Second Generation

2. Gottlieb Gotthilf PERGANDE Sr. (*)⁴ was born on 13 May 1787 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^5,6,7,8 Alt Damerow is now named Stara Dabrowa, Slupsk, Pomorskie, Poland, and is located about 7 miles northeast of Stargard. Just to the north is the city of Sassenhagen, now Chlebowko.)

From Wikipedia: "In 1254, Alt Damerow had its first documentary mention. The church village was originally an old fief of the Wedel family, until it came into the possession of other families in the 17th and 18th centuries. Around 1780 Alt Damerow had an estate, three outworks built by the landowner on the field mark of the village, one of which he called ramen, one Habacht and the third Birkholz, a preacher, a sexton, 13 farmers, a smithy and a total of 31 households. The first two outworks soon disappeared, so that only the Birkholz outwork remained. In 1853 the manor was sold by its owner Friedrich Wilhelm von Reibnitz to Carl Hermann Otto Runge."

From the research of Mickie Grisham: "One legend of the Pergande family says that they originated in the Basque region of Spain. They associated with Napoleon as blacksmiths, armorers, horsemen and support troops. They were involved with the Jesuit Order, but broke away from the Catholic Church when the French Huguenots were massacred at Saint Bartholomew on August 24, 1572. When Napoleon was defeated by the Russians, the Pergande family relocated to Stettin, Germany, now part of Poland."

From "Pomeranian History" by Myron Gruenwald: "The Migration which is the primary concern of this association is the Chain Migration set off by the Old Lutherans. These 'Alt Lutherische' were determined to leave their homeland after King Friedrich Wilhelm III (1797-1840) issued the Proclamation of Union between the Lutheran and the Reformed churches of Prussia. He and the Junkers, the land owners and aristocracy of Prussia, were Reformed, and a majority of the peasants were Lutheran. He reasoned that he could write one service that would please both factions. When on April 4 of 1830 he authorized to the states full power to enforce the new liturgy, the people were at first confused (because the Catholics, Jews, and Mennonites of Prussia were tolerated) and then angry. The Lutherans were forced by gun point to break up their own churches and attend the 'Union' churches.

The idea of the emigration did not originate with the Pomeranians, but rather by the people of Brandenburg to the southwest; but by 1837 it (Pomerania) had the greatest number who were willing to migrate. Observers had been sent to the United States to find conditions most like the Baltic lands that they knew. These were to be Buffalo, NY, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

In November of 1838, the first five ships left Prussia. The people landed at New York harbor, then took the Erie Canal up to Buffalo. In 1839 another flotilla of 5 ships arrived at Buffalo, but this time some 40 families chose not to remain there but moved on through the Great Lakes to Milwaukee. They set up a colony called Freistadt - just to the north. A third, and final, complete flotilla arrived in 1843. For the first years, up to about 1855, the greatest amount of migration was from the push for these religious reasons.

By that time the economic conditions (and their great difference reported by friends, family, and neighbors in America) represented both a push from the Baltic and a mighty pull from America and elsewhere. The migration pattern actually formed a chain that can be followed by their settlement patterns today. This was from Buffalo, jumping on to Milwaukee, and spreading out first through the state of Wisconsin."

(Information can be found in the LDS Research Library at: Evangelische Kirche Alt Damerow (Kr. Saatzig). Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1814-1874. Greifswald : Staatsarchiv, 1982. 3 reels of microfilm.  Parish register transcripts of baptisms, marriages and deaths for Alt Damerow (Kr. Saatzig), Pommern, Germany; now Stara Da̧browa (Stargard Szczeciński), Szczecin, Poland. Includes Müggenhall (Kr. Saatzig), now Baiłuń (Stargard Szczeciński); and Sassenhagen, now Chlebówko.) He died on 7 June 1847 at the age of 60 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^7,9,10 (According to the Alt Damerow, Germany, record of his death, he was 60 years, 0 months and 20 days old when he died. His surname is spelled "Periander.") He was buried on 9 June 1847 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^9,10 Gottlieb has Ancestral File Number G3GZ-N75. The Alt Damerow record of his death lists his name as "Gottlieb Gotthilf Periander."

(The obituary of his daughter Dorothea Louisa states that their surname was spelled "Perganda.")

