The Weidemann Family of Germany
Christian Weidemann was born in the small town of Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein (in present day northern Germany) as the youngest of eight children to Claus Friederich Weidemann and Anna Catharina Hedwig Arendt in 1837.
Of the eight Weidemann children in Neustadt, five spent their entire lives in northern Germany, while the other three immigrated to America in the 1860s.
Jochim (Jakob) F. Weidemann
b. Jun. 24, 1824 in Nuestad, Schleswig-Holstein
d. Oct. 9, 1865 in Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
Catharina I.J. Weidemann
b. Feb. 7, 1826 in Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
d. May 14, 1886 in Altona, Hamburg
Johann H.F. Weidemann
b. Nov. 27, 1827 in Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
d. Dec. 5, 1827 in Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
Maria E.J. Weidemann
b. May 29, 1830 in Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
d. Apr. 9, 1921 in Detroit, MI
Elisabeth M.H. Weidemann
b. Aug. 6, 1831 in Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
d. Jan. 6, 1835 in Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
Anna L.J. Weidemann
b. Nov. 17, 1835 in Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
d. {date unknown} in Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
Heinrich N.C. Weidemann
b. Nov. 17, 1835 in Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
d. Nov. 8, 1895 in Detroit, MI
Christian H.J. Weidemann
b. Feb. 26, 1837 in Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
d. Jun. 22, 1913 in Detroit, MI
“Lieber Onkel!”
Siblings, nieces, and nephews of Christian Weidemann remained in Germany and kept in touch with their Detroit family through postcards. Nieces Marie Krause and Bertha Hildebrand, as well as great nephew Ludwig Wollner, routinely wrote to the Michigan Weidemanns in both German and English.
Views of Back Home - Postcards from Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein
Views of the Mitten - Postcards from Michigan
Views of the New World - Postcards from American Travels
