Clara Stubbers married Josep V. Pauly
Clara's parents were Joseph J. Stubbers and Caroline Wernsing
Joseph's parents were Clemens Stubbers and Mary Helens Nordlohn
Caoline's parents were Friedrich Wernsing and Carolina Beckstetter (Boeckerstette)
STUBBERS
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Clemens Stubbers
Clemens Stubbers 1822 – Dec 1859
Clemens Stubbers was born in Germany, probably Oldenburg. He immigrated to the US in about 1848 at age 26, the start of the wave of German immigration. Clemens married Marie Helena Nordlohn , either in Germany or after moving to Cincinnati where, by 1850, they were living in Cincinnati and had two children, Henry, who was born in 1850 and John, was born in 1852. A few years latter, in about 1853, they moved from Cincinnati to Effingham Co. Illinois, probably Green Creek. Henry Stubbers and family also moved to Effingham Co Illinois at the same time, probably as a family group. Clemens and Marie established a farm in East Effingham near the town line and had four children. Clemens Stubbers died in Dec 1859 at age 37.
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Maria Helena Nordlohn Stubbers Hotze
Maria Nordlohn Stubbers Hotze 1825 –
Maria Helena, called Mary, was born in Oldenburg Germany in 1825. At that time, Oldenburg was a Grand Duchy located in NW Germany touching on the North Sea. She immigrated to the US in about 1848 possibly as the wife of Clemens Stubbers. The family lived in Cincinnati for about 5 years, then relocated to East Effingham Ill in about 1853. After Clemens Stubbers died in 1859, Mary, as a widower at age 35 with six children, continued the farm, which was valued at $960 in 1860. She then married Herman Heinrich Hotze on 21 May 1861 in Effingham Ill. Herman owned a farm in Douglas, Effingham Co. Ill. Mary and Herman had one child, Anna Hotze, born 1862 in Ill. They eventually returned to live in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Clemens Stubbers 1822 Ger Cin to Effingham in 1852, farmer
Marie Helena Nordlohn 1825 Old
Henry Stubbers 1850 Ohio
John Stubbers 1851 Ohio cabinet maker
Elizabeth Stubbers 1854 Illinois
Clemens Stubbers 1855 Illinois shoemaker
Joseph Stubbers 1857 Illinois tinsmith
Maria Stubbers 1859 Illinois servant
Anna Hotze 1862 Illinois after marriage to Herman Hotze
Herman, Mary and family moved to Cincinnati in 1873. By 1880, Herman and Mary Hotze were living in Over-the-Rhine area of Cincinnati with three children, Clemens, age 25, a shoemaker, Joseph, age 22, a tinner and Anna Hotze, age 17. Mary’s son John Stubbers had married Mary ( ) and had a child Harry, born in 1878 in Ohio while Elizabeth, age 26, is lost to the record and possibly married. Maria, age 21, remained single and was employed as a servant. Maria and Herman may have died in the 1880’s as there is no further record of either.
Henry Stubbers 1820 - (Clemens brother)
Henry Stubbers age 33, his wife Elizabeth 1817 age 36 and son Harmon 1844 age 9, immigrated to the US from Oldenburg, Germany, in about 1853. By 1870, they had a farm in Douglas, Effingham Co Ill. valued at $4000 and they had four children. They were still in Douglas in 1880.
Henry Stubbers 1829 Oldenburg
Elizabeth 1817 Oldenburg
Harmon 1844 Oldenburg
John 1853 Illinois
Mary 1857 Illinois
Bernard 1862 Illinois called Barney
Early Effingham Co. Illinois.
(from Effingham historical articles)
When the first settlers came into the county they existed on subsistence farming… None of these early settlement farms would be found out in the open or prairie areas of the county. They would almost always be at the top of a hill or on the side of a hill.
