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- Name Suffix: Sr.
REFN: kidolly
He came to U. S. in 1850 with his brother Heinrich Dietrich Wilhelm. He and Fred joined St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Ft. Wayne, on 10 Jul 1850. On 13 August 1854 he married Catharina Schlemmer at St. Paul's, downtown Ft. Wayne. The couple bough t a farm on the south side of Seiler Road, New Haven, and raised their family there. In 1860 they are listed as living between Hanah Davis and Manan (?) and close to Carl Brody. They were members of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, New Haven. In 1855 C onrad owned a slave who cleared the farm area. The story is told that he was a somewhat stuffy and lazy man who used to sit in the shade, under a tree, wearing a white shirt as he watched his family work. The first service of the group that form ed Emmanuel Lutheran Church, New Haven, met in the shop of the wagon maker Geo. Forrster. Minister was F. A. Herzberger. The congregation organized in 1858, meeting in the home of Fred Linnemann. On 7 Nov 1858 13 men signed the original consti tution tofound Emanuel Lutheran Church, New Haven. Three of them were Carl Brudi, Henry Luehrs, and Conrad Jackemeyer, Sr. The Church belonged to the Ohio Synod from Aug 1859 to Sep 16, 1860. Emanuel remained independent until 7/21/1867 whe n it joined the LCMS. The Ohio Synod became part of the ALC, American Lutheran Church.
Events:
- March 23, 1859 - contract signed to build a Church
- Oct 30, 1859 - dedication
- 1882 - Church was converted to a school
- Nov1882 - dedication of the larger Church built at Bell and Henry Sts. for $6,360.49.
- 14 dec 1952 - Central Lutheran School was dedicated.
- Apr 27, 1958 - Church site was sold
- May 15, 1960 - dedication of the larger Church byCentral Lutheran School.
- Miss Alice Ahlschwede was the teacher.
In all, Conrad, Sr. bought three farms of 80 acres each, and he eventually left one to each of his three sons. He and Catharina had 13 children, 9 of whom lived to adulthood. The chldren were all born at home on Seiler Road. The four childre n who died in infancy were 2 boys and 2 girls. They are buried at Emanuel Cemetery close to their parents. 1870 census, age 47, living with wife (37) and 7 children: Sophia (13), Louisa (10), Lizette (8) Catherine (5), Henry (2) and Conrad ( 2 months). 1880 census does not list Sophia or Louisa as living at home. 1900 census age 75 living with wife, Emma, and Christian.
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