Friedrich Wilhelm Niemand
b. 19 December 1856
- Father: Jacob Niemand b. circa 1828
- Mother: Carolina Schreiner b. circa 1831
- Friedrich Wilhelm Niemand was born on 19 December 1856 in Speyer, Rheinpfalz.
- His name was recorded as William F. Niemand in the United States.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Niemand and Carolina Magdalena Niemand arrived in the Port of New York on 8 October 1881, aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Elbe from Bremen, traveling in steerage class.
- He married Elisabeth Umstetter on 13 May 1884 in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky, at St. Stephen's Catholic Church, with B. A. Baumeister officiating.. The other witness was Veronica Umstetter.. The marriage was witnessed by Eugene Laurier.
- He was naturalized on 3 October 1890 at Newport Courthouse, Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Niemand became a widower at the 21 May 1896 death of his wife Elisabeth Umstetter.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Niemand arrived in the Port of New York on 9 March 1898, with his children Ida and William aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, having departed Bremen on the 1st.
- He married Caroline Philomena Rahe, daughter of John Frederick Rahe and Mary Ann Kohlmeyer, on 10 August 1898 in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Niemand died on 10 May 1927 at age 70 in Newport, Kentucky.
- He was interred at Evergreen Cemetery, Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky.
- Photographs of present-day Speyer.
- Last Edited: 30 Jun 2013