Johannes ACKERMANN

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From "The Spirit of Wishek Golden Jubilee Book 1898-1948".

Early pioneer history cannot be complete without recording the names of some of the true early settlers who are now recalled in Wishek in memory only. Such pioneers were Johannes Ackermann and his wife Christina Hildenbrandt. Their forefathers had migrated from southwestern Germany near the Rhine River to Rohrback, South Russia. Here Johannes was born in 1854, son of Frederich Ackermann.

He was married in 1873 and they established their home in Russia. There nine of their children were born and there also three of them were buried. In 1889 the couple with their six remaining children emigrated from Russia to America. They were in search of national freedom and of land. They homesteadeda few miles north of Wishek but at the time of their settlement, the nearest town was Eureka, SD., forty miles South. The homestead was located in Logan County, section 22, township 133,range 71 west.

A first necessity was shelter for the family. A house was built of sod and smeared with clay inside and out. This sufficed for several years until a stone house was erected. The first sorrow in the new country was the death of their two youngestchildren. Three more children were born in this prairie home, one of which died while still a small child.

Their nearest neighborswere the Christ Krein family, five miles away. Judging from today, their life was one of dire hardships. Food was scarce and money very scarce. Marketing of buffalo bones was the only cash incomeuntil the first crops could be harvested. Long hazardous trips were with oxen.

There was a constant fear of Indians. When a hail storm completely destroyed one year's grain crop, Mr. Ackermann decided to raise more livestock. From that time he always had a large herd of cattle and many horses ranging on the vast prairie.

Early pioneers longed for a railroad through the territory. Mr. Ackermann, in his great desire to see the railroad, donated the rail right-of-way through the entire length of two quarters of land.

An ambitious, hard worker, Johannes Ackermann carved a home out of the prairie and established each of his children. Those growing to adulthood were. Mrs. Catherine Ackermann-Lang, Wishek; Peter Ackermann, Lodi, CA; Mrs. Christina Hildenbrandt, Annamose, ND; Mrs. Mary Krein, Mrs. Lydia Krein, Wishek; and Fred Ackermann, Fargo, ND.

Date: 23 Feb 2006

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In 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Ackermann, left their farm and moved into their new home in Wishek. Mr. Ackermann operated a general store with his son, Peter, until 1920, when he retired from active business. In 1923 his wife died and ten years later he passed away. His death marked the passing of one of Wishek's pioneer patriarchs, a man respected and revered by the community, a man who had seen Wishek grow from a grass covered prairie to a city, and who had loved every part of that growth.

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Titel	Wilhelm, Petereit Family Tree
Beschreibung	Wilhelm Family Name is from Marzhausen, Neu-Eichenberg, Werra- Meissner-Kreis, Hessen, Deutschland and the most recent births for my 3rd grandparents in Linden, Hannover, Germany Petereit Family name is from Prussia and ending with my great grandfather in Tauroggen, Lithuania Krompholz Family name if from Salzburg, Österreich and then moved to Lithuania. Wenger, Pfieffenberger, Amaisserin, Neufang Family names are from Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg, Austria and Undberg, Salzburg, Austria and also Dorff, Salzburg, Austria
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Einsender	Susan Knight Wilhelm
E-Mail	susanwilhelm113@hotmail.com
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