Descendants of (Unknown) Pergande

At this point, we have traced the Pergande branch of our family back to (Unknown) Pergande, who was born in about 1765 in Kreis (County) Saatzig in the southern part of the Pommern (Pomerania) Province of Prussia.

One of his sons, Gottlieb Gotthilf Pergande (1787-1847), married Anna Maria Griessentrog in about 1816 and remained in Prussia. However, four of their nine children emigrated to America. One of their daughters, Dorothea, had a daughter out of wedlock and later married August Friedrich Wilde. That daughter, Louisa Friederike Wilde, married Franz Friedrich August Pergande in 1876 in Monroe County.

Unknown's other son, Friedrich Pergande, Sr. (1795-?) remained in Prussia, but his son, Friedrich August Pergande (1818-1902) emigrated to America and married Wilhelmine Brehmer. Their son, Franz Friedrich Pergande married Louisa Friederike Wilde (mentioned above), so the two branches of Unknown's family came together in 1876 in Ridgeville Township.

August Friedrich Wilhelm Pergande, a son of Franz and Louisa, married Auguste Lydia Kewit in 1910, and their daughter, Bernice Gertrude Pergande married James LaVerne Griggs in November 1939.

Created 17 February 2026 with RootsMagic Genealogy Software