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jkb47@bigskytel.comNew info: I have two Peter Johanns who lived in Nuckolls County, Nebraska at the same time. Told that the two were brothers, not sure why they both went by the same name.
Comparing the two:
Peter [born 1833] in USA bef 1852
Peter [# 2] in USA abt 1871
1852 Peter’s immigration papers filed in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Feb 1855, Peter [1833] married Hannah Elizabeth Weast in La Porte County, Indiana
1860 census - Peter [1833] in Porter twp, Valparaiso Post Office, Porter County, Indiana
Peter [1833] served in American Civil War; claimed Residence in Hanna Station, La Porte County, Indiana - Enlist 16 Aug 1862
1870 census- Peter [1833] in Noble Precinct, Union Mills post office, La Porte County, Indiana
Jan 1876 - Peter [# 2] died and is the first person buried in the St. Stephens Cemetery in Lawrence, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Feb 1876 - Peter [1833] daughter, Mary, married Louis Schumm in St. Stephens Church, witness sister Janie Johann
Oct 1876 - Peter [# 2] daughter, Anna, married Joseph Wenzinger in St. Stephens Church, witness sister Barbara Johann
Mar 1879 - Peter [1833] daughter, Jane, married Horace Batchelor in St. Stephens Church, witness sister Meldie Johann
May 1879 - Peter [1833] goes to Court to get his Citizen Ship
June 1880 Census - Peter [# 2] widow, Maggie in Bohnart Precinct, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
- Catherine [18] b. abt 1862 Prussia
- Nickolas [15] b. abt 1865 Bohemia
1880 Census - Peter [# 2] daughter, Anna & Joseph Wenzinger, in Oak Creek Precinct, Webster County, Nebraska
1880 Census - Peter [1833] & family in Liberty Precinct, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
- 1890 -
Peter [1883] die in Norton, Norton Co, Kansas
Hannah Elizabeth Weast Johann died in Hendley, Furnas Co, Nebraska