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Margaretha Elizabeth Ahrens, born 5-14-1888 to Herman Heinrich Ahrens and Anna Crum, lived to be 99 yrs. old. She
married George Brandt in July of 1910. She wrote a letter about her memories of the early Ahrens family. It is
summerized by Phyllis below:
1. She said there were 4 children, 2 boys & 2 girls who came to U.S.
They would be Heinrich, Herman (who we found in the 1850 census living next
to Heinrich), the girl that married a
Sitterding was Martha (according to
my mother's records) & the other girl, I don't have a first name for, but
Lizzie said she married a Pohler. She said that the mother & father came to
the U.S. later and they all
lived near Hubbel's Corner. The mother & father are buried in Hubbel's Corner Cemetery. We know that Heinrich
moved to the Adams Church neighborhood and Martha Sitterding lived near or in Batesville. The others could have stayed
in the Hubbel's Corner area & be buried there. We don't have a name for the parents. Perhaps someone
can go to the cemetery in Hubbel's corner & look for tombstones with Ahrens. I'm
anxious to also search
the ship records again.
2. From Lizzie's letter I learned that the story about Heinrich & Mary
Mollenkam
coming to U.S. on the same ship, was really about the parents
of Anna Crum Ahrens, who married Herman Ahrens (son of Heinrich).
Lizzie did have the names for the Crum parents as Henry & Anna Marie, which is incorrect. It was clear however,
that she was refering to the Crums. They would have been Lizzie's grandparents on her mother's side.
3.
Since we now know that Heinrich & Anna Marie Mollenkam did not
necessarilly come on the same ship, I will search seperately
for them. Lizzie did say that Anna Marie Mollenkam came with one brother.
4. Heinrich & Anna Maria
Mollenkam Ahrens lived on a farm near Hubbels
Corner when they were first married and later moved to the Adams Church
neighborhood. According to Lizzie, where they moved is the farm where Mervin Ahrens now lives. Heinrich & Mary's
youngest child, Herman (Elverda's grandfather & Lizzie's father) and his wife Anna Crum moved into Herman's parents farm.
Mervin is the grandson of Herman & Anna. Did Mervin's father August Ahrens also live on the same farm.
If so, that is four generations that lived there.
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