Koorem / Korem / Koorm Family Tree

 

Koorem | Korem | Koorm

 

Saaremaa, Estonia

 

This is the Koorem family tree from Estonia. The name is also spelt as Korem or Koorm which was the spelling influenced by the Russians and Germans before Estonia achieved independence in 1919.   Koorem literally means load or burden.

Johann Korem was born on 25th of May 1847 in south-east of Estonia, at the Uue-Antsla manor, Urvaste parish in Võru county.  Johann Koorem probably moved to Saaremaa when he was recruited as a soldier in the Tsarist army. Afterwards his occupations were a forest worker and cabinet maker.  He lived in Loode, Kuressaare and was married in 1872 to Anna Katarina Kruse who was born on the 14th of September 1850.

Prior to Johann his ancestors were servants/serfs working for manors in the Urvaste parish of Voru County, Estonia.

The family of Karl Adolf Koorem (the son of Johan and Anna Korem) were all born in Kuressaare, Saaremaa in Estonia. They lived on the western edge of Kuressaare in a wooded area called Loode. In the early part of the 1900s Loode was the site of a passenger harbour which was built in 1872. Boats sailed from there to the major Saaremaa harbour at Roomassaare.  The Port Artur cafe was located near the Loode harbour.

The Koorem family lived in a stone and timber house which had a thatched roof. They house was located about 30 meters south of the road leading from Kuressaare to Nasva at the eastern turn off to Loode Tammik. The children slept three to a bed.  The house is now a pile of rocks with trees growing amongst them. 10 meters to the south is the remains of the well.  During the Soviet occupation the Loode area was a military base.  Today Loode is unpopulated and is a wild life sanctuary and includes the protected Loode oak wood.

Karl met Miina while she was working as a waitress in a roadhouse in the area. They had a total of 8 children. Karl was a cabinet maker and carpenter. He died in 1929 at the age of 53 as the result of an accident. After his death Miina had to work hard to raise the family. She looked after the forest in the area. The family was torn apart as the Russians took control of Estonia in 1940. One year later the Germans took control and then in 1944 the Russians again invaded the country. In 1944 Paul Koorem escaped to Sweden. In the same year Erika Koorem also left home and ended up living in Scotland via Germany and England.

Karl Koorem’s brother August Bernhard Koorem (Ben) had a bakery in Kuressaare. His bakery is still renowned amongst some of the older citizens of Kuressaare. Karl and Miina’s eldest son Bernard Koorem trained and was employed as a baker in his shop before moving to live in Tallinn.

ANCESTORS (1700’s -1847)

These places mentioned at the time would be located in Livonia.  Livonia was originally made up of Finnish tribes – but over the years occupied by different groups Germany, Russia, Poland and Sweden.  All these influenced the naming convention. Hinto is a personalized forename of Heinrich.  Sometimes nicknames were  included in the full name.  And of course spellings changed too….

/Koljo Hinni/ Ants  B: 1696
Oe küla, Vana-Antsla, Urvaste khk.
D: May 26, 1756
Oe, Urvaste khk.
Son of [Koljo Hinni] Hann and Koljo Hinni Hebbo
Husband of Tio (Koljo Hinni) [Koljo Hinni]

Koljo Hinni Jakkab (Holp) b 10/27/1735 Koljo Hinni, Urvaste khk., Estonia d 06/16/1808  Kollini (Koljo Hinni), Vana-Antsla, Urvaste, Võrumaa, Estonia
Marri (wife)  – Masica Mikko Marri Jaelik / Kuilp (Masika) (Father Mikk (Maasika) (Masika)) b 1737 Vana Antsla Manor, Urvaste, Voru, Estonia.

