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Oberhellmann, Emma Maria

Female 1888 - 1918  (29 years)


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  • Name Oberhellmann, Emma Maria 
    Born 21 Dec 1888  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 6 Jan 1889  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Emma Maria's baptism was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Immanuels Church on Charrette, at Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The sponsors were Maria Oberhellmann and Maria Lütkemeier.
    Confirmation 5 Apr 1903  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Emma Maria's confirmation was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Immanuels Church (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ).
    Died 7 Feb 1918  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 10] 
    • According to her death certificate, Emma died from puerperal sepsis contracted during childbirth.
    Buried 10 Feb 1918  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    • Emma Maria Knapheide was buried in the cemetery north of the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). This cemetery was consecrated on 12 April 1916.
    Person ID I398  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2008 

    Father Oberhellmann, Heinrich Arnold,   b. 31 Dec 1846, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1926, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Borgmann, Margaretha Elisabeth,   b. 17 Jan 1848, Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1918, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 24 Aug 1871  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 13, 14, 15, 16] 
    Residence (family) 1918  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18] 
    • The lived in the vicinity of Treloar.
    Family ID F110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Knapheide, Heinrich Otto,   b. 6 Aug 1888, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1971, Troy, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage License 10 Apr 1914  Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    • The application for a marriage license, date 8 April 1914, and the marriage license both affirmed that "Otto H. Knapheide," of Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, age 25, and "Emma M. Oberhelman," of Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, age 25, were both legally able to marry.
           The statements in the marriage license application were sworn to before and the application was signed by "H. A. Oberhelman, Justice of the Peace." This is probably Emma's father.
    Married 15 Apr 1914  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21, 22, 23, 24] 
    • The marriage of "Otto H. Knapheide," of Hopewell, Missouri, and "Emma M. Oberhelman," of Holstein, Missouri, at the home of the bride's parents, was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Immanuels Church in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). They were married by Rev. F. Egger, who took pains to add by hand to the marriage license that he was "a resident Pastor of the Evangelical Church at Holstein, Missouri." Wilhelm Oberhelmann and Hilda Knapheide were the witnesses.
    Children 
    +1. Knapheide, Elvera Margaretha Emma,   b. 28 Nov 1915, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Knapheide, Roy Heinrich Wilhelm,   b. 27 Jan 1918, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1918, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Dec 1888 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsConfirmation - 5 Apr 1903 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Apr 1914 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Feb 1918 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 10 Feb 1918 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S180] Frances Bonney, The American Descendents of the Knapheides of Westphalia, Germany, of the District of Tecklenberg; Lienen, Lengerich, Lladbergen, Kattenvenne, and Others (St. Paul, Minnesota: Frances Bonney, 1973), page 111c.
      Emma Oberhellmann was born 21 December 1888 at Holstein, Missouri.

    2. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Death Records. page 305.
      "Emma Maria Knapheide nee Oberhellmann," wife of "Otto Knapheide," born 21 January 1888 at Holstein, Missouri, died 7 February 1918.
           The month of birth in the death record does not agree with the information found in the baptism record found in this same source.

    3. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Baptism Records. page 147.
      "Emma Maria," child of "H. A. Oberhellmann" and "Marg. nee Borgmann," was born 21 December 1888 and baptized 6 January 1889. The sponsors were "Maria Oberhellmann" and "Maria Lütkemeier."

    4. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Confirmation Records. page 212.
      "Emma Maria Oberhellmann" was confirmed on 5 April 1903 at Holstein, Missouri in the German Evangelical Immanuels Church (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). Her date of birth recorded in the confirmation register was 21 December 1888.

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 48, 102.
      Emma Maria Oberhellmann, child Henry Arnold Oberhellmann and Margarethe E. Borgmann, was born on 21 December 1888 at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri.

    6. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Mrs. Emma Maria Knapheide; Warren County; 1918; Certificate of Death #7621.
      Accessed in July 2006. Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #7621. For Mrs. Emma Maria Knapheide. Born 21 December 1888 at Holstein, Missouri. Father's name: H. A. Oberhelman; born in Warren County, Missouri. Mother's maiden name: Margrethe Borgman; born in Warren County, Missouri. Personal information was provided by H. A. Oberhelman, of R. R. #1, Treloar, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    7. [S180] Frances Bonney, The American Descendents of the Knapheides of Westphalia, Germany, of the District of Tecklenberg; Lienen, Lengerich, Lladbergen, Kattenvenne, and Others (St. Paul, Minnesota: Frances Bonney, 1973), page 111c.
      Emma died 7 February 1918 at Holstein, Missouri.

