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Descendants of Johann Gottlieb Behm

Generation No. 2


2. HERMAN FREIDERICH (FRED)2 BEHM (JOHANN GOTTLIEB1) was born November 11, 1853, and died July 19, 1924. He married CATHERINE L GILLAM May 25, 1881. She was born December 21, 1863, and died June 06, 1911.

Notes for H
ERMAN FREIDERICH (FRED) BEHM:
Herman Friederich (Fred) was reared in the Christian religion and confirmed in the Trinity Lutheran Church on April 28, 1867 by Rev. Wm. Kroencke. He was school director in the Riga village school and hired George Ingold to teach in the school which gave him a start in life for which he is very grateful. He owned the first farm south of the pike, now U.S. 223, on the west side of the Riga road where Mrs. Kamiel Neyrinck lives. He sold it to Ernest Ahlemann, he sold it to John Hoenig and to settle the estate, it was sold to Neyrinck's. Ernest Ahlemann had a new house and barn built, the barn in 1907. Johann bought the farm where Rob lives? Also bought a couple of acres in the village of Wm Wegner and had a house and barn built.
In 1904, Katie, Harvey and Thelma had scarlet fever and were very ill. Little Dinny passed on, Anna was quarantined in with them. Catherine died June 6, 1911 in her new home aged 47 years. Catherine was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gilliam.

Fred died July 19, 1924 aged 70 years, 8 months, 8 days, Sat. 11:55pm. Burial in Riga Cemetery, Rev. B.A. Cramton, officiating.
Emma was born in the house E.J. Kodelmann now owns, across from U.S.

Name on the gravestones in Riga Cemetary are spelled Frederich and Katherine.


More About H
ERMAN FREIDERICH (FRED) BEHM:
Burial: Riga Cemetery, Riga Michigan
Confirmation: April 28, 1867, Trinity Lutheran Church
Immigration: July 04, 1857
     
Children of H
ERMAN BEHM and CATHERINE GILLAM are:
6. i.   IDELLA (TOOD)3 BEHM.
7. ii.   ROBERT BEHM, b. August 21, 1885; d. December 22, 1971.
  iii.   MYRTLE BEHM, b. 1887.
8. iv.   KATHRYN LUCRETIA BEHM, b. July 30, 1896; d. 1982.
9. v.   HARVEY BEHM, b. July 06, 1899, Riga, Michigan; d. 1978.
  vi.   LOUANNA BEHM, b. July 06, 1899; d. 1899, At birth.
  Notes for LOUANNA BEHM:
Louanna was a twin to Harvey


  vii.   THELMA (DINNY) BEHM, b. June 30, 1903; d. 1904, Of scarlet fever.


3. WILHELMINA2 BEHM (JOHANN GOTTLIEB1) was born March 04, 1859, and died October 03, 1919 in Blissfield Township. She married AUGUST KNOBLAUCH September 17, 1879.

Notes for W
ILHELMINA BEHM:
With the exception of the last 26 years (1899?) Wilhelmina spent her life in Riga Township. Twenty six years ago they moved to Blissfield where she lived until October 16, 1925. Ailing and well aware that her days of her earthly pilgramage were almost at an end, she came to the home of her daugher Mrs. Anna Goetz on October 16, 1925 where she passed away December 31, 1925. Burials in Riga Cemetery.
Funeral held in St. Johns L.C., Riga. Rev. Otto Echkert, officiating.

     
Children of W
ILHELMINA BEHM and AUGUST KNOBLAUCH are:
10. i.   LOUISE3 KNOBLAUCH.
11. ii.   ANNA KNOBLAUCH.
12. iii.   HELEN KNOBLAUCH.
13. iv.   JULIA KNOBLAUCH.
14. v.   CHRIST A KNOBLAUCH, b. 1894; d. May 02, 1951.
15. vi.   ARTHUR AUGUST KNOBLAUCH.
  vii.   GUSTAV KNOBLAUCH.
  viii.   INFANT TWIN SON.
  ix.   INFANT TWIN SON.
16. x.   HERMAN KNOBLAUCH, d. April 13, 1930.


4. ANNA2 BEHM (JOHANN GOTTLIEB1) was born November 18, 1863, and died February 06, 1940. She married JOHN GEORGE SILBERHORN October 11, 1881. He was born December 01, 1858 in Wernebach, Germany, and died March 05, 1941.

Notes for A
NNA BEHM:
Anna and John celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on October 11, 1931.


More About A
NNA BEHM:
Burial: Riga Cemetery, Riga Michigan

More About J
OHN GEORGE SILBERHORN:
Burial: Riga Cemetery, Riga Michigan
     
Children of A
NNA BEHM and JOHN SILBERHORN are:
17. i.   LOUIE (LUDWIG)3 SILBERHORN.
  ii.   MINNIE (WILHELMINE) SILBERHORN, m. CHARLES MAIERLE.
  Notes for CHARLES MAIERLE:
Minnie and Harold had no children.



18. iii.   ALMA SILBERHORN, d. February 14, 1947.
19. iv.   GEORGE SILBERHORN.
20. v.   HENRY JOHN SILBERHORN, d. February 14, 1945, His home.
21. vi.   ARNOLD SILBERHORN.
  vii.   INFANT, d. In infancy.
  viii.   INFANT, d. In infancy.
22. ix.   BERTHA M SILBERHORN, b. August 09, 1883; d. October 25, 1953.


5. BERTHA E.2 BEHM (JOHANN GOTTLIEB1) was born May 1866, and died February 28, 1930. She married JOHN G LIPP.

More About B
ERTHA E. BEHM:
Burial: Riga Cemetery, Riga Michigan

Notes for J
OHN G LIPP:
John G Lipp was first married to Anna Tagsold. Born 1868, she died in 1889

     
Children of B
ERTHA BEHM and JOHN LIPP are:
23. i.   LETHA3 LIPP, b. August 11, 1893.
24. ii.   WALTER LIPP, b. August 18, 1895.
  iii.   MALINDA LIPP, b. October 23, 1903; d. March 31, 1952; m. LEONARD SHELDON, August 28, 1927, Lansing, Michigan.
  More About MALINDA LIPP:
Burial: Riga Cemetery, Riga Michigan

  iv.   ELMER LIPP, b. January 29, 1907; m. LOUELLA BETZ, 1930.
  Notes for ELMER LIPP:
Elmer and Louella Lipp had no children.







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