Heinrich was born in Neukirchen, near Neuss, Germany, during the time Napoleon occupied his homeland. His birth records are written in French. Heinrich's first wife, Sybila Ruebing died shortly after their marriage. He then married Anna Sophia Hecker in January 1850, before emigrating to America. They came aboard the Oldenburg Thyen from the port of Bremen to New Orleans. They brought their two children, Adam and Maria Helena. A third child, Caspar, died in Germany at the age of two months.
The family settled in Jefferson County where they first ran a hotel and then bought land to farm. They were members of the Immaculate Conception Church and had eight children in all: Adam, Caspar (died 1854 in Germany), Helena, Stephen, Gertrude, Louisa, Anna Maria (died at two months) and Franz. Heinrich died of remittant fever in 1884.
The family settled in Jefferson County where they first ran a hotel and then bought land to farm. They were members of the Immaculate Conception Church and had eight children in all: Adam, Caspar (died 1854 in Germany), Helena, Stephen, Gertrude, Louisa, Anna Maria (died at two months) and Franz. Heinrich died of remittant fever in 1884.
Heinrich was born in Neukirchen, near Neuss, Germany, during the time Napoleon occupied his homeland. His birth records are written in French. Heinrich's first wife, Sybila Ruebing died shortly after their marriage. He then married Anna Sophia Hecker in January 1850, before emigrating to America. They came aboard the Oldenburg Thyen from the port of Bremen to New Orleans. They brought their two children, Adam and Maria Helena. A third child, Caspar, died in Germany at the age of two months.
The family settled in Jefferson County where they first ran a hotel and then bought land to farm. They were members of the Immaculate Conception Church and had eight children in all: Adam, Caspar (died 1854 in Germany), Helena, Stephen, Gertrude, Louisa, Anna Maria (died at two months) and Franz. Heinrich died of remittant fever in 1884.
The family settled in Jefferson County where they first ran a hotel and then bought land to farm. They were members of the Immaculate Conception Church and had eight children in all: Adam, Caspar (died 1854 in Germany), Helena, Stephen, Gertrude, Louisa, Anna Maria (died at two months) and Franz. Heinrich died of remittant fever in 1884.
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