Eggers, Heuer, Landman, Titgemeyer Family

Henry Eggers was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1814. He married Mary Schuette. They with their four children, Henry W. (born 1-3-1847), Anna (Bockelman), Mary (Kanney), and William immigrated to America in 1866 and settled in Freedom Township. The mother died in 1877 at theage of 55 years.

In 1873, the son, Henry W. Eggers, was married to Mary Norden, a native of Okolona, the daughter of Charles and Eliza Norden. Their children were: Anna (Mrs. William Gerken), Helen (Mrs. Fred Heitman), Dora (Mrs. Fred Winkelman), Carl, Henry (who died in infancy), and Emma (Mrs. Henry Wolfenberg). Mr. Eggers purchased a 140 acre farm in Freedom Township the same year he was married. He was a prosperous farmer, and served his community as township clerk, township trustee, and county commissioner. He also served as secretary of the German Mutual Fire Insurance Co. In fact, one of his granddaughters has a desk-table, the top of which was covered with ink spots from his using it for this secretarial job. (Incidentally, the curly maple top of the table was able to be turned so the ink spots are underneath.) He lived on the family farm until 1909 when he and his wife moved to Napoleon. He died in January, 1911, and his wife Mary died in April, 1936.

Henry W.'s son Carl L. grew up on the farm, attended one-room school down the road from his home, and also attended Woodville Normal School, Woodville, Ohio. He married Emelia Lohse on April 22, 1909. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Spenn) Lohse and arrived in America from Germany on her eleventh birthday, March 13, 1901. They continued farming on the family farm on which they lived until the times of their deaths. Carl was the third generation to operate a maple syrup camp in the family woods. Mr. Eggers served on the school board and the Eggerses were active members of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Napoleon Township. In 1926, they remodeled the house in which Carl had been born on December 24, 1886. In 1952, the large family barn was destroyed by fire. On the same site, a new barn was erected in 1953 with timber cut from the woods on their daughter's farm. Carl died on April 1, 1970, and Emelia on January 25, 1972. Their children are Henry L., Marie (Heuer), Helen (Landman), and Dora (Titgemeyer).

The William Heuer farm on Road 15, Section 34, Freedom Twp.

Henry L. who was born March 20, 1910, farms in Freedom Twp. at Freedom Meadows (Section 32 along Federal Hwy., Route 6). The farm was purchased from the Herman Mahnke Estate in 1943. He graduated from Ridgeville High School and attended Tri-State University in Toledo. For six years he worked at the Security Building and Loan Co., Napoleon. Henry served on the Ridgeville School Board for sixteen years, was a member of the first board of supervisors of the Henry Soil and Water Conservation District, is a member of the Henry County Board of Health, and is currently serving as president of the Henry County Historical Society. His wife is the former Erma Staunton whom he married on November 26, 1936. At that time she was a resident of Fostoria, Ohio, although she is a native of Napoleon, Ohio. Erma is presently employed as a cook at the Four County Vocational School. They are active members of Emanuel Lutheran Church, Napoleon. Henry and Erma are the parents of three children — Carl, Thomas, and Cynthia. Carl, who graduated from Ridgeville High School and attended Humbolt Institute, Minneapolis, is at home, and is self-employed as a trucker. He also continues the maple syrup operation in the family woods. Thomas is a graduate of Ridgeville High School and Ohio State University. Tom, who married Bonnie Clady, is the fifth generation of Eggers to live on the family homestead in Freedom Township in Section 31 along Road 18. He and Bonnie moved to the farm in January, 1974, with their children, Matthew (10) and Dawn (8). They are members of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Napoleon Township. Cynthia married

Douglas Box of Grand Rapids, Ohio, near which they live. They have a son Geoffrey, born in August, 1974.

Marie Eggers was born March 2, 1915. Marie graduated from Ridgeville High School, attended B.G.S.U. for two years, and taught school for two years at the Kline School in Freedom Township. At the present she is employed at Sears, Roebuck & Co. where she has worked for the past 15 years. On April 28, 1937, she married William Heuer, a native of Cuxhaven, Germany, where he was born January 26, 1907. He immigrated to America in 1926. They live in Section 34 of Freedom Township on a farm which had been a Hogrefe farm. The house was erected in 1893 and the barn in 1903. They have resided here (along Road 15) since 1940. The Heuers have practiced conservation measures in the past few years — constructing a pond and planting a windbreak. William is engaged in farming and from 1971-73 worked as a part time employee for the Henry Soil and Water Conservation District. He also had learned the trade of plumbing. Both Bill and Marie have been active in Emanuel Lutheran Church where both taught Sunday School for many years, Henry County Farm Bureau, and other community affairs. Bill served as a First Aid instructor for the Henry County Red Cross for many years. Bill has always been interested in photography and has many pictures of their travels in this country and abroad. The Heuers have two children, Mary Lou and

Theo. Mary Lou is married to George Baty and they with their three children, Barbara Jeanne, Michael Eric, and Ann Marie, live in Weston, Ohio, where George is associated with the Cresset Chemical Company. Theo and his wife, the former Paula Kimberly of Liberty Center, live on Road 15 in Section 27 of Freedom Township. This farm was also a Hogrefe farm. Their three children are David (9), Susan (6), and Nicholas (3). Theo, who after graduation from Ridgeville High School spent four years in the Coast Guard, is now employed as a diesel mechanic at Martin's Diesel, at Independence, Ohio. The family belongs to Emanuel Lutheran Church.

Helen Eggers, the "life of a party," was born June 24, 1918. She is a graduate of Ridgeville High School and Bowling Green State University. She has taught school for many years and is now teaching fifth grade in the Ridgeville Building of the Archbold School District. On February 18, 1950, she was united in marriage with Louis Landman who at the time was residing near Deshler, Ohio, where he farmed and worked in the post office. Louis, th son of Henry and Louise (Emme) Landman, was born in Kensington, Kansas, and came to Ohio in 1937. The Louis Landmans now live in Section 17 of Freedom Township on the Ridge Road in a house they remodeled in 1972. The house, located on a former Kline farm, was the first brick home built in Freedom Township. They are members of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hanover Settlement, Napoleon Town- , ship, where both have served in various capacities. Helen and Louis have two daughters. Marie, better known as "Micky," is a graduate of Napoleon High School and the Toledo Hospital School of Nursing. Micky is a nurse on the medical-surgical floor of Toledo Hospital. Angeline, the younger daughter, is a senior at Napoleon High School and is enrolled at Valparaiso University for the school year 1975-76.

Dora Eggers, born January 10, 1927, is now Mrs. Theodore Titgemeyer. Dora graduated from Ridgeville High School and Bowling Green State University where she met Ted. She taught school at Sandusky Senior High, Swanton, Ohio, and Ridgeville Corners. On August 8, 1948, she married Ted Titgemeyer who was born May 5, 1922, in Pemberville, Ohio, the son of Charles and Clara (Kuhlman) Titgemeyer. His father, who had emigrated from Germany at the age of eleven, was cashier of the Citizens' Saving Bank in Pemberville. Ted graduated from Pemberville High School and Bowling Green State University. He served with the Army Air Corps for three years and taught•at Bowling Green State University, Swanton, Ohio, and Napoleon, Ohio. The Ted Titgemeyers now reside along Federal Highway 6 in Section 31 of Freedom Township on a farm purchased in 1951 from the John Tietje family. They started building their house in the summer of 1954 and moved into it on January 31, 1955. Much of the finish lumber for the house came from one of the woods on the farm. They have also constructed a farm pond which serves as the family's water supply, a farrowing building, and a finishing (feeding) building for their swine operation. Twenty acres of woodland was cleared in 1962 and is now under cultivation. There is still a 20-acre wood lot on the 140 acre farm, but this received considerable damage in 1962 from a fire caused by the carelessness of a hunter. Ted is now serving as chairman of the Henry Soil and Water Conservation District and has over the years been active in various community organizations. The Titgemeyers are members of Emanuel Lutheran Church, Napoleon, where Dora is serving as part time secretary. The Titgemeyer children are Sylvia, a freshman at Napoleon High School, and Evan, a seventh grade student at Napoleon Central School. They are both 4-H members.

The Eggers "clan" gets together on all holidays as a large family group and continues to make "annual events" of new activities which are started within the family. They seem to always enjoy a good time. Many times cousins and this family get together as an "angry mob" to keep up tradition.

Submitted by Eggers Family