The hill tops allowed water to drain away and standing water was an open invitation to disease and insects. Almost everything on the farmstead was made of wood or used wood in some form or another. The shakes (shingles) of the cabin where made of wood as well as the walls. The fireplace or cook stove also had to be kept supplied with wood the year around. Many of the frugal German settlers of our county would move off the road a half-mile or more, right in the middle of their tracts and build their cabins and outbuildings there. As they consumed the nearby wood they would gain more farmland or pasture.
Keep in mind that the prairie was considered to be barren, "any ground that could not grow trees would not be suitable for crops." …. In addition the prairie was not a healthy place to be. The grass would grow so high that men coming down the national road would have to stand up on their horse’s back or wagon seat to look over the tall grass that was growing along the road. With tall grass and spring rainfalls there simply was no place for the water to go. These soils stayed wet and somewhat "swampy" or "mucky" as the settlers would call them. The insect population must have been tremendous. Early settlers tell tales of horses or deer's being killed by flies and biting insects if they tried to cross the prairie at night. In the daytime the horse and deer flies made life miserable both for oxen, horses and men moving along the prairie.
Effingham Co is located in south central Illinois about 75 miles west of Terra Haute IN and 120 miles east of Saint Louis Mo. The largest town in the country, Effingham, was founded in 1853 and then called Broughton, named after John Brough, who would later become governor of Ohio. Mr. Brough was a land speculator in the Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad which would run from Terre Haute to St. Louis.
Roughly all of the land to the east of route 45 was bought up by John Waschefort of the German Land Company that founded Teutopolis. These early Germans would start moving into the area in the winter of 1838-39…. The first settlers of these communities emigrated from Hanover and Oldenburg, Germany…. What most people are unaware of is that there would be other Germans who followed them out of Cincinnati, who were not a part of the German Land Company itself but knew someone in it or felt a common kinship of tradition with them. Most of these people would settle to the southwest and northwest of present Effingham.
These German settlers were quiet, diffident and somewhat ostracized by their “English” counter parts. Most had come in with the German Land Company to Teutopolis in 1838 and they quietly went about creating farms on the lands they settled. They followed their Catholic religion, spoke and wrote in German and schooled their children in their own schools. They were strongly “Jacksonian Democrats” in their politics
One hundred and sixty acres of land was the normal sized farm, but there were many forty and eighty acre farms as well. Having fifteen to twenty head of cows, five to ten sows, and a couple of teams of horses would make you a modest to a well to do farmer of the period.
The first log church/meeting house was erected in 1854 on the property occupied by the present city hall. It was here that the early Catholics in the area would meet to worship when a priest came into the area. It also served double duty as a school and meeting house … for seventeen years. …. however, children of other religious denominations also attended. In the order named the following men taught school in this log house: B. H. Wernsing, Joseph Masquelet, Henry Ackersman, Joseph Kabbes and Lorenz Holmes.
By Spring 1858 the congregation laid the cornerstone for their church where the present St. Anthony School now sits. There were forty families that contributed $100 each for the erection of the church. It would be these original forty families and their representatives that would influence much of the early history of Effingham.
Forty-five families subscribed at once the sum of $3,685, but circumstances prevented the realization of the plans. Herman Henry Koors and Joseph Remme were appointed to collect this sum, while John Osterhaus had as far back as 1846 donated 40 acres for church purposes. Others to be mentioned at this time were: Fred Johann Meyer, N. N. Nuxoll, Johannn Henry Gerdes, Joseph Paul Sangmeister, Johann Henry Zumbahlen, Herman Kettmann, Joseph Wente, Johann Bernard Knobbe, Wilhelm Kabbes, Herman Henry Strubbers, Bernard Gruenloh, Bernard Iming, Hohann Gerhard Riemann, Clemens August Niemann, Jacob Doedtmann, Bernard Ahrens, Hohann Uhlorn, Herman Henry Mette, Herman Henry Tegekamp, Ferdinand Kaufman, Heinrich Bernard Sur, Gerhard Henry Lohman, Johann Heinrich Koelker, Bernard Henry Sanders, Henry Unkraut and Gerhard Woltes.
