Eilert Eylers Rossmueller

Children

•  Eilert Miller
  Eilert was born in 1838.¹ 

  
  

   Meta Miller
  Meta was born in 1840.¹ 

  
  

   Katherine Miller
  Katherine was born on January 13th, 1843 in Voßbarg, Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany.¹   She died at the age of 67 on July 11th, 1910 in Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.¹ 

  • Death Notes
    • Abbie Zimmerman’s obituary refers to Abbie’s mother as “Katherine Miller,” and Katherine’s brothers Eilert and Albert are listed as “Miller” on the 1880 census for Gage County, Nebraska. The Web site below gives Katherine’s Americanized name as “Katherina Mueller” and her birth name as “Trientje Rossmueller.” Katherine’s tombstone gives her date of birth as 6 January. Perhaps 13 January is the date of her baptism.
      
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      I copied this from the following Web site on 22 Nov 2003:
      
      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maryross/ships/othyen18541108.html
      
      Ship name: O Thyen
      Port of departure: Bremen, Germany
      Port of arrival: New Orleans, Lousiana
      Date of arrival: 8 November 1854
      Source: National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 40, List 342.
      
      252 Eilert Rossmüller 52 Male Farmer
      253 Eilers Rossmüller 16 Male his Son
      254 Meta Rossmüller 14 female his daughter
      255 Trentje Russmöller 12 female his daughter
      256 Albert Russmöller 7 Male his Son
      
      Rossmu(e)ller Family (Passengers 252-256 Second Cabin) - written
      and contributed by Diana Church
      
      Eilert Eylers Rossmueller originated from Vossbarg, Ostfriesland,
      Germany. His wife, Abbe Janssen Goosmann died in childbirth in
      August 1851; he later migrated to Illinois with his children (see
      O.Thyen list, Second Cabin passengers 252-256). According to family
      tradition, the father Eilert died shortly after arrival, near
      Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois however I have not been able to
      confirm this information; and I do not know where the four children,
      ages 7 through 16, lived after his death. By 1860, his daughter
      Trentje Rossmueller is living in Petersburg, Menard County,
      Illinois, and working as a helper for a saddlemaker, no known
      relationship. At Petersburg, in January 1861, Trientje married Tamme
      Renken Zimmermann, also an orphan, who migrated in 1856 (?) from the
      neighboring village of Fiebing, Ostfriesland, Germany. They both
      "americanized" their names, using the names of Thomas R. Zimmerman
      and Katherina Mueller.
      
      In the spring of 1861, Tamme and Trienjte Zimmermann left
      Petersburg, likely stopping to see friends at the Ostfriesen
      settlements in Adams County, Illinois, and Rockport, Atchison
      County, Missouri; in May 1861 Tamme bought 160 acres of land in
      Richardson County, Nebraska, just south of the Ostfriesen community
      at Febing, Nemaha County, Nebraska. In June 1862, they left
      Richardson County and moved further west to become the first
      Ostfriesen settlers and founders of the Bear Creek settlement in
      Gage County, Nebraska where Tamme became a cattle driver (longhorns
      from Texas) and very successful landowner. Remaining in Gage
      County, Nebraska for the remainder of their lives, Trientje died in
      1910 and Tamme died in 1925. Tamme and Trientje Zimmerman are my
      gg-grandparents. Although I now live in Texas, most of their
      descendants still remain in this community and much of the land
      which Tamme originally purchased continues to be held by descendants
      or relatives.
      
      I do not have much information about Trientje's brother Eilert, who
      was also a founder of the Zion Ev. Lutheran Church at Bear Creek
      (1874). Her brother Albert Eilers Rossmueller married Gesche
      Juergens Eilers (aka Rachel Jurgens) at Summerfield, Illinois in
      1869 and by 1872 they had also moved to the Bear Creek settlement;
      this couple held the organizational meeting for Zion Ev. Lutheran
      Church in their dugout in March 1874. (I do not know Rachel's
      parents, siblings or location of origin in Germany). The older
      sister, Meta Rossmueller, also remains a mystery; I suspect that she
      probably remained in Illinois but have not found any confirming
      information and do not know her married name.
      
      The story of this Gage County Nebraska settlement, locally known as
      the "Hannover" community, is the focus of my newsletter, The
      Hannover Chronicle, which is published semi-annually. Most of
      these families first lived in the South Prairie community of Adams
      County, Illinois, prior to moving to Nebraska during the 1870s. The
      latest issue, vol. 3 no 1, identifies the first deed records, sod
      dugouts and log cabins of these early Ostfriesen settlers.
      
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   Albert E. Miller
  Albert was born on February 24th, 1847 in Voßbarg, Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany.¹   He died at the age of 78 on December 4th, 1925 in Pickrell, Gage County, Nebraska.  He was buried at the Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Pickrell, Gage County, Nebraska.^1 1