Dietrich C. & Anna M. Raven Fastenau Family

Deitrich Christian Fastenau born: 22 Jan 1826 marrried: ???? died: 7 Oct 1906 Berlin, NE 

Anna Margaretha Raven born: Oct 14, 1837 died: 1895 Otoe County, NE  Both are buried at 

Northbranch Cemetery, Otoe NE.  Dietrich Christian Fastenau and his wife emigrated from Prussia in 1872. 

Their children:

1: Heinnich "Henry" F. Fastenau born ? married ? Lena ? 

Children: 

2. Conrad Fastenau

2. Viola "Chicks" ????

2: Fredrich "Fred" Fastenau  married 24 Nov 1887 Mary Hornbutsel at North Branch Lutheran Church, aka Katherine M. Hornbustel/Hornboster who died June 6, 1942 in Bertrand NE. Her death 

certificate lists her as a immigrant from Prussia.  Frederick Fastenau died July 18, 1927 in Bertrand Nebraska.

Children: 

3. Herman Fastenau married Dora Hawk 

3. Bertha Fastenau ? 

3. Edith Fastenau married Bill Ziebarth 

3. Frank Fastenau married Bertha Holthus 

3. Thomas Conrad Fastenau b. October 27, 1897 in Bertrand, Phelps County Nebraska. (This branch added 1/4/2008)

3. Minnie Fastenau never married 

3. Fred Fastenau married Mabel Lavene 

3: Conrad Fastenau born: 14 April 1859 Suedwalde Hanover Germany married: 26 April 1886 Berlin, Otoe co. Nebraska 

Caria née Clara Sophia Blume born: 11 March 1868 Harlem, Ill 

Children: 

Anna Sophia Emma "Emma" Fastenau born: 4 March 1887 married: Daniel Rohrbacher 

Walter D. Fastenau born: 18 Feb 1890 never married 

Leona Anna Hattie Fastenau born: 3 Mar 1892, married Henry Schleeter 

Clara Fastenau born: 21 July married Kenneth Clayton 

Elanora "Nora" Fastenau born 5 July 1897 married 1: Louis McCracken 2: William Carl Willets 

Elmer Fastenau 12 Nov 1899 never married 

Neta Fastenau 20 Nov 1902 married Alfred Wortman 

Verna Fastenau 14 Oct 1903 married Alfred Holtus 

Ernest Fastenau 11 Sept ???? never married 

Elva Fastenau 20 May 1907 married James Remmenga 

Elsie Fastenau 

Conrad & Clara S. Blume Fastenau

Photos: Conrad & Clara Fastenau | Conrad Fastenau | Adolph & Joy Fastenau | Adolph Fastenau | Dietrich & Anna Fastenau with child | Dietrich Fastenau obit | Lena Anna Fastenau (2nd) obit | Lyda Fastenau | Minnie, Sophia, Lena Fastenau | Minnie Fastenau | Minnie & Albert Fastenau | Henry Fastenau (2nd) (3rd) (4th) |

Henry Blume

Photos: Henry Blume & sons-in-law back row: Conrad Fastenau, Fred Buckman, Wm. Schenk; front row: Henry Bohlman and Henry Blume

4: Herman Fastenau married Matilda Salsow 

Children: 

Adolph Fastenau 

Herbert Fastenau born: 10 Sept 1909 

Clara Margarethe "Maggie" Fastenau married ? Freudenberg 

Minnie Fastenau married ? Freudenberg 

Lyda Fastenau married ? Bennet 

Joy Fastenau never married 

Lena Anna Fastenau born: 23 Feb 1903 married 20 Sept 1922 Frank Gross 

Albert Fastenau born 25 Oct 1896 married 26 Sept 1928 Alice Reinmuth 

Photos: Herman Fastenau

? Freudenberg

Photos: Freudenberg |

Frank & Lena A. Fastenau Gross

Photos: Frank & Lena Fastenau Gross

5: Wilhelmina "Minnie" Fastenau born: 7 May 1882 married Herman Segelke

Children: 

Letha Segelke married ? Brach 

Nora Segelke married Lambert Morton 

Herman & Minnie Fastenau Segelke Family

Photos: Segelke family (Letha, Nora, Alton, etc.)  | Herman Segelke family | Minnie Sopie Segelke funeral card |

6: Lena Ann Fastenau 24 Oct 1873 married 17 Dec 1891 Albert Siemers born 9 Nov 1869 

Children: 

Dick Siemers married Anna True 

Emma Siemers married Albert Wiebusch 

Fred Siemers married Lena Lockman 

Henry Siemers married Anna Wiebusch 

Letha Siemers married Charles Ewert 

Alfred Siemers married Mildred Mitchell 

Edward Siemers married Sophia Sudman 

Erwin Siemers married Evelyn Ross 

Albert Siemers none 

Lorenz Siemers none 

Lena Siemers none 

Nora Siemers married George Peoples 

Elva Siemers married Alton Paap

Albert &  Lena A. Fastenau Siemers Family

Photos: Siemers | Siemers wedding | Emma Siemers (2nd) | Fred & Lena Lockman Siemers | Albert & Lena Fastenau Siemers family (2nd) Siemers children | Albert Siemers & daug. | Nora & Elva Siemers (2nd) | Edward & Erwin Siemers | Siemers girls |

Siemers Family Home

Albert & Emma Weibush

Photos: Albert & Emma Weibush (2nd) |

7: Sophia Fastenau married Fred Dettmer

Emma, Fred & Herman Dettmer

Photos: Emma Dettmer | Fred Dettmer | Herman Dettmer (2nd) |

Thomas Fastenau & Andrea Johanna Pedersen

3: Thomas Fastenau married ca. 1923 Andrea Johanna Pederson

Thomas Conrad Fastenau was born to Frederick October 27, 1897 in Bertrand, Phelps County Nebraska.  He married Andrea Johanna Pedersen (originally of Ravnstrup, Præstø, Denmark

She arrived in USA in 1911 originally settling in Fremont, Nebraska with her parents and 7 siblings.

Thomas died November 2, 1963 in Lexington Nebraska. Andrea died November 28, 1982 in Omaha Nebraska.

References: Thomas, Andrea, Frederick and Katherine's death certificates.

Thomas and Andrea were divorced at the time of their deaths and Andrea had remarried.

Thomas and Andrea had 5 children:

4. Donna Faye  (b. June 1934 in Bertrand)

4. Wilma Mae (b. in California pre-1934)

4. Lois Elaine (b. in California pre-1934)

4. twin boys Stanley and Sterling b. Bertrand NE post-1934

4. Donna Faye Fastenau married Niels Christian Mathiasen, a Danish immigrant born December 7, 1911, immigrated 1913, he died Omaha Nebraska November 12, 1975.

5. Niels Mathiasen Jr. born Omaha Nebraska.

Contact:  who has found numerous generations of the Pedersen and Mathiasen families in Denmark - including living relatives on the Mathiasen side.