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Joseph J Stubbers
Joseph J Stubbers Jun 1857 – 5 Feb 1940
Joseph Stubbers was born on 25 Jan1867 in Green Creek Ill, shortly after his family had moved from Cincinnati. Both parents emigrated from Germany, probably Oldenburg, in abt 1848. Joseph’s father, Clemens Stubbers died in 1859 when Joseph was little over one year old. His mother Mary ran their farm for three years then married Herman Hotze in 1861. In 1873, Joseph, age 13, moved back to Cincinnati, Ohio with his mother and the Hotze family. He became an apprentice in the tinsmith trade and, at age 19, began to work with gasoline, which at that time was an unwanted byproduct from the manufacture of kerosene.
In 1880, Joseph lived with his stepfather Herman Hotze, his mother Mary, Clemens Stubbers and half sister Anna Hotze in Cincinnati. Clemens was a shoemaker and Joseph a tinner. His sister Mary Ann married John J Luke on 16 Jan 1877 in Effingham, Ill.
He was a tall man, around 6’4” and rather gregarious. At age 26, Joseph Stubbers married Caroline A Wernsing in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Joseph and Caroline lived in Cincinnati for 10 years, near Fountain Square and then moved to Covington Ky. They had fourteen children,
After Caroline died in about 1810, Joseph married Dorothy Guttenkauf, 1857 – 1957, one year later. They lived at 2961 Madison Ave, Cincinnati, OH.
Joseph Stubbers founded ILSCO in 1894.
ILSCO was established in 1894 as the Incandescent Light and Stove Company by tinsmith and inventor Joseph Stubbers. In its first 15 years, Stubber's company sold 85,000 gas lighting systems in the U.S. and abroad.
Municipal lighting systems rendered gas systems obsolete after 1910, but ILSCO's power distribution capabilities evolved with the industry. Around 1913, ILSCO introduced a single-cylinder gas engine which enabled an electric current to run from a generator to outlets throughout a house.
During World War I, as electrical systems continued to replace gas systems, ILSCO produced battery connectors for such customers as Cooper Batteries and Ford Motor Company. Also around this time, ILSCO developed equipment to draw copper tubing, allowing the company to rapidly deliver finished products.
In 1935, ILSCO introduced the SLU line, one of the first solderless terminals that is now recognized as the forerunner of many modern connectors. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, ILSCO developed innovative connector designs for manufacturers, contractors and utility companies, and during World War II, ILSCO manufactured muter tubes for government projects.
ILSCO became a manufacturing branch of the new Bardes Corporation in 1954 when controlling interest was sold to Oliver Bardes of E.H. Bardes Range & Foundry Company. In January, 1962, ILSCO began constructing a second manufacturing and sales operation in Ontario, Canada. Growth and expansion continued as ILSCO looked outside of its core market of OEM's to target electrical contractors and utilities as end users of their continually expanding product line. Aluminum was introduced in 1959, and throughout the 1960s ILSCO pioneered the development of aluminum mechanical connectors, enhancing their success in all markets.
Joseph Stubbers
From Cincinnati the Queen City 1788-1912 pp 528-530
Joseph Stubbers, president of the Incandescent Light & Stove Company, manufacturers of gasoline light and gas stoves has in his present connection been a prominent representative of business interests in Cincinnati since 1895. The years have chronicled steady advancement and growth in the business which he established and much of this is due to his persistent effort the determination with which he has overcome obstacles and the ability which he has displayed in solving intricate business problems. Such a record should serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others showing what may be accomplished when ambition and energy lead the way.
