Born 10 Aug 1866 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Ancestors

Husband of Katharina Margaretha (Unknown) Wittmann — married about 1888 in Volga, Russia

Husband of Anna (Schmick) Lesser — married before 1912 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Died 4 Nov 1941 in Weld County Hospital, Weld, Colorado, USA

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Biography

Conrad (Wittmann) Whittman is a Volga German.

Conrad (Wittmann) Whittman has German Roots.

Family #290 in the 1897 Grimm census.

1897 Grimm Census ^[1]

See Child #3 below.

Family # 290

Head of the Householdm Konrad Wittmann, age 59

Wife Katharina [Bürkheim] Wittmann, age 59

Child #1 Philipp Jakob Wittmann, age 35, widower

Grandchild #1 Katharina Margaretha Wittmann, age 11

Grandchild #2 Konrad Wittmann, age 10

Grandchild #3 Christian Jakob Wittmann, age 8

Grandchild #4 Katharina Wittmann, age 6

Child #2 Georg Jakob Wittmann, age 32

Wife of Child #2 Anna Katharina [Loeffler] Wittmann, age 30

Grandchild #5 Georg Jakob Wittmann, age 6

Grandchild #6 Katharina Elisabeth Wittmann, age 4

Grandchild #7 Anna Wittmann, age 2

Grandchild #8 Charlotta Wittmann, age 3 months

Child #3 Konrad Wittmann, age 30

Wife of Child #3 Katharina Margaretha Wittmann, age 29

Child #4 Johann Jakob Wittmann, age 27

Wife of Child #4 Louisa Wittmann, age 30

Child #5 Johann Georg Wittmann, age 16

Marriage

• 1888 to Katharina Margaretha nee "Unknown"

[U.S. census records reveal he first married about 1888, age 22 and he is listed in 1897 census, so his first wife died after 1897 and before 1912.]

• After 1908 and Before Apr 1912 to Anna Schmick Schneider

Immigration

• 1 Apr 1912 - Departure from Libau, Russia via S.S. Lituania

Konrad Wittmann Family Immigration - Ship Manifest Page 1 - S.S. Lituania [April 1-12 1912]

• 14 Apr 1912 - Arrival Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 7 May 1912 - Canada/Vermont Border Crossing

Konrad Wittman Border Crossing - Canada/Vermont USA 7 May 1912

• 10 May 1912 - Entered Port Huron Michigan

Konrad Wittmann Family Immigration - Ship Manifest Page 2 - S.S. Lituania [April 1-12 1912]

Going to brother Georg Wittmann in Windsor, Colorado who also paid for all passage

Father - Konrad Wittmann of Grimm

1. Konrad Wittmann, age 45, married farm laborer, 5'5"
2. Anna, age 33, married, 5'2"
3. Anna, 12, daughter
4. Maria, 7, daughter
5. Karl, 6 and 7 months, son
6. Amalia, 4, daughter
7. Emilie, 14, daughter

Census

• 1920 U.S. Census - Eaton, Weld, Colorado, USA^[2]

• Household

1. Conrad Wittman Head M 53 Russia
2. Annie Wittman Wife F 41 Russia
3. Mary Snyder Stepdaughter F 17 Russia
4. Carl Snyder Stepson M 16 Russia
5. Mollie Snyder Stepdaughter F 14 Russia
6. Lettie Wittman Daughter F 6 Colorado

• 1930 U.S. Census - Lucerne, Weld, Colorado, USA^[3]

Household

1. Conrad Whittman Head M 63 Russia (age at marriage 22)
2. Anna Whittman Wife F 52 Russia (age at marriage 17)
3. Lydia Whittman Daughter F 16 Colorado

• 1940 U.S. Census - Lucerne, Weld, Colorado, USA^[4]

Household

1. Conrad Wittman Head M 74 Russia
2. Anne Wittman Wife F 62 Russia

Death

• 4 Nov 1941 - Weld County Hospital, Greeley, Colorado, USA
  • Whittman Funeral Friday:

Funeral services for Conrad Whittman, 75, who died at the Greeley hospital Tuesday, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday from the Armstrong mortuary chapel at Eaton. Interment Eaton cemetery^[5]

Conrad Whittman Death & Funeral Notice

• Find A Grave Memorial ID#:88565327

Burial: Eaton Cemetery, Eaton, Weld, Colorado, USA

Sources

1. ↑ 1897 Grimm (Lesnoi Karamysh), Russia Census List, Translated by Richard Rye, Compiled and Edited by John Groh, Contributor Henry Schmick; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published 2017; page 284, family #290.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLX-P5K : accessed 6 February 2019), Conrad Wittman, Eaton, Weld, Colorado, United States; citing ED 237, sheet 2A, line 37, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 172; FHL microfilm 1,820,172.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7W8-3PK : accessed 6 February 2019), Conrad Whittman, Lucerne, Weld, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 54, sheet 7A, line 14, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 252; FHL microfilm 2,339,987.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRDD-19N : 30 October 2018), Conrad Wittman, Election Precinct 34, Weld, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62-55, sheet 4A, line 31, family 71, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 482.
5. ↑ Newspapers.com; Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, Colorado, USA; 5 Nov 1941, Page 10; https://www.newspapers.com/image/24993033/?terms=conrad%2Bwhittman; accessed by Koreen Goodman 5 Feb 2019.

• "Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQ9-KGDX : 16 March 2018), Konrad Wittman, 1895-1924; citing M1461, Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924, 386, NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 1,473,186.

• "Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK3Y-R7VV : 16 March 2018), Anna Wittman, 1912; citing M1464, Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924, 177, NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 1,561,263.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-YV14 : 13 December 2015), Conrad Whittman, ; Burial, Eaton, Weld, Colorado, United States of America, Eaton Cemetery; citing record ID 88565327, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Newspapers.com; Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, Colorado, USA; 5 Nov 1941, Wednesday, Page 2; https://www.newspapers.com/image/24992899/?terms=conrad%2Bwhittman; accessed by Koreen Goodman 5 Feb 2019.

• Newspapers.com; Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, Colorado, USA; 3 Jan 1944, Monday, Page 5; https://www.newspapers.com/image/24951347/?terms=wittman; District Court 10388, State of CO, County of Weld, Petition for Land and Tenements of Conrad Wittman; accessed by Koreen Goodman 9 Feb 2019.

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