Arend Hinrich VonSeggern (H57) wa born 13 Apr 1842 in Ganderkesee, Niedersachsen, Germany to Gerd and Catharine Margarete (Poppe) VonSeggern. Arend was baptized on 5 May 1842 in Ganderkesee, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Arend immigrated on the ship "Deutschland" that sailed from Bremen, Germany on 13 Mar 1869 and arrived 29 Mar 1869 in New York, New York.
Arend married Catharina Maria Naber on 31 Dec 1872 in Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska. Catharina was born 4 Sep 1853 in Hatten, Niedersachsen, Germany to Anton Gerhard and Anna (Behrens) Naber.
Arend and Catharina had the following children:
- Gerhard Henry "Gerd" VonSeggern - born 30 Dec 1873 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska. He died at the age of 75 on 4 Jul 1949 in Cuming Township, Dodge, Nebraska.
- Johann Gerhard "John" VonSeggern - born 24 May 1875 in Dodge County, Nebraska. He died at the age of 76 on 28 Jan 1952 in Scribner, Dodge, Nebraska.
- Arnold J. VonSeggern - born 17 Dec 1876 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska. He died at the age of 70 on 17 Jul 1947 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska.
- Anna Catharine Gerhardine "Dina" VonSeggern - born 17 Jul 1878 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska. She died at the age of 72 in 1950 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska.
- Meta Margareta Henriette VonSeggern - born 22 Aug 1880 in Scribner, Dodge, Nebraska. She died at the age of 85 on 1 Feb 1966 in Bayard, Morrill, Nebraska.
- Caroline Mathilde VonSeggern - born 16 Jan 1882 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska.
- Johann Heinrich "Henry" VonSeggern - born 6 Dec 1882 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska. He died at the age of 72 on 6 Apr 1955 in Scribner, Dodge, Nebraska.
- Diedrich Gerhard "Dick" VonSeggern - born 25 Sep 1884 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska. He died at the age of 61 on 22 Feb 1946 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska.
- Johann Friedrich "Fred" VonSeggern - born 17 Nov 1886 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska. He died at the age of 10 Nov 1967 in Cuming Township, Dodge, Nebraska.
- Anna Sophie Paulina VonSeggern - born 20 Feb 1889 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska. She died at the age of 85 on 14 Jan 1975 in Sidney, Cheyenne, Nebraska.
- Bernard Henry VonSeggern - born 13 Apr 1891 in Scribner, Dodge, Nebraska. He died at the age of 14 Nov 1968 in Scribner, Dodge, Nebraska.
- Lena VonSeggern - born Nov 1892 in Nebraska.
- William McKinley VonSeggern - born 11 Mar 1898 in Nebraska. He died at the age of 11 on 15 Apr 1909 in Nebraska.
Homestead Application finalized on 3 Jul 1877 in Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska. Land in Section 10, Township 20, Range 7E.
1880 - US Federal Census - Cuming Township, Dodge, Nebraska (Farmer)
Arend died at the age of 57 on 10 Mar 1900 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska. He was buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska.
1900 - US Federal Census - Cuming Township, Dodge, Nebraska (Catharina living with son Gerd)
1910 - US Federal Census - Cuming Township, Dodge, Nebraska
1920 - US Federal Census - Cuming Township, Dodge, Nebraska (Catharina living with son Bernard and family)
1930 - US Federal Census - Cuming Township, Dodge, Nebraska (Catharina living with son Bernard and family)
1910 - US Federal Census - Cuming Township, Dodge, Nebraska
1920 - US Federal Census - Cuming Township, Dodge, Nebraska (Catharina living with son Bernard and family)
1930 - US Federal Census - Cuming Township, Dodge, Nebraska (Catharina living with son Bernard and family)
Catharina died at the age of 77 on 10 Dec 1930 in Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska. She was buried in St.Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Hooper, Dodge, Nebraska.