.Waiko Hinni Zahkre kaswandik Ants Korem (stepson) from Uue Antsla manor, Urvaste parish of Voru County, Estonia.
.Hinto-Anso Ants Korem 7/8/1785
.Koljo Antsu Juhhani  d  (wife) ca 1785

..Hinto-Anso Juhann Korem b: 5/12/1795 – from Somerpalu manor, Urvaste, Voru County, Estonia. Must Ja manor m: 1817
..Oinatoma Kaarle d Ewa Malleus (wife)

…Hinto-Anso sulane (servant) Karl Korem b: 4/29/1819 m: 1845 (to widow)
…(2nd wife) Tio Kuttis (daughter of Ado Kuttis)

RECENT FAMILY  (From 1847)

.Johann Korem b: 5/25/1847 m: 1872 d: 11/25/1906 (Lived Loode – forest worker / cabinetmaker) – Kudjape Cemetery, Kuressaare
.. + Anna Katarina Kruse b: 9/14/1850 d: 1910 – Kudjape Cemetery

..1 August Bernhard Korem b: 5/21/1886, Baker in Kuressaare m: 1921 d:1965  – Kudjape Cemetery, Kuressaare

 

…+ Anna Kruuse b: 1/29/1888 div 1941 went to live in Sweden, d 1980 Stockholm

 

..….2 Linda Korem – went to Sweden with Anna d: 1954 age 32?

 

…+ Theresia Amilde 1894-1950  – 2nd wife

 

……2 Jessy Ludig

 

..1 Alexander Ferdinand Korem b: 8/15/1878 dies in Russia

 

..1 Wilh. Rosalie Korem b: 10/24/1879  d: 2/27/1880

 

..1 Oskar Woldemar Korem b: 1/29/1881 d: 2/8/1881

 

..1 Fr. Reinhold Korem b: 1/12/1884 d: 2/22/1909

 

..1 Karolina Korem b: 1/28/1873 (lived with August Bernard + 1951 in Pilguse Hospital)

 

..1 Johannes Ernst Korem b: 12/3/1889 d: 12/11/1889

 

..1 Sanette Christine Korem b: 3/21/1891 d: 3/5/1904 – Kudjape Cemetery with Johann & August Bernhard

 

..1 Karl Adolf Korem (Koorem) b: 1876 Kuressaare, Saaremaa ( forest worker / cabinet maker) d: 1929 – Kudjape CemeteryKuressaare

 

…..+ Miina Toomson b: 8/10/1881 Karida, Karla, Saaremaa – Loigu Farm (waitress / forest worker) (sister Maria lived Kuressaare, 2 brothers) d:1973  – Kudjape CemeteryKuressaare

 

..……..2 Bernard Voldemar Koorem b 1/2/1911 Kuressaare (baker) d 12/11/2010

 

……………+ Anastassia Mote b Valga b 27/3/1908 d: 12/27/1992

 

..……..2 Oscar Koorem b: 1914? Kuressaare (died in infancy)

 

..……..2 August Conrad Korem b: 5/21/1914 Kuressaare (seaman, welder) d: 1991 Barry, Wales

 

..……..2 Enn Korem (Fredreich Aleksander Korem)  b 20/11/1916 Kuressaare (customs inspector,electrical repair) d 23/4/2006

 

……………+ Vaike Eespere/Eisenberg b 17/6/1926 (nurse / nurse teacher) d 21/3/2004

 

..……..2 Therese Marie Koorem 4/1/1919 (factory worker) d 31/10/2004

 

..……..2 Paul Ferdinand Koorem b 9/28/1922 Kuressaare (tailor, road construction) lived Pitea, Sweden d 9/27/1992 – Kudjape Cemetery, Kuressaare

 

……………+ Harriet b: 5/9/1926

…………….+ Marianne b: 1929

 

..……..2 Alfred Rudolf Koorem b 28/9/1922 (shop, sawmill worker)

 

……………+ Irene Vakrom b 26/4/1926 Viljand, d: 19/3/1989

 

..……..2 Erika Elisabeth Koorem b: 7/7/1925 Kuressare, Estonia. (Moved to Scotland after WW2) Nurse d 8/22/2007 Perth – Kudjape Cemetery, Kuressaare

 

..………+ James Paterson Peggie b: 8/24/1924 Alva Scotland (Fought WWII, Musician, Building trade, d 12/5/1999 Perth