CONRADT/CONRAD GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr


Thanks to my cousin, Don Sweaney, who moved to Springfield, Missouri (where I live) in 1998, I have recently (1999 and 2000) found some new leads on my Wegner and Miller and related families. His latest find is my connection to the CONRADT family. He ordered some microfilms of church and civil records for Karnitz and Hoff in Pomerania which contain valuable information on my Wegner family.

My earliest known CONRADT ancestor is David CONRADT, who lived lived at Neides, Kreis Greifenberg, Pomerania in the mid-1700s. This is a fairly rare spelling of the name. No doubt some descendants simplified the name to CONRAD, especially those who immigrated to the U.S.

One CONRAD in my extended family is Christina Elizabeth Conrad. She was born 10 March 1897 in Niles Center (now Skokie), Cook Co., Illinois, and passed away 13 July1988 at Midwest City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma. She was married to Fredrick Emil "Fred" Patzack, born 29 December 1889 at Whittemore, Kossuth Co., Iowa, and died 24 February 1948 at Midwest City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma. Fred Patzack was the first cousin of my grandfather, Emil Gohr. When I was first working on the GOHR family history in the late 1970s, I corresponded with Christina. I believe she is from German stock, and I have since corresponded with some of her descendants. It would be interesting to know if there might be a connection between this CONRAD family and my CONRADT family.

Here is my CONRADT lineage as far as it has been proven:

  1. David CONRADT; md. Catharina PLACK; lived at Neides, Kreis Greifenberg, Pomerania
  2. Maria CONRADT, b. 7 June 1772 Neides, Kreis Greifenberg, Pomerania, d. Nitznow, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania; md. Peter WEGNER, b. 1 December 1768 Karnitz, Kreis Greifenberg, Pomerania, d. Nitznow, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania
  3. Christlieb “Christian” WEGNER, b. 30 August 1807 Neides, Kreis Greifenberg, Pomerania, d. Hoff, Kreis Greifenberg, Pomerania; md. 4 Oct. 1834 Hoff, Kreis Greifenberg, Pomerania to Dorothea Sophia FREDRICH, b. 15 Dec. 1809 Hoff, Kreis Greifenberg, Pomerania
  4. Ferdinand Gottlieb Carl WEGNER, b. 12 Dec. 1836 Hoff, Kreis Greifenberg, Pomerania, d. 16 Jan. 1893 Whittemore, Kossuth Co., IA; md. ca. 1862 Karnitz, Kreis Greifenberg, Pomerania to Wilhelmine Friedrieke Charlotta "Minnie" MILLER, b. 20 January 1827 Hoff, Kreis Greifenberg, Pomerania, d. ca. 1900 Armstrong, Emmet Co., IA (* Note: Ferdinand and Minnie WEGNER were first cousins on the FREDRICH side)
  5. Auguste EMILIE Ernstine WEGNER, b. 7 Nov. 1863 Helle, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern, d. 9 Sept. 1942 Idaho Falls, Jefferson Co., ID (buried at Annis, Idaho); md. 10 Oct. 1884 Lotts Creek, Kossuth Co., IA to Alexander Emil “Alex” GOHR, b. 20 May 1850 Bremin, Germany (now Brzemiona, Bydgoszcz Province, Poland), d. 28 Feb. 1918 Menan, Jefferson Co., ID (buried at Annis, Idaho)
  6. Alexander Fredrick Emil GOHR, b. 31 Jan. 1887 Kossuth Co., IA, d. 18 June 1968 Monte Vista, Rio Grande Co., CO; md. 25 Nov. 1917 at Monte Vista, Rio Grande Co., CO to Frieda Helma QUIRAM, b. 24 May 1890 Elysian, Le Sueur Co., MN, d. 18 July 1987 Monte Vista, Rio Grande Co., CO *These are my grandparents.



ROOTSWEB CONRADT MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the CONRADT surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Conradt Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any CONRADT name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.



ROOTSWEB CONRAD MESSAGE BOARDS

There are also several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the CONRAD surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Conrad Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any CONRAD name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the CONRAD family. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/conrad

***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the CONRADT/CONRAD lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.



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Last updated November 10, 2004.


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