Johan Bernhard Karl Torneden

M, #618, b. 26 July 1819, d. 12 June 1907
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Johan Tornedon on his wedding day, 1845. (Source: www.eudorakshistory.com -- Tornedon Family Tree, Lola Mae Tornedon, Rural Route One, Linwood, Kansas )
     Johan was born in Lippe, Detmold, Germany, on 26 July 1819.1,2,3,4,5
     Johan Bernhard Karl Torneden married Carolina Friederika Emilie Altenbernd, daughter of Johann Simon Adolph Altenbernd and Catherina Friedrika Carolina Böcker, on 22 November 1845.1,6,7,5
Johan and Caroline Tornedon on their wedding day, 1845. (Source: www.eudorakshistory.com -- Tornedon Family Tree, Lola Mae Tornedon, Rural Route One, Linwood, Kansas )

     As of before 1869, Johan Bernhard Karl Torneden was also known as Darneden.4
     Johan Bernhard Karl Torneden and Carolina Friederika Emilie Torneden immigrated on 26 May 1869 to in Lexington, Johnson County, Kansas, USA. Their child August Tornaden, Simon Torneden, Friderike Torneden, Wilhelm Torneden, Lina Torneden, Adolph Torneden, Friedrich Geo Torneden and Hermann Carl Torneden arrived with them and Carolina Friederika Emilie Torneden arrived on (an unknown value). On May 26, 1869, Johan and his family left Germany. They arrived in Baltimore on June 14, 1869 on the ship "Baltimore". They settled in Lexington, Johnson County, Kansas. Lexington is east of Eudora.

They left Germany to keep their two older sons, August and Simon (“Sam”), out of the German army. Caroline’s brother, Conrad Altenbernd Sr., arranged for the trip to Eudora from Lippe Detmold, Germany, in 1869. It took two wagon trips from Kansas City to bring all their belongings.4
     John Torneden was listed as Perry Dixon's grandfather on the 1900 US Federal Census in Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, enumerated 15 June 1900.2 He immigrated to the US in 1869 and had been in the US for 31 years. He was a naturalized citizen. He was able to read, able to write, and unable to speak English.2 His birth date was listed as July 1819, age 81. He was born in Germany. He was single . His father was born in Germany. His mother was born in Germany.2
     Johan died on 12 June 1907 in Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA, at age 87.1,3,8,5 He was buried on 14 June 1907 Eudora City Cemetery, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, at.1,3,5
Last Edited=20 December 2023

Children of Johan Bernhard Karl Torneden and Carolina Friederika Emilie Altenbernd

Citations

  1. [S204] Unknown subject, St. Paul Church Records - Eudora, Kansas, Eudora, Kansas, unknown repository, unknown repository address . Hereinafter cited as St. Paul Church Records.
  2. [S385] Perry Dixon household, Census 1900, Douglas County, Kansas, population schedule, Eudora, Enumeration District (ED) 54, sheet 10B, dwelling 186, family 188, National Archives micropublication T623 479, viewed at Ancestry.Com.
  3. [S418] Unknown repository address, John Altenbernd (#618) Cemetery Marker; READ BY Sheila Buchanan (#172).
  4. [S526] Eudora Kansas History, online www.eudorakshistory.com, viewed on March 27, 2011, viewed by Sheila Altenbernd (#172) . Hereinafter cited as Eudora Kansas History.
  5. [S1556] Unknown author Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County Kansas, II Page: 140. (Douglas County, Kansas: Douglas County Genealogical Society, 1989) (Document Source Number: 00618-1989-00-00-01). Hereinafter cited as Complete Tombstone Census.
  6. [S397] The 55th Torneden Family Reunion, Lawrence Journal World, Lawrence, Kansas USA, December 11 1999. Hereinafter cited as LJW.http://www2.ljworld.com/news/1999/dec/11/around_and_about/
  7. [S417] Unknown repository address, Caroline Altenbernd (#617) Cemetery Marker; READ BY Sheila Buchanan (#172).
  8. [S1473] Douglas County Genealogical Society, "Eudora Cemetery," The Pioneer, No. 3, Volume: VI (Published: 1982-1984). (Document Source Number: Eudora Cemetery).