Washington County Enemy Aliens
After the United States declared war with Germany in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson ordered all "alien enemies" to register with the U.S. Marshal in their county of resident. "Alien enemies" were considered any persons who had emigrated from a country with which the U.S. was at war, and who had, for whatever reason, not been naturalized. Registration was conducted from November 1917 to April 1918. Today, those records constitute a valuable resource for the genealogist.
Some of the information which the forms asked for included ship and arrival date; children's names and birth dates (and in the case of females, which husband); parents name and address; siblings name and address; who was sympathetic to the enemy; full set of fingerprints; a photo and signature; a physical description (as determined by the person filling out the form); relatives serving in the enemy forces; occupation and employer. The files also contained any request for change of residence -- where they came from and where they wanted to move to.
If you find a name of interest to you in the following index, proceed to the National Archives Information Locator (NAIL) to request more information. Or proceed directly to NARA's Central Plains Region. Or you can write to the Central Plains Region office at 2312 East Bannister Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64131-3011. Further information may also be obtained at the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies.
Ahrens | Fredericke | M | Oct. 26, 1861 | Mahaska |
Ahrens | Henrich | M | Nov. 28, 1843 | Mahaska |
Bargmann | Rohlf | M | Nov. 25, 1859 | Linn |
Battermann | Herman | M | Nov. 27, 1884 | Bremen |
Bente | Wilmena | F | Aug. 14, 1833 | Palmer |
Benteman | Gustave | M | March 25, 1898 | Barnes |
Binder | Hibbo | M | Oct. 21, 1887 | Hanover |
Bischoff | Johanna | F | Oct. 18, 1852 | Washington |
Boecker | Marianna | F | Sept. 20, 1851 | Hanover |
Bokelman | Henry | M | July 6, 1876 | Palmer |
Bokelman | Maria | F | Dec. 5, 1847 | Linn |
Bokelman | Mary | F | March 28, 1883 | Palmer |
Bokelmann | Henry | M | March 15, 1846 | Linn |
Borchard | Albert | M | Feb. 10, 1852 | Linn |
Borchardt | Wilhelmina | F | Oct. 3, 1849 | Linn |
Brokmaker | Maggie | F | Jan. 1, 1836 | Haddam |
Brunhoeber | Bertha | F | Feb. 18, 1868 | Hanover |
Brunhoeber | Wilhelm | M | June 30, 1863 | Hanover |
Buck | John | M | April 25, 1844 | Linn |
Buck | John, Jr. | M | Jan. 30, 1879 | Linn |
Buck | Rebecca | F | Nov. 16, 1843 | Linn |
Bushman | Clamor | M | Nov. 15, 1859 | Barnes |
Bushman | Ida | F | Jan. 3, 1870 | Barnes |
Buss | Anna | F | Sept. 21, 1834 | Linn |
Buss | Henry | M | Feb. 28, 1875 | Linn |
Chorsen | Katherina | F | April 19, 1846 | Washington |
Daman | Dora | F | Nov. 22, 1872 | Palmer |
Daman | Mary | F | Oct. 3, 1873 | Palmer |
