Conrad C Ahrens was born on October 30, 1836, in Oberg, Königreich Hannover, Deutscher Bund, now known as Oberg, Lower Saxony, Germany, his father, Heinrich, was 30 and his mother, Dorothea, was 26. Conrad married Carolina Nebich in 1860. They had ten children in 24 years. He died on December 25, 1915, in Gillespie, Texas, having lived a long life of 79 years, and was buried there.[1]
Together they became the parents of Emma Ahrens [1861–1868], Charles Ahrens, Henry William Ahrens, Lina (Ahrens) Priess, Hulda [Ahrens] Hahn, Alfred Adam Ahrens, Edward Jessie "Eddie" Ahrens, Sophie (Ahrens) Meyer, Otto Henry Ahrens, and Richard Ahrens.
Conrad was the son of Conrad Ahrens, and Ilse Dorothee, Wille.
In the 1850 census Conrad (age 13) was in Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, United States.[2]
1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Precinct 1, Gillespie, Texas; Roll: M653_1295; Page: 2; Family History Library Film: 805295 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #35299999 (accessed 25 October 2022) Conrad Ahrens (23), Wagoner, in Precinct 1, Gillespie, Texas. Born in Hanover.
In the 1870 census Conrad (age 33), Farmer, was in Crab Apple Creek Settlements, Gillespie, Texas.[3]
1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census" Year: 1880; Census Place: Gillespie, Texas; Roll: 1305; Page: 303C; Enumeration District: 155 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #7576782 (accessed 25 October 2022) Conrad Ahrns (42), married, Farmer, head of household in Gillespie, Texas, USA. Born in Hanover.
↑1850 Census:
"1850 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1850; Census Place: Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas; Roll: 910; Page: 312a; Line Number: 40 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #6972975 (accessed 25 October 2022)
Conrad Ahrens (13) in Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, USA. Born in Germany.
↑1870 Census:
"1870 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1870; Census Place: Crab Apple Creek Settlements, Gillespie, Texas; Roll: M593_1587; Page: 348B Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #7679214 (accessed 25 October 2022)
Conrad Ahrens (33), Farmer, in Crab Apple Creek Settlements, Gillespie, Texas. Born in Hannover / Hanover.
↑Passenger List:
"U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s"
Place: Texas; Year: 1845; Page Number: 4 Ancestry Record 7486 #3916278 (accessed 25 October 2022)
Name: Conrad Ahrens; Arrival Year: 1845; Arrival Place: Texas; Primary Immigrant: Ahrens, Conrad; Source Publication Code: 5012.11; Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Name of ship and, often, place of origin also provided. Name on cover is Comal County, Texas, and New Braunfels German Immigration Ships, 1845-1845.; Source Bibliography: McMANUS, J. Comal County, Texas, and New Braunfels, Texas, Germans, 1845-1846. St. Louis, MO: Ingmire (Frances T. Ingmire, 10166 Clairmont Drive, St. Louis 63136), 1985. 58p.; Household Members (Name): Henrich Conrad Ahrens Christian Ahrens Conrad Ahrens Dorothea Witte Ahrens.
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