Herman Paul Brietzke (1855 - 1916)

Born 7 Jun 1855 in Pomerania, Prussia

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1916 at age 60 in Youngstown, Hanna Census Division, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

Herman was the son of Wilhelm Brietzke of Germany. The reason there is no source for the birth registration of Herman Paul Brietzke, is because where he was born in Pommern, Prussia, the records have not been released. The German and Prussia WT groups explained that the village he was born in now is in Poland. After the war, the country of Prussia was divided up and destroyed. Each Church is private and they have to join a group which will allow the group to come in and digitalize the records. This has not been done, as of 2021. The earliest record will be used.

Herman first married Fredericka Wilhelmina Van Suckow.(1854-1892). Her name was listed on her daughter Wilhelmine's (Minnie's) death record.^[1]

Children(8):

1. Annie
2. Paul Frederick, b. 1883; lived in Alberta in 1950
3. Gustav Herman, b.1885-d.1954 imgrtd to Canada in 1912, lived in Alberta in 1950
4. Bertha
5. Ida, b.1888
6. Emma
7. Wilhelmine, b.1889-1950; married Carl Reinmuth, Yakima, Washington, USA. On her death certificate Fredericka Suckow was stated to be her mother. She was adopted by Anne Berlinke and Carl Menge as per the 1900 Census in her profile. ^[2]
8. William, b.??; lived in North Dakota in 1950^[3]

After Fredericka's death in 1892 he relinquished at least one child, his daughter Wilhelmine "Minnie" to the care of Anne Berlinke and Carl Menge.

Herman secondly married the 17 year old Ida Irene Jacobs (1876-1953) in 1893.,^[4]

Children:

1. Alexander Brietzke, b. Mar 1893 in South Dakota
2. Herman Henry Brietzke aka Nightingale b.22 Sep 1894 in Moyer Twp, Swift County, Minnesota. He was out living on his own boarding with another family at age 15. He served in the Mexican/American War in 1916. Sometime afterward he went to live with his mother Ida and her husband Richard Nightingale. He married Bessie Abbott in 1923. Of their children only one lived past age two. Robert Henry. Herman Henry left his family when his son Robert was only 6. He died while working of the Hoover Dam on 22 Apr 1932. ^[5]
3. Arthur Nightingale or H, Brietzke aka Nightingale, b. Jan 1896 in Minnesota and passed away 24 Jan 1968 in Towner, North Dakota.
4. Wallace McClellan, b. 21 Nov 1896 in Minnesota and passed away 14 Feb 1973 in Ramsey Minnesota.

The family was found in the 1900 US Federal Census in Townships 151-152-Ranges 75-80, McHenry, North Dakota^[6]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Harris[sic] Herman Brietzke Head Male 34[sic] 45 Germany
• Ida Brietzke Wife Female 24 Germany
• Ida E Brietzke Daughter Female 14 Minnesota
• Emma M Brietzke Daughter Female 12 Minnesota
• Herman H Brietzke Son Male 6 Minnesota
• Arthur H Brietzke Son Male 4 Minnesota
• Alexander Brietzke Son Male 1 South Dakota

Herman and Ida divorced and she left with their third baby in utero.^[7] Ida remarried Dr. Robert D. Nightingale.^[8]She left her older two boys to be raised by Herman's older children.

Thirdly, Herman married Katharine Lydia Hoff (relict Allwin) of Russia, after 1900 and before 1910. Katharine was already a mother to Lydia Allwin and John Allwin.

