Fifth Generation

24. Friedrich August "Fred" PERGANDE (*) was born on 15 November 1818 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). near Stargard. (Alt Damerow is now named Stara Dabrowa, Poland.)

It is very likely that Friedrich August was related to--and possibly a nephew of--Gottlieb Gotthilf Pergande, whose children were born at about the time of Friedrich August's birth in the same city, Alt Damerow. Johann Brehmer, the brother of Friedrich's wife, Wilhelmine, married Sophia Pergande, a daughter of Gottlieb. Also, Friedrich and his eventual wife, Wilhelmine, are believed to have been the persons with the same names who were baptismal sponsors of one of Gottlieb's grandchildren, Louise Friederike Wilhelmine Pergande. Louise was the daughter of Gottlieb's daughter Dorothea. So the families lived in the same area and were most likely related.

On his gravestone marker, his surname was spelled "Pergander." But the German birth record for his stillborn son in 1856 spelled his surname as "Pergande."

In the 1880 Census, he and his wife and the family of his son Frank were the only Pergande families in Monroe County.

(The 1900 Census listed his birth date as Oct 1818; that was incorrect. According to the church records of his death, he was 83 years, 2 months and 24 days old when he died. That would put his date of birth at 30 Nov 1818. Family records list it as 15 Nov 1818.) He lived in Pegelow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia) on 20 August 1854. When he was the sponsor for the baptism of his niece, Louise Friederike Wilhelmine Pergande, on 20 August 1854, his residence was listed in the Alt Damerow records as "Pegelow."

(A detailed search of the 500+ birth, baptism, confirmation, marriage and death records for Pegelow failed to find any other Pergande family members; so he must have been working there on a temporary basis in 1854.) He emigrated on 2 May 1857 from Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). He, his wife and two surviving children sailed from Hamburg on the bark Gutenberg and arrived in Quebec in June. From there, they may have traveled by boat via the St. Lawrence River and through the Great Lakes to Wisconsin.

It is not known for sure why Friedrich emigrated to the United States, but it may have been because of religious persecution--the reason that many Prussians (Germans) began to leave Pommern (Pomerania) in the mid- to late-1800's.

From the Pomeranian History: "The "Alt Lutherische" (Old Lutherans) 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. The king 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 (Lutheran) people were at first confused (because the Catholics, Jews and Mennonites of Prussia were tolerated) and then angry. The Lutherans were forced at gun point to break up their own churches and attend the "Union" churches.

The idea of emigration did not originate with the Pomeranians, but rather by the people of Brandenburg to the southwest. But, by 1837, Pomerania had the greatest number who were willing to migrate. In November of 1838, the first five ships left Prussia. The people landed at New York harbor and then took the Erie Canal up to Buffalo. In 1839, another flotilla of five 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 complete flotilla arrived in 1843. Up to about 1855, the greatest amount of migration was from the push for these religious reasons.

By that time the economic conditions in Germany and the great differences reported by friends, family and neighbors in America represented both a push from the Baltic and a mighty pull from America. The migration pattern actually formed a chain that can be followed by their settlement patterns from Buffalo, jumping on to Milwaukee, and spreading out first through the state of Wisconsin. As the best lands were filled up and the forests were occupied by these Baltic Teutons, they extended their migration to Minnesota, Iowa and further west. Once in America, the people formed and joined the same churches, and married each other."
After 1860 Fred was a farmer in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. He owned a 120-acre farm in Sections 9 and 16. He was Lutheran on 6 November 1864 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI. when he became a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. He, his wife and their son Frank were living next door to the family of Godfred and Justine Kewit. Fred appeared in the census in 1875 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. His household consisted of 2 males (Fred and his son, Frank) and 1 female (his wife). He appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. He was living next door to his son Frank and his family. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. He was living with the family of his son Frank and was listed as "Fred Perganda." Fred died on 24 February 1902 at the age of 83 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. From the Ridgeville News section of the Tomah Journal: "Died, Grandpa Perganda, of old age. The funeral will be held Thursday at the Lutheran Church, conducted by Rev. Albrieght." He was buried on 27 February 1902 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI. in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.
He has Ancestral File Number MZV5-DKT. Fred has Ancestral File Number LTT8-WG8. Friederich (born 1818) and his wife, Wilhelmine Bremer, were sponsors in 1854 at the baptism of Louisa Friederike Wilhelmine Pergande, the oldest (and illegitimate) daughter of Dorothea Sophia Maria Pergande. Dorothea was a daughter of Gottlieb Gotthilf Pergande (born 1797), and he is believed to have been a brother of Friederich's father.