    8. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Death Records. page 305.
      "Emma Maria Knapheide nee Oberhellmann," wife of "Otto Knapheide," born 21 January 1888 at Holstein, Missouri, died 7 February 1918. She was buried in cemetery 3 [i.e., the cemetery located north of the brick church dedicated at Holstein, Missouri in 1884].
           Emma's death record appears immediately after that of her son, Roy. The month of birth in her death record does not agree with the information found in her baptism record found in this same source.

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 48, 102.
      Emma Maria died on 29 January 1918 at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri.

    10. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Mrs. Emma Maria Knapheide; Warren County; 1918; Certificate of Death #7621.
      http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1918/1918_00007959.pdf Accessed in July 2006. Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #7621. For Mrs. Emma Maria Knapheide. Born 21 December 1888 at Holstein, Missouri. Father's name: H. A. Oberhelman; born in Warren County, Missouri. Mother's maiden name: Margrethe Borgman; born in Warren County, Missouri. Died at 6:45 a.m. on 7 February 1918 in Charette [sic] Township, Warren County, Missouri at the age of 29 years, 1 month, 17 days. She was married at the time of death [spouse's name not provided]. Her usual occupation was Housewife. Cause of death was "Puerperal Sepsis (from child birth)" (10 days duration). Contributory cause of death was "not known." Burial or removal was to be 10 February 1918 at or to Holstein, Missouri. The undertaker was Nieweg & Brueggeman, of Holstein, Missouri. Personal information was provided by H. A. Oberhelman, of R. R. #1, Treloar, Missouri. John H. Baepe, M.D., of Marthasville, Missouri, had attended the deceased from 7 February 1918 to 7 February 1918 and signed the death certificate on 8 February 1918. The certificate was received by the local registrar on 8 February 1918.

    11. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Death Records. p. 305.
      "Emma Maria Knapheide nee Oberhellmann," wife of "Otto Knapheide," was buried in cemetery 3 [i.e., the cemetery located north of the brick church dedicated at Holstein, Missouri in 1884].

    12. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Mrs. Emma Maria Knapheide; Warren County; 1918; Certificate of Death #7621.
      Accessed in July 2006. Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #7621. For Mrs. Emma Maria Knapheide. Born 21 December 1888 at Holstein, Missouri. Died at 6:45 a.m. on 7 February 1918 in Charette [sic] Township, Warren County, Missouri at the age of 29 years, 1 month, 17 days. Burial or removal was to be 10 February 1918 at or to Holstein, Missouri. The undertaker was Nieweg & Brueggeman, of Holstein, Missouri. Personal information was provided by H. A. Oberhelman, of R. R. #1, Treloar, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    13. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Death Records. page 306.
      "Margarethe E. Oberhellmann," identified as the "wife of H. A. Oberhellmann," was born on 17 January 1848 at Marthasville, Missouri and died on 17 October 1918.

    14. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 48.
      Henry Arnold Oberhellmann and Margarethe E. Borgmann were married. No date or place given.

    15. [S229] History of St. Charles, Montgomery, and Warren Counties, Missouri, Written and Compiled From the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History Of Their Townships, Towns and Villages, Together With a Condensed History af Missouri; a Reliable and Detailed History of St. Charles, Montgomery and Warren Counties - Their Pioneer Record, Resources, Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of Great Value; Incidents and Reminiscences (St. Louis, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1885), Biographical sketch of Henry A. Oberhellmann; page 1,047.
      Henry A. Oberhellmann and Miss Margarethe, a daughter of Henry and Christine Borgman, were married on 24 August 1871. They were the parents of five children: Caroline, Mary, Emily, William and Ida.

