Johann (John) Wilhelm Christoph Pankow was born on March 4, 1841 in Fanger, Pomerania to Heinrich and Wilhelmina (Dülge) Pankow. In the year 1867 Johann emigrated from the village of Fanger. He landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from where he immediately left for the United States. He worked in several states, building railroad beds. Later he established himself as a farmer near Kirchhayn, Wisconsin. On April 17, 1874 he married Wilhelmina Auguste Charlotte Dreier in Belford Township, Hankinson, North Dakota.
Wilhelmina was also a native of Pomerania. The date of her birth was December 22, 1855. The place was the village of Dorphagen, near Greifenberg. Wilhelmina's life was one of hardship. At an early age in Pomerania, she was hired to work in a home for only a few cents per week. In the year 1866, when she was not quite eleven years of age, she emigrated with her parents from the village of Dorphagen to the United States. Their voyage on a sailboat lasted a period of about eight weeks. They landed in Quebec, Canada. They then journeyed to Kirchhayn, near Jackson, Wisconsin, where they settled on a farm.
After Johann and Wilhelmina were married, the young couple made their home on a farm, which is today located on the east side of Division Road, or Highway G, just south of Highway T, also known as Kirchhayn Road, or Western Avenue. It is about a mile and a half west and a little south of Kirchhayn. Next to the house is a large summer kitchen built of stone with heavy timbers in the ceiling. Kirchhayn means "the church in the wildwoods." Originally, it was simply called Town X. Eight children were born to the couple in Kirchhayn.
At Kirchhayn, the Pankow family were members of Zion Lutheran Church, a small Missouri Synod congregation, which held services in a house (originally log, before it was remodeled), located on a farm on the east side of Church Road, and south of Highway 60. One of their children, Wilhelmine, died at the age of four months and is buried in a small cemetery south of the house.
In 1889, Johann and Wilhelmina and family left Wisconsin for Hankinson, North Dakota. Wilhelmina's parents, Christian and Sophia Dreier, accompanied them. The opportunity to homestead in Belford Township and to have the benefits not only of a church but also of a Christian day school prompted them to move. They homesteaded on land which is located three miles north and one half mile west of Hankinson. They joined St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Belford and began sending their older children to the parochial school. The school was taught by a Mr. Goephard and later by the pastor, the Rev. Tietjen Hinck, who resided in Great Bend, North Dakota. Baby August, as well as his grandparents, the Dreiers, died shortly after the family came to North Dakota.
In Belford, two more children were born to the family, August Bernhard and Ida. Hermann died in 1907 at the age of 23. The rest of the children, with the exception of Wilhelm, married, and all except Heinrich, made their homes on farms near Hankinson. Heinrich homesteaded several hundred miles farther northwest near Anamoose, North Dakota.
Johann passed away on March 5, 1894 in Belford Township, Hankinson at the age of 53. Wilhelmina passed away 50 years later on June 7, 1944 in Belford Township at the age of 88.
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PIONEER BELFORD WOMAN DIED
Funeral Will Be Held Sunday at Belford Church
Mrs. Wilhelmina Pankow, pioneer mother of Richland County passed away at the home of her son, August Pankow in Belford Township Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held at the Belford Lutheran Church Sunday at 2 o'clock. Rev. Cordts conducting the services. Burial will be made beside her husband who preceded her in death, in the Belford Cemetery.
Wilhelmina Pankow Dreyer was born Dec. 22, 1855, in Dorphagen, Pomerania, Germany. In 1866 she came to the United States, making the trip across the Atlantic in a sail boat, forty days being required to make the trip. The immigrants first settled at Kirchhayn, WI. On April 17, 1874, she was united in marriage to John Pankow. In the spring of 1889 she came to Richland County, taking up a homestead in Belford Township. Her husband preceded her in death in 1894.
Surviving to mourn their loss are seven children: Mrs. Albert Medenwaldt, Henry, of McClousky, ND., William, Fred, August and Ida, of Hankinson and Mrs. Frank Medenwaldt, 34 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren survive.
