The New Bremen High School was first organized in 1879 with a three-year course which was changed to a four-year course in the fall of 1899. The following is a list of all N.B.H.S. graduates, starting with the class of 1882 up to 1959. We have attempted to identify the students of the past 50 years or more as to who their parents are for genealogical purposes. There are some lapses. If you have any additional information to add (or corrections to make), please contact us.
YEAR | GRADUATE | COMMENTS |
1882 | Mesloh, Charles W. | German Professor at O.S.U. |
1883 | Torrence, Minnie | Dau. of School Supt. (Mrs. W.R. Duval - Circleville) |
1884 | Buss, Albert C. | Editor of Evening Leader - Secy./Independent Hoop-N.B./1909 |
1885 | NO GRADUATING CLASS | |
1886 | Bakhaus, Harry | Banker - Columbus |
(3) | Dinkel, Phillip (Dinkel-Helwig Groc.) | Grocer at Lima /1909 & author N.B. Sun's "Horse & Buggy Days" |
Grothaus, Edmund | Osteopath at Van Wert - Secy./Lanfersieck & Grothaus (1909) | |
1887 | NO GRADUATING CLASS | |
1888 | Conradi, Edward (Carl/Gertrude) | Pres. of Florida State College for Women - Tallahassee, Florida |
(3) | Schrage, Henry A. | Teacher in N.B. Schools & N.B. Village Clerk |
Steinberg, Herman | Attorney in N.Y. City | |
1889 | Conradi, Emil G. (Carl/Gertrude) | Editor of "N.B. Sun" & "Star of Western Ohio" |
(3) | Frey, Amanda | Mrs. Wierwille |
Williams, Cornelius | Shoemaker - Toledo | |
1890 | Bruggeman, William | Woodworker - Carthage, (Ohio?) |
(4) | Gagle, William | Real Estate business - Middleborough, Kentucky |
Grothaus, Augusta (m. 8/1898) | Mrs. Ed Conradi - 1st woman teacher in N.B. schools (1893) | |
Rabe, Ida | daughter of William & Mary - Mrs. Lafe Kunning | |
1891 | NO GRADUATING CLASS | |
1892 | NO GRADUATING CLASS | |
1893 | Halsema, John C. | Principal at N.B. & Supt. at Minster schools |
(2) | Steinebrey, Alfred | N.B. 8th grade teacher & rural mail carrier |
1894 | Bakhaus, Clarence R. | Bank cashier - Home Bank - St. Marys |
(6) | Conradi, Albert | son of Carl & Gertrude - Professor at Clemson College in S.C. |
Heitmann, Henry | Professor of Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. | |
Schmidt, Otto G. | Chicago - (A.B. - Bachelor of Arts?) | |
Stone, Thomas W. | Mechanical Engineer at Fort Wayne | |
Vornholt, Julius | Ann Arbor, Mich. (A.B. - O.S.U.) | |
1895 | Dierker, Lillie | Mrs. Wilbur Rairdon |
(5) | Funke, Lydia | Mrs. C. Vogt - Decatur, Indiana |
Meyer, Henry | Clerk - Dayton | |
Stone, Maud | Mrs. Theodore Tangeman - Primary teacher | |
Wiedeman, Benjamin | Merchant - Gilt Edge, Montana | |
1896 | NO GRADUATING CLASS | |
1897 | Dieckmann, Christ. W. | Clerk - St. Louis, Missouri |
(9) | Gagle, Lafayette M. | Traveling salesman |
Grothaus, Lillian | New Bremen | |
Halsema, Lucius H. | National Cash Register - Dayton | |
Kettler, Frank C. | Mechanical Engineer at Willard, N.M. | |
Klanke, Adolph | Klanke Furniture Co. | |
Steinebrey, Charles E. | Bookkeeper - White Mountain Creamery - St. Marys | |
Tangeman, Theodore H. | son of Herman & Sophie - Attorney At Wapakoneta | |