    16. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Margrethe E. Oberhelman; Warren County; 1918; Certificate of Death #37705. Accessed on July 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #37705. For Margrethe E. Oberhelman. Born on 17 January 1848 at Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri. Died at 12:30 a.m. on 15 October 1918 in [village of 'Treloar' crossed out] Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri at the age of 70 years, 8 months, 28 days. She was married at the time of death; name of spouse not recorded. Her usual occupation was "House wife." Personal information was provided by H. A. Oberhelman, of Treloar, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    17. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Margrethe E. Oberhelman; Warren County; 1918; Certificate of Death #37705. Accessed on July 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #37705. For Margrethe E. Oberhelman. Died at 12:30 a.m. on 15 October 1918 in [village of 'Treloar' crossed out] Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri. Personal information was provided by H. A. Oberhelman, of Treloar, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    18. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Mrs. Emma Maria Knapheide; Warren County; 1918; Certificate of Death #7621.
      Accessed in July 2006. Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #7621. For Mrs. Emma Maria Knapheide. Born 21 December 1888 at Holstein, Missouri. Father's name: H. A. Oberhelman; born in Warren County, Missouri. Mother's maiden name: Margrethe Borgman; born in Warren County, Missouri. Died at 6:45 a.m. on 7 February 1918 in Charette [sic] Township, Warren County, Missouri at the age of 29 years, 1 month, 17 days. Personal information was provided by H. A. Oberhelman, of R. R. #1, Treloar, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    19. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Warren County marriage license; 10 April 1914. Accessed April 2008.
      Application for marriage license #500.
           Affidavit of Male: "Otto H. Knapheide," of Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, applied for a license to marry "Miss Emma M. Oberhelman," of Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, swearing that he was 25 years of age, and that "Lola Zumwalt" was 25 years of age, and that both were single, unmarried and lawfully able to marry. Signed by "Otto H. Knapheide" on 8 April 1914.
           Affidavit of Female: "Emma M. Oberhelman" swore that she was the person named in the above application for a marriage license, and that she was 25 years of age, and that she was single, unmarried and lawfully able to marry. Signed by "Emma Oberhelman" on 8 April 1914.
           The statements in the marriage license application were sworn to before and the application was signed by "H. A. Oberhelman, Justice of the Peace." This is probably Emma M. Oberhelman's father.

           Bound copy of license; page 372. License for "Otto H. Knapheide," of Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21, and "Emma M. Oberhelman," of Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18. Recorded on 10 April 1914 at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri.
           Certification that the undersigned "minister of the Gospel" did unite in marriage the above named persons at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri on 15 April 1914. Signed by "F. Egger." Rev. Egger noted interlinearly that in addition to being a citizen of the United States he was also "a resident Pastor of the Evangelical Church at Holstein, Missouri." Filed with the county recorder at 8:00 a.m. on 27 April 1914.

    20. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Marriage Records. page 262.
      "Otto H. Knapheide," of Hopewell, and "Emma M. Oberhelman," of Holstein, were married 15 April 1914 at the home of the bride's parents. "Wm. Oberhelmann" and "Hilda Knapheide" were witnesses.

    21. [S180] Frances Bonney, The American Descendents of the Knapheides of Westphalia, Germany, of the District of Tecklenberg; Lienen, Lengerich, Lladbergen, Kattenvenne, and Others (St. Paul, Minnesota: Frances Bonney, 1973), page 111c.
      Copy of selected pages provided by Byron H. Nolte in 2008. Descendants of Ernst Wilhelm Knapheide, page 3. Otto Knapheide and Emma Oberhellmann were married 15 April 1914 at Holstein, Missouri. This was Otto's first marriage. They were the parents of one child.

    22. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Warren County marriage license; 10 April 1914. Accessed April 2008.
      Bound copy of license [#500]; page 372. License for "Otto H. Knapheide," of Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21, and "Emma M. Oberhelman," of Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18. Recorded on 10 April 1914 at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri.
           Certification that the undersigned "minister of the Gospel" did unite in marriage the above named persons at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri on 15 April 1914. Signed by "F. Egger." Rev. Egger noted interlinearly that in addition to being a citizen of the United States he was also "a resident Pastor of the Evangelical Church at Holstein, Missouri." Filed with the county recorder at 8:00 a.m. on 27 April 1914.

    23. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 102.
      Heinrich Otto Knapheide and Emma Maria Oberhellmann were married on 15 April 1914 at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri.

    24. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Mrs. Emma Maria Knapheide; Warren County; 1918; Certificate of Death #7621.
      Accessed in July 2006. Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #7621. For Mrs. Emma Maria Knapheide. Born 21 December 1888 at Holstein, Missouri. She was married at the time of death [spouse's name not provided]. Her usual occupation was Housewife. Personal information was provided by H. A. Oberhelman, of R. R. #1, Treloar, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.


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