Individual Details

Louis BREHME

(1827 - 1 Jan 1909)

Events

Birth1827Germany
MarriageCaroline SACHE
Residence1880Preemption, Mercer, Illinois, USA
Death1 Jan 1909Coal Valley, Rock Island, Illinois, USA

Families

SpouseCaroline SACHE (1830 - 1914)
ChildAnna Elisabeth BREHME (1863 - 1947)
ChildLouis W. BREHME (1864 - 1914)
ChildEustus Gustav BREHMER (1866 - 1936)
ChildAmos BREHME (1867 - 1946)
ChildLena C. BREHMER (1868 - 1895)
ChildEmma "Dolly" BREHMER (1870 - 1897)
ChildEdward BREHMER (1871 - 1945)
ChildOscar BREHME (1873 - 1946)
ChildCharles BREHME (1859 - 1938)

Notes

Marriage

In the late 1850s, Caroline and Louis sailed from Germany to America. He was a tailor and she was an "upstairs maid." They courted on the long voyage to America. There is confusion about whether they were married on board ship or after they reached Baltimore. A note received from Lucille Pepke, great granddaughter of Louis and Caroline, said Louis and Caroline were married on the boat coming from Germany. It also said some of their children changed the spelling of their name to Brehmer.