PHOTOS FROM GLASS NEGATIVES

LUCY (VEERS) LOEWENHAGEN


Lucy (Veers) Loewenhagen

MARTHA REE AND LUCY (VEERS) LOWENHAGEN


Martha Ree and Lucy (Veers) Loewenhagen

Friedrich Loewenhagen and Lucy Veers (v.3 p.179)
Sept. 5, 1895 in civil ceremony, Town of New Holstein
Friedrich Loewenhagen
Son of Lorenz Loewenhagen and Sophia Beyerstedt
Born Town of New Holstein
Machinist at Aspen, Colorado
Lucy Veers
Daughter of Ernst Veers and Bertha Greening
Born Town of New Holstein
Witnesses John Veers and Claus Wichmann
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Friedrich born 1862 died May 1, 1928
Lucy Veers born 27 Feb 1870 died 14 Aug 1960
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Friedrich, or Fred as he was called out here, surveyed for 
the mines in Thomasville and Aspen and then later for the 
narrow gauge Uinath Railroad here in Colorado and Utah, and 
platted the town of Fruita and did the water sytstem for 
Fruita and all the roads around.  He was also surveying 
ditches and irrigation projects.  He was injured in a horse 
and buckboard accident while on a remote surveying trip and 
later died from his injuries in 1928. It's always been family 
lore that Lucy's family did not want her to come "West" and 
did not give her blessing.   (info from Lucy Rickman)

SOPHIA LOEWENHAGEN


Sophia Loewenhagen

From Calumet county death records:
Sophia Loewenhagen nee Beyerstedt (v.4 p.64)
May 12, 1834-Feb. 22, 1905
Widow of Lawrence Loewenhagen
Parents not named on record
Born Germany
Died from “old age”
Buried at New Holstein Cemetery
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With the death of Mrs. Sophia Loewenhagen, which occurred at one o’clock on Wednesday, 
another old settler passed away.  The deceased was born in Germany 71 years ago and 
some fifty years ago she came to New Holstein.  She kept house for her brother a few 
years and then was married to Lorenz Loewenhagen and lived on a farm 2 1/2 miles west 
of the village.  In 1862 her husband enlisted in the army and died in a hospital in 
Georgia.  Mrs. L. was appointed postmistress of the village and held the position for 
some 24 years.  She was a woman whom everyone liked because of her kind disposition. 
The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon.
Chilton Times, February 26, 1905
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Her husband was killed in the Civil War. After the war, Sophia became the 
postmaster at New Holstein and held that position for many years.


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