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Hermann John Gustav Gehrke 1854 - 1930

Hermann John Gustav Gehrke was born on August 2, 1854 at Kloetzin, Circle Cammin, Germany to Michael Gottfried Gehrke. He married Albertine(a) Bertha Theresa (Hensel) Gehrke in 1879, and they were married until Albertine(a)'s death on May 8, 1896. They had children Robert Frank Herman Gehrke, Berhart August Carl Gehrke, Carl John August Gehrke, Anna Matilda Gehrke, August Benhart Gehrke, Otto Freidrich Herman Gehrke, and Bertha Marie Martha Louise (Gehrke) Ohmie. He also married Caroline G (Bruckner) Gehrke in 1907 in Kansas United States, and they were married until Caroline's death on September 27, 1914. Hermann Gehrke died at age 75 years old on May 31, 1930 in Abilene, Dickinson County, KS, and was buried on June 3, 1930 at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Herington.

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    Possiby the 3rd child of Michael Gottfried Gehrke. Find A Grave Memorial ID 63368935 to see headstone Hermann John Gustave Gehrke son of Michael Gottfried Gehrke was born August 2, 1854 in Kloetzin Circle Cammin, Germany. In August of that same year he was baptized and in September 1868 he was confirmed into the Lutheran Church at Guelzow, Germany. As a young man he learned the carpenter trade. In 1879 he was united in marriage with Albertina Bertha Theresa Hensel of Lietzow, Germany. Albertina was born on July 8, 1858 and little is known of her childhood or family. They were blessed with 7 children (5 sons and 2 daughters). The two oldest boys, Robert (1881-1884) and Berhart (1882-1884) were born in Germany, but laid to rest at St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery in Dickinson County, Kansas in 1884. Sometime in 1883 the family decided to make the trip to America. In Feb. 1884, Hermann, Bertha, Robert and Berhart came to America landing in ? before coming to Kansas. On arrival to Kansas, his family lived for a short time with John Knuth on a farm south of Shady Brook in Dickinson County, Kansas where his 3rd child Carl John August Gehrke was born and the two eldest sons died. In 1885 Hermann moved his farm south and east of Ramona, Kansas where 4 more children were born. After the death of his wife Bertha, in 1896, he lived as a widower until 1907 when he married Caroline Bruckner (Paul Bruckner's sister). She died in 1914 in Herington, Kansas. Hermann and Carrie had no children of their own. On May 15, 1930 Hermann took seriously ill with stomach and kidney trouble. He was taken to the hospital in Abilene, Kansas where after severe suffering he passed away. According to Sophia Gehrke, Hermann was a carpenter and made all his children wear his wooden homemade shoes. He even sent his shoes to his family members in Germany. They sent patterns of their feet on newspapers. Hermann also helped build homes and churches in the Dickinson County, Kansas area. I do have a copy (7 pages), handwritten in German in 1878, of his Room Sermon (Dedication of a new home). This was obtained by one of our cousins, Jim Fronfelter, who has the original booklet. I then had it transcribed in to English. His obituary in 1930 does mention leaving 1 brother in Germany.
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In 1854, in the year that Hermann John Gustav Gehrke was born, on May 30th, the Kansas–Nebraska Act became law. The act created both the Kansas Territory and the Nebraska Territory, which would determine for themselves if they would be pro-slavery or free. Both territories allowed slavery but it caused contention within the territories.
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In 1907, Hermann was 53 years old when the second Hague peace conference was called by Russia in the Netherlands. While nothing was settled regarding the matter of peace among nations, many resolutions were passed (and accepted by many nations) about the conventions of war - especially the protection of noncombatants.
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Gehrke, Eric (Jun 16, 1915 - Jul 13, 1990) Gehrke, Olga (Apr 24, 1916 - Jan 22, 2005) Gehrke, Theodore (Feb 6, 1913 - Feb 20, 2006) Gehrke, Flora (Jun 5, 1903 - Jun 1986) Gehrke, Michael (Jul 23, 1965 - Apr 6, 2011) Gehrke, Arthur (Feb 21, 1922 - Jul 1986) Gehrke, Clayton (Nov 14, 1927 - Feb 14, 1991) Gehrke, Leonard (Jul 1, 1917 - Jan 13, 2006) Gehrke, Robert (Aug 28, 1920 - Aug 9, 1992) Gehrke, Clifton (Oct 12, 1925 - Dec 1974)
Gehrke, Gary (Feb 9, 1935 - Jan 12, 2010) Gehrke, Barbara (Oct 20, 1917 - Aug 27, 2001) Gehrke, Ellen (Feb 20, 1935 - Dec 16, 2003) Gehrke, Ronald (Oct 20, 1946 - Jul 27, 2005) Gehrke, William (Nov 17, 1895 - Oct 1963) Gehrke, Mary (Mar 11, 1907 - Jan 18, 1999) Gehrke, Milton (Sep 12, 1907 - Mar 1980) Gehrke, Elinor (Oct 11, 1933 - Nov 10, 2006) Gehrke, Edna (Mar 6, 1907 - Oct 27, 1989) Gehrke, Harold (Dec 15, 1906 - May 5, 1994)
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