Damman | Dick | M | May 11, 1869 | Palmer |
Damman | Fred | M | Dec. 3, 1866 | Palmer |
Debatin | John | M | March 21, 1880 | Hanover |
Diedrichs | Adeline | F | Feb. 1, 1875 | Washington |
Diedrichs | Ella | F | April 6, 1888 | Greenleaf |
Diedrichs | Ernest | M | April 20, 1881 | Greenleaf |
Diedrichs | Fred | M | May 28, 1875 | Washington |
Dieker | B. Sr. | M | May 1, 1853 | Hanover |
Diekhoff | Tini | F | July 5, 1878 | Lanham |
Dietrich | Herman | M | July 20, 1886 | Linn |
Diker | Catherine | F | Dec. 8, 1845 | Hanover |
Dittbrenner | Rosa | F | July 9, 1855 | Linn |
Duensing | Friedrich | M | Feb. 8, 1866 | Hanover |
Duensing | Lizzie | F | May 31, 1873 | Hanover |
Duever | Adolph | M | Sept. 18, 1884 | Bremen |
Duever | Anna | F | April 8, 1885 | Hanover |
Duever | August | M | May 20, 1882 | Hanover |
Duever | Henry | M | April 22, 1879 | Hanover |
Eden | Engel | M | Aug. 12, 1865 | Lanham |
Eden | Otto | M | Nov. 19, 1894 | Lanham |
Eden | Otto | M | May 10, 1889 | Lanham |
Eden | William | M | Nov. 10, 1866 | Lanham |
Eggers | William | M | Jan 31, 1883 | Haddam |
Eggers | William | M | June 26, 1843 | Haddam |
Fuhrken | Anna | F | July 13, 1865 | Washington |
Fuhrken | William | M | May 13, 1861 | Washington |
Funke | Augusta | F | July 14, 1880 | Hollenberg |
Funke | Ernest | M | Nov. 11, 1875 | Hollenberg |
Gasser | Annie | F | July 14, 1880 | Hollenberg |
Gasser | Charles | F | Dec. 1, 1885 | Hanover |
Gerleve | Catherine | F | Aug. 9, 1863 | Hanover |
Gesleve | August | M | Nov. 3, 1843 | Hanover |
Geyer | Katharina | F | Oct. 4, 1844 | Hanover |
Geyer | Katharina | M | Oct. 4, 1844 | Hanover |
Glene | Frederick | M | March 3, 1851 | Bremen |
Granzer | William | M | Feb. 5, 1877 | Hanover |
Hein | Henry | M | Jan. 5, 1861 | Hanover |
Hein | Mary | F | Aug. 16, 1865 | Hanover |
Hertzfeld | Henry | M | June 26, 1879 | Mahaska |
Hinrichs | Henry | M | July 12, 1898 | Hanover |
Holesohl | Anna | F | Aug. 14, 1850 | Linn |
Holst | Richard | M | Jan. 28, 1884 | Bremen |
Hurtig | Anna | F | Sept. 22, 1891 | Hanover |
Hustig | George | M | July 6, 1884 | Hanover |
Kahler | Anton | M | Jan. 1, 1860 | Hanover |
Kahrs | Mary | F | Sept. 3, 1851 | Clifton |
Kantack | Emma | F | Feb. 25, 1885 | Greenleaf |
Kantack | John | M | Nov. 1, 1885 | Greenleaf |
Kantack | Mary | F | March 11, 1888 | Greenleaf |
Kantack | Vincent | M | June 5, 1880 | Greenleaf |
Kinsvater | Maude | F | March 29, 1893 | Clifton |
Knabbe | Beatrice | F | Jan. 29, 1884 | Haddam |
Knabbe | William | M | April 18, 1878 | Haddam |
Koch | Bertha | F | Aug. 21, 1851 | Hanover |
Koehler | Ludwig | M | Sept. 24, 1867 | Hanover |
Koehler | Rudolph | M | Feb. 4, 1866 | Hanover |
Kohler | Magdalena | F | Oct. 12, 1868 | Washington |
Koppes | Mary | F | June 17, 1850 | Hanover |
Kramer | Adolph | M | Jan. 1, 1883 | Hanover |
Kramer | Anna | F | June 21, 1888 | Hanover |
Kramer | Emil | M | Oct. 5, 1889 | Hanover |
