Hilgefort - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

kspringer11 — 2009-11-07 02:22:11Z

I stumbled on this website by accident my name is Kathy Hilgefort Springer. I too had a grandfather Frank Hilgefort from Ft. Loramie Ohio. My uncle is Ken Hilgefort and he and his wife divorced when I was a small child. My uncle Ken passed away a year ago I would love to know if this is his daughter Annie Please email me at kspringer1@roadrunner.com if u are her

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

angelacaldwell_1 — 2009-08-03 00:56:19Z

Hello, Frank Hilgefort was my grandfather. He was from Fort Larmie, Ohio. Grandpa died when I was young. What do you know about the Hilgeforts? It is neat to find something out about my family. My parents divorced when I was young and I really do not know much about my dad's side of the family. His name is Ken Hilgefort and Frank was his father. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Annie

Re: Matt Brucken family of Ft. Loramie OH

PTROJAN — 2009-06-17 13:25:51Z

interested in conrad brucken of ft loramie and his dec.-including gertrude, joseph, peter etc--pls contact kwas44@comcast.net to share info

Re: Clemens Hilgefort 1835-1893

cawol1 — 2008-04-07 01:45:48Z

Finally I'm able to reply to you. My email address is catw1743@yahoo.com.

Re: Clemens Hilgefort 1835-1893

ChristineConnor77 — 2008-03-26 23:55:43Z

Hello, I did my research starting 30 years ago. My grandfather was Lee Hilgeford, son of Jacob Frederick Hilgeford, son of Clemens Hilgefort- Hilgeford, as he is the on responsible for Clemens name spelling change on his tombstone in Ft. Loramie, Ohio. I do have a picture of Clemens that was kept by Lee. I am not very good at this site and do not know how to contact you personally. I would like to get you a copy of the pic. of Clemens and Maria, his wife. I have passed this on to others so they may have already gotten it to you.I was able to research the line in Dinklage through the Catholic church.
I agree with you that so much of what is on the internet is not true. I believe in records. I appreciate any info. you have to share.
Sincerely, Christine

Re: Clemens Hilgefort 1835-1893

ChristineConnor77 — 2007-08-28 21:35:57Z

Catherine, I see a message from you dated June of 2004. Did you ever find a picture of Clemens Hilgefort. He was my great great grandfather and I do have one... Christine Connor

Re: Clemens Hilgefort 1835-1893

2006-05-27 19:25:18Z

I do not have any info re: Clemens. You should probably email Catherine who posted at the beginning of this thread, unless you know your person lived in Covington.

Kathy

Re: Clemens Hilgefort 1835-1893

2006-05-19 03:32:04Z

Have you been able to find any more information on this Maria Hilgefort? I am a descendent of Clemens Hilgefort's sister.

Re: part of the tree

khreed — 2005-05-21 22:41:41Z

I have some information about some Hilgefort descendants in Cincinnati, Ohio and northern, KY. I'm getting more information every day. We know of some from Holdorf but are trying to make connections.

Re: Clemens Hilgefort 1835-1893

khreed — 2005-05-21 22:32:59Z

A relative was just visiting a cemetery in Covington, KY (across from Cincinnati) investigating a Hilgefort grave. He said it read: Hien. Friedrich Hilgefort, born June 2, 1823, Holdorf. It also said something about Flatterlow-hausen gest (I don't know what this means. Since Dinklage and Holdorf are only a few miles apart, I was wondering if their might be a connection to Clemens?

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2005-05-07 03:36:52Z

If Hilgefort was her maiden name it's very unlikely she came from Scotland. But stranger things have happened. My family consists of Dietrich and his wife, Margaret Barhorst who came here with their 4 children. Henry and Clemens married and had children. Elizabeth married John Willman, had 2 children and died. Joseph had no children. They came from Bremen and landed in Baltimore. I'm assuming they came through Cincinnati.

It isn't unlikely she came through Cleveland. A lot of people came by way of the Great Lakes.

There was an odd Hilgefort here named Barney. I can't find out anything about him. There is an old book floating around by Clemens Heitman, I think, about Hilgeforts. It's in German.

