Bierbaum, Johann Heinrich

Other Events:

• Baptism: 22 Apr 1849, Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Baptism:
The baptism of Johann Heinrich Bierbaum, son of "Hermann Heinr. Bierbaum and Anna Maria Schaf" is recorded in the archives of the church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 as the Deutsche Evangelische Kirchegemeinde and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1834, Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
• Occupation: 1845–ABT 1885, Warren County, Missouri, USA; miller

Notes:

Immigration:
Hermann, his parents and his 6 brothers and sisters emigrated from Germany.

Occupation:

The following biographical sketch of Herman was published in 1885.

          Herman H. Bierbaum
          (Of Bierbaum's Steam Grist and Saw-mill, Post-office, Femme Osage).

     Mr. Bierbaum came to Warren county at the age of 21, in 1845, and learned the milling business under C. H. Schaaf, afterwards his father-in-law, and he has continued in the industry ever since, for a period now of nearly 40 years. He is now the owner and proprietor of the old Schaaf mill property, and continues the business on the same site where his father-in-law built and started the first horse-mill of the county, in 1841. Subsequently, in about five years, Mr. Schaaf changed his mill to an ox-mill, which he ran for nearly 20 years. This in turn was replaced by a steam-mill in 1854, the first one in the county. Mr. Bierbaum bought the steam-mill of his father-in-law in 1860. The engine is now 30 years old, and one of the wooden cog wheels, still running as glibly as when it was first hewn from its parent tree, is over 40 years old. The mill-house is a substantial three-story [sic] stone structure built of rough rock and a very picture of stability. Mr. Bierbaum has a good place of 200 acres, well improved, including a substantial, comfortable residence and other buildings. He was born in Munster Wester Cappeln, Germany, October 15, 1824, and was a son of John F. and Katherine M. Bierbaum, who emigrated to America in 1834 and settled in St. Charles county. The mother died there in 1864, and the father in 1880, at the age of 81. Herman A. [sic], the subject of this sketch, grew up on his father's farm in St. Charles county, and came thence to Warren county in 1845, as stated above. October 24, 1848, he was married to Miss Anne M. Schaaf, a daughter of C. H. Schaaf, who came from Germany in 1834. After Mr. Schaaf sold out to Mr. Bierbaum he established a mill at Augusta, in St. Charles county, which he sold to his sons in 1873. He is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Bierbaum have had 11 children, five of whom are living: John H., married and a farmer in Jackson county, Ludwig C., whose wife is deceased and he is now with his father; Gustave H., married and a farmer of this county; William F. and Carl G. Mr. Bierbaum's mill has a capacity of 50 barrels of meal and flour per day.


Buried:
Hermann was buried in the Bierbaum family cemetery in Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri (off Highway D, about 1 mile west of the St. Charles County line). His death and burial were recorded in the archives of the church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 as the Deutsche Evangelische Kirchegemeinde and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).

Hermann married Schaaf, Anna Maria 24 Oct 1848, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA. Anna (daughter of Schaaf, C. Henry and Huxoll, Louise) was born 2 Aug 1829, Osnabrück, Kingdom of Hannover; died 14 Mar 1912, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried 16 Mar 1912, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Anna Maria was buried in the Bierbaum family cemetery in Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri (off Highway D, about 1 mile west of the St. Charles County line). Her death and burial were recorded in the archives of the church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 as the Deutsche Evangelische Kirchegemeinde and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).

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Married:
The marriage of "Herman Henry Bierbaum" and "Anna Mary Schoff" was registered in the Office of the Recorder at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri. Jared Erwin, Justice of the Peace from Charrette Township officiated. According to a biographical sketch of Herman, he and Anna were the parents of 11 children, five of whom were still living at the time the sketch was published in 1885.

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1834, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Johann's son, Hermann Heinrich Bierbaum, was reported to have been born in 1824 at Westerkappeln, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. It might be assumed that Johann was born in the same area. The date of birth I have used has been calculated from Johann's reported date of death and age at death.

Buried:
The death and burial of "Johann Friedrich Bierbaum Sr." was recorded in the archives of the church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 as the Deutsche Evangelische Kirchegemeinde and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).

Johann married [---?---], Catharina Maria. Catharina was born Abt Apr 1793, Germany; died 10 Dec 1864, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA; was buried 13 Dec 1864, Femme Osage, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1834, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Catharina's surname is not known at this time. Her son, Hermann Heinrich Bierbaum, was reported to have been born in 1824 at Westerkappeln, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. It might be assumed that she was born in the same area. The date of Catharina's birth I have used has been calculated from her reported date of death and her approximate age at death.

Buried:
The death and burial of "Catharina Maria Bierbaum" was recorded in the archives of the church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 as the Deutsche Evangelische Kirchegemeinde and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1834, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
• Occupation: 1841–1873, Missouri, USA; miller

Notes:

Birth:
Details of the birth are not known at this time.

Occupation:
According to an 1885 biographical sketch of his son-in-law, Herman H. Bierbaum, C. H. Schaaf owned and operated a grist mill (at first powered by horse, then by ox and finally by steam) in Warren County, Missouri. In 1860, he sold his mill to Herman H. Bierbaum and went on to establish a new mill at Augusta, St. Charles County, Missouri, which he sold to his sons in 1873.

C. married Huxoll, Louise. Louise was born , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1834, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Details of the birth are not known at this time.