Hünefeld, Catherine Sophie

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• Immigration: 1845, New Knoxville, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA

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Immigration:

     Catherine was between 7 and 14 months old when she left Germany with her father, Hermann Hünefeld (at age 27) and her mother, Christina (at age 21).
     Her family traveled with at least one other family that they knew: Herman Wiethoff (at age 47); his wife, Anna (born Fiegenbaum; at age 40); and their three sons, Hermann (at age 19); Heinrich Wilhelm (at age 12); and Heinrich Wilhelm (not more than 7 months of age).
     The trip could not have begun before May 1845, because Heinrich Wilhelm Wiethoff was born in Ladbergen, Prussia towards the end of that month. The two families were related through the adult women, who were 4th cousins once removed.

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1845, New Knoxville, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA

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Immigration:

     Hermann Hünefeld (at age 27); his wife, Christina (at age 21); and their daughter, Catherine (between 7 and 14 months old) emigrated from Germany to New Knoxville, Ohio in 1845.
     They made the trip together with Herman Wiethoff (at age 47); his wife, Anna (born Fiegenbaum; at age 40); and their three sons, Hermann (at age 19); Heinrich Wilhelm (at age 12); and Heinrich Wilhelm (not more than 7 months of age).
     The trip could not have begun before May 1845, because Heinrich Wilhelm Wiethoff was born in Ladbergen, Prussia towards the end of that month. The two families were related through the adult women, who were 4th cousins once removed.

Buried:
Hermann's grave is in the cemetery of St. John's United Church of Christ, Neeb Road, Cincinnati.

Hermann married Fiegenbaum, Christine Maria 19 Jul 1844, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. Christine (daughter of Fiegenbaum, Johann Heinrich and Lagemann, Anna Elisabeth) was born 17 Apr 1824, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia; died 17 Feb 1881, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1845, New Knoxville, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Immigration:

     Christina was 21 years old when she left Germany with her husband, Hermann Hünefeld (at age 27) and their daughter, Catherine (between 7 and 14 months old).
     They traveled with another family from Ladbergen that they knew: Herman Wiethoff (at age 47); his wife, Anna (born Fiegenbaum; at age 40); and their three sons, Hermann (at age 19); Heinrich Wilhelm (at age 12); and Heinrich Wilhelm (not more than 7 months of age).
     The trip could not have begun before May 1845, because Heinrich Wilhelm Wiethoff was born in Ladbergen, Prussia towards the end of that month. The two families were related through the adult women, who were 4th cousins once removed.

Johann married Maneke, Anna. Anna died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Johann married Lagemann, Anna Elisabeth Abt 1818, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. Anna was born 8 Mar 1788, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 21 Oct 1831, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Three children were born to this couple.

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Birth:
This man's second given name is reported variously as Hendrik, Hedrich, Henrich and Heinrich. Alternative dates of birth are sometimes given as 9 February or 17 March 1764.

Died:
According to the church records in Ladbergen, Hermann died of water dropsy and was in need of a doctor.

Hermann married Horstmeier, Anna Christine Katharina 20 Nov 1785, Lienen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg. Anna was born 21 Oct 1759, Lienen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 9 Jan 1830, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
Anna was born in Lienen (in the township of Holperdorp), a neighboring village to the east to Ladbergen.

Died:
Anna was 70 years, 2 months and 19 days old when she died.

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Married:

     The newly married couple lived in the Horstmeier Heuerhaus located in Bauerschaft Holperdorp, a section of the town of Lienen. Their first child was born there. It would appear that within a few years the family had moved. The couple's second child was born in the nearby village of Ladbergen. By 1800, the family had built a house at Ladbergen-Wester 21, located in the section of the village know as "In der Laake." Hermann died in this home in 1829 and Anna passed a year later. In 1840, the house was sold. It may be that some of the proceeds from this sale helped finance Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum's family emigration to the USA in 1841.
     In addition to being a carpenter or house builder, Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum was a Heuerling or tenant farmer. Tenant farmers were low on the social scale in Ladbergen at the time. "They owned no land, and they lived in rented houses on larger farms. Every large or middle-sized farm in Ladbergen had one or more tenant houses (in German: Heuerhäuser) scattered over the farm. The highest number on any farm in Ladbergen was seven; two or three was common. Each tenant farm house had its own plot of 7 to 12 acres. The tenants rented the houses and plots for life. The tenant farmers were not the same as sharecroppers or rental farmers in the American sense. They had only a small plot to themselves, and they did not need to give any of the yield to the landowner. They were essentially renters of houses who paid for their dwellings with a small amount of cash and a specified number of days of labor. In the 19th century the tenants were typically relatives of the landowners, but this was decreasingly the case after the turn of the century."