Sixth Generation

54. Gottlieb Gotthilf PERGANDE Sr. (*) was born on 13 May 1787 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). 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). (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). 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.") Anna Maria GRIESSENTROG (*) and Gottlieb Gotthilf PERGANDE Sr. (*) were married about 1816 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (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.)

55. Anna Maria GRIESSENTROG (*) was born on 16 March 1796 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (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). (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).
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."

Children were:

	i.	Maria Louise Friederike Marianna "Marianna" PERGANDE was born on 26 May 1817 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). She lived in Malchin, Stadt Malchin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Province, Preussen (Prussia) in 1867. She died before May 1879 at the age of 62. In the marriage record of her daughter, Friederike Luise Emilie, it states that Friederike was the daughter of Friedrich Albrecht and his "deceased wife." Marianna has Ancestral File Number MZHL-QCT. (Her maiden name was interpreted as "Periander" in the marriage record of her daughter, Friederike Luise, but that may have been "Pergander," which has been found in other early records. The Alt Damerow church lists her as Maria Louise Friederike Pergande in the record of the birth of her son, Michael.)
	ii.	Dorothea Louisa "Louise" PERGANDE was born on 30 May 1820 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (Her name is listed as "Dorothea Louise Pergande" in the church records of her marriage.) (Some records list her birth place as Sassenhagen, but that is believed to be incorrect. Another source lists it as Stara Dabrova, Slupsk, Pomorskie, Poland, which may be the city's current name. She was probably born in Alt Damerow with her siblings.) (The cemetery records list her birth date as 30 May 1820. However, the cemetery records also list her as 89 years, 5 months and 9 days old when she died on 8 Oct 1909; that would calculate her date of birth to be 28 April 1820. Her birth date may also have been 1 April 1820 because according to the Alt Damerow, Germany, record of her marriage, she was 24 years, 6 months and 6 days old when she married. The birth date from the cemetery record is used here.) She emigrated in 1857 from Preussen (Prussia). The 1900 Census listed her emigration year as 1857 and indicated that she had been in America for 43 years. (Unable to find her family's immigration record on Ancestry.com.) She appeared in the census in 1860 in Brookfield, Waukesha County, WI. Louise appeared in the census in 1870 in Brookfield, Waukesha County, WI. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Brookfield, Waukesha County, WI. She lived in Reels Valley, Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI after 1882. Louise was Lutheran in 1889 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI. She is listed in the Communion Register of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI. She was living next door to her son Frank and his family. She died on 8 October 1909 at the age of 89 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI. Obituary Notes: "At the home of her son in this city at 4:15 A.M. on Oct 8th 1909, Mrs. Dorothea Fuchs, aged 89 years 4 months and 9 days. Dorothea Louisa Fuchs was born on May 30th, 1820, in Pomerania. The maiden name was Perganda. In the year 1845, she was married to Mr. Wm. Wirth of the same place. They came to America in 1856 and located in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wisconsin, where her husband died in 1858. To them were born three sons, August, William and Leonard F. August preceded her in death 40 years. In 1860, she was married to Mr. Henry Fuchs, and to them one son was born, Frank. In the year 1882, they came to Reel's Valley, in the town of Tomah, where she lived until two months ago, when she came to spend her last days with her son, L. F., in Tomah. Death was caused by old age. She also leaves three sisters who survive her: Mrs. Wilde of Ridgeville, Mrs. Frank Brehmer of this city, and Mrs. Brandenberg of the village of Wilton. The funeral services were held in the Evangelical Church on the 11th of October, 1909, at 2:00 o'clock. May she rest in peace." Obituary Notes: "Mrs. Dorothea Fuchs, mother of Mr. Frank Fuchs of the town of Tomah and Mr. Leo Wirth of this city, died at the home of the latter last Friday night at the age of 88 years. The funeral took place at the Lutheran Reformed church in this city on Tuesday and was largely attended. The deceased was one of the old residents of Reel's Valley." (The cemetery records list her date of death as 10 Oct 1909; that was in error.) Louise was buried on 11 October 1909 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI. in the Oak Grove Cemetery. (In the birth record of her son Wilhelm her surname was initially listed as "Pergande," and then that name was crossed out and it was changed to "Periander."
	iii.	Gottlieb PERGANDE Jr. was born on 21 September 1822 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (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). He was buried on 25 November 1855 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).
27	iv.	*Dorothea Sophia Maria "Dora" PERGANDE ().**
	v.	Louise Wilhelmine Caroline PERGANDE was born on 30 May 1829 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (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). She died on 6 February 1837 at the age of 7 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (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). (This is a picture of her baptism record from the Alt Damerow church book.)
