Category:Sommerfeld

1880 - Census Record - August - Agusta - Amelia Sommerfeld

1880 census was taken in the Village of Lorreno. August Sommerfeld-age 38; Augusta Uttecht-age 32; Emilie Sommerfeld-age 9.

1857 Emmigration record for C. Sommerfeld. He emmigrated from Germany to the US when he was 32 years old. Apparently he was single at the time.

I'm not sure who this Sommerfeld is. He is some relation to Emillie Sommerfeld Baur. He is mentioned in family history and church record. Internet Baur/Sommerfeld/Uteche Family History August Sommerfeld (father of Emilie Sommerfeld) Born: 1840 in Posen Prussia Died: Dec: 15, 1916 Sleepy Eye MN Married: 1870 to August Utecht Emigrated from Prussia: 1862 Was a blacksmith by trade. Augusta Uttecht/Kisner Sommerfeld (mother of Emilie Sommerfeld) Born: 1847 in Posen Prussia Died: Dec: 15, 1916 Sleepy Eye MN Married: 1870 to August Utecht Emigrated from Prussia: 1867

Children Emilie Berthan Sommerfeld Married: 1888 to Jacob Baur at St. John’s Lutheran in Sleepy Eye, MN by Rev S. Deuber (Jacob age 23, Emile age 17) Text Job 7:15 “so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine.” Completer section: “11“Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard? 13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint, 14even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions, 15so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine. 16I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.” Witnesses John Jaeger (married to Anna Sauer) Anna Marie Sauer (married to John Jaeger) Wilhelm Uttecht Barbara Sauer (married to Henry Weber)

Born: 6-15-1871 Hennepin Township, Sleepy Eye, MN, USA Died: 1-16-1952 Owatonna, MN of heart failure (moved to Watonna in 1950) Buried: 1-19-1952 in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Sanborn, MN. Confirmed: 3-29-1885 at St. John’s Lutheran in Sleepy Eye, MN by Rev S. Deuber. Text: Rom 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose.” Complete Section: “ 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.” Edward H. (married Lena Vollmer) Born: 1876. Died: 1917. Was a farmer. Lena A. (married Rev. Wm. F. Sauer, the step-brother of Jacob. Became SD District President) Born: 1882 in Sleepy Eye, MN Married: 1905 Both were confirmed at Trinity Lutheran in Johnson, MN. (Lenna 1897 & William 1895). Buried: St. Paul’s Mound City, SD. Theodore F. (married Olga Dittbenner) Waldemar “Walter” (married Marie Krueger) Anne Wilhelma (died when 2 months old)

Other Wihelm Utecht Barbara Sauer Notes of interest: 1) There are connections to the Pine Island parish and Goodhue. It gives some insight into Paul Hinderer’s ministry. 2) H. H. Meyer was a trustee in 1895. I don’t know if he is related to our Meyer relations. 3) One of the pastors, Pastor Zich, wrote the book “Geschichte der Minnesota Synode Und Ihrer Einzelnen Gemeinden”. This history of the MN District has been a great resource for me. 4) A Pastor Frederick Nitz served at Sleepy Eye. I believe he is related to Joel Nitz. 5) Stuart Steffen taught at St John’s school. I believe he is the brother-in-law of my cousin Geraldine Meyer Steffen. Cany any of you Meyer’s confirm this. I find this extra interesting because the Sommerfeld house was sold to the church to serve as a teacherage. Did Stuart live in great-grandma’s house? Just another piece of trivia. 6) Some of us may remember Norman Burger from MLA in New Ulm. He was a member of St. John’s. 7) The final family connection was in 2001. Amber Scharrer taught school there. She is the niece of my sister Kathryn Baur Scharrer. Wedding license spelling is Emelia. I can’t read the scan of the original. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2BG-BTB Sod House Information: http://amhistory.si.edu/ourstory/activities/sodhouse/more.html

Notes

Sommerfeld in Sleepy Eye Posted on October 21, 2016by Jim Baur The German Methodist Episcopal church at Sleepy Eye was organized on September 19, 1870, by Rev. John Bauer and charter members as follow : Henrietta Bruess, Peter Bendixen, Peter Ruenitz, William Krienke, Sr., C. Salkowske, Conrad Blettner, Henrietta Marquardt, C. Sommerfeld, N. Ruenitz, F. Rose, John Schneider, H. Bottemiller, Charles Kissner. This church now has a membership of one hundred and thirty-seven. Its first parsonage was erected in 1880 at a cost of twenty-five hun- dred dollars. In 1882 the church building was erected at a cost of four thousand dollars. It is a frame structure. The list of pastors who have served here is as follows : Revs. John Bauer, F. Ries, C. Salkowske, J. M, Nippold, A. Dulitz, F. H. Wellemeyer, H. E. Young, A. H. Koerner, G. Raihle, F. J. Preine, W. F. Fritze, C. L. Lehnert, J. L. Nuelsen (present bishop), G. C. Rheinfrank, J. F. Steiner, H. G. Schmid, J. A. Rinkel, John Schneider, G. J. Sohm.

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The second largest church and congregation in the city of Sleepy Eye is the St. John’s German Lutheran church, founded in 1876, in the month of March, with a small mem- bership. It has constantly grown in power and strength until it now owns a magnificent church, school house and parsonage worth thirty-five thousand dollars, and all free of any debts. Rev. Christian F. Meyer was the first pastor ; he remained a year and was followed by Rev. C. Oerding, Digitized by Google 392 Brown County, Minnesota, who remained three years; Rev. Simon Deuber, now de- ceased, remained pastor here seventeen years, retiring in 1897. Then came Rev. P. Zick, who in 1911 was succeeded by the present pastor, Rev. W. C. Albrecht. The first trustees elected for this congregation were Dan Stage, Fred Redetzke and Fred Kissner. The first elders were Henry Romberg, Christ Sommerf eld and Peter Peterein. The present new and imposing church edifice was erected in 1901-02 and later a fine pipe organ graced the church. For the past seventeen years this church has maintained a good parochial school nine months each year. Here is taught about the same course as is found in the public schools of this county. The church has one hundred and forty families with a voting membership of one hundred and twenty-five. The trustees in 1916 are Henry Offerman, Edward Krenz, Will- iam Guse, Sr., Fred Koehne and August Schroeder.

Source: History of Brown County, Minnesota: Its People, Industries and Institutions (Volume 1) or in PDF https://archive.org/stream/mn-brown-1915-fritsche-1/mn-brown-1915-fritsche?ui=embed#page/n409/mode/1up

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