Hannah, as she was called, was born in the Hannover region Prussia to Johann Heinrich Christian Wolpers and Johanna Caroline Elizabeth Borsum. Her ancestors were from the outskirts of the city of Hannover and from a farming hamlet near Hildesheim, now a UNESCO world heritage site. She came with her family to the US in 1853 through the port of New Orleans. They settled in Freedom, Lafayette County, Missouri where her father was a farmer.
Hannah first married Louis Fiene and with him had a son Heinrich and a daughter Dorothea. She was widowed in 1863 when a gang of bushwhackers took her husband and three others prisoner and shot them dead. Three years later she married Henry Harms. They resided in Salt Pond, Saline County living next to Henry's father Dietrich Harms and stepmother Anna Maria Koopman. There they had their first five children. They came on the Oregon Trail in 1876. Hannah and Henry had the last two children in Oregon. Sadly, Hannah died at age 47 leaving behind 8 surviving children and Henry widowed for 31 years.
Contributor: Shirley H (48603904) • [email protected]
Hannah first married Louis Fiene and with him had a son Heinrich and a daughter Dorothea. She was widowed in 1863 when a gang of bushwhackers took her husband and three others prisoner and shot them dead. Three years later she married Henry Harms. They resided in Salt Pond, Saline County living next to Henry's father Dietrich Harms and stepmother Anna Maria Koopman. There they had their first five children. They came on the Oregon Trail in 1876. Hannah and Henry had the last two children in Oregon. Sadly, Hannah died at age 47 leaving behind 8 surviving children and Henry widowed for 31 years.
Contributor: Shirley H (48603904) • [email protected]
Hannah, as she was called, was born in the Hannover region Prussia to Johann Heinrich Christian Wolpers and Johanna Caroline Elizabeth Borsum. Her ancestors were from the outskirts of the city of Hannover and from a farming hamlet near Hildesheim, now a UNESCO world heritage site. She came with her family to the US in 1853 through the port of New Orleans. They settled in Freedom, Lafayette County, Missouri where her father was a farmer.
Hannah first married Louis Fiene and with him had a son Heinrich and a daughter Dorothea. She was widowed in 1863 when a gang of bushwhackers took her husband and three others prisoner and shot them dead. Three years later she married Henry Harms. They resided in Salt Pond, Saline County living next to Henry's father Dietrich Harms and stepmother Anna Maria Koopman. There they had their first five children. They came on the Oregon Trail in 1876. Hannah and Henry had the last two children in Oregon. Sadly, Hannah died at age 47 leaving behind 8 surviving children and Henry widowed for 31 years.
Contributor: Shirley H (48603904) • [email protected]
Hannah first married Louis Fiene and with him had a son Heinrich and a daughter Dorothea. She was widowed in 1863 when a gang of bushwhackers took her husband and three others prisoner and shot them dead. Three years later she married Henry Harms. They resided in Salt Pond, Saline County living next to Henry's father Dietrich Harms and stepmother Anna Maria Koopman. There they had their first five children. They came on the Oregon Trail in 1876. Hannah and Henry had the last two children in Oregon. Sadly, Hannah died at age 47 leaving behind 8 surviving children and Henry widowed for 31 years.
Contributor: Shirley H (48603904) • [email protected]
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