(Hankinson NEWS, June 8, 1944)
Wilhelmine Auguste Charlotte Dreier was born in Dorphagen, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia.
Wilhelmina was also a native of Pomerania. The date of her birth was December 22, 1855. The place was the village of Dorphagen, near Greifenberg. Wilhelmina's life was one of hardship. At an early age in Pomerania, she was hired to work in a home for only a few cents per week. In the year 1866, when she was not quite eleven years of age, she emigrated with her parents from the village of Dorphagen to the United States. Their voyage on a sailboat lasted a period of about eight weeks. They landed in Quebec, Canada. They then journeyed to Kirchhayn, near Jackson, Wisconsin, where they settled on a farm.
After Johann and Wilhelmina were married, the young couple made their home on a farm, which is today located on the east side of Division Road, or Highway G, just south of Highway T, also known as Kirchhayn Road, or Western Avenue. It is about a mile and a half west and a little south of Kirchhayn. Next to the house is a large summer kitchen built of stone with heavy timbers in the ceiling. Kirchhayn means "the church in the wildwoods." Originally, it was simply called Town X. Eight children were born to the couple in Kirchhayn.
At Kirchhayn, the Pankow family were members of Zion Lutheran Church, a small Missouri Synod congregation, which held services in a house (originally log, before it was remodeled), located on a farm on the east side of Church Road, and south of Highway 60. One of their children, Wilhelmine, died at the age of four months and is buried in a small cemetery south of the house.
In 1889, Johann and Wilhelmina and family left Wisconsin for Hankinson, North Dakota. Wilhelmina's parents, Christian and Sophia Dreier, accompanied them. The opportunity to homestead in Belford Township and to have the benefits not only of a church but also of a Christian day school prompted them to move. They homesteaded on land which is located three miles north and one half mile west of Hankinson. They joined St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Belford and began sending their older children to the parochial school. The school was taught by a Mr. Goephard and later by the pastor, the Rev. Tietjen Hinck, who resided in Great Bend, North Dakota. Baby August, as well as his grandparents, the Dreiers, died shortly after the family came to North Dakota.
In Belford, two more children were born to the family, August Bernhard and Ida. Hermann died in 1907 at the age of 23. The rest of the children, with the exception of Wilhelm, married, and all except Heinrich, made their homes on farms near Hankinson. Heinrich homesteaded several hundred miles farther northwest near Anamoose, North Dakota.
Johann passed away on March 5, 1894 in Belford Township, Hankinson at the age of 53. Wilhelmina passed away 50 years later on June 7, 1944 in Belford Township at the age of 88.
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PIONEER BELFORD WOMAN DIED
Funeral Will Be Held Sunday at Belford Church
Mrs. Wilhelmina Pankow, pioneer mother of Richland County passed away at the home of her son, August Pankow in Belford Township Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held at the Belford Lutheran Church Sunday at 2 o'clock. Rev. Cordts conducting the services. Burial will be made beside her husband who preceded her in death, in the Belford Cemetery.
Wilhelmina Pankow Dreyer was born Dec. 22, 1855, in Dorphagen, Pomerania, Germany. In 1866 she came to the United States, making the trip across the Atlantic in a sail boat, forty days being required to make the trip. The immigrants first settled at Kirchhayn, WI. On April 17, 1874, she was united in marriage to John Pankow. In the spring of 1889 she came to Richland County, taking up a homestead in Belford Township. Her husband preceded her in death in 1894.
Surviving to mourn their loss are seven children: Mrs. Albert Medenwaldt, Henry, of McClousky, ND., William, Fred, August and Ida, of Hankinson and Mrs. Frank Medenwaldt, 34 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren survive.
(Hankinson NEWS, June 8, 1944)
Wilhelmine Auguste Charlotte Dreier was born in Dorphagen, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia.