The following biography was published in the "History of Nebraska Centennial Farms", Curtis Media Corporation 19878, Dallas, Texas, witten by Georgene Morris Sones and Cindy Steinhoff Drake. Page 285
Arend Henrich Von Seggern - In Search of a Better Life"
Arend Henrich Von Seggern homesteaded 80 acres in Section 10, Cuming Township, Dodge County in 1869. An early history of Dodge County states that Section 10 was homesteaded by Germans in 1869, among them was A. Vanseggan (misspelled). He applied for citizenship in April, 1869.
Arend was born April 13, 1842 in Hohenboken, Delmenhorst County, Germany, the son of farm parents. He served in the army reserves from Nov. 1863 - Aug. 1865. Drafted in 1866 he served in Germany's Civil War. In March 1869 he got a furlough to the United States. It is known that one sister Margratha and one brother, Heinrich, also came to the United States.
He married Catherine Nabor, December 31, 1872 in Fremont, Nebraska. She was born September 4, 1853 in Oldenburg, Germany and came with her mother, a widow who was hopeful of a better life for her five children.
Thirteen children were born to this union: Gerhard Henry, 1873-1949; John Gerhard, 1875-1952; Arnold John, 1876-1947; Gerhardine Catherine (Hilgen), 1878-1950; Meta Margarethe, 1880-1966; Pauline, 1882-1882; John Henry, 1882-1955; Diedrich Gerhard, 1884-1946; Fred John, 1886-1967; Anna Sophie, 1889-1975; Bernard Henry, 1891-1968; Katherine Matilda, 1893-1984; William McKinley, 1898-1909.
The older children received their education at rural District 50 in Dodge county. District 83 split off in 1900 and Arend offered to rent one acre of his land for school purposes. The younger children attended this school. The family first attended St. Paul's Lutheran Church, rural Hooper. When St. John's Lutheran (County line) was organized in 1902, Catherine, then widowed, was a charter member.
The family home, probably built around 1890 (evidenced by square nails) was a two story frame house with two rooms on each floor. Before 1916 a large kitchen and another bedroom was added. This home was replaced in 1956.
As the family grew to maturity and married they each in turn started farming in the Scribner-Hooper area with the exception of two daughters: Meta (husband, Hugo Diedrichson) and Anna (husband, Edward Meier) who moved to western Nebraska. Arend died in 1900, leaving Catherine with minor children and farm responsibilities.
With older sons Catherine continued the active management of the farm until 1916 when Bernard married Bertha Havekost, daughter of Gerhard and Catherine (nee Johannes) Havekost who were early settlers in southern Cuming County. Until her death in 1930 Catherine continued to live on the homestead.
Under Bernard's care many changes were effected: change in power from horse to tractor, hand to mechanical harvesting of grain, rural electrification and increase in farm size. In 1927 Bernard designed and supervised the building of a large barn (34X64'). The cotton wood lumber used was milled by his brother John. The drouth and depression of the thirties demanded thrift and hard work to provide for the family and maintain the farm unit.
Bernard and Bertha were the parents of four children: Melvin, (wife, Doris Weitzenkamp); Clinton, (wife, Mildred Bachman); Bernetta, (husband Norman Schroeder); Myron, (wife, Lois Von Essen). This family attended District 83 and were graduates of Scribner High School.
Upon Bernard's retirement in 1948 his son, Clinton, a World War II veteran, began farming. During those 35 years, the emphasis has been on care of the land through a complete conservation program. Machine and grain storage facilities were modernized to accommodate a cattle feeding and grain operation.
Clinton and Mildred are the parents of four children, Suzanne, (husband, David Olson); Marilyn, (husband, Timothy Kohler); Donald (wife, Rebecca George); Glenn.
After their marriage in 1983, Donald and Becky made their home on the original homestead, now increased to 560 acres, and as the generations before them, are finding an abundant life in the rolling hills of a northern Dodge County."
by Mrs. Clinton Von Seggern