The info that I have is:
HENRY MARHENKE born Sep 8 1840 HANNOVER GERMANY immigrated to BUNKER
HILL ILLINOIS 1857. Married Dorthea Kalenberg Nov 13 1870 at WORDEN,
MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS. DORTHEA was born 1853. in ILLINOIS, HENRY
AND DORTHEA MARHENKE later moved to KANSAS.
I can find this family in the Kansas 1880 census but I can not find
either of them in earlier Illinois census. Would some kind soul be
researching this area in Illinois? Does anyone have any hints as to what
churches might have been in the area? What I would like to find is some
record that directs me to where in Hannover Henry Marhenke came from.
I have a lot of Marhenke information that might link up but Henry is a
pretty common Marhenke name in the Hannover region
Hello,
This doesn't help much, but the Illinois Marriage Index shows F. Henry
Marhenke marries Louise Dorothy Kohlenberg 11/13/1870 County Madison.
http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html
A Google search shows these churches near Worden, Ill. --
A Trinity Lutheran Church - www.trinitylcmsworden.org - (618) 459-3991 -
more
B. St Paul Lutheran Church - www.stpaullutheranchurchhamel.org - (618)
633-2209 - more
C. St Paul Lutheran Church Parsonage - www.stpaullutheranchurchhamel.org
- (618) 633-2502 - more
D. Worden United Methodist Church - maps.google.com - (618) 459-3511 -
more
E. Worden Christian Church - maps.google.com - (618) 459-3284 - more
F. New Hope Baptist Church - maps.google.com - (618) 459-3260 - more
G. River of Life - maps.google.com - (618) 459-7181 - more
H. Immanuel United Church-Christ - maps.google.com - (618) 633-2277 -
more
I. St Peter's Lutheran Church - www.saintpeterslutheran.org - (618)
888-2250 - more
J. Zion Lutheran Church - www.zion-luth.org - (618) 635-2446 - more
Good luck,
Barbara
The info that I have is:
Hello Bob,
From where did you get Henry's immigration year?
I have a Heinr. Marhenke, age 26, est. birth year 1840, last residence
Hannover, arriving in New York from Bremen on the ship BREMEN on 9 October
1866.
I found Henry (34), Dora (22), Alvina (3) and Charlie (1) on the 1875 State
Census in Miami County, Kansas, Wea Township, P.O. Louisburg.
He then appears on the 1880 census in the same place (which you have).
Next I found him on the 1900 census in Bachelor, Greenwood, Kansas under
the name of Henry WERHANKE (transcription error); then possibly a relative
typed in a correction to the name of MERHANKE which is also incorrect.
Nonetheless, this is the correct family, except for some discrepancies in
Dorothea's name and age, and year of marriage. Also, and this is a bummer,
the census taker did not enter the year of immigration for any of the
immigrants, he just left that column blank.
I found the family again on the 1905 State census under the name of Henry
MARHANKE, living in Eureka (City), Greenwood County, Kansas.
Ursula
Bob Marhenke wrote:
Dear Bob,
Does your local library have access to NewspaperArchive.com?
I ask because there are quite many mentions of persons called Marhenke in the Fort Wayne, Indiana Sentinel, and at least one mention in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
There is menton of Marhenke in an Oakland, California paper which is related to Marhenke mentioned in Fort Wayne newspaper.
There are also mention of Marhenke in the Emporia Gazette which is a Kansas newspaper.
Mentions are obituaries. There is mention of a Henry in Adams township..five miles east of Fort Wayne....Sept 19, 1908...just skimming mentions sons Otto, August and Harold....
I think there is mention of an Otto Marhenke in a Kansas news tidbit as well
Warmest Regards,
Barbie-Lew