloyd to Joliet for a time. At first Martha and Lloyd lived with Ella and Herman, but later Martha bought or rented a house of her own and she also took on boarders.
Herman and Ella had one daughters, Esther.
Herman died on January 11th, 1968 just shy of his 84th birthday. Ella died on November 30, 1969 at age 79. They are buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park in Joliet, Illinois.
Ida Albertina Scheer
Ida (b. 30 October 1891, d. 12 March 1993), Martha, Ella Scheer
Ida Albertina Scheer was born on October 30, 1891 in Green Lake Wisconsin. She married Frank Joseph Heller on September 27, 1917, in Langford, South Dakota. They began their married life in Groton South Dakota (near Aberdeen) where Frank worked as a farm laborer.
They moved to Bayfield Wisconsin where their daughter Grace (Burmeister-Frei) was born in 1921. Grace said that when Grace was very young, Martha and Lloyd lived with them in Bayfield for a short time.
According to Ida's daughter Grace, work was hard to find and Frank would ride the rails to the south looking for work. He eventually found a job in Appleton Wisconsin and the family moved there. Census records show them living in Appleton by 1930.
Ida was 101 years old when she died in 1993. Frank had died 32 years earlier in 1961. They are buried in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Martha Amanda Scheer
b. 1 September 1893, d. 15 January 1986
Martha Amanda Scheer, or "Grandma Martha" was born in Green Lake, Wisconsin in 1893 to Ferdinand Scheer and Albertine (Koeller) Scheer. Martha lived on the farm in Green Lake from her birth until she married in1916. Visit Martha's page for her story.
Paul Scheer
b. 25 Sept 1896, d. 26 Nov 1897
Paul F Scheer was born on September 25, 1896, in Green Lake, Wisconsin. He died as a child on November 26, 1897, in Wisconsin, and was buried in Green Lake.