Kramer | George | M | Dec. 22, 1881 | Hanover |
Kramer | Mary | F | Dec. 3, 1895 | Hanover |
Kremer | John | M | Feb. 10, 1871 | Haddam |
Krempel | Anton | M | May 14, 1886 | Hanover |
Krempel | Franz | M | Aug. 12, 1853 | Hanover |
Kuntz | Jacob | M | July 16, 1894 | Hanover |
Langner | Paul | M | Sept. 1, 1901 | Bremen |
Laverentz | Catherine | F | June 12, 1847 | Hanover |
Lavrentz | Fred | M | March 25, 1846 | Hanover |
Lieverin | Elizabeth | F | May 20, 1845 | Barnes |
Lippka | Albert | M | May 30, 1898 | Hanover |
Lippka | Catherine | F | Nov. 9, 1871 | Hanover |
Lippka | Ella | F | Jan. 2, 1900 | Hanover |
Lippka | Ernst | M | Feb. 18, 1901 | Hanover |
Lippka | Franz | M | Jan. 31, 1865 | Hanover |
Lippka | Hugo | M | Sept. 14, 1902 | Hanover |
Lobberding | August | M | Aug. 21, 1849 | Hanover |
Lobberding | Louisa | F | Jan. 5, 1862 | Hanover |
Lohmeyer | Henry | M | Oct. 25, 1839 | Linn |
Lohmeyer | Marie | F | May 3, 1842 | Linn |
Losemann | Frances | F | Sept. 17, 1867 | Washington |
Losemann | William | M | June 8, 1861 | Washington |
Mayer | Charles | M | Jan. 4, 1846 | Haddam |
Mertlich | Anna | F | June 9, 1894 | Lanham |
Metz | Gustav | M | March 7, 1875 | Washington |
Meyer | Blanch | F | Jan. 1, 1848 | Haddam |
Meyer | Mary | F | Feb. 5, 1874 | Hanover |
Miller | Johanna | F | Nov. 10, 1845 | Clifton |
Moehring | R. | F | March 14, 1856 | Lanham |
Molt | Henry | M | April 5, 1867 | Washington |
Munstermann | Christine | F | Jan. 10,l 1860 | Lanham |
Munstermann | Maria | F | Jan. 15, 1858 | Hanover |
Myer | Otto | M | Sept. 14, 1856 | Hanover |
Netz | Maria | F | Dec. 26, 1876 | Washington |
Nimmick | William | M | Aug. 18, 1885 | Washington |
Ochs | Carl | M | Sept. 14, 1883 | Lanham |
Ochs | Clara | F | July 19, 1892 | Lanham |
Oentrich | John | M | Dec. 14, 1895 | Barnes |
Oestreich | Fritz | M | Oct. 30, 1838 | Linn |
Oestrich | Anna | F | Sept. 7, 1859 | Linn |
Oestrich | Carl | M | April 23, 1859 | Linn |
Oestrich | Sophia | F | Feb. 6, 1847 | Linn |
Osthaus | William | M | June 15, 1876 | Hanover |
Osthoff | Frieda | F | July 20, 1878 | Palmer |
Osthoff | Henry | M | Feb. 16, 1875 | Palmer |
Otte | Henry | M | Dec. 19, 1884 | Lanham |
Peters | Marie | F | Jan. 25, 1867 | Linn |
Peters | Nick | M | May 7, 1859 | Linn |
Prell | Fred | M | June 22, 1861 | Bremen |
Rabe | Heinrich | M | Sept. 22, 1886 | Bremen |
Rahe | Anna | F | Dec. 22, 1880 | Linn |
Rahe | Henry | M | Jan. 2, 1869 | Linn |
Reiter | Katherina | F | March 14, 1862 | Washington |
Rogge | Adelaide | F | Aug. 28, 1880 | Palmer |
Rogge | August | M | April 19, 1865 | Palmer |
Rogge | Catherine | F | May 27, 1841 | Palmer |
Rogge | Christopher | M | Nov. 22, 1837 | Palmer |
Rogge | Fred | M | Oct. 9, 1869 | Palmer |
Rogge | Sophia | F | Aug. 25, 1875 | Palmer |
Rohde | Sophia | F | May 7, 1884 | Hanover |
Roth | Henry | M | June 12, 1868 | Hanover |
