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Oberhellmann, Friedrich Wilhelm

Male 1849 - 1908  (58 years)


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  • Name Oberhellmann, Friedrich Wilhelm 
    Born 25 Nov 1849  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 27 Jan 1850  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Friedrich Wilhelm's baptism was recorded in the register of the German Lutheran Church on Charrette, at Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The sponsor was "Fridrich [sic] Niemann."
    Confirmation 20 Apr 1864  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Friedrich Wilhelm's confirmation was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ).
    Occupation From 1881  [4, 8] 
    merchant 

    •      The following description was published in History of St. Charles, Montgomery, and Warren Counties, Missouri...(St. Louis. Missouri: National Historical Company, 1885).

                William Oberhellmann and August Brueggenjohann
                (Of Oberhellmann and Brueggenjohann, Dealers in General Merchandise, Furniture and Farm Produce, Holstein)

           The above named gentlemen constitute one of the leading mercantile and business firms of the southern part of Warren county, and carry an unusually large and well selected stock of goods in the line of general merchandise, and buy and ship quite extensively farm produce of all kinds raised throughout their part of the county. The business was established originally by Ruge Bros. in 1876. They sold out to Hackmann & Russe, who, in 1881, sold to H. Oberhellmann & Son. In the spring of 1884 H. Oberhellmann, the father of William Oberhellmann, sold his interest in the store to Mr. August Brueggenjohann, who is now an equal partner with Mr. William Oberhellmann in the firm. They carry a stock of about $7,000 and do an annual business of over $20,000. There is no more popular and successful firm in this part of the county than theirs. "Fair Dealing, Large Sales and Small Profits" is the motto or sinnspruch under which they succeeded and hope to succeed.
           WILLIAM OBERHELLMANN, the senior member of the firm, was born and reared in Warren County - born November 25, 1849 - and is a son of Henry and Mary (Niemann) Oberhellmann, who came to this county from Germany in 1851. William, after he grew up, was married in 1874 to Miss Caroline Knapheide, a daughter of Ernst Knapheide, also originally from Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Oberhellmann have one child, Annette.
           AUGUST BRUEGGENJOHANN, the junior member of the firm, is also a native of the county, and a son of William B. and Christine (Stineker) Brueggenjohann, who came from Germany to Warren county, in 1844. August Brueggenjohann was born on his father's farm, in this county, February 2, 1860. He was reared on the farm and received a good common-school education. He became a mmeber [sic] of the above named firm, as stated above, early in 1844. Mr. Brueggenjohann is a young man of good business qualities and is proving a valuable addition to the business house with which he is connected. In 1883 Mr. B. was married to Miss Louisa Knapheide, a daughter of Ernst Knapheide.

           It should be noted that the year given in this piece for William Oberhellmann's immigration to the USA is not correct. The editor should have realized it was not possible for William to be born in Missouri two years before his parents emigrated from Germany. Other, more reliable sources indicate that the Oberhellmann family made the journey in either 1832 or 1833.
    Died 28 Feb 1908  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Buried Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Friedrich Wilhelm Oberhellmann 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.
    Person ID I4805  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 10 May 2013 

    Father Oberhellmann, Heinrich Wilhelm,   b. 9 Dec 1823, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1902, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Nieman, Marie Engel,   b. 13 Jan 1832,   d. 13 Sep 1851, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years) 
    Married 14 Dec 1848  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12] 
    • Heinrich and Maria's marriage was recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). Friedrich Schlomann and Gerhard Hackmann were witnesses. Heinrich and Marie lived on the Nieman farm, which later became the Oberhellman farm, ΒΌ mile north of Holstein.
    Family ID F1579  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Knapheide, Bernhardine Caroline,   b. 25 Dec 1853, Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1906, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 7 Mar 1873  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16] 
    • Friedrich and Caroline's marriage was recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). According to the published record of the marriage "parents & brothers & sisters of couple" were witnesses.
    Children 
     1. Oberhellmann, Maria Wilhelmine,   b. 16 Dec 1873, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1879, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
     2. Oberhellmann, Ernst Wilhelm,   b. 15 May 1875, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1875, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Oberhellmann, Heinrich Wilhelm,   b. 15 May 1875, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1875, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Oberhellmann, Anna Lydia,   b. 11 Aug 1877, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1877, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Oberhellmann, Sophia Pauline,   b. 25 Jun 1880, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1881, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     6. Oberhellmann, Annette Sophia,   b. 31 Jul 1882, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Oberhellmann, Paul Heinrich,   b. 19 Feb 1885, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Oberhellmann, Otto Friedrich,   b. 21 Jun 1888, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Oberhellmann, Johann Friedrich,   b. 9 Feb 1891, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1891, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     10. Oberhellmann, Antonie Wilhelmine,   b. 16 Mar 1896, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Nov 1849 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 27 Jan 1850 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsConfirmation - 20 Apr 1864 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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), p. 345.
      Biographical sketch entitled Heinrich W. Oberhellmann Family. "In 1849, [Heinrich W. Oberhellmann] married Marie Engel Nieman.....They had two sons, F. William & F. Gerhard. F. Gerhard died after birth, as did the mother."