E-mail me what you know about your ancestor and I'll look in my odds and ends.

Catherine

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

khreed — 2005-05-07 03:26:35Z

I am trying to prove that my Mary Elizabeth Hilgefort came from Germany. I inherited a family genealogy that says she came from Scotland. I think it is an error. I do not have any information on her parents. Do you have any Hilgeforts that went through Cleveland?

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2005-05-07 01:24:32Z

There are Hilgeforts scattered all over Oldenburg. All mine seem to have come from Dinklage. I've probably seen the Holdorf ones. My Barhorsts came from there originally and then went to Steinfeld. Thanks.

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

khreed — 2005-05-07 00:32:00Z

I have found some baptismal listings for a family of Hilgeforts in Holdorf, Oldenburg. Are you also aware of these?

Re: Clemens Hilgefort 1835-1893

2005-05-07 00:23:18Z

I am investigating Durstocks (or Duerstocks) who originated in Oldenburg, Germany. I noted that J. Will Duerstock born in Oldenburg in 1854 married Mary Elizabeth Hilgefort sometime before 1880 in Cleveland. She later relocated with her husband to northern Kentucky and is buried there. I have a copy of her picture. Is this in any of the lines you have investigated?

Hilgeforts of Dinklage & Ft. Loramie OH

2005-04-08 00:56:49Z

I've been visiting a lot of information that has been put on the internet concerning this family and I'm sorry to have to say a whole lot of it is incorrect. Please do not accept anything as fact until you check it out yourself.

Catherine

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2004-09-06 20:23:46Z

I have a Frank B Hilgefort born in 1917. He married Rita Monnin. Email me at ejeffrie@kent.edu if you have more. I am stuck on this. Rita still lives in Shelby county. I live in Delaware (Eastern Shore)

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2004-07-28 08:15:54Z

Hi,
How curious, my direct ancestors are Macke/Brörmann from Damme!
Wilma

Re: part of the tree

2004-03-18 08:58:50Z

I'm collecting all data about my family. If you are interested in working together please contact me. Thanks a lot.

Ulrich Hilgefort
Hannover, Germany
eMail: ulrich_hilgefort@htp-tel.de

Re: Hilgefort's

2004-03-18 08:56:21Z

Mary-Ann,

You're right. The Hilgeforts seem to have their "root" at a small village near Dinklage in Germany. My father is searching about that and he found a Hilgefort, born around 1630.

I'm collecting all data about my family. If you are interested in working together please contact me. Thanks a lot.

Ulrich Hilgefort
Hannover, Germany
eMail: ulrich_hilgefort@htp-tel.de

Re: Hilgefort Genealogy

2004-03-18 08:53:20Z

Hi, I'm collecting all data about my family. If you are interested in working together please contact me. Thanks a lot.

Ulrich Hilgefort
Hannover, Germany
eMail: ulrich_hilgefort@htp-tel.de

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2004-03-18 04:07:11Z

Ulrich,
Johan Theodor Hilgefort (Dietrich) b. Aug. 1792 on the Koldehoff farm, Hone, Dinklage. Md. 24 Oct. 1830 St. Catherina Church, Dinklage. d. 28 Feb. 1850 Ft. Loramie OH

Margaretha Elizabeth Barhorst b. Nov. 1800 Wieferich farm, Harpendorf, Steinfeld. d. 10 Feb. 1864

They left Bremen on the Ship Albert and landed in Baltimore 24 Sept. 1847.

Children: All born on the Brockhaus farm
Clemens b. 1830
Johan Dirk b. 6 Aug 1832 d. 9 Aug 1832
Johan Heinrich b. 18 April 1834 d. 17 Nov. 1916 Ft. Loramie
md. Maria Meyer
Johan Clemens b. 23 Nov. 1835 d. 18 Dec. 1893 Ft. Lor.
md. Maria Poeppelman
Elizabeth b. 8 Nov. 1837 d. 15 Feb. 1861 Ft. L.
md. John Willman
Joseph b. 5 Oct. 1839 Do not know anymore about him.

