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Vortmann [Kleinefortmann, Proven] Herr Wilhelm Wilke 1696 - 1739

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• Title	Herr
  Birth	21 Oct 1696	KleineFortmann Farm Sudlohne, Vecta District, Oldenburg Duchy, Germany
  Christened	21 Oct 1696	St Gertrud Catholic Church, Lohne
  	Wilhelm Wilke is Baptised by Rev Suttholt 21 Oct 1696.
  Gender	Male
  Baptism Witnesses	21 Oct 1696	St Gertrud's Katholic Kirch, Lohne, Gr.
  	Wilhelm Wilke is newborn and will be Baptized in St Gertrud's (founded 819- 855) by Reverend Suttholt our Pastor who shall dutifully record Wilke's Christening in the Church Records.
  Early Schooling	Sep 1703	1-Room School House, Sudlohne
  	Age 7, the School House under Lerher Heinrich Sudbeck closed last year after providing 4 years of elementary German education. The hitching rail outside the school stands empty and its bell is silent. Mother shall provide my formal education in reading and writing.
  Parents death date, ages	28 Dec 1734	Vortmann farm in Sudlohne
  	At age 64 Wilhelm Wilke's father, Herman, dies passing the Land Rights given by the Lord's Delgallo (from the 1400 lease with Lord Elmendorp) to the Vortmann lineage. Wilhelm Wilke is 38 years of age.
  Illness & Death	25 Sep 1739	Vortmann farm in Sudlohne
  	After only 6 years of farming, Wilhelm Wilke dies unexpectedly. His eldest Son Herman Heinrich is only 7 years old and thus his Mother Maria Ewers enlists the guidance of relatives in managing the farm until Herman Heinrich can hold the reins.
  Died	25 Sep 1739	KleineFortmann Farm Sudlohne, Germany   [1]
  Buried	27 Sep 1739	St Gertrud Catholic Cemetery, Lohne, Germany
  Person ID	I143	Fortmann, ......(Vorde1510.......Vortmann).........Fortman
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Vortmann [Kleinefortmann, probable] Herman,   b. 1669 or 1670, KleineFortman Farm, Sudlohne, Vecta (District) Oldenburg, Germany ,   d. 28 Dec 1734, KleineFortman Farm, Lohne, Vecta (District) Oldenburg, Germany
  Mother	Ewers Maria,   b. Abt 1679, Sudlohne, Vecta District, Oldenburg Duchy, Germany
  Married	Abt 1695 - 8	St Gertrud Catholic Church, Lohne, Vecta (District) Oldenburg Duchy, Germany
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Niemann Maria Anna Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1706, Village unknown, Vecta District, Oldenburg Duchy, Germany
  Married	?? Nov 1728	St Gertrud Catholic Church Lohne, Germany   [2]
  Children	> 1. KleineFortmann Hermann Heinrich, Proven Kleinefortmann Great Grandfather of Clemens, Heinrich & Anna Maria,   b. 24 Jun 1732, KleineFortmann Farm Sudlohne, Vecta District, Oldenburg Duchy, Germany ,   d. 25 Feb 1807, KleineFortman Farm, Sudlohne, Vecta (District) Oldenburg, Germany   2. Vortmann [Kleinefortmann, probable] Johann Otto,   b. 1729
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2009
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Crest: The Kleine FORTMANN VORTMANN Family …
  		The Kleine Fortman Farm in Sudlohne, Germany Eleven Generations of Fortmann's dating from 1510, Meinke Tom Vorde to abt 1844, Clemens Fortmann were raised on this Farm. The farm could have existed as early as 1200.
  		St Gertrud Cemetery, Lohne,Germany Kleine Fortmann's from 1510, (Meinke Tom Vorde being the oldest known first name), have been buried in this Catholic Cemetery.
  		St. Gertrud's Catholic Church, Lohne, Germany, Founded 815-850 by Benedictine Monks from England/Ireand. The KleineFortman Church for over 538 years.
  		St Gertrud Catholic Church, Founded 815-850 by Benedictan Monks from England/Ireland. at Lohne Germany Kleine Fortmann Church from at least 1400 to 1845
  		St Gertrude's Catholic Church, Lohne Germany Church of worship of more that 11 Generations of Kleine Fortmann's deating from at least the 1300's
  		The Kleine Fortmann Farm Sudlohne, Germany dating from pre-1300. The Fortmann lineage was born on this farm pre-1300 to at least 1824.
  		The Kleine Fortmann Haus at Cherry Blossom Time
  		The GrossFortman Farm, 1100 Meters NW of the KleineFortmann Farm Seperated in 1200-1400 by a stream from a spring. The stream in visible under the line of trees seperating the farms. The original Furt Mann starting the Fortmann Farm most probably resided here from 1100 to 1200. The village of Loan (Lohne) is first recorded in 890 AD. Prior to 314 AD, the year Roman Emperor Constantine, in Trier, Germany, 120 miles SW of here, declared Christianity the religion of the Empire, Kleine Fortmann Ancestors in the Lohne area belonged to the Germanic Tribe known by the Romans as Cheruscians. They were known for their independence and had destroyed the 17th, 18, and 19th Roman Legion (20,000)men, women and children between 12 and 15 Sep, 9 CE. Christian missionaries converted them around 400-500 AD. And they remained Catholic throughout the Reformation, 1550, initiated by Martin Luther. Again, Independence.

  
  

  Headstones

  1221 St Gertrud Catholic Cemetery Entrance, Lohne, Germany … Status: Located

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Lohne, Germany Catholic Church Death Register, Register Lost, (Lohne Catholische Kirche), 346 (Reliability: 3), 25 Sep 1739. Wileke Vortman 42 25 Sep [S13] Lohne, Germany Catholic Church Register, Pastore Suttholt; (1683-1710); Pastore Bernhard Topp (1710-1756); Pastore Heinrich Bernhard Topp (1756-1808); Pastore ?? (1808-1875), (Lohne Catholische Kirche), 73 (Reliability: 3), ?? Nov 1728. Wilke Vortman et Anna Elisabeth Nieman........?? Nov 1728