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Tegtmeyer & Kenow Family History and Allied Lines
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 1841 - 1885 (43 years)
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| Name |
Heinrich Wilhelm Anton Tegtmeyer |
| Born |
18 Dec 1841 |
Gross Berkel, Hameln-Pyrmont, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Inn keeper in Polle, Germany |
| Died |
1885 |
| Person ID |
I35 |
Tegtmeyer Kenow Family |
| Last Modified |
25 Mar 2013 |
| Family |
Bertha Schroeder, b. 12 May 1850, Fahrenholz, Lower Saxony, Germany , d. 12 Apr 1927, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany (Age 76 years) |
| Married |
25 Jun 1872 |
Polle. Hannover, Germany |
| Children |
| | 1. Berta Frederika Wilhelmina Caroline Tegtmeyer, b. 4 Mar 1873, Polle. Hannover, Germany |
| | 2. William George Tegtmeyer, I, b. 15 Feb 1875, Geestemunde/ Bremerhaven Germany , d. 11 Dec 1939, St. Louis, Missouri (Age 64 years) |
| | 3. George Henry Tegtmeyer, b. 4 Dec 1877, Geestemunde, Germany , d. 1969 (Age 91 years) |
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| Family ID |
F13 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- In letter (8/21/1990) from Martha Hedden: Tegtmeyer was in the Kaiser's service; " the saluting, heel clicking kind of person and a very strict disciplinarian". He died about age 42.
Have copy of Picture of Wilhelm Anton Tegtmeyer taken in Oldenburg, 1884
In letter from Paul Tegtmeyer:
With regard to our great grandfather, my information indicates his name was Wilhelm Anton. I believe he was a cavalry officer, probably the equivalent of a captain. I and not certain which army he served in, at least at the time of his death, whether it was the Imperial German Army, or some regiment still attached to the King of Hanover. My grandfather always said how his family had hated the Kaiser and were against the domination of Prussia, and of Hanover becoming part of the German Empire (1870). Hanover was one of 5 Kingdoms (along with Wurtemberg, Saxony, Bavaria and Prussia) and some 30 duchies, electorates and free cities which became the German Empire. It is unclear whether the King of Hanover, at that point a figurehead and vassal of the Kaiser, would have been allowed to have his own army.
The family lore which I received about his death was that he had accepted a bet or dare to ride his horse into a palace or mansion where he was stationed. He rode in and hit his head on either a chandelier or archway, fell off the horse and broke his neck.
With regard to any Tegtmeyers further back in time, my grandfather had told me that his grandfather (our G,G,Grandfather) was a “Jagermeister,†which is a game warden or someone who organizes the equipment for a hunt. I have no idea what his dates would be. I am uncertain whether my grandfather ever met him, or where he would have worked.
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