Johan Theodor's parents - Gerhard Heinrich Hilgefort b. 4 July 1751 and Anna Staggenborg
Gerhard's parents - Dirk b. 1725 and Maria Arlinghaus
Dirk Hilgefort's parents - Johan b. 1693 and Anna Nieman
Johan's parents - not sure. Johan Hilgefort and Trinke Espelage.

I got a lot of this from the Family Search site and I still have to verify it.

I seem to be descended from two Burwinkels, two Calvelages, two Espelages and Two Nietfelds.
I wonder if your missing Hilgefort is Joseph.

Catherine

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2004-03-17 10:23:44Z

Dear Catherine,

thanks a lot for answering to my email. I will try to contact my father as soon as possible to get the information about the Hilgefort who went to Cinncinati and returned to Germany.

All the Hilgeforts we've found here - so it seems at the moment - have the same ancestor: a man named Johan Hilgefort, who was born around 1630 in the area of Dinklage near Oldenburg.

You could please so kind to send me more informations about Johan Theodor Hilgefort, married with Margaretha Barhorst from Steinfeld? I need his birthday (and the day he died), the place where he was born and perhaps the year when he left Germany so I could try to find him in our data.

If we've completed the "path" from the now living generation back to the anchestor from 1630 I will prepare a GEDCOM-file - so we perhaps could exchange the data. You are interested in that data? Or would you prefer to find them in a web site?

Again thanks a lot for anwering. It's quite amusing to email to somebody with - as it seems - the same anchestor and so far away.

Best regards
Ulrich Hilgefort
Hannover
Germany

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2004-03-15 21:59:41Z

Ulrich,

Most of the Hilgeforts on the Rootsweb-Hilgefort forum are related. The original ancestor was Johan Theodor Hilgefort from Hone-Dinklage. His wife was Margaretha Barhorst from Steinfeld. Four children came with them in 1847; Heinrich, Clemens, Elizabeth, and Joseph. They settled near the town of Ft. Loramie, Shelby County, Ohio. The area where Auglaize, Mercer, and Shelby counties in Ohio was primarily settled by people from Oldenburg and some from Hanover and Westfalen. Most of those families are still here. They usually came through Cincinnati.

Who was the Hilgefort who went back to Germany?

Catherine Wolken

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2004-03-15 17:06:18Z

Dear Madam,

I just found your name via the search engine Google:

Greatings from Old Germany!

My father has started to search for his ancestors and went back until 1630 - when the 30 years lasting war destroyed any further informations. For example he found a Hilgefort that went to Cinncinati, married there and returned to Germany, to a little village near Oldenburg ...

Now I'm thinking about a data base about our family. If you like to help by adding informations: You're welcome!

If not: I will perhaps be disapponnted - but there's no prob.

Anyway: I'd like to hear from somebody with the same name living very far away!

Greetings
Ulrich Hilgefort
Germany

Sorry for my poor english ...

Ohio Hilgeforts

2003-12-30 22:34:50Z

I am a descendant of the Hilgeforts of Ft. Loramie.
I just found this forum. I know quite a lot about the Hilgeforts. Contact me if you have questions.

Catherine

Re: part of the tree

2003-02-12 21:45:19Z

I am also a descendent of the Hilgefort clan from Shelby County Ohio, but now living in southern CA. My gggrandfather, Johan Hilgefort emigrated from Dinklage, Germany and married Maria Meyer, daughter of Johan Meyer, who emigrated from Neuenkirchen and Anna Maria Muhlenkamp, whom I haven't tracked down yet.

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2004-07-28 03:18:19Z

I'm pretty sure the Poeppelmans are from Damme in the Duchy of Oldenburg. If I find out I am wrong, I will let you know.