    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), Baptism Records. p. 91.
      "Friedrich Wilhelm," son of "Heinrich Oberhelman [sic]" and "Maria E. nee Niemann," was born on 25 November 1849 and was baptized on 27 January 1850. The sponsor was "Fridrich [sic] Niemann."

    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), p. 302.
      Death and burial records. Friedr. Wilh. Oberhellmann. Died 28 February 1908. He was born 25 November 1849 at Holstein.

    4. [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 W. Oberhellmann; pages 1,046-1,047.
      William Oberhellmann, sole surviving son of Henry W. and Engel (Niemann) Oberhellmann, "is a merchant and postmaster at Holstein."

    5. [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 Oberhellmann and Brueggenjohann, merchants; page 1,046.
      William Oberhellmann, son of Henry and Mary (Niemann) Oberhellmann, was born on 25 November 1849 in Warren County, Missouri.

    6. [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 Record. p. 91.
      "Friedrich Wilhelm," son of "Heinrich Oberhelman [sic]" and "Maria E. nee Niemann," was born on 25 November 1849 and was baptized on 27 January 1850. The sponsor was "Fridrich [sic] Niemann."

    7. [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. p. 204.
      "Friedrich Welhelm [sic] Oberhellmann" was confirmed on 20 April 1864 at Holstein, Missouri in the German Evangelical Church on Charrette (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). His date of birth recorded in the confirmation register was 24 November 1849.

    8. [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 Oberhellmann and Brueggenjohann, merchants; page 1,046.

    9. [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. 302.
      "Friedr. Wilh. Oberhellmann," born on 25 November 1849 at Holstein, died on 28 February 1908. He was buried in cemetery 2 [i.e., the cemetery located south of and next to the brick church dedicated in 1884 at Holstein, Missouri].

    10. [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), p. 345.
      Biographical sketch entitled Heinrich W. Oberhellmann Family. "In 1849, [Heinrich W. Oberhellmann] married Marie Engel Nieman. They lived on the Nieman farm, later the Oberhellmann farm, one fourth mile North of the Holstein Church. They had two sons, F. William & F. Gerhard. F. Gerhard died after birth, as did the mother." This date of the marriage does not fit with the date recorded in the published records of the church at Holstein, Missouri.

    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), p. 243.
      Marriage Records. Heinrich Wilh. Oberhelmann [sic], of "Fewe/Hanover," and Maria Engel Niemann were married on 14 December 1848. Friedr. Schlomann and Gerhard Hackmann were the witnesses.

    12. [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 W. Oberhellmann; pages 1,046-1,047.
      Henry W. Oberhellmann was married in 1849 to "Miss Engel Niemann, a daughter of F. Niemann, of Warren county, but formerly of Germany. To them were born two children, one of whom died in infancy."

    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), page 345.
      Biographical sketch entitled Heinrich W. Oberhellmann Family. The sketch ends with a list of Heinrich's children. The first, F. William, was identified earlier in the biography as being from Heinrich's first marriage, to Marie Engel Nieman. "F. William, married Caroline Knapheide."

    14. [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 251.
      Marriage records. Friedrich Wilhelm Oberhellmann and Caroline Bernhardine Knappheide [sic] were married 7 March 1873. Witnesses were "parents & brothers & sisters of couple."

    15. [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 111b.
      Copy of selected pages provided by Byron H. Nolte in 2008. Descendants of Ernst Wilhelm Knapheide, page 2. William Oberhellamnn [sic] and Caroline Knapheide were married. A date and place of marriage were not provided.

    16. [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 Oberhellmann and Brueggenjohann, merchants; page 1,046.
      William Oberhellmann "was married in 1874 to Miss Caroline Knapheide, a daughter of Ernst Knapheide, also originally from Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Oberhellmann have one child, Annette."


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