Anton Oltmanns

Brief Life History of Anton

When Anton Oltmanns was born on 19 March 1842, in Ochtersum, Wittmund, Hanover, Prussia, Germany, his father, Dirk Hemje Oltmanns, was 26 and his mother, Gesche Margarethe Claassen, was 23. He married Catherine Rademacher on 6 April 1870, in Tazewell, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Orvil Township, Logan, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Highland Township, Gage, Nebraska, United States in 1910. He died on 6 September 1919, in Cortland, Gage, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Cortland, Gage, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anton Oltmanns
1842–1919
Catherine Rademacher
1849–1925
Marriage: 6 April 1870
Dietrich Anton Oltman
1871–1936
Catherin S. Oltman
1872–1963
Margaret Oltman
1874–1958
Oltman
1875–1875
Rient Henry Oltman
1876–1953
Anton Oltman Jr
1878–1972
Folkert R Oltman
1881–1920
Sophia Oltman
1883–1963
Jacob Oltman
1886–1978
Theresa Elinor Oltman
1893–1935

Sources (24)

  • Anton Oltman, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Anton Oltmans - Published information: birth-name: Anton Oltmans
  • Anton Oltmanns, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"

World Events (8)

1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German

On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Gage, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Gage, Nebraska, United States

1864

War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Gerhard, Kurt, Otto.

German: patronymic from Oltmann .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Anton Oltman and Kea Rademacher

Anton Oltman was born on March 19, 1842 in Bumberg Amt Essnes, Ostfriesland, Germany. Anton had been leased out at the age of nine years old. They were of a laboring group, who worked for the land own …

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