Lou saw many parts of the world
(South America, East and West Indies, South Sea Islands) before settling
on California in 1851. In 1855 Louisa sailed from Hamburg around Cape Horn
to join him in California. Lisa came in 1859 with her aunt.
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Ludwig Behrens (Lou) was born September
1, 1825 in Rostock Germany; his wife, Louisa Maria Bahrdt was born August
7, 1822 in Doberan, Germany. We know little of their early lives or, how
they met. Louisa was well known as a singer and was invited to sing at
Grand Ducal Court of Hesse Darmstadt. An atlas shows the communities where
the Behrenses were born to be about ten miles apart, with Rostock a port
on the Baltic which explains Lou's life at sea. Their first child was born
in Rostock:
Elisa Johanne (Lisa) b. May 29, 1846, in Germany d. in Benton Harbor, Michigan about age 70
Lou saw many parts of the world
(South America, East and West Indies, South Sea Islands) before settling
on California in 1851. In 1855 Louisa sailed from Hamburg around Cape Horn
to join him in California. Lisa came in 1859 with her aunt.
The other six children were born in Whiskeytown:
| Gustav Frederich (Gus) | b. Nov. 1, 1856 | d. Apr. 22 1914 | m. FidelIa Baird |
| Mathilde Marie (Tillie) | b. May 26, 1858 | d. Jan. 1930 | m. Alfred Riley Story |
| Karl Heinrich (Charles) | b. July 17, 1859 | d. Jan. 3, 1917 | m. Mary Kountz |
| Ludwig Philipp (Lou) | b. Aug. 24, 1860 | d. Dec. 1926 | m. Luella Greenwood, after her death, her sister Eva Greenwood. |
| Louise Katherine | b. July 23, 1862 | d. Feb. 12, 1952 | m. Herman Jasper Mohr |
| Wilhelm Jobannes | b. Jan 9, 1866 | d. June 29, 1866 |
Ludwig had a store in Whiskeytown
until he sold it in 1872 and moved the family to Shasta. Both stores carried
the usual stock --food, clothing, miners' tools, plus (if the winter was
cold enough) ice cream made with snow from Mount Bally. Ludwig kept the
Shasta store only a short while before moving to Dixon and thence to Orland.
Ludwig died January 2, 1880,
aged fifty-four years, seven months and Louisa died April 6, 1884 aged
sixty-one years. Both died in Orland and were buried in Willows.
Source: Shasta Historical Society - Aug. 2002
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