in the Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Name: Jacob Friedrich Christian Heidenreich
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Birth Date: 1 Mai 1813 (1 May 1813)
Baptism Date: 2 Mai 1813 (2 May 1813)
Baptism Place: Kambs u Schwaan, Mecklenburg, Deutschland (Germany)
Father: Johann Heidenreich
Mother: Catharina Sophia Heidenreich
Parish as it Appears: Kambs
City or District: Kambs u Schwaan
Page Number: 11
Author: Evangelische Kirche Kambs (AG. Schwaan)
Film Number: 69237

His god parents were knecht Jacob Nick, knecht Frierich Flincker and knecht Christian Hecht.

At the time of his marriage, his name is registered as Jacob Friedrich and in the baptizing registration of his children, his name was only Friedrich. Which was without a doubt his first name. In Germany his name was Friederich and in America it was Friederick.

He married Elisabeth Maria Schild October 30, 1807 in Neukirchen Evangelical Church, Mecklenburg, Germany. Son of Johann Fredrich Hans Heidenreich & Catharina Sophia Siems. Jacob was a farm worker (tagelöhner) where he received his release from servitude on July 5, 1873.

Occupation:
1838 knecht in Matersen
1835 tagelhoner in Matersen
1848 same
1849 tagelhoner in Brobberow
1869 same

Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Census, 1867
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Fritz Heidenreich Head M
Maria Schildt Wife F
Sophia Heidenreich Daughter F
Carl Heidenreich Son M
Minna Heidenreich Daughter F
Carl Schildt Father-in-law M
Fritz Heidenreich M
Christoph Heidenreich M
Christina Heidenreich M
Friederich Heidenreich M

It must have been very crowded as 10 people were living in a laborers cottage!

Jacob immigrated 24 October 1873 from Hamburg, Germany on the ship Cimbria arriving November 6, 1873 in New York with his wife and his youngest daughter Wilhelmine and his daughter Sophia Moeller with her family.

The officials in Schwaan did apply for the State Authorization to emigrate on behalf of the applicants: on July 1, 1873. The Heidenreich family received an emigration permit which confirmed their release from servitude in Mecklenburg. The certificate of release from German citizenship for the Heidenreich family was issued in Schwerin on July 5, 1873. The voyage took 13 days.

Name: Jacob Heidenreich
Departure Date: 22 Okt 1873 (22 Oct 1873)
Birth Date: abt 1813
Age: 60
Gender: männlich (Male)
Residence: Bröbberow, Mecklenburg
Occupation: Landmann
Ship Name: Cimbria
Captain: Brandt
Shipping Clerk: Aug. Bolten Wm. Miller's Nachfolger
Shipping line: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft
Ship Type: Dampfschiff
Accommodation: Zwischendeck
Ship Flag: Deutschland
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Port of Arrival: New York

Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 029 C
Household Members: Name Age
Jacob Heidenreich 60
Elisabeth Heidenreich 57
Wilh.e Heidenreich 14
Sophie Heidenreich 24

When he died him and his wife were living with son Christian at 1819 Madison in Saginaw, MI. And after he died his wife Mary was living with daughter Wilhelmine, Mrs Charles Schmidt at 1746 Monroe, Saginaw,MI.

Jacob is buried without a headstone on the lot of his son Christian Heidenreich. Christian Heidenreich is the only headstone on that lot. Burial Dec 31, 1881.

Frederick Heidenreich
Michigan Deaths and Burials
Name Frederick Heidenreich
Gender Male
Death Date 31 Dec 1888 (note; this is the burial date)
Death Place Saginaw, Saginaw, Mi
Age 75
Birth Date 1813
Birthplace Mecklinberg, Germ.
Race White

Buried Dec. 31, 18880.

Cause of death: Old age