Friederika Louise Bergemann

  Noted events in her life were:

• Immigration: SS Klopstock from Hamburg, Germany to the United States, 27 Aug 1875, New York, New York, New York, United States. ⁶

• Census: 1880 United States Federal: Lone Grove Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States. ⁷

• Census: 1900 United States Federal: Mound Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States. ⁸

• Census: 1910 United States Federal: Mound Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States. ⁹

• Obituary: Altamont News, 2 Apr 1914, Altamont, Effingham, Illinois, United States. ¹⁰

OBITUARY
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Life sketches of Mr. and Mrs. August Laramee, Old Residents of This Community - Funeral Thursday.
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An event that seldom takes place in any community occurred at Altamont on Monday of last week when August Laramee and wife answered the final summons, Mrs. Laramee in the morning, Mr. Laramee in the afternoon. The husband was unconscious during the entire day and did not know that his wife had died.

Funeral services were conducted from the Emanuel Lutheran Church on Friday forenoon in the presence of many relatives and friends, after which burial took place at the Bethlehem Cemetery.

Mrs. Fredericka Laramee was born in Germany, May 29, 1829. Her first husband, a Mr. Bergemann, died in the old country. She and six children came to America in 1871. Her second husband, a Mr. Adermann, died during the eighties. She was married to Mr. Laramee in April of 1893. Mrs. Laramee leaves the following children to mourn her departure: Mrs. Anna Mittelstadt of Appleton, New York, Ferdinand Adermann of Altamont, August Adermann of Minnesota, Mrs. Fredericka Wachholz of St. Peter and Mrs. Fred Radloff of Altamont.

August Laramee was born in Germany, December 1, 1828. He came to America in 1857, settling first in New York. He later came to the Bethlehem community and moved to Altamont in 1909. He was married in March of 1860 to Wilhelmina Ploeger, who died in 1891. Mr. Laramee leaves the following children: Mrs. Lena Beccue of Milnor, North Dakota, William Laramee of Mt. Pulaski, Gus Laramee of Kansas, George and Ferd Laramee of Altamont.

Friederika married Christian Friedrich Adermann, son of Christian Adermann, on 2 Mar 1857 in Bietikow, , Brandenburg, Germany.¹ (Christian Friedrich Adermann was born about 1817 in Bietikow, , Brandenburg, Germany ¹¹.)

Friederika next married William Adermann.

Friederika next married Schaeffer.²

Friederika next married Heinrich Niehaus on 18 Mar 1880 in Vandalia, Fayette, Illinois, United States.² The marriage ended in divorce on 13 Mar 1883. (Heinrich Niehaus was born about 1826 in Prussia ⁷.)

  Marriage Notes:

Friedericke Niehaus
vs
Heinrich Niehaus

Bill for Divorce and Maintenance

And now on this day come the complainant by her Solicitors Ashcroft and Stillman and it appearing to the court here from the writ issued herein to the Sheriff of Fayette County and the return thereon that the defendant Heinrich Niehaus had been regularly served with process herein at least ten days prior to the first day of the present term of this Court and this cause coming on for a final hearing upon the bill of complaint herein the answer of the defendant Heinrich Niehaus and the oral testimony of witnesses sworn and examined in open court and the Court having heard the testimony of said witnesses and the arguments of Counsel and being fully advised in the premises and on consideration thereof doth find that all the material facts alleged in the said bill are true and that the defendant has been guilty of extreme and repeated cruelty toward the Complainant is manner and forum as charged in Complainants bill. It is therefore ordered adjudged and dicoud by the Court that the marriage between the Complainant and the defendant be dissolved and the same is hereby dissolved accordingly and the parties are and each of them is freed from the obligations there of. And the Court doth further order adjudge and decree that the defendant pay the Complainant the sum of Fifty Two Dollars ($52.00) during each and every year payable as follows Fifty Two Dollars on the 1^st day of May 1883 Fifty Two Dollars on the 1^st day of March 1884 and Fifty Two Dollars on the first day of March of each and every year thereafter until further ordered by this Court and that the defendant pay the costs of this suit to be taxed by the Clerk of this Court and that in default of the payment of any of said sums is the manner and at the times herein provided that executor issue therefore and that this decree shall be and remain a lien upon all the lands and tenements of the defendant for the payment of the several sums of money herein provided for. ¹²

Friederika next married August Laramee on 9 Apr 1893 in Farina, Fayette, Illinois, United States.³ (August Laramee was born on 1 Dec 1828 in Prussia ⁸ and died on 23 Mar 1914 in Altamont, Effingham, Illinois, United States ¹³.)