Bierbaum, Catharina Sophia Wilhelmine

Female 1832 - 1909  (77 years)


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  • Name Bierbaum, Catharina Sophia Wilhelmine 
    Born 15 Apr 1832  Tecklenburg, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Immigration 1841  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3

    •      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.
    Died 29 Aug 1909  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • 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.
    Person ID I4800  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2013 

    Father Bierbaum, Johann,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Wibbeler, Anna,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Westphalia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F1359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Married 3 Jun 1852  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 10
    • 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.
    Children 
     1. Oberhellmann, Herman Heinrich,   b. 15 Mar 1854, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1857, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     2. Oberhellmann, Maria Elisabeth,   b. 6 Jul 1856, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1857, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    +3. Oberhellmann, Anna Sophia,   b. 11 Sep 1857, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1945  (Age 88 years)
     4. Oberhellmann, Hermann Heinrich,   b. 9 Dec 1859, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1942  (Age 82 years)
    +5. Oberhellmann, Christina Wilhelmina,   b. 29 Sep 1861, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1933, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     6. Oberhellmann, Johann Friedrich,   b. 23 Mar 1864, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1918, Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    +7. Oberhellmann, Maria Johanna,   b. 21 Jul 1866, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1945  (Age 79 years)
     8. Oberhellmann, Martin Samuel,   b. 26 Jun 1872, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1948  (Age 75 years)
     9. Oberhellmann, Daniel Arnold,   b. 12 Sep 1877, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1955, Washington, Franklin County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S146] Ancestry.com (library edition), Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1872 (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7480 in December 2017), NARA series M255, roll 3, list 37. Accessed 16 January and 19 July 2006.
      Transcription by J. Mark Fiegenbaum from digital images of the original passenger list for the bark Leontine, sailing from Bremen, arriving at Baltimore, Maryland on 28 June 1841. Passenger 36: Sophia Birbaum [sic]; age 18; sister of Herrman [sic] Birbaum [sic], age 28; from Ladbergen; bound for Cincinati [sic]. Sophia was traveling with her brother; Elsabey Birbaum [sic], age 26, her brother's wife; and Wilhelm Birbaum [sic], age 1, her brother's son. The family's baggage consisted of 3 boxes and 1 bag. If Sophia were 18 at the time of her arrival in Baltimore, then she would have been born about 1822 or 1823.

    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), p. 303.
      Burial Records. Sophia Katha. Oberhellmann. Died 29 August 1909. Born 15 April 1832 in Teklenburg [sic], Germany.

    3. [S146] Ancestry.com (library edition), Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1872 (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7480 in December 2017), NARA series M255, roll 3, list 37. Accessed 16 January and 19 July 2006.
      Transcription by J. Mark Fiegenbaum from digital images of the original passenger list for the bark Leontine, sailing from Bremen, arriving at Baltimore, Maryland on 28 June 1841. Passenger 36: Sophia Birbaum [sic]; age 18; sister of Herrman [sic] Birbaum [sic], age 28; from Ladbergen; bound for Cincinati [sic]. Sophia was traveling with her brother; Elsabey Birbaum [sic], age 26, her brother's wife; and Wilhelm Birbaum [sic], age 1, her brother's son. The family's baggage consisted of 3 boxes and 1 bag.

    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), p. 303.
      Burial Records. Sophia Katha. Oberhellmann. Died 29 August 1909.

    5. [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. 303.
      Burial Records. Sophia Katha. Oberhellmann. Died 29 August 1909. Buried in cemetery 2 [i.e., the cemetery located south of and next to the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein]. Born 15 April 1832 in Teklenburg [sic], Germany.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 14.
      Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Bierbaum, child of Johann Bierbaum and Anna Wibbeler, was born on 15 October 1812 at Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany.

    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), p. 244.
      Marriage record for Heinrich Wilhelm Oberhelmann and Catharina Sophia Wihelmina Bierbaum. Married 3 June 1852. The groom is identified as coming from Taklenburg [sic]. Witnesses were Gerhard Hackmann and Friedrich Steinkamp.

    8. [S138] Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff, Marriage Records, Warren County, Missouri: Books A and B, 1833-1860 (Kansas City, Missouri: Mrs. H. W. Woodruff, 1969), page 34.
      Marriage Book "B," page 203. Henry William Oberhellmann and Catharina Sophia Bierbaum married on 3 June 1852 by "Joseph Reiger [sic], German Protestant at Holstien [sic]." See page 62 for Mrs. Woodruff's key to the "Ministers and Justices who performed the ceremonies..."

    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), p. 345.
      Biographical sketch entitled Heinrich W. Oberhellmann Family. "In 1852, Heinrich remarried to Sophia Bierbaum of Femme Osage. This marriage had seven children." The sketch ends with a list of Heinrich's children; a total of eight names. The first, F. William, has already been identified earlier in the biography as being from the first marriage. The remaining seven are presumably from the second marriage: Anna, Johanna, Wilhelmina, Frederick J., Martin S., Henry H., and Daniel A. This count seems not to be confirmed by the published baptismal records of the church at Holstein, which indicates that Heinrich and Sophia had nine children.

    10. [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's second wife was "Miss Sophia Bierbaum, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Bierbaum, originally of Germany, but at the time residents of St. Charles county, both of whom are now deceased. By his last marriage were born nine children, two of whom died in infancy. The others are: Henry, Mina, Fritz, Johanne, Martin, Daniel and Anne, the last of whom is the eldest and wife of Fritz Lichtenberg, a farmer of this county."