Voeckel, Bertha | Telephone operator - Los Angeles | |
1898 | Schmidt, Dorothy/Dora C. | Willard, New Mexico |
(2) | Stone, Bessie L. | Mrs. Otto Boesel |
1899 | Barienbrock, Sadie | Saleslady - Columbus |
(10) | Boesel, Luetta | daughter of Gustave & Elizabeth - Mrs. Burnette Heck |
Finke, Emil | Purser, S.S. Durcellum - Montreal, Canada | |
Fischer, Lizzie | daughter of Rev. Christian & Eliz. Fischer - Mrs. Theodore Eisen | |
Garmhausen, Emma | Mrs. O.O. LeMaster (Dr.)(lived in Sidney (Kettlersville/1909) | |
Halsema, Eusebius | U.S. Civil Engineer in Philipines - married Marie Boesel | |
Jung, Dora | Denver, Colorado | |
Mesloh, Emma | daughter of J.H. & Wilhelmina - Mrs. Harvey Henning | |
Steinebrey, Frank | Insurance - Los Angeles | |
Thiesing, Clara | Mrs. Jess Wesner/Wessner - Hartford City, Indiana & N.B. | |
1900 | Feather, Letitia J. | Mrs. George Haveman (lived in N.B.) |
(3) | Schmidt, Bertha A. | Chicago |
Tangeman, Clara M. | Home Economics teacher in Lima - Mrs. Jacob Haller | |
1901 | Barienbrock, Charles H. | Mechanical engineer - Columbus |
(7) | Boesel, Leona M. | daughter of Gustave & Elizabeth - died in August, 1901 |
Program | Boesel, Marie | daughter of Julius & Amelia - Mrs. Eusebius Halsema |
Boesel, Otto | son of Jacob & Louise - Lawyer - Wapakoneta | |
Hoffman, Conrad (Rev.) | son of Philip & Marie - Minister - Waldo, Ohio | |
Huenke, Clifford V. | son of Louis & Emma - Mgr. of White Mountain Co. in N.B. & Lima | |
Kuenzel, Oscar | Mechanical engineer - Pennsylvania Railway - Columbus | |
1902 | Fischer, Ernest | son of Rev. Fischer - taught German at Mich. Agricultural College |
1903 | Boesel, Albert G. (son of Julius) | Worked for Wall St. Journal in NYC (attended Yale) |
(7) | Boesel, Walter J. (son of Jacob) | Worked for architect in Columbus - Central Union Telephone Co. |
newspaper | Geib, Cornelius J. | Farmer |
picture | Halsema, Bernard S. | Electrician - Chickasha, Okla. |
Hoberg, Harry H. | Attended O.S.U - Columbus | |
Koeper, I. Landry | Civil Engineer - Northern Pacific Railway - Aberdeen, Washington | |
Kuenzel, Felix A. | B.S. / O.S.U. - Winthrop, Maine | |
1904 | Feather, Edith | New Bremen |
(6) | Finke, Olga | Mrs. Henry Kuhlman (1911) - Teacher |
Gress, Edna | New Bremen | |
Heinfeldt, Ruby | Mrs. Irwin H. Boesel (Dr.) - teacher | |
Laut, Ida G. | daughter of Christian & Catherine - Mrs. Walter Boesel | |
Pohlman, Irvin | O.S.U. - Columbus | |
1905 | Boesel, Irwin | son of Gustave & Elizabeth - Doctor - Mich. Univ. / Ann Arbor |
(7) | Boesel, Robert (son of Julius) | With the American Counsel in Vienna, Austria - O.S.U. |
Grewe, Lucie/Lucia (b. 1888) | Mrs. Emil Conradi - Gas office clerk - N.B. | |
Grewe, Oscar (b. 1885) | Railway clerk - Chicago (C.B.&Q.) | |
Halsema, Geciena | Telephone operator | |
Kettler, Hugo | Went west for his health - O.S.U. - Columbus | |
Komminsk, Harry | O.S.U. - Columbus - married Gertrude Huenke | |
1906 | Beachler, Leroy | son of William Beachler, Superintendent? (1903-1906) |
(11) | Berend, Max | son of Max, Sr. & Martha - worked in Cleveland - Teacher, N.B. |
