I wanted to start this Blog as a tool to research our German ancestors the Behlers. There are about five of us working to fill in the gaps, share photos, gather documents on this common line. It is fun to work together and to accomplish what one of us alone may not be able to do!
Amandus Theodor Behlers was born 9 Sept 1841 in Oberhausen, Hanover, Germany. The following information was taken from findagrave.com:
Amandus Theodore Behlers(A. T.) was a big, husky man born in Oberhausen be Dorum Hanover, Germany. He was an officer and engineer in the German army. He came to the US on August 28, 1862 to New York. He married his wife Marie Elizabeth Schwemer in 1866 in Chicago. They had five daughters and five sons. They lived in Illinois and Homesteaded land there until 1879 when he and his family came to Nebraska. He and his brother Henry F. married half-sisters. He was on the local school board and told teachers to teach English, not German. Amandus T. Behlers took a trip to Germany in 1874. His parents were still living there. They were considered quite well to do in Germany. When he arrived there, it was evening, he rapped on the door and asked if Hinnrich Behlers was there. When his father heard his voice, he ran to the door and said "This is my son Amandus Theodore from America".