Mr. Slubbers is a native of the middle west, his birth having occurred in the state of Illinois in 1857. His father, Clemmons Stubbers, was born in Germany and after coming to the new world resided for a time in Cincinnati, but subsequently removed to Illinois, where he followed the occupation of farming until his death, which occurred when his son Joseph was one and a half years of age. The mother and her children about thirteen years afterward returned to Cincinnati and since that time Joseph Stubbers has been connected with the business interests of this city. He had previously lived upon the home farm and had largely become familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist, while in the free outdoor life he laid the foundation for the physical strength and vigor that has enabled him to accomplish much since becoming allied with business interests in the city. On the removal to Cincinnati he at once began work at the tinner's trade to which he served an apprenticeship, earning two dollars a week and paying three and a half dollars for board. His expenses thus exceeded his income but he applied himself readily to the mastery of the business and after a few years was enabled to command good wages. When but nineteen years of age he began to work on gasoline devices and has had charge of different shops since that time. He had been engaged in building ovens for gasoline stoves for about a year before he established that business in which he is now engaged. At the same time he built gasoline and gas machines under contract.
In 1894 he established the enterprise that is now conducted under the name of the Incandescent Light & Stove Company with extensive factories and salesrooms occupying a floor space of forty-five thousand square feet at Oakley, between the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and Columbia Avenue. The firm only lately abandoned their quarters on East Front street where they were located; as the business had increased so rapidly that larger capacity for manufacturing their output was necessary. The business was incorporated in 1898 for two hundred thousand dollars, and in July, 1908, the company was reorganized with a capital of five hundred thousand dollars preferred stock and one million dollars common. The company manufactures gasoline lights and gas stoves, and about one hundred and sixty men are employed in the factory in addition to their selling force, and skilled mechanics under the direction of competent foremen do the work that results in placing upon the market a product that is highly satisfactory to jobbers and wholesale dealers. The present officers of the company are: Mr. Stubbers, president; George H. Paine, treasurer; and Charles Fisher, secretary. Something of the extent and growth of the business is indicated by contrasting the present plant with the original quarters. When Mr. Stubbers began business in 1895 he occupied a small room above a feed store on Water Street, near Main Street, and employed but two men. Today a large force of workmen is kept constantly employed in the conduct of a business that is continually growing. Mr. Stubbers has secured many patents, about fifty-five in all. His inventive genius and power are constantly finding expression in some improvement. He has secured a patent on a device to prevent gasoline from running out of the generators when the generators are either hot or cold. Another patent was secured on a device whereby uniform pressure is obtained without repumping when the tank has once been filled. Another important invention controlled by the company is on the flexible mantle. The house sustains an unassailable reputation with the trade and received much credit for giving to Cincinnati one of its prominent productive industries. In 1883, in this city, Mr. Stubbers was married to Miss Caroline Wernsing, a daughter of Frederick and Caroline Wernsing of Cincinnati. Mrs. Stubbers passed away in 1910. They had fourteen children, of whom nine are now living. He is first and foremost a businessman, his attention being almost wholly concentrated upon his industrial and commercial interests. His steadfast purpose and substantial qualities have contributed to the result, which has been brought about by the leading businessmen, in making Cincinnati the important commercial and manufacturing center that it is today.
Citations
Name: Stubbers, Joseph
Birth - Death: 1857-1940
Encyclopedia of American Biography. New Series. Volume 14. New York: American Historical Society, . Use the Index to locate biographies. (EncAB-A 14) Biography contains portrait.
