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Chapter 3:
The Ties that Bind

             While the families covered in this history had a close clan relationship, there was a more important tie of marriage. The tie was 3 clan members who married 3 sisters – Frieda, Anna, and Sophie Westerman.  Frieda married Jacob Wischoff, Anna married Johann Heinrich Drewes, and Sophia married Hans Henry "Jacob" Kruse. The children of these marriages had a close relationship until the diaspora.

The Westerman Sisters 

Fred Wischhoff

Jacob Wischhoff

Anna

Westerman

(1855-1935)

Johann

Heinrich

Drewes

Henry Drewes

William Drewes

Sophie

Westerman

Jacob

Kruse

Henry Kruse

Karl Kruse

Fred Kruse

Frieda

Westerman

Jacob

Wischhoff

Dorothea Beneke

(2nd wife)

Dorothea Wischhoff

Sophie Wischhoff

Jacob Wischhoff

Fred Wischhoff

DREWES family tree.JPG

            Frieda and Jacob Wischoff had 2 sons named Jacob and Fred. Frieda never came to the New World, nor did  her husband Jacob.  Frieda passed away in Germany, leaving her two small boys behind. Jacob eventually remarried to Dorothea Beneke.  At the time of the marriage, Dorothea was a house slave with a teenaged daughter named Marie. Marie grew up and married Wilhelm Lehmberg and they left four generations on the heide.  Freida and Jacob's oldest son Jacob also remained in Germany.  He survived military service in World War I and he married and lived in Germany.

          Dorothea and Jacob had 2 more daughters named Dorothea and Sophie. Jacob eventually died and Dorothea was widowed. Their daughter Dorothea came to Ellerslie, Alberta to marry William Drewes in 1910. They later moved to Florida. Then Jacob's son Fred came to Florida in 1913 to join William Drewes, who was his cousin. Dorothea and her other daughter Sophie came to Canada in 1923.

            The entirety of the families of Anna and J.H. Drewes and of Sophie and Jacob Kruse met Ellerslie and all of them made their way to Texas together. The diaspora as the families left Texas broke the close family ties that had existed until that time.  While there is evidence that some of the cousins had contact with each other throughout their lifetimes, the family relationship broke down with the next generation.

Generation 2.3

Casten Heinrich Drewes

(1828-1891)

2.3

Catharine Marie Elizabeth Ahrens

(1829-1891)

3.1

Johann Heinrich Christoph Drewes

(Mar 13, 1856-1921)

3.2

Friedrich Christoph Wilhelm Drewes

(Jan 6, 1859-

Jan 16, 1859)

3.3

Johann Heinrich Friedrich "Fred" Drewes

(July 30, 1860-1932)

3.4

Heinrich Wilhelm "William"

Drewes

(July 27, 1863-1929)

3.5

Georg

Christoph Wilhelm Drewes

(Feb 10, 1866-

Feb 25, 1866)

3.6

Ilsa Marie Dorothea Drewes

(Sept 7, 1869-

1915)

Generation 3.1

Johann Heinrich Christoph

Drewes

(Mar 13, 1856-1921)

3.1

Anna Maria

Elizabeth

Westerman

(1855-1935)

4.1

Heinrich Christoph Friedrich "Henry" Drewes

(Mar 19, 1879-1946)

Never married

4.2

Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm "William/Bill" Drewes

(Apr 19, 1887-1960)

Generation 3.3

Johann Heinrich Friedrich "Fred"

Drewes

(July 30, 1860-1932)

3.3

Marie Christina Dorothea

Euhus

(1870-1946)

4.3

Heinrich Wilhelm/

William Friedrich "Fred" Drewes

(Aug 29,1894-1990)

4.4

Freidrich Heinrich Hermann

Drewes

(Sept 5, 1898-1943)

4.5

Marie Dorothea Erna

Drewes

(Feb 10, 1901-1995)

4.6

Marie Sophie

Alma

Drewes

(Dec 10, 1902-1989)

Generation 3.4

Heinrich Wilhelm "William"

Drewes

(July 27, 1863-1929)

3.4

Catharina Magdalena Dorothea Helmke

(1870-1925)

4.7

Marie Magdalene Dora "Dora" Drewes

(Apr 10, 1892-1974)

4.8

Heinrich Hermann Wilhelm "Bill" Drewes

(Jan 18, 1894-1978)

4.9

Pauline Maria Drewes

(Dec 29, 1896-Mar 15, 1902)

4.10

Heinrich Herman "Herman"

Drewes

(Dec 25, 1900-1977)

4.11

Heinrich August 

Drewes

(May 22, 1902-

Aug 13, 1902)

4.12

Emma Helene Drewes

(July 10, 1903-1985)

4.13

Ella Frieda Alma "Frieda" 

Drewes

(May 1, 1906-1980)

4.14

Heinrich Karl "Carl"

Drewes

(Jan 15, 1909-2004)

Generation 3.6

Heinrich Friedrich Christoph Heuer

(1868-1955)

Ilsa Marie Dorothea Drewes

(Sept 7, 1869-1915)

3.6

4.15

Heinrich Friedrich Herman "Henry" Heuer

(Sept 20, 1898-1998)

4.16

Ann Dorothea Heuer

(June 27, 1909-1915)

Generation 4.2

Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm "William/Bill" Drewes

(Apr 19, 1887-1960)

4.2

Maria Christina Dorothea

Wischoff

(1889-1953)

5.1

Walter Drewes

(1911-died in infancy)

5.2

Martha Sophie Drewes

(July 16, 1914-

Oct 20, 2005)

5.3

George Henry Drewes

(October 1916-

Mar 24, 1974)