The descendants of Gottlieb and Friedrich eventually settled in Monroe County, WI. Their relationship has not been confirmed but it is very probable because of the participation in the baptism, and research is on-going. Wilhelmine Friederike "Miana" BREHMER (*) and Friedrich August "Fred" PERGANDE (*) were married on 13 November 1854 in Parlin, Kreis Naugard, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (The MyHeritage.com website lists their marriage date as 23 Mar 1854, but family records list it as 13 November. 1854 is several years after the births of two of their children, but that is believed to be correct because they are listed with their "birth" surnames when Fred and Miana were sponsors at the baptism of one of his nieces, Louise Friederike Wilhelmine Pergande, on 20 August 1854.)

(Parlin is now known as Parlino, and is a village in the Gmina administrative district of Poland.)

25. Wilhelmine Friederike "Miana" BREHMER (*) was born on 6 March 1821 in Sassenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (Her given name is listed as "Meana" in the 1880 Census.)

(The church Death and Burial records list her birth year as 1822, but that is believed to have been an error because that birth date would have been too close to that of her younger brother, who was also born in 1822.)

(Her surname was spelled "Bremer" in the Alt Damerow, Germany, records of the birth of her stillborn son in 1856, but her family name was spelled "Brehmer.")

The town of Sassenhagen is now named Chlebowko and is located in western Poland. She emigrated on 2 May 1857 from Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). They emigrated from Hamburg on the ship Gutenberg and landed in Quebec. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. Miana appeared in the census in 1875 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. She died on 31 December 1896 at the age of 75 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. Her gravestone shows her date of death as Dec 1897, family Group Pages records list it as 31 Dec 1897, and the St. John's cemetery records list it as 3 Dec 1897. However, an article in the 9 January 1897 Tomah Journal lists it as Thursday, December 31, 1896, as follows: "Grandma Pergande died on Thursday, Dec. 31, after an illness of only a day or two. The funeral will be held on Sunday morning in the Lutheran Church." Based on the date of the newspaper account, it is believed that she died on 31 Dec 1896.

Miana was buried on 3 January 1897 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI. in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.
She has Ancestral File Number LWYG-RW1. (Her surname is spelled "Bremer" in the church record of the birth of her stillborn son.)

Children were:

Auguste "Justine" PERGANDE was born on 14 February 1847 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). near Stargard.

Monroe County Heritage Book article: "It is interesting to note that Augustine's birthday fell on Valentine's Day and each year she would receive over a hundred Valentine cards from her relatives and neighbors."

(Some family records list her given name as "Augustine," but she was listed as "Auguste" in the baptism record of her daughters Elise, Emma and Lilla; as "Auguste" in the family's immigration record; as "Augusta" in the 1870 Census; and as "Gusta" in the 1900.).

She emigrated on 2 May 1857 from Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). Auguste "was ten years old when she came to the United States with her parents, Friederich Pergander and Wilhelmine Friedericke Bremer. Both the Pergander and Bremer families came to the United States from Germany in 1857 to Milwaukee and once owned property in what is now the heart of the that city. They left what they had and decided to come to Adrian Township, Ridgeville and Reels Valley."

(The 1900 Census indicated that she emigrated in 1847 and had been in America for 53 years, the 1910 Census indicated 1859, and the 1920 indicated 1855.)

(The 1860 Census for Wauwatosa Township, Milwaukee County, WI, contains a listing for "Auguste Pergander," age 13, who was living in the household of Sanford and Helena Wheeler. That is believed to have been her.) She emigrated on 12 December 1869 from Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI. along with her mother-in-law, Dorothea Kuhl, at the baptism of Dorothea Justine Friederike Kuhl, daughter of Karl Kuhl and Emma Youngs. Justine appeared in the census in 1870 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI. She was listed as "Gustena." She appeared in the census in 1900 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI. She was listed as "Gusta." Justine appeared in the census in 1910 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI. She died on 30 January 1926 at the age of 78 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI. Justine was buried on 2 February 1926 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI. in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

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Franz Friedrich August "Frank" PERGANDE (*).

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(Stillborn Daughter) PERGANDE was born on 16 May 1856 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). According to the church birth record, the baby lived for only 8 hours.

(This is a map of Kreis (County) Saatzig, where Alt Damerow is located.) She died on 16 May 1856 at the age of 0 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). She was baptized on 16 May 1856 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (Stillborn was buried on 19 May 1856 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia). (The date of his burial is not listed in the Alt Damerow record.)