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Tjaden family of Woodford Co., IL.

Tjaden family of Woodford Co., IL.

Posted: 12 Feb 2000 2:13PM GMT
Edited: 15 Jul 2001 9:38PM GMT
My great grandmother was Gerchen Tjaden b.16 Sept.1860 in Benson, Woodford Co., IL. She married Richard Schmitz. Her father's name was Reinhardt. Does anyone know her mother's name or have information on this branch of the Tjaden family?

Mother of Gerchen Tjaden

William Tjaden (View posts)
Posted: 14 Feb 2000 12:58PM GMT
Nancy,
I think I can help you with your question. According to my information, Reinhardt Heiken Tjaden was born in 1833 and died in 1880. He was married to Margaret Mennen. I don't know her dates, but I am more than willing to share any information I have on this family. Reinhardt was a brother of my gggrandfather, Jacob H. Tjaden. Their parents were Heike Tjaden (1788-1843) and Schwaantje Reiners (Reinders) (1799-1889).

Gerchen Tjaden Schmitz

Posted: 16 Feb 2000 5:27PM GMT
Edited: 15 Jul 2001 9:38PM GMT
Thanks for the information, William. My father remembers a Jake and Heike (was pronounced Hike) and a Tjaden family farm where as a child he got his pet pig Pete. Do you know when they came to the United States and settled in Woodford Co.? I don't find Tjaden in the 1850 census index.

Arrival in the U.S.

William Tjaden (View posts)
Posted: 16 Feb 2000 6:08PM GMT
The family of Jacob H. Tjaden came to the U.S. in 1857 and entered in New Orleans. They traveled up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers and settled near Peoria, Illinois. Later, they bought 700 acres of and in Woodford Co. My e-mail address is: btjaden@neotek.net

Heike and Herbert Tjaden

Marla Tjaden (View posts)
Posted: 23 Jun 2000 8:46PM GMT
My husband's grandfather is Herbert who had a brother Heike. Also: Ray, Elcena, and Martin. Parents: Robert Helena (Rosendahl)
Helena's Parents were Maria (Gerdes) and Ubbe Rosendahl
Any relation? Maria is my gg.grandfather John Gerdes' sister, but we don't know their parents' names. Yes, my husband have found we are related!
Posted: 20 Jul 2000 6:03AM GMT
Edited: 9 Jul 2001 3:43PM GMT
I have the names Tjaden and Reiners in my family tree. I would like to compare notes.

Tjaden Family

William Tjaden (View posts)
Posted: 20 Jul 2000 6:57AM GMT
My father was Bernard Tjaden, his father was Reinke (Frank) Tjaden. My greatgrandfather was Meenke Tjaden and his father was Jacob H. Tjaden. Jacob H. had 10 sons, seven of which had children. I have information on many of the offspring of Jacob H. If you are interested they whole family tree is on MyFamily.com and I can give you an invitation if you are not already on that site.

Misspelling?

Sarah (View posts)
Posted: 19 Nov 2000 3:32PM GMT
is RIENERS a misspelling because in my family history i have a tjaden and a RIENDERS

MISSPELLING

Posted: 19 Nov 2000 6:33PM GMT
Edited: 9 Jul 2001 3:43PM GMT
Hi Sarah,
My Reiners is spelled correctly and since I posted this message months ago I found out that the middle name was Tjaden and the last name was Kleen. It is too bad that you don't spell your name the same as mine because after 35 years of searching I finally found the whole family in Kansas and in Germany and I would really be able to help you but sorry it looks like we don't have a match. Good hunting!
June

re: Tjaden Family

Posted: 20 Jan 2001 8:38AM GMT
Edited: 30 Jun 2001 1:05AM GMT
I was just doing a little work this morning on the Tjaden family of Chickasaw Co., IA as it relates to the Erion and Arndt families, and Reinke -> Bernhard -> William looks very familiar. If you are from the Alta Vista area, could you drop me a note. My email address is mhubenth@sophistry.com.
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