5.4

Martin William

Drewes

(Oct 24, 1918-

Apr 22, 2006)

5.5

Elsie Dora Margaret 

Drewes

(Dec 23, 1920-

Nov 29, 2009)

5.6

Alfred Karl Drewes

(June 1, 1922-

Dec 17, 1925)

Generation 4.3

Heinrich Wilhelm/

William Friedrich "Fred" Drewes

(Aug 29,1894-1990)

4.3

Blanche

Charlotte

Ekstrom

(1900-1991)

5.7

Helen Marjorie Drewes

(Mar 28, 1922-unknown)

5.8

Kenneth Earl Drewes

(July 15, 1926-unknown)

5.9

Carla Jean Drewes

(Dec 24, 1928-unknown)

5.10

Alta Marilyn 

Drewes

(Apr 22, 1932-unknown)

5.11

Norman Frederick 

Drewes

(July 5,1937-unknown)

Generation 4.4

Freidrich Heinrich Hermann

Drewes

(Sept 5, 1898-1943)

4.4

Frances

Patience

Nunn

(1900-1988)

5.12

Martin Alfred Drewes

(Apr 10, 1922-

April 1924)

5.13

Edna Lucille Drewes

(May 26, 1924-unknown)

5.14

Hazel Ruby Drewes

(Jan 9, 1926-unknown)

5.15

Richard Herman 

Drewes

(Apr 18, 1928-unknown)

5.16

Lenis Mary

Drewes

(Jan 28, 1934-unknown)

Generation 4.5

Howard Allen

Long

(dates unknown)

Marie Dorothea Erna

Drewes

(Feb 10, 1901-1995)

4.5

5.17

Dorothy Evelyn Long

(Sept 6, 1923-unknown)

5.18

Marjorie Alma

Long

(Sept 20, 1926-unknown)

5.19

Norma Eilene

Long

(July 13, 1928-unknown)

5.20

Karen Joan

Long

(Apr 3, 1937-unknown)

Generation 4.6

Ray E.

Ernst

(1900-1953)

Marie Sophie Alma

Drewes

(Dec 10, 1902-1989)

4.6

5.21

Baby Girl 

(1921-1921)

5.22

Bernice Ernst

(July 31, 1923-unknown)

5.23

Lorraine S. Ernst

(July 10, 1927-unknown)

5.24

Charmaine Ernst

(July 15, 1929-unknown)

5.25

Reneda Ernst

(July 13, 1931-unknown)

5.26

Fred Ernst

(Mar 16, 1933-unknown)

Generation 4.7

John

Sturzen

Hofaker

(1889-1979)

Marie Magdalene Dora "Dora"

Drewes

(Apr 10, 1892-1974)

4.7

5.27

Edna Marie Hofaker

(dates unknown)

5.28

Walter Herman Hofaker

(dates unknown)

5.29

Arthur John Hofaker

(dates unknown)

5.30

Martin Gottfried Hofaker

(dates unknown)

5.31

____

Hofaker

(dates unknown)

Generation 4.8

Heinrich Hermann Wilhelm "Bill"

Drewes

(Jan 18, 1894-1978)

4.8

Louise

Buchiester

(1900-1989)

5.32

Magdalena "Lante" Drewes

(1929-unknown)

5.33

Mary L.

Drewes

(1927-unknown)

5.34

Paul William Drewes

(1928-unknown)

5.35

Leona Emilie Drewes

(1930-unknown)

Generation 4.10

Heinrich Herman "Herman"

Drewes

(Dec 25, 1900-1977)

4.10

Rosie

K.

Emtman

(1899-1983)

5.36

Ruth Rose

Drewes

(1927-unknown)

5.37

Juanita Mae Drewes

(dates unknown)

Generation 4.12

Clinton Leroy "Roy" Piper

(1903-1960)

Emma Helene Drewes

(July 10, 1903-1985)

4.12

5.38

Betty Piper

(1924-unknown)

5.39

Dorothy Piper

(1927-unknown)

5.40

Dolores Piper

(1930-unknown)

Generation 4.13

Charles Budwin 

Piper

(1909-1977)

Ella Frieda Alma "Frieda" 

Drewes

(May 1, 1906-1980)

4.13

5.41

Marjorie Ella Piper

(Mar 18, 1930-unknown)

5.42

Patricia Ann "Pat" Piper

(Jan 4, 1932-unknown)

5.43

Charolotte Jean Piper

(May 16, 1933-unknown)

5.44

Charles Edward Piper

(June 12, 1935-unknown)

5.45

Robert Ray "Bob" Piper

(Jan 25, 1944-unknown)

Generation 4.14

Heinrich Karl "Carl" Drewes

(Jan 15, 1909-2004)

4.14

Kathryn Rosa Wallner

(1911-1989)

5.46

Barbara Drewes

(dates unknown)

5.47

Don Drewes

(dates unknown)

5.48

Marcia Drewes

(dates unknown)

5.49

Julie Drewes

(dates unknown)

Generation 4.15

Heinrich Friedrich Herman "Henry" Heuer

(Sept 20, 1898-1998)

4.15

Frieda Anna Minna Bolland

(1898-1986)

5.50

Dorothy M. Heuer

(Dec 12, 1928-unknown)

5.51

Madeline K. Heuer

(Mar 7, 1933-unknown)

5.52

Norman H. Heuer

(Sept 26, 1936-unknown)

5.53

Margaret Elaine Heuer

(Feb 27, 1938-unknown)

5.54

Edward H. Heuer

(Aug 2, 1939-unknown)

5.55

Donald A. Heuer

(Dec 9, 1943-unknown)

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