New email address:
jkb47@bigskytel.comNew info: I have two Peter
Johanns who lived in
Nuckolls County,
Nebraska at the same time. Told that the two were brothers, not sure why they both went by the same name.
Comparing the two:
Peter [born 1833] in USA bef 1852
Peter [# 2] in USA abt 1871
1852 Peter’s immigration papers filed in
Tippecanoe County,
IndianaFeb 1855, Peter [1833] married Hannah Elizabeth
Weast in
La Porte County,
Indiana1860 census - Peter [1833] in Porter twp, Valparaiso Post Office,
Porter County,
IndianaPeter [1833] served in American Civil War; claimed Residence in Hanna Station,
La Porte County,
Indiana - Enlist 16 Aug 1862
1870 census- Peter [1833] in
Noble Precinct, Union
Mills post office,
La Porte County,
IndianaJan 1876 - Peter [# 2] died and is the first person buried in the St. Stephens Cemetery in Lawrence,
Nuckolls County,
NebraskaFeb 1876 - Peter [1833] daughter, Mary, married Louis
Schumm in St. Stephens Church, witness sister Janie
Johann Oct 1876 - Peter [# 2] daughter, Anna, married Joseph
Wenzinger in St. Stephens Church, witness sister Barbara
JohannMar 1879 - Peter [1833] daughter, Jane, married Horace Batchelor in St. Stephens Church, witness sister Meldie
JohannMay 1879 - Peter [1833] goes to Court to get his
Citizen Ship
June 1880 Census - Peter [# 2] widow, Maggie in Bohnart Precinct,
Nuckolls County,
Nebraska- Catherine [18] b. abt 1862
Prussia- Nickolas [15] b. abt 1865 Bohemia
1880 Census - Peter [# 2] daughter, Anna & Joseph
Wenzinger, in Oak Creek Precinct,
Webster County,
Nebraska1880 Census - Peter [1833] & family in
Liberty Precinct,
Nuckolls County,
Nebraska- 1890 -
Peter [1883] die in
Norton, Norton Co, Kansas
Hannah Elizabeth
Weast Johann died in
Hendley,
Furnas Co,
Nebraska