FATHER: (Colonel) Johann Heinrich Rom(b)ke ( -before 1833)
MOTHER: Dorothea Elizabeth (Romke)
MARRIED: Katherine Klaus (Shroer) (1829-1909)
April 20, 1857 (Defiance, OH)
CHILDREN:
Mary Magdelene Shroer (Von Behren)* (1856-1931)
Franklin ("Frank") Romkey (1857- )
John Henry Romkey (1859- )
Emma Romkey (Lauer) (1861- )
Carrie Romkey (Kester) (1863- )
Sarah Romkey (Gorham) (1865- )
ANNA BARBARA ROMKEY (1867-1943)
Edward William Romkey (1869-1936)
Charles B. Romkey (1873-)
*Adopted
OCCUPATIONS: Canal dry dock owner, canal boat maker and repairman, farmer
Birth certificate:
Conrad Diedrich Romke, son of Dorothea Elizabeth and the late Settler
Johann Heinrich Romke of Windheim, Kerkoff St. #21 was born July 19th 1804
and was baptized July 22nd of the same Year at Windheim in the evangelical
church. Godfather was Carl Ludwig Aumann of this city, which is entered
into the churchbook. Windheim of the administrative district of Minden,
Westfalia. The courthouse of Petershagen on the Weser river, Westphalia,
Oct. 6 1833.
W. Meier
Evangelical pastor of Windheim
Read a Romkey family history by Grandma Andre.
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