Johann (John) Wilhelm Christoph Pankow was born on March 4, 1841 in Fanger, Pomerania to Heinrich and Wilhelmina (Dülge) Pankow. In the year 1867 Johann emigrated from the village of Fanger. He landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from where he immediately left for the United States. He worked in several states, building railroad beds. Later he established himself as a farmer near Kirchhayn, Wisconsin. On April 17, 1874 he married Wilhelmina Auguste Charlotte Dreier in Belford Township, Hankinson, North Dakota.
Wilhelmina was also a native of Pomerania. The date of her birth was December 22, 1855. The place was the village of Dorphagen, near Greifenberg. Wilhelmina's life was one of hardship. At an early age in Pomerania, she was hired to work in a home for only a few cents per week. In the year 1866, when she was not quite eleven years of age, she emigrated with her parents from the village of Dorphagen to the United States. Their voyage on a sailboat lasted a period of about eight weeks. They landed in Quebec, Canada. They then journeyed to Kirchhayn, near Jackson, Wisconsin, where they settled on a farm.
After Johann and Wilhelmina were married, the young couple made their home on a farm, which is today located on the east side of Division Road, or Highway G, just south of Highway T, also known as Kirchhayn Road, or Western Avenue. It is about a mile and a half west and a little south of Kirchhayn. Next to the house is a large summer kitchen built of stone with heavy timbers in the ceiling. Kirchhayn means "the church in the wildwoods." Originally, it was simply called Town X. Eight children were born to the couple in Kirchhayn.
At Kirchhayn, the Pankow family were members of Zion Lutheran Church, a small Missouri Synod congregation, which held services in a house (originally log, before it was remodeled), located on a farm on the east side of Church Road, and south of Highway 60. One of their children, Wilhelmine, died at the age of four months and is buried in a small cemetery south of the house.
In 1889, Johann and Wilhelmina and family left Wisconsin for Hankinson, North Dakota. Wilhelmina's parents, Christian and Sophia Dreier, accompanied them. The opportunity to homestead in Belford Township and to have the benefits not only of a church but also of a Christian day school prompted them to move. They homesteaded on land which is located three miles north and one half mile west of Hankinson. They joined St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Belford and began sending their older children to the parochial school. The school was taught by a Mr. Goephard and later by the pastor, the Rev. Tietjen Hinck, who resided in Great Bend, North Dakota. Baby August, as well as his grandparents, the Dreiers, died shortly after the family came to North Dakota.
In Belford, two more children were born to the family, August Bernhard and Ida. Hermann died in 1907 at the age of 23. The rest of the children, with the exception of Wilhelm, married, and all except Heinrich, made their homes on farms near Hankinson. Heinrich homesteaded several hundred miles farther northwest near Anamoose, North Dakota.
Johann passed away on March 5, 1894 in Belford Township, Hankinson at the age of 53. Wilhelmina passed away 50 years later on June 7, 1944 in Belford Township at the age of 88.
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PIONEER BELFORD WOMAN DIED
Funeral Will Be Held Sunday at Belford Church
Mrs. Wilhelmina Pankow, pioneer mother of Richland County passed away at the home of her son, August Pankow in Belford Township Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held at the Belford Lutheran Church Sunday at 2 o'clock. Rev. Cordts conducting the services. Burial will be made beside her husband who preceded her in death, in the Belford Cemetery.
Wilhelmina Pankow Dreyer was born Dec. 22, 1855, in Dorphagen, Pomerania, Germany. In 1866 she came to the United States, making the trip across the Atlantic in a sail boat, forty days being required to make the trip. The immigrants first settled at Kirchhayn, WI. On April 17, 1874, she was united in marriage to John Pankow. In the spring of 1889 she came to Richland County, taking up a homestead in Belford Township. Her husband preceded her in death in 1894.
Surviving to mourn their loss are seven children: Mrs. Albert Medenwaldt, Henry, of McClousky, ND., William, Fred, August and Ida, of Hankinson and Mrs. Frank Medenwaldt, 34 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren survive.
(Hankinson NEWS, June 8, 1944)
Wilhelmine Auguste Charlotte Dreier was born in Dorphagen, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia.