Gottlieb Gotthilf PERGANDE Sr. (*) and Anna Maria GRIESSENTROG (*) were married about 1816 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^7,9,11,12,13 (According to the Alt Damerow, Germany, record of Gottlieb's death, he and Anna had 5 daughters and 3 sons, of which 2 daughters died before he passed away. Our Pergande family records indicate that they had 6 daughters and 3 sons, of which 1 daughter and 2 sons had died before Gottlieb.) Anna Maria GRIESSENTROG (*)¹⁰ was born on 16 March 1796 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^7,9,10,14 (This is a map of Pomerania, showing where it lies between the present boundaries of Germany and Poland.)

She was born near Stargard.

The Alt Damerow, Germany, death records indicate that she died 18 January 1869 at the age of 72 years, 10 months and 2 days. That would indicate that her birth date was 16 March 1796. Pergande family records list her birth date as 14 March 1792.

(Her name is listed as "Marie Grefunctory" in some Pergande and other researcher's records. Bill Scheer's research indicates that her maiden name may have been "Damerow," but that was probably the name of the city where she lived.)

She may have had a brother named Wolfram Friedrich Griessentrog, who married Louise Friederike Giese and had a daughter, Ida Marie Louise Griessentrog, born 9 March 1871 in Alt Damerow. She died on 18 January 1869 at the age of 72 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^7,9,10,15 (Her death is recorded on Page 240 of the "Pomerania, Germany, Parish Register Transcripts, 1544-1883.") She was buried on 21 January 1869 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^9,10,15
Anna has Ancestral File Number M8YD-VQZ. The church baptism records for herself, for her daughter Dorothea Sophie, and for her daughter Luise Wilhelmine Caroline lists her surname as "Griepentrog." In the German language, a double "s" had a character that looked by a "p."

The surname Griessentrog was very common in the area of Pegolow, Kreis Saatzig, Pommern in the mid-1850's.

Some sources list her surname as "Grefunctory."

Gottlieb Gotthilf PERGANDE Sr. (*) and Anna Maria GRIESSENTROG (*) had the following children:

+4	i.	Maria Louise Friederike Marianna "Marianna" PERGANDE.
+5	ii.	Dorothea Louisa "Louise" PERGANDE.
6	iii.	Gottlieb PERGANDE Jr. was born on 21 September 1822 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).7,9,10,16,17 (The church records list his age at his death on 22 November 1855 as having been 33 years 2 month and 1 day. That would have made his birth date 21 September 1822.) He died on 22 November 1855 at the age of 33 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).7,9,10,17 He was buried on 25 November 1855 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).10,17,18
+7	iv.	Dorothea Sophia Maria "Dora" PERGANDE (*).
8	v.	Louise Wilhelmine Caroline PERGANDE was born on 30 May 1829 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).7,9,10,19,20 (This is the earliest record involving a member of the Pergande family that is recorded in the Pomerania, Germany, Parish Register Transcripts, 1544-1883. The Alt Damerow records cover the period from 1828 to 1873. The record for Louise lists her father's and mother's full names and the dates of her birth and baptism.) (According to the Alt Damerow record of her death, she was 7 years, 8 months and 27 days old when she died, indicating a birth date of 10 May 1829; that agrees with the above record. The Pergande Family Group Sheet records indicate a birth date of 21 May 1829; that date is incorrect.) She was baptized on 6 June 1829 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).10,20 She died on 6 February 1837 at the age of 7 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).7,9,10,12,21 (Pergande Family Group Sheet records list her date of death as 6 Feb 1916; they are in error. Her death is listed in the Alt Damerow, Pomerania, church records as 6 Feb 1837.) Louise was buried on 8 February 1837 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).9,21 (This is a picture of her baptism record from the Alt Damerow church book.)
+9	vi.	Dorothea Sophia "Sophie" PERGANDE.
+10	vii.	Justine Maria Elisabeth "Gustina" PERGANDE.
11	viii.	Christian Friedrich August PERGANDE was born on 26 January 1835 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).7,9,19 He died on 14 April 1836 at the age of 1 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).7,9,10,19,22 (According to the Alt Damerow, Germany, record of his death, he was 1 year, 3 months and 18 days old when he died.) He was buried on 16 April 1836 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).9,10,19,22
12	ix.	(Stillborn Son) PERGANDE was born on 27 October 1838 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).7,9,10 (This was the third son of Gottlieb and Anna, as mentioned in his obituary. In his Alt Damerow birth record, the stillborn son is listed as "Todt Geboren.") He died on 27 October 1838 at the age of 0 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).7,9,10 He was buried on 30 October 1838 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).18