FRIEDRICH HEINRICH THEODOR FUHRMANN, later known simply as Theodor Fuhrmann, son of Sophie Wilhelmine Fuhrmann, was born at Wurchow, 5 Mar 1838, and baptized there 18 Mar 1838. He died at Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, 25 Jan 1922.
He married at Sparsee, Pommern, 28 Nov 1862, CAROLINE FRIEDERIKE WILHELMINE KOPELKE, who was born at Sparsee, 13 Feb 1834, and baptized there 23 Feb 1834, daughter of Karl Ferdinand Kopelke and Charlotte Christine Mattik of Sparsee. She died at Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, 19 May 1914.
At the time of their marriage, Theodor acknowledged paternity of Carl, who had been born out of wedlock, thereby legitimizing him.
His occupation is given as arbeitsmann (laborer) at the time of their marriage. In 1868, he is called a sch�fer (shepherd), and in 1870 he is a hofmeister (tenant farmer).
Children of Theodor Fuhrmann and Caroline Kopelke:
1. CARL FRIEDRICH AUGUST FUHRMANN, b. at Sparsee, Pommern, 7 Mar 1860; bapt. there 25 Mar 1860; godparents: Philip Galesko of Neustettin; Carl Kopelke of Sparsee; Henriette Kopelke of Neustettin, servant; d. at Marshall, MN, 14 Dec 1952; m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, near Hinton, IA, 5 May 1892, MARIE CAROLINE WILHELMINE RÖDIGER, daughter of Johann Friedrich August Rödiger and Friederike Kappke. Marie was born at Köslin, Pommern, 6 Apr 1868 and died at Marshall, MN, 15 Mar 1945. Both Carl and Marie are buried at Florence, MN.
2. HERMANN LUDWIG FUHRMANN, b. at Gross Dallenthin, Pommern, 17 Sep 1863; bapt. there 4 Oct 1863; godparents: Johann Kapelke of Sparsee, knecht; Ludwig Villwock of Neustettin; Albertine Timm of Henriettenthal in Dallenthin. He died at Gross Dallenthin, 26 Oct 1867.
3. THEODOR FLORENZ FUHRMANN, b. at Gross Dallenthin, Pommern, 15 Sep 1865; bapt. there 8 Oct 1865; godparents: Carl Noack, distiller; August Kr�ger, day laborer; Johanne Pergandt of Sparsee, daughter of a fisherman. He died at Gross Dallenthin, 3 Sep 1868, of smallpox.
4. IDA AUGUSTE EMILIE FUHRMANN, b. at Gross Dallenthin, Pommern, 25 Mar 1868; bapt. there 5 Apr 1868; godparents: Auguste Hoek, shepherd's daughter; Emilie Kr�ger, blacksmith's daughter; Friedrich Genz, knecht; all of Gross Dallenthin. She died at McLeod County, MN, 18 Nov 1927. She married, in Pommern, 18 Mar 1886, JOHANN KLABUNDE, who was born in Pommern, 11 Apr 1864 and died in Hutchinson, MN, 2 Apr 1952. Both Johann and Ida are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Brownton, MN.
5. BERTHA MARIA LOUISE FUHRMANN, b. at Henriettenthal, Pommern, 19 Oct 1870; bapt. there 6 Nov 1870; godparents: Albertine Nehring; Friederike N�ske; Johann Kr�ger. She died at Henriettenthal, 23 Nov 1870.
6. EMILIE JOHANNE CHRISTIANE FUHRMANN, b. at Gross Dallenthin, Pommern, 24 Dec 1871; bapt. there 14 Jan 1872; godparents: Emilie Dorow of Gross Dallenthin; Johanne Kopelke, cottager's wife of Sparsee; Johann Hinz of Gross Dallenthin. She died at Leonard, ND, 19 Dec 1938. She married, at Casselton, ND, 26 Dec 1891, FRIEDRICH AUGUST ALBERT DISCHER, who was born at Sassenburg, Pommern, 24 Jul 1868, son of Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Discher and Emilie Marie Berndt. Friedrich died in North Dakota, 2 Jan 1908. Both Friedrich and Emilie are buried in Bethel Moravian Cemetery, Leonard, ND.
7. HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FUHRMANN, b. at Gross Dallenthin, Pommern, 24 Apr 1874; bapt. there 17 May 1874; godparents: Heinrich Fuhrmann of Gross Dallenthin, day laborer; Carl Cobs of Klein Dallenthin; Wilhelmine Kopelke of Sparsee, day laborer's daughter. He died at Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, 7 Jan 1944. He married, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bennington, NE, ALBERTINA LABS, daughter of Ferdinand Labs and Henrietta Klabunde. She was born in Douglas County, NE, 7 Nov 1877, and died in Fort Calhoun, NE, 7 Feb 1952.
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