Brinkmeyer, Bertha | Stenographer - Dayton Soap Co. - Dayton, Ohio | |
Brinkmeyer, Theodore | 1st National Bank - Dayton | |
Hoffman, Daniel | son of Philip & Marie - Kerr & Snodgrass - Toledo | |
Jung, Leroy | Gas fitter - Denver, Colorado | |
Meckstroth, Jacob (1) | O.S.U. - Columbus | |
Meckstroth, Jacob (2) | O.S.U. - Columbus | |
Neuman, Clara | Mrs. Walter Sunderman - teacher | |
Sunderman, Walter | son of Henry & Louise - landscape gardening in Cleveland | |
Wittenbrink, Harry | Michigan Univ. - Ann Arbor | |
1907 | Berend, Kurt | son of Max, Sr. & Martha? |
(8) | Boesel, Frieda | daugher of Charles, Jr. & Louise? - Music Teacher in N.B. |
Boesel, Stephen (son of Julius) | Married in 1917? - Dr. in Niles, Ohio - O.S.U. - Columbus | |
Garmhausen, Ervin | O.S.U. - Columbus | |
Gobrecht, Edward | Teacher | |
Komminsk, Hilda | Mrs. W.L. Burk (Dr.) Wooster Univ. - Wooster | |
Kuenzel, Paul | Married in 1917? - lived out west - O.S.U. - Columbus | |
Purpus, Leo | son of Theodore | |
1908 | Dierker, Minnie | Teacher |
(17) | Fledderjohann, Frances | Conservatory of Music - Oberlin |
Gast, Charles | son of Gregore & Bertha - Teacher | |
Harrison, Clarence | Minster | |
Heitman, Emil | Studied for pastor - lived in Cleveland - Teacher (1909) | |
Kah, Clarence | Taught in N.Y. - Mich. Univ. - Ann Arbor | |
Laut, Paula | Mrs. Mont Youngs - Teacher | |
Meckstroth, Gustav A. | Teacher - New Knoxville | |
Meckstroth, Wesley | Teacher - New Knoxville | |
Nussmeyer, Harry | O.S.U. - Columbus | |
Schroerluke, Orrin | Minister - Elmhurst College - Elmhurst, Illinois | |
Sherman, Bernie | Clerk - Minster | |
Sherman, Matthias | O.S.U. - Columbus | |
Speckman, Bertha | daughter of Fred & Wilhelmina - Mrs. Theo. Brinkmeyer - Dayton | |
Steinriede, John | Teacher - Died before 1917 | |
Stienecker, Lina | New Knoxville | |
Weinberg, Walter | O.S.U. - Columbus | |
1909 | Bienz, Helen Leona | Mrs. Felix Kuenzel |
(25) | Boesel, Allan Julian | son of Gustave & Elizabeth |
newspaper | Botkin, Ernest Marcellus | Wrote the school song (see below*) |
picture | Dicke, Allen Augustus | son of Henry & Emma - married Amber Neuman |
Ekermeyer, Esther L.M. | ||
Flack, Gertrude | ||
Fledderjohann, Clara Louise | daughter of Rep. B.A. Fledderjohann - Mrs. Allan Boesel | |
Garmhausen, Herbert E. | married Fannie LaDow | |
Gieseke, Edward John | ||
Grothaus, Alvin F.W. | son of John H. & Emelie - never married | |
Grothaus, Walter William | son of John H. & Emelie - married Katharine Rabe | |
Hengen, Fredric J. | ||
Huenke, Howard Henry | son of Louis & Emma - married Verona Langhorst | |
Kettler, Herbert H.W. | ||
Koop, Bernice May | daughter of Cornelius & Emma | |
Laufersweiler, Olive E. | ||
Laut, Esther Rose | married Charles Moore (Paulding) | |
Limbach, Bernice Louise | ||
Neuman, Viola Marie F. | ||
Oberwitte, Grover F.J. | ||
Pohlman, Alma Caroline | married Robert Brockie - Jackson, Michigan | |
Rabe, William Henry | son of Theodore & Ida | |
Shearer, Ray M. | ||
Stone, Margaret Cleo | ||
Stork, Harry Henry |