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 30. New York: James T. White & Co., 1943. Use the Index to locate biographies. (NatCAB 30)
Joseph Stubbers Patents
Most of these patents are for technology improvements needed to effectively use gasoline for lighting, heating, and cooking. They include many of the technologies used today in camp stoves and in the Colman lantern. (see Google Patents for copies of patents)
Key inventions include technology for the commercialization of the incandescent gas lamp and for the solderless lug, which is still widely used today. (See Google Patents, Joseph Stubbers, for text and drawings)
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Caroline Wernsing Stubbers
Caroline Wernsing, 13 Jan 1865 - 1910
Caroline, called Carrie, was born and raised in the Over-the-Rhine district of Cincinnati. Her father was a blacksmith and several members of her family worked in trades related to carriage making. Carrie married Joseph Stubbers at age 19 and had 12 children, 9 survived. They lived in Cincinnati until 1894, then moved to 3 Nancy St, Covington a alter, 83 W 4th St, Covington
Joseph Stubbers 1857 Ill
Caroline Alma Wernsing 1865 Oh
Clara Stubbers 1886 Oh
Ida Stubbers 1888 Oh Did not marry
Ella (Helen) Stubbers 1890 Oh
Cecelia Stubbers 1892 Oh Did not marry
Maria Anna 1895-1895
Elsie Stubbers 1896 Ky
Joseph J Stubbers 1897 Ky
Margarette Stubbers 1900 Ky
Flora 1901-1901
Edward 1902 Ky
Andrew 1905 Ky
Arthur T 1905-1905
Joseph Stubbers and Caroline Stubbers traveled to Europe in 1907 and returned on HMS Caledonia as US citizens giving a Covington Ky address.
Ellis Island Record (only Stubbers 1892-1929)
First Name: Caroline Last Name: Stubbers Ethnicity: U.S.A. Citizen Last Place of Residence: Cornington, U.S.A. Date of Arrival: September 29, 1907 Age at Arrival: 22y Gender: F Marital Status: M Ship of Travel: Caledonia Port of Departure: Glasgow Manifest Line Number: 0020
First Name: Joseph Last Name: Stubbers Ethnicity: U.S.A. Citizen Last Place of Residence: Cornington, U.S.A. Date of Arrival: September 29, 1907 Age at Arrival: 50y Gender: M Marital Status: M Ship of Travel: Caledonia Port of Departure: Glasgow Manifest Line Number: 0019
Address from manifest 83?6 4th Street, Covington, Ky
Caledonia - Built by D. & W. Henderson & Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1904. 9,223 gross tons; 500 (bp) feet long; 58 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 16 knots. 1,428 passengers (383 first class, 216 second class, 829 third class). Built for Anchor Line, British flag, in 1904 and named Caledonia. Glasgow-New York service. Used as a British troopship 1914-16. Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Main
Caroline died from complications of appendicitis under controversial circumstances. Mom says the Caroline was recovering form the appendicitis, during which drainage of the appendix was neglected contributing to her death?
Dorothy Guttenkauf Stubbers
Dorothy Guttenkauf, 1857 – 1957
Dorothy was born in Germany and immigrated to the US in 1870, age 13. She became a naturalized citizen in 1911. Dorothy was a tutor to Joseph and Caroline’s younger children at the time of Caroline’s death in 1910. The fact that she married Joseph Stubbers in Cincinnati only one year later caused a significant family controversy.
She lived at 1961 Madison Ave, Cincinnati, Oh, with it’s big etching of the Roman Forum and Black Forrest Cuckoo Clock until 1957 where she died at age 100.
Henry Stubbers 1850- (JJS brother 1)
No information
John Stubbers 1851- (JJS brother 2)
No information
Clemens Stubbers 1855-1910, (JJS brother 3)
Clemens Stubbers 1855-19 Aug1910
Clemens was born in Effingham Co. Ill. and later moved to Cincinnati Oh with his mother and Herman Hotze. He later resided in Covington Ky. In 1890 Clemens was a shoe dealer at 96 Third Street in Dayton Ky. He married Rosa 1851- , and they had a child Henrietta 9 Oct 1890.
Elizabeth Stubbers 1854- (JJS sister 1)
No information
Mary Stubbers 1859- (JJS sister 2)
Mary Stubbers 1859-
Mary was born in Douglas Ill and later moved to Cincinnati. In 1880 she was unmarried and worked as a servant.
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Clara Stubbers
Clara Stubbers 13 Dec 1886 - 1964
Clara was born in Cincinnati Oh as the first born of Joseph and Caroline Stubbers and later moved to Covington Ky. She married Joseph V. Pauly in 1907 at age 21. They lived at 577 Nancy Street, Covington Ky and moved to Lester Rd, Cincinnati Oh in 1928. They had 9 children, 7 survived.