Ruhkamp | August | M | Oct. 1, 1881 | Hanover |
Samsel | Ludwig | m | April 24, 1888 | Greenleaf |
Samsel | Otillie | F | Aug. 28, 1892 | Greenleaf |
Schmieset | Alma | F | Nov. 1, 1879 | Haddam |
Schrader | Carl | M | March 6, 1844 | Clifton |
Schrader | Maggie | F | Feb. 10, 1866 | Clifton |
Schuette | Christine | F | Oct. 24, 1858 | Linn |
Schuetter | John | M | Sept. 11, 1850 | Linn |
Schurr | Minnie | F | July 7, 1849 | Palmer |
Segebade | Eilert | M | July 1, 1855 | Hanover |
Shark | Heinrich | M | Jan. 1, 1853 | Hanover |
Shurr | August | M | Jan. 16, 1850 | Palmer |
Siske | Rosena | F | Jan. 18, 1875 | Linn |
Spehr | Mathilde | F | June 16, 1877 | Linn |
Spehr | Paul | M | Feb. 5, 1880 | Linn |
Stamm | Catherina | F | July 20, 1847 | Greenleaf |
Stamm | Elizabeth | F | April 7, 1882 | Greenleaf |
Steg | Erhardt | M | May 24, 1883 | Greenleaf |
Steg | Ida | F | Jan. 1, 1884 | Greenleaf |
Steier | Katherine | F | March 30, 1868 | Haddam |
Steier | Peter | M | Nov. 12, 1857 | Clara |
Stover | Katherina | F | Nov. 1, 1885 | Washington |
Stover | William | M | Aug. 9, 1882 | Washington |
Tamps | Maggie | F | March 23, 1892 | Hanover |
Tempe | Henry | M | Oct. 12, 1886 | Hanover |
Temps | Lucy | F | Aug. 23, 1894 | Hanover |
Temps | William | M | Jan. 1, 1890 | Hanover |
Thompson | Andrew | M | Jan. 11, 1849 | Greenleaf |
Thompson | Christine | F. | Aug. 30, 1851 | Greenleaf |
Timm | Dora | F | Sept. 20, 1858 | Hanover |
Timm | Frederick | M | Jan. 1, 1860 | Hanover |
Voelker | Dora | F | Aug. 21, 1867 | Palmer |
Von Lehe | John | M | Feb. 8, 1869 | Linn |
Von Lehe | Lena | F | Nov. 6, 1879 | Linn |
Von Lehe | Lydia | F | Oct. 10, 1881 | Linn |
Von Lehe | William | M | April 3, 1871 | Linn |
Waaden | Karl | M | Nov. 13, 1873 | Hanover |
Wagner | Charles | M | April 16, 1872 | Clifton |
Wagner | Maggie | F | Oct. 11, 1881 | Clifton |
Weichmann | Gerhart | M | Jan. 17, 1871 | Greenleaf |
Weichmann | Lazetta | F | March 25, 1871 | Greenleaf |
Wiese | Henry | M | July 27, 1848 | Hanover |
Wiese | Martha | F | April 8, 1893 | Hanover |
Wiese | Otto | M | March 18, 1902 | Hanover |
Wiese | William | M | Sept. 26, 1895 | Hanover |
Wildslacke | John | M | Aug. 12, 1867 | Linn |
Wildslacke | Lena | F | March 12, 1883 | Linn |
Wilgers | Mary Anna | F | June 10, 1875 | Palmer |
Wilgers | William | M | March 18, 1872 | Palmer |
Wittig | Emma | F | Feb. 9, 1848 | Palmer |
Wittig | Herman | M | Nov. 13, 1866 | Palmer |
Wolf | Anna | F | Oct. 1, 1868 | Palmer |
Wolf | Charles | M | Aug. 4, 1870 | Palmer |
Wollenberg | Fred | M | Dec. 7, 1861 | Hanover |
Wollenberg | Maria | F | Nov. 7, 1869 | Hanover |
Wurtz | George | M | Nov. 25, 1851 | Haddam |
Wurtz | Mary | F | Oct. 2, 1862 | Haddam |
Yellick | Barney | M | Jan. 28, 1869 | Washington |
Yellick | Mary | F | Nov. 13, 1874 | Washington |
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