Property 2 – Polajewohauland

Martin Wichner and his wife Caroline nee Schmidt received title to 64 Morgen and 102 Ruthen by the General Commission of Posen December 15, 1847 and registered on February 29, 1852. 

Prior to that, on March 26 1847 the couple signed a transfer contract for the property with their son, Michael Wichner (1817-1860) and his wife Wilhelmine nee Nicolai (born 1819). In the contract the parents retained a life estate and Michael guaranteed a father and mother legacy to five of his siblings; Wilhelmine (born 1815), August (1822-1882), Ernestine (born 1827), Caroline and Anna Elisabeth (1830-1890).  This transfer was registered in 1852 at the same time as his parents.

Martin and Caroline Wichner had an older son Gottlieb who was baptized on January 13, 1813.  Gottlieb’s godparents included Michael Schmidt living at Property 4, who was likely the brother of Caroline.  Caroline and Michael are likely the children of Christoph Schmidt from the 1793 census.

The couple had another daughter Anne Rosine (1820-1906).  She married Michael Tumm in 1848 having likely receiving her legacy at that time.

On July 22, 1854 Michael received another 22 Morgen and 169 Ruthen of meadow and forest from the Radomski estate.

Forty-three-year-old Michael Wichner died October 3, 1860 from tuberculosis leaving a widow and four minor children.  On July 17 1861 Michael’s widow Julianne Wilhelmine became the owner of the property after providing for the father’s legacy of 2,710 Thaler and 20 Silbergrossen to her four children. 

Julianne Wilhelmine remarried Karl Ludwig Biegel (born 1837) on January 22, 1862 at which time he became joint owner of the property.  Six months later the couple sell the property to Karl’s brother Gottlieb for 3,000 Thaler. 

This transaction appears to be for investment purposes.  The next year 30 Morgen of the property is sold to a group of investors for 1,440 Thaler.  In 1864 another 15 Morgen was sold to Johann Julius Wiese for 850 Thaler.  Finally, in in 1865 another 15 Morgen was sold to Gottlieb Welke for 628 Thaler.  These partitions became Properties 15, 16 and 17

On January 9, 1866 the balance of the property was sold to Michael’s sisters Rosina and Elizabeth and their husbands Michael Tumm (1823-1904) and Michael Siewert (1824-1890) for 840 Thaler. 

The property was transferred to the 17-year-old son of Michael and Elizabeth Siewert, Johann Gustav (born 1857) by a purchase agreement.  The elder Siewerts died at the property one day apart at Christmastime 1890. 

Johann Gustav married Pauline Mathilda nee Borth (born 1865) on November 21, 1885.  However, joint ownership of the property was not registered until June 24, 1909 when the couple was preparing to sell the farm to Julius Theodore Baum (born 1870).

Julius Baum was married to Emma Olga nee Krüger (born 1874).  The title to the property was transferred on October 26, 1909.  The couple owned the property until July 5, 1932 when they transferred it to their son Ewald Julius (1900-1939).

Ewald Julius was a soldier in the German army who was found dead near Warsaw on November 16, 1939.  Prior to that he had married Erna nee Lambrecht.  On March 31, 1944 she applied for title to the property which was approved and registered on October 30, 1944.