	vi.	Dorothea Sophia "Sophie" PERGANDE was born on 28 January 1831 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (The cemetery record lists her birth and death years as "1830-1916," the St. John's church records list her date of birth as "30 January 1830," her gravestone lists her birthdate as "Jan 30," and the FamilySearch.org website lists it as "30 June 1830." But the German church baptism records lists her years of birth and baptism as 1831. She is believed to have been born in 1831 because a younger sister was born in May 1829, and Sophie's birth in January 1830 would have been only 7 months later. ) (Her surname was listed as "Pergander" in the baptism record of her daughter Alwine.) She was baptized on 5 February 1831 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (She is listed as "Dorothea Sophie" in her church baptism record.) She emigrated on 2 May 1857 from Sassenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). She departed from Hamburg on the ship Gutenberg and had passenger accommodations on the "Zwischendeck." The immigration papers indicated that her residence at the time was "Sassenhagen, Prussia." Sassenhagen has since be renamed Chebowko, Zachodnio-Pomorskie, Poland. According to the MyHeritage.com website, she emigrated to Quebec. Sophie appeared in the census in 1860 in Menomonee Township, Waukesha County, WI. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI. Sophie appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI. She was living in the household of her son Frank. She died on 22 December 1916 at the age of 85 in Wells County, ND. (Some family information and the MyHeritage and FamilySearch.org websites indicate that she died in Tomah or Norwalk, but Bill Scheer's research indicates that she died while living with her daughter Ida and her husband in Wells County, ND. Her funeral was held there at Concordia Lutheran Church and her body was shipped to Ridgeville Township for burial.) Sophie was buried on 26 December 1916 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI. in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery. She has Ancestral File Number GH88-7MW. (The Alt Damerow record of her birth and baptism lists her name as "Dorothea Sophie," but family records list her as "Sophia Dorothea.")
	vii.	Justine Maria Elisabeth "Gustina" PERGANDE was born on 3 October 1832 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). Her birthdate of "29 September 1833" is recorded on Page 12 of the "Pomerania, Germany, Parish Register Transcripts, 1544-1883" and that date is listed in her obituary. It is listed as "Oct 1832" in the Germany, Prussia, Pomerania, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1544-1966, and her baptism date is listed as "28 Oct 1832." The 1900 Census lists her birth date as September 1834 and her age as 65. Some MyHeritage.com sources list her birth and baptism year as 1831. Another MyHeritage.com website lists her birth as 28 Oct 1832 in "Stara Dabrowa, Slupsk, Pomorskie, Poland." Those dates are all incorrect. Her given name as listed as "Ernestine" in the birth records of her son Herman Friedrich. Stara Dąbrowa (Kashubian Starô Dãbrowa, German Alt Damerow ) is a village in Poland located in the Pomeranian Province, Słupsk County, Damnica Commune, near the national road no. The village is situated 18.5 km from Słupsk . She was baptized on 28 October 1832 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). She was confirmed on 28 March 1847 in Hohengustou, Brandenburg Province, Preussen (Prussia). Gustina emigrated on 14 June 1870 from Preussen (Prussia). According to the 1900 Census, she emigrated in 1861, as did her son William; that date was an error because William's birth was listed as February 1866 in Germany. The 1910 Census record for her as well as for her sons Herman and William indicated that they emigrated in 1871, and that is believed to have been correct. (Gary Griggs is unable to find her family's immigration record on Ancestry.com.) She appeared in the census in 1880 in Sheldon Township, Monroe County, WI. She was listed as "Teinne," age 47. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Sheldon Township, Monroe County, WI. She was living with her son William. Gustina appeared in the census in 1910 in Sheldon Township, Monroe County, WI. She was living with her son William. She appeared in the census in January 1920 in Wausau, Maine Township, Marathon County, WI. She was living with her daughter Anna and her family. She died on 25 April 1920 at the age of 87 in Wausau, Maine Township, Marathon County, WI. Obituary Notes: "Mrs. Gustina Brandenburg passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Reinhold, 915 Forest Street, April 26 (sic, the 25th) at 9 p.m. The cause of her death was senility. Deceased was born in Pomerania, Germany, Sept. 29, 1883 (sic), and is 86 years of age. Funeral services have not yet been arranged." (Her birth year was 1832.) Gustina was buried in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery in the Brandenburg lot. She is listed as "Justina" with dates 1833-1920. She has Ancestral File Number LRGY-XKL. This is a picture of the family of Justine and Johann. From left to right: Earl, Bill, Herman, Johann and Justine, Wilhelmine, Justine, and Helena, with an unknown grandson in front. Her name was listed as "Justine Marie Elisabeth" in the Alt Damerow records of her baptism and her marriage. However, her given name was listed as "Ernestine" in the records of the birth and baptism for her sons Hermann and Wilhelm and her daughters Louise and Justine, and as "Justina" for her son August. An article in the Monroe County Heritage Book lists her as "Gustina." Family records list her as "Gustina Ernestine," with a nickname of "Justine." Her name is listed as "Justine Kikaboo" on the baptism record for her daughter Helena; the origin of that surname is not known.
	viii.	Christian Friedrich August PERGANDE was born on 26 January 1835 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). He died on 14 April 1836 at the age of 1 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (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).
	ix.	(Stillborn Son) PERGANDE was born on 27 October 1838 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (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). He was buried on 30 October 1838 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).