Bierbaum, Catharina Sophia Wilhelmine

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1841, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Immigration:

     Sophia Bierbaum (age 9), her brother, Johann, his wife, and their oldest child emigrated from Ladbergen (Kreis Tecklenburg), Prussia to Warren County, Missouri. The Bierbaum family was accompanied by Johann's wife's married sister, her husband and their three children, and by his wife's parents and their two unmarried children.
     In all, at least 13 members of this extended family left Ladbergen together in 1841. They departed Germany from the port of Bremen on the bark Leontine. Of the 102 persons on board, 56 were identified on the passenger list as former residents of Ladbergen. Four other persons were from the nearby towns of Brochterbeck and Lengerich. The Leontine arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on 28 June 1841. The Fiegenbaums, Aufderhaars and Bierbaums traveled further west and settled in Warren County, Missouri.


Buried:
Sophia was buried in the cemetery located south of and next to the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein and know since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ.

Catharina married Oberhellmann, Heinrich Wilhelm 3 Jun 1852, Warren County, Missouri, USA. Heinrich (son of Oberhellmann, Arnold H. and Dannebrock, Margaretha E.) was born 9 Dec 1823, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia; died 12 Dec 1902, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Heinrich and Sophia's marriage was recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette at Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). Pastor Joseph Rieger officiated. Gerhard Hackmann and Friedrich Steinkamp were witnesses.

1. Oberhellmann, Herman Heinrich was born 15 Mar 1854, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 19 Oct 1857, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
2. Oberhellmann, Maria Elisabeth was born 6 Jul 1856, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 12 Aug 1857, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
3. Oberhellmann, Anna Sophia was born 11 Sep 1857, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 16 Dec 1945; was buried , Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
4. Oberhellmann, Hermann Heinrich was born 9 Dec 1859, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 13 Feb 1942; was buried , Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
5. Oberhellmann, Christina Wilhelmina was born 29 Sep 1861, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 3 Aug 1933, Missouri, USA; was buried , Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
6. Oberhellmann, Johann Friedrich was born 23 Mar 1864, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 13 Jun 1918, Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
7. Oberhellmann, Maria Johanna was born 21 Jul 1866, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 2 Aug 1945; was buried , Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
8. Oberhellmann, Martin Samuel was born 26 Jun 1872, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 19 Apr 1948.
9. Oberhellmann, Daniel Arnold was born 12 Sep 1877, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 8 Jan 1955, Washington, Franklin County, Missouri, USA; was buried 10 Jan 1955, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA.

Johann married Wibbeler, Anna Westphalia, Germany. Anna died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]