Joseph V. Pauly 1887
Clara Stubbers 1889
Emily 1909
Arthur 1910
Vincent A 1911
Joseph F 1913
Clara Alma 1915
Vera Dorthea 1916
Catherine H. 1919 - 1919
Albert W 1921
Joseph 1924 - 1924
Ella Stubbers ( Clara's sister)
Ella (Helen) Stubbers 1890 -
Ella married Joseph Tabling and had two Children, Dorothy and Joseph Jr.
Elsie Stubbers (sister)
Elsie Stubbers 1896-
Elsie married William Bender
Joseph J Stubbers (brother)
Joseph J. Stubbers Apr 1897 – 17 Jan 1960
Joseph lived at 2961 Madison Rd, Cincinnati Oh. He was a machinist at the Industrial Light Co, Marburg Blvd., Cincinnati Hamilton Oh
Wernsing
Caroline Wernsing married Joseph J. Stubbers
Caroline's parents were Freidrich Wernsing and Carolina Beckststter
Freidrich's parents were John Henery Wernsing and Maria C. Tecklenborg
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John Henry Wernsing
John Henery Wernsing 1804 – 25 Feb 1876
John H. or Henry Wernsing was from Alfhausen, Hanover Germany. His wife is listed as Maria on the ship manifest 1842 and as Elizabeth in the 1850 Census. Secondary sources show JHW’s wife as Maria Catherina Tecklenborg, Elizabeth Huckmann or both). The first marriage occurred on 29 Aug 1828 in Alfausen Hanover. They had six children while in Germany. In about 1840-42 they immigrated to the US. Henry, Marie/Elizabeth and their six children sailed from Bremen to Baltimore MD on the Elise bound for Cincinnati. They traveled on the same ship with Henry’s brother Ferdinand Wernsing 1842, his wife Marie 1800 and three children.
By 1850 John H. and family were living in the Over-the-Rhine area of Cincinnati and had one child additional child, Joseph 1843, who was born in Ohio. The 1850 Census has his wife as Elizabeth Huckmann 1792 (1797-1870) . One scenario is that Marie died at/after Joseph’s birth in 1843 and John H married Elizabeth, who was 12 years his senior. I guess if you are a 56 year old laborer with seven children, you do not have a lot of choices. Alternatively, he married Elizabeth Huckmann, who may have been called Marie.
There are two family records for John Herman Wernsing of equivalent merit
SS Elise ship manifest, Bremen to Baltimore, 1842:
John Henry Wernsing 1804 Han Cin to Effingham Ill 1852, farmer
Marie (Techlinborg) 1800 Han
Gertrude 1830 Han
Henry (John H) 1832 Han painter m Margareth Maria Huckmann
Freidrich 1834 Han blacksmith
Herman 1836 Han tailor
Catherine 1837 Han
Theresa (P) 1839 Han
Bernhard (H) 1840 Han/ Cin. to Effingham Ill 1965, painter
1850 Census Cincinnati:
John H Wernsing 1804 Han Cin to Effingham Ill 1852, farmer
Elisabeth Huckmann 1792 Han
Gertrude 1830 Han
John H 1830 Han painter m Margareth Maria Huckmann
Freidrich 1831 Han blacksmith
Herman 1833 Han tailor m Elizabeth Kroeger, 3 children
Catherine 1835 Han
Theresa P 1837 Han
Bernhard H 1838 Han Cin. to Effingham Ill 1965, painter
Joseph 1843 Ohio Cin. to Effingham Ill 1852
Elizabeth Huckman is recorded as having died in 1870 in Cincinnati, but John H. and his youngest son, Joseph, move to Effingham Co Ill in the 1850’s. In 1860 John H. owns a farm and lives with Joseph, now 17, and a one year old girl, Catherine, 1859. What happened there? John H. died on 25 Feb 1876 in Effingham.
