Hellweg, Henrietta

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1870, Colony, Delaware County, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Birth:
According to birth records in the Hellweg-Danker family bible, Henrietta was born at 5 o'clock in the evening.

Census:
According to the 1860 enumeration, Henrietta Helvick, age 7 (born in Missouri), lived with her parents, Peter Helvick (age 42), a Lutheran clergyman, and Martha Helvick (age 37), and seven siblings, ages 17 to 1 year of age.

Census:
According to the 1870 enumeration, Henrietta Hellwig was living with her parents, Peter Hellwig (age 53) and Martha Hellwig (age 47) and her brother, Edward (age 10). The enumerator reported that Henrietta was 16 years old and been born in Mississippi. The place of birth here would appear to be an error.

Buried:
Henrietta was buried in Concord Cemetery.

Died:

The following obituary was published in the Garner Signal (Garner, Iowa) on Wednesday, 13 June 1923.

          MRS. ADAM SCHNEIDER.
     Mrs. Henrietta Hellwig [sic] Schneider was born Feb. 28, 1854, in Pettis County Mo.
     She was a daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Peter Hellwig, one of the pioneer members of the Northwest German Conference. Being a daughter of the parsonage, she early in life learned of the joys as well as of the struggles of the itinerant preacher. She thus also had the good fortune to be reared in a Christian home, surrounded by every Christian influence. This meant much in her after life. It was very natural of her to think and to speak along the lines of church work and activities.
     More especially was this the case as the years went by. About April 26, 1889 the deceased was married to Mr. Adam Schneider, then one of the businessmen of Garner. Two children were born to this union, her daughter Ethel who for the last several years has been one of the teachers of the public schools of Davenport, Ia., and a little son who died in infancy.
     Heh [sic] husband died Dec. 11, 1911. Since then she has redided [sic] in her home in Garner awaiting the call of her Master to join those who had gone before. This call came on Tuesday evening June 5, after lingering illness and invaldism [sic] covering many years.
     She is survived beside by rer [sic] daughter, by two brothers E. W. Hellwig of Hayward, Wis. and two sisters Mrs. Dr. Schneider of Conway, Mo., and Mrs. Rev. H. R. Fienenbaum [sic] of Wendell, Idaho, and by the following stepsons and daughters John Schneider of Garner, Lon of Lisbon N. D., Mrs. Phil Webster, Minneapolis, Mrs. E. T. Andrews, of Eugene Oregon, Mrs. Richard Baldwin and Herman Schneider of Garner. We mention especially also Miss Alice Harding who made her home with the family for about twenty five years and who gave the deceased the most devoted care during her long illness.
     Finally, quietly and peacefully her end drew near in the words of the poem "The Sweet Surprise:
"No trembling, sad farewell
     From her quivering lips was heard;
So softly she crossed that the quiet stream
     Was not by a ripple stirred.
She was spared the parting of tears,
     She was spared the mortal strife,
It was scarcely dying - she only passed
     In a moment to endless life.

So low was her Master's call
     That it did not reach our ears;
But she heard the sound and her quick response
     Was full of joy - no fears,
Weep not for her soft release
     From earthly pain and care;
Nor grieve that she reached her home and rest
     Ere she knew that she was there.

But think of the sweet surprise,
     The sudden and strange delight,
she felt as she met her Savior's smile
     And walked with him in white.
Weep not for her toils are o'er,
     And thy race may soon be won;
So with sandaled feet and staff in hand
     Let thy work for the Lord be done."

On the front page of the same newspaper was this notice:

          CARD OF THANKS
     We wish to thank the many kind friends and neighbors for their expression of sympathy and thoughtfulness shown us during the illness and death of our mother, aunt and sister.
          Ethelyn Schneider.
          Alice Harding.
          E. W. Hillweg.

Henrietta married Schneider, Adam 25 Apr 1888, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA. Adam was born 20 Jul 1838, Germany; died 10 Dec 1911, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA; was buried 12 Dec 1911, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Details of her birth are not known at this time. According to an obituary for her mother who died in 1923, "...Ethel...for the last several years has been one of the teachers of the public schools of Davenport, Ia...."

Notes:

Birth:
According to an obituary for his mother who died in 1923, this son died in infancy. Details of the birth and death are not known at this time.