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Anna Gertrude Fromme 1844-1909
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Anna Gertrude Fromme
was born 27 Nov 1844 in Ostbevern, Westfalen, Prussia. Her parents
were Johann Heinrich Fromme 1803-1864 and Anna Maria Elisabeth Bruske
1818-1901. Anna Gertrude
Fromme and her son Bernard Heinrich emigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1867.
Gertrude's parents never came to American. They died in Ostbever. She gave birth
to a son in Ostbevern in 1865, named Bernard Heinrich. His name was
Henry B. Kohus
1865-1921. No
father was reported on his birth record
(#195) so Gertrude must not have been married
at the time her son's birth. Bernard's godfather, indicated on his birth
record from St. Ambrosius Church was Bernard Kohues 1825-1885 the brother of
Joan Heinrich Kohues
1838-1913 who Gertrude later married in Cincinnati, Ohio at St. Paul
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1900 Census (#1142) Birth record (#296) Marriage record (#403) Death Certificate (#1160) Burial record (#174) Obituary from Cincinnati Volksfreund (#244) Obituary from Cincinnati Volksblat (#248) Named in son George's obituary from the Cincinnati Volksfreund (#243) Named in daughter Gertrude (Kohus) Westendorf's death certificate (#1157) Named on son Bernard Henrich's (Henry B. Kohus) birth record from St. Ambrosius Church, Ostbevern, Germany. (#195)
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hurch on 23 Jul 1867. Bernard Kohues 1825-1885 immigrated to Cincinnati,
Ohio in 1865. Gertrude Fromme immigrated in 1867 and married Henry Kohus on 23
Jul 1867 at the St. Paul Church,Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. At the time
of immigration he Americanized his
name to Henry Kohus. Henry was a tailor by trade. He worked in his own tailoring
businesses in Cincinnati and later in life he included his son Henry B. Kohus in
a business
venture called Kohus and Son. Anna and Henry had six children:
