Updated: May 28, 2004
Valten Volkmar
Our Volkmar history begins in Motzenrode, Hessen, Germany, with Valten Volkmar and his wife Catharine.
Matthias Volkmar
Matthias Volkmar built house number 6 in Motzenrode in 1737. The house remained in the family through five more generations until 1901.
Catharina Volkmar
Catharina Volkmar was born in Motzenrode on October 22, 1826. Catharina and Wilhelm Homeyer were married in Motzenrode on October 17, 1850. Their first four children were born in Motzenrode.
In 1856 Catharina remained in Germany with their three children while Wilhelm went to Canada. He returned to Germany two years later. One more child was born in German and the family subsequently emigrated to Canada, leaving Bremen on the "Bremen Bark Atlantic" and arriving in New York on June 10, 1862.
Catharine and Wilhelm settled in Waterloo County, Ontario. Five more children were born in Canada. They are buried in the Mennonite Church cemetery in Breslau, Ontario.
Family Photo -- Nine Children of Catharine & Wilhelm Homeyer
1 Valten Volkmar d. 11 Feb 1679
m. Catharine (Unknown) d. 04 Jan 1663
- 2 Margretha Volkmar
m. 21 Nov 1664 Johannes Gottsleben
- 2 Conrad Volkmar b. 23 Feb 1640
m. 20 Apr 1668 Barbara Eberhart
- 2 Wilhelm Volkmar b. 19 Dec 1643
m. 23 Jan 1679 Eva Joist b. abt 1657 d. 22 Dec 1722
- 3 Anna Elizabeth Volkmar b. 16 Nov 1679
- 3 Johannes Volkmar b. 28 Sep 1682
m. 14 Dec 1710 Anna Maria Jordan
- 3 Anna Catharine Volkmar b. 11 Sep 1684
- 3 Anna Maria Volkmar b. 16 Jan 1687
- 3 Matthias Volkmar b. 18 Jul 1689 d. 16 Jun 1767
m. Anna Margaretha (Unknown) b. abt. 1689 d. 24 Feb 1757
- 4 Anna Barbara Volkmar b. 23 Apr 1719
- 4 Johann Claus Volkmar b. 31 Aug 1722
- 4 Dorothea Elizabeth Volkmar b. 31 Aug 1722
- 4 Johannes Volkmar b. 08 Aug 1723
m. 1757 Anna Elisabeth Barthel
- 5 Matthias Volkmar b. 18 Jun 1758 d. Mar 1834
m. 24 Jun 1792 Anna Catharina Gottsleben d. 1818
- 6 Johann Bernhard Volkmar b. 10 Mar 1801 d. 05 Jun 1873
m. 23 Mar 1834 Anna Barbara Gottsleben b. 07 Oct 1798 d. 09 Mar 1876
- 7 Catharina Volkmar b. 22 Oct 1826 d. 25 Jan 1908
m. 17 Oct 1850 Johann Wilhelm Homeyer b. 29 Sep 1825 d. 08 Nov 1880
- 7 Catharina Sophie Volkmar b. 10 Dec 1836 d. 17 Jan 1900
m. Aug 1862 Justus Huschenbett b. 10 Mar 1828 d. 06 Jun 1901
- 8 Ferdinand Huschenbett b. 03 Jul 1863
- 8 Bernhard Rudolph Huschenbett b. 06 Nov 1864
- 8 Heinrich Carl Huschenbett b. 25 Apr 1867 d. Dec 1868
- 8 Andreas Huschenbett b. 24 May 1870
- 8 Catharina Wilhelmine Elise Huschenbett b. 24 Nov 1872
- 4 Anna Catharine Volkmar b. 27 Sep 1725
- 4 Catharine Elizabeth Volkmar b. 27 Mar 1729
m. 29 Apr 1753 Christoph Seibert
- 3 Anna Barbara Volkmar b. 24 Sep 1693
- 3 Margaretha Volkmar b. 31 Mar 1696 d. 24 Apr 1696
- 3 Barbara Volkmar b. 31 Mar 1696 d. 03 May 1696
- 2 Catharine Volkmar b. 13 Dec 1646
m. 25 Oct 1678 Johannes Joist
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