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Rosemarie (Dauenhauer) Hoff, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Ancestral Villages: Katharinental, Landau, Speyer [Beresan District]; Franzfeld [Liebental District]

Rosemarie writes, "I was born to Florian Dauenhauer and Rosa Bernhardt Dauenhauer on a farm in western North Dakota. Florian had immigrated to the US in 1912 with his family. Rosa came to the US with her family in 1914. My paternal ancestors left Rheinpfalz in 1809 and settled in Landau, Beresan. My mother's ancestors were originally from Eußerthal near Bergzabern in the Pfalz. They were founders of Katharinental in 1817; the new colonists spent the winter of 1816/17 in the older colonies of the Beresan.

My parents were married at Hirschville, North Dakota, and farmed north of Taylor where they raised nine children. When I was in the sixth grade, we moved to Richardton. Three of my sisters and I completed grade school and graduated from St. Mary's High School. Maurice Hoff, also from Richardton, and I were married at Petaluma, California. We have three children.

In 1993, I had the good fortune to be able to visit the birthplaces of my parents with my daughter and my sister Zita [see Zita Gieser, above].

Rosemarie continues, "Truly, this was a gratifying experience to be able to visit Katharinental and Landau; to see the village my mother had spoken of so often. We saw the elementary school she had attended. The building is unused and in disrepair.

In 1994, Zita and I were members of the American delegation to the 1994 Bundestreffen in Stuttgart. More than 45,000 Germans from the former Soviet Union attended this gathering. Among all those people, we met and talked with former Landau residents and were delighted to meet descendants of our common ancestor, Valentina Dauenhauer of Landau."

Rosemarie married Maurice John Hoff on 6 Sep 1952. Maurice (son of John Peter Hoff and Anna Maria Derzapf) was born on 13 Dec 1931 in North Dakota, USA; died on 6 Sep 2005 in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA; was buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Zita (Dauenhauer) Gieser, Dickinson, North DakotaAncestral Villages: Katharinental, Landau, Speyer [Beresan District]; Franzfeld [Liebental District]
Zita writes, "I was born the second child of Florian Dauenhauer and Rosa Bernhardt Dauenhauer. I had six sisters and two brothers and we lived on a farm near Taylor in southwestern North Dakota.
"My parents were of German-Russian ancestry with my father's family immigrating from Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, in 1809 to Russia. They helped found the colony of Landau in the Beresan Valley. My father immigrated from Landau to New Salem, North Dakota in 1912 at the age of 20. My mother's family also immigrated from Rheinland-Pfalz and helped to found the colony of Katharinental in 1816. My mother then immigrated to Glen Ullin, North Dakota from Katherinental in 1914 at the age of sixteen."
Zita graduated from Taylor High School and married in 1943, farming on her husband's family farm until she retired to Dickinson in 1981. She taught a rural school and raised seven children who blessed them with sixteen grandchildren, four of whom are already college graduates. During all this, Zita found time to participate in many community organizations and activities ranging from local to national duties. She presently serves as secretary for their local chapter of GRHS and is a village coordinator, for Landau and Katharinental as a member of their Stark County Historical Society.
"During our May, 1993, tour [to Russia and ancestral villages, she writes], we felt privileged to see childhood home colonies of our parents, Landau and Katharinental. Our parents often spoke of their old homes and shared many fond memories with us. Rosemarie [Zita's sister; see Rosemarie Hoff below] and I were happy their parents did not see how their beautiful churches had been desecrated. We are most thankful our parents had the opportunity and the courage to leave Russia and immigrate to the United States."

Florian married Rosa Barbara Bernhardt on 28 Jun 1920 in North Dakota, USA. Rosa (daughter of Joseph Bernhardt and Margaretha Kuhn) was born on 17 Jun 1898 in Katharinenthal, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 10 Jan 1981 in Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raimund married Amelia Stein about 1890. Amelia (daughter of Joseph Stein and Maria Eva Schmalz) was born in 0Feb 1867 in Landau, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 7 Oct 1924 in Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CENSUS: 1900:
Name: Amelia Frank Home in 1900: Dickinson, Stark, North Dakota Age: 31 Estimated birth year: abt 1869 Birthplace: Russia Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Immigration year: 1891

Joseph married Margaretha Kuhn on 4 Feb 1897 in Katharinenthal, Odessa, Ukrayina. Margaretha (daughter of Johannes Jakob Kuhn and Margaretha Schnell) was born on 16 Jun 1879 in Speyer, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 19 Jul 1948 in Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Georg married Katharina Fleck. Katharina was born in 1826 in Landau, Odessa, Ukrayina; died in in Landau, Odessa, Ukrayina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Barbara

Joseph married Maria Eva Schmalz. Maria (daughter of Jean Georges Schmalz and Marie Anne Marsal) was born in 1837 in Landau, Odessa, Ukrayina; died in in Landau, Odessa, Ukrayina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stephan married Barbara Jochem. Barbara was born in 1855 in Odessa, Ukrayina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY:
Helbling/Seeman
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Johannes married Margaretha Schnell. Margaretha (daughter of Martin Schnell and Maria Eva Wanner) was born in 1848 in Landau, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 25 Nov 1933 in Speyer, Odessa, Ukrayina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY:
Helbling/Seeman
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