Wilhelmina was also a native of Pomerania. The date of her birth was December 22, 1855. The place was the village of Dorphagen, near Greifenberg. Wilhelmina's life was one of hardship. At an early age in Pomerania, she was hired to work in a home for only a few cents per week. In the year 1866, when she was not quite eleven years of age, she emigrated with her parents from the village of Dorphagen to the United States. Their voyage on a sailboat lasted a period of about eight weeks. They landed in Quebec, Canada. They then journeyed to Kirchhayn, near Jackson, Wisconsin, where they settled on a farm.
After Johann and Wilhelmina were married, the young couple made their home on a farm, which is today located on the east side of Division Road, or Highway G, just south of Highway T, also known as Kirchhayn Road, or Western Avenue. It is about a mile and a half west and a little south of Kirchhayn. Next to the house is a large summer kitchen built of stone with heavy timbers in the ceiling. Kirchhayn means "the church in the wildwoods." Originally, it was simply called Town X. Eight children were born to the couple in Kirchhayn.
At Kirchhayn, the Pankow family were members of Zion Lutheran Church, a small Missouri Synod congregation, which held services in a house (originally log, before it was remodeled), located on a farm on the east side of Church Road, and south of Highway 60. One of their children, Wilhelmine, died at the age of four months and is buried in a small cemetery south of the house.
In 1889, Johann and Wilhelmina and family left Wisconsin for Hankinson, North Dakota. Wilhelmina's parents, Christian and Sophia Dreier, accompanied them. The opportunity to homestead in Belford Township and to have the benefits not only of a church but also of a Christian day school prompted them to move. They homesteaded on land which is located three miles north and one half mile west of Hankinson. They joined St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Belford and began sending their older children to the parochial school. The school was taught by a Mr. Goephard and later by the pastor, the Rev. Tietjen Hinck, who resided in Great Bend, North Dakota. Baby August, as well as his grandparents, the Dreiers, died shortly after the family came to North Dakota.
In Belford, two more children were born to the family, August Bernhard and Ida. Hermann died in 1907 at the age of 23. The rest of the children, with the exception of Wilhelm, married, and all except Heinrich, made their homes on farms near Hankinson. Heinrich homesteaded several hundred miles farther northwest near Anamoose, North Dakota.
Johann passed away on March 5, 1894 in Belford Township, Hankinson at the age of 53. Wilhelmina passed away 50 years later on June 7, 1944 in Belford Township at the age of 88.
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PIONEER BELFORD WOMAN DIED
Funeral Will Be Held Sunday at Belford Church
Mrs. Wilhelmina Pankow, pioneer mother of Richland County passed away at the home of her son, August Pankow in Belford Township Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held at the Belford Lutheran Church Sunday at 2 o'clock. Rev. Cordts conducting the services. Burial will be made beside her husband who preceded her in death, in the Belford Cemetery.
Wilhelmina Pankow Dreyer was born Dec. 22, 1855, in Dorphagen, Pomerania, Germany. In 1866 she came to the United States, making the trip across the Atlantic in a sail boat, forty days being required to make the trip. The immigrants first settled at Kirchhayn, WI. On April 17, 1874, she was united in marriage to John Pankow. In the spring of 1889 she came to Richland County, taking up a homestead in Belford Township. Her husband preceded her in death in 1894.
Surviving to mourn their loss are seven children: Mrs. Albert Medenwaldt, Henry, of McClousky, ND., William, Fred, August and Ida, of Hankinson and Mrs. Frank Medenwaldt, 34 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren survive.
(Hankinson NEWS, June 8, 1944)
Wilhelmine Auguste Charlotte Dreier was born in Dorphagen, Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia.
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Anna Bertha Augusta Pankow Medenwaldt
1875–1958
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Wilhelm Pankow
1876–1956
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Bertha Marie Albertine Pankow Medenwaldt
1878–1960
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Wilhelmina Sophie Albertine Pankow
1883–1883
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Herman Gustav Louis Pankow
1884–1907
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Friedrich Johann August Pankow
1886–1978
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August Wilhelm Otto Pankow
1888–1889
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August Bernhardt Friedrich Pankow
1890–1974
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