The reason we know the children were Katharine's before marriage is because Herman's son Paul filled out an immigration record for his visit to his "step brother" John Alvin.^[9]

The family was found in the 1910 US Federal Census in Berlin, Sheridan, North Dakota^[10] The household was enumerated as follows:

• Herman Brietzke Head Male 55 Germany
• Katharine Brietzke Wife Female 42 Russia
• John Brietzke Son Male 16 South Dakota
• Lydia Brietzke Dau Female 11 North Dakota

According to the Provincial Death Archives for Alberta, Herman P. Brietzke from Big Stone, passed away in Alberta in 1916, depicted by the letter "T". ^[11]

Herman Paul has a memorial in the Youngstown Cemetery, Youngstown, Hanna Census Division, Alberta, Canada. The village of Big Stone is south of Youngstown, Alberta. His body, however was removed to Minnesota for interring.^[12]

Notice Of Claimants in the Estate of Herman Paul Brietzke: In the Estate of Herman Paul Brietzke, late of the Village of Bigstone, (Alberta) deceased, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims upon the estate of the above named, Herman Paul Brietzke, who died on the 18 day of February 1916, are required to file with the Imperial Canadian Trust Co. etc....Dated at Calgary this 13th day of August, 1917.^[13]

His purported Third wife Kathryn Hoff (relict Allwin) was found in the 1920 US Federal Census in Sheridan North Dakota. It appears Herman had another son named Ernest W. who married Lydia and had two children Agnes and Lorence.^[14]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Katherina Brietzke Head Female 52 Russia
• John D Alwin Son Male 26 South Dakota
• Ernest W Brietzke Stepson Male 28 Minnesota
• Lydia Brietzke Daughter-in-law Female 21 North Dakota (nee Alwin?)
• Agnes Brietzke Granddaughter Female 3 Canada
• Lorence Brietzke Grandson Male 1 Montana

Children on other sites:

1. John David ALLWIN was born 12 SEP 1893 in South Dakota, and died AUG 1960 in Montana. He married Amanda Theresa DUDA 2 AUG 1927 in Annamoose, North Dakota. She was born 2 MAR 1907 in Martin,North Dakota, and died 2 AUG 2002 in Laurel, Montana.
2. Lydia ALLWIN was born 4 JUL 1898 in North Dakota, and died 8 JUN 1980 in Minot, Ward, ND. She married Ernest William BRIETZKE, son of Herman Paul BRIETZKE and Fredrika SUCKOW. He was born 6 FEB 1891 in North Dakota, and died NOV 1968 in Minot, Ward, ND.

Veronica (Brietzke) Shortland The town in Prussia he was born was Grossmellen, Pomerania Prussia. Saatig Kreis. 1855.

posted 15 Aug 2022 by Veronica (Brietzke) Shortland [edit/delete]

Research Notes

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/breitzke/21/

Sources

1. ↑ "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HV8V-HXN2 : 30 January 2020), Herman Paul Brietzke in entry for Minna E. Reinmuth, 1950.
2. ↑ "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HV8V-HXN2 : 30 January 2020), Herman Paul Brietzke in entry for Minna E. Reinmuth, 1950.
3. ↑ needs source
4. ↑ Needs Source
5. ↑ needs source other than as per granddaughter Janet Branvold July 2014
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9VV-DWT : accessed 24 June 2020), Harris Brietzke, Townships 151-152-Ranges 75-80, McHenry, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 90, sheet 13B, family 270, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,229.
7. ↑ Needs source
8. ↑ needs source
9. ↑ "Montana Manifests of Immigrant Arrivals and Departures, 1923-1956", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHLM-R1PZ : 14 April 2020), Paul Brietzke, 1946.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLGK-7QR : accessed 24 June 2020), Herman Brietzke, Berlin, Sheridan, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 233, sheet 12A, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1146; FHL microfilm 1,375,159.
11. ↑ https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/sites/default/files/2018-11/deaths-bi-1877-1918.pdf Provincial Death Archives for Alberta
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #157230386 : accessed 18 June 2020), memorial page for Herman Paul Brietzke (unknown–18 Feb 1916), citing Youngstown Cemetery, Youngstown, Hanna Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by Kathie R Postoloski-Friesen (contributor 47763673) .
13. ↑ The Plaindealer, published Youngstown, August 15, 1917, submitted by FAG contributor Kathie R Postoloski-Friesen (#47763673).
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC8G-749 : 3 February 2021), Katherina Brietzke, 1920.