Catherine

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2004-07-27 23:58:10Z

Hi (again)
I only would like to know where the Poeppelman family came from originally.
Wilma

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2004-07-27 23:18:46Z

Catherine Maria Hilgefort was born Sept. 1863 in McLean Twp. She married Frank Broerman 6 May 1884. She died 10 March 1900. Her parents were Clemens Hilgefort and Maria Poeppelman. Johan Clemens was born 23 Nov. 1835 on the Brockhaus farm, Hone (umlaut over the o), Dinklage, Duchy of Oldenburg, Germany. He was baptized 27 Nov. He came here with his family 24 Sept. 1847 from Bremen to Baltimore. He married 3 June 1860 Maria Poeppelman. He died 18 Dec. 1893 of pneumonia.

Maria Poeppelman's family were earlier immigrants. She was born 24 July 1843 on their farm near the village of Egypt, Jackson Twp. Auglaize County, OH. She died 21 May 1910 at the town of McCartyville. She was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Anton Berning. Her parents were Henry Poeppelman and Catherine Baumer (umlaut over the a).

Do you want to know Clemens' parents and siblings?

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2004-07-27 19:18:43Z

Hi, I'm related to Maria Catharina Hilgefort who married Frank (Franz Heinrich) Broerman in 1884. Her parents were Clemens Hilgefort and Maria Poeppelman. Do you have dates of birth and dated of death of these people? Thank you.

Wilma

Matt Brucken family of Ft. Loramie OH

2004-06-10 20:39:23Z

I have pictures if anyone from this family is interested.

Clemens Hilgefort 1835-1893

2004-06-01 11:00:11Z

Does anyone have a picture of Clemens Hilgefort who was born in Dinklage, Oldenburg and died in Ft. Loramie Ohio? I will share photos of other family members.

Catherine

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

2004-03-26 03:01:03Z

Who are the in-laws? He could be the son of Clemens Hilgefort and Maria Poeppelman. I live at Minster. Phone number - 419-628-2481 if you want to call. Or you can e-mail.

Catherine Wolken

part of the tree

2001-07-26 17:16:53Z

Hi there.... I do not live near mercer county at this point (i am now in california)... but I grew up in Fort Loramie (shelby county). Most of my family still lives there, and we were not the only hilgeforts in town. I don't know if this interests you, but I thought I should pass on the info. I will pass on this page to my mother... she will probably get into this. And I KNOW she knows a good deal about the family tree. you can go to www.whitepages.com and search for hilgefort... this will give you all of the hilgeforts registered in the phone book in all of the US. there are 58 of them. most are in or near western ohio, with a few folks in colorado. and according to placesnamed.com hilgefort is the 21,519th most popular last name in the United States. control your excitement... i am trying to contain mine.

Hilgefort's

2001-03-06 07:11:37Z

Lisa... I would assume they were from Germany as that name is strong in the German settled county of Mercer County, Ohio...

Mercer Cty., OH

2000-11-29 13:14:22Z

Looking for Hilgefort's that live in and around Mercer county, Ohio... various family members even married some Darke County folks

RE: Hilgefort genealogy

Lisa_McCombe — 2002-02-18 20:36:24Z

Does this family have any ties to Germany?

Hilgefort Genealogy

Lisa_McCombe — 2002-02-18 20:36:24Z

After I e-mailed you I noticed that the have a surname message board for this name if you go under the international one, too. I may try there. I don't know if any of my Hilgefort's came to America or when they did. My ggg grandmother remarried after her 1st husband died. That was to a Thobias Hilgefort. I believe I got that name right. We are in the process of moving and I have put most of my genealogy materials away. I am working off of my memory. If you'd like me to check further I can, but it may take a while to find the information.Thanks!

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

ejeffrie99 — 2004-03-26 01:42:12Z

My husband's mother's maiden name is Hilgefort and we are from Mercer Co, Ohio. I was wondering which part you are looking at. I have found Frank Hilgefort and his inlaws, but no luck on Frank himself.

Re: Ohio Hilgeforts

wabnoles — 2004-05-24 18:15:12Z

Hey Cathy,

I believe we are related. I have sent you an email with my other email address (brainiac1082@netzero.net). I am descended from Johann Theodore Hilgefort's daughter Elizabeth.

--Andrew