John Herman Wernsing
[The Effingham Democrat, Thursday, February 18, 1875 -
Submitted by arnetia at consolidated.net]
Another Pioneer Gone. One by one the old "landmarks" disappear. It was but last Friday afternoon, when John Herman Wernsing, of St. Francis township, peacefully, resigned and well prepared, departed this life, in the ripe old age of 71 years. The deceased was one of the earliest settlers of the Teutopolis German settlement, and during his life time one of its most worthy and highly esteemed members. In view of his scrupulously pious and exemplary life, his obsequies, on Monday morning, were conducted with unusual solemnity at the Teutopolis Catholic church, and was largely attended by, relatives and members of the third order of St. Francis, from Effingham, R.I.P.6
Maria Catherina Tecklenborg
Maria Catherina Tecklenborg Wernsing 1800 –
(The ship manifest has JH’s wife as Marie, one published FT has her as Marie Catherina Techlenborg)
If correct, Marie Wernsing was from Alfausen, Hanover Germany. She married John Henry Wernsing in Germany on 21 Aug 1828 and had five children there. In 1842, at age 42, she and the family immigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio were Joseph was born in 1843. There was relatively little German migration into the US before 1945, as the major influx of immigrants starting around 1848.
Elizabeth Huckman 1792/1797-1870
(The 1850 Cincinnati census has JH’s wife as Elizabeth, One published FT has her as Elizabeth Huckmann marring JH on Hanover in 1829) (Another FT has JH married to Marie 1800 then to Elizabeth Huckmann, no children)
If Elizabeth was a second marriage, Elizabeth Huckmann 1797 may have married John H Wernsing in the 1840’s after he immigrated to Cincinnati in 1842 and Marie died. She is listed in the 1850 census, but not in 1860. She died in 1870 in Ohio.
There were three early Wernsing families: Herman Henry, Ferdinand and John Henry. All emigrated from Germany to Cincinnati, Ohio and then the Effingham, Illinois. They may have been family members, possibly brothers.
Ferdinand Wernsing 1802-
Ferdinand emigrated from Hanover in 1842 with his wife, listed as Maria 1806, and three children. The 1850 census listed his wife as Catherine 1805- . Birth records from Germany has two names for Ferdinands wife: Anna Maria Heiker and Margareth Catharina Heiker. Ferdinand and his family lived next to or in the same residence as the John H Wernsings in 1850. There is no subsequent reference to Ferdinand or family.
Ferdinand Wernsing 1802-
Catherine (Marie) 1805-
Mary (Anna) 1838-
Elizabeth 1839
Heinrich 1842
Herman Henry Wernsing 1807-1874
Herman Henry, called H. H. Wernsing may have been the first of the three to emigrate. He married Maria Catherine Einmann in Cincinnati. Hermann was a member of the German Land Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, that was established in 1839 for the purpose of establishing the town
of Teutopolis, Illinois. Hermann died 14 April 1874 in Teutopolis, Illinois. Maria Katharina
died 11 October 1863 in Teutopolis, Illinois, and the family was Roman Catholic.
Herman Henry Wernsing
Maria Catherine Einmann 1807-1874
Frank Henry 1839 Cincinnati
Marie Katherine Ann Cincinnati
Mary Elizabeth Effingham
John Henry Herman 1846-1928 Effingham, m. Marie Katherine Kroeger
Herman 1949-1929 Effingham, m. Elizabeth Kroeger
Mary Catherina Effingham
John Effingham
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Friedrich Wernsing 1832 – (JH son 2)
Friedrich Wernsing was born in Hanover Germany. At age 9, he immigrated to the Cincinnati area in about 1842. By 1850, age 19, he was a blacksmith and practiced that trade all of his life. Friedrich married Carolina (Carol) Beckstetter in about 1853 and by 1870 they had six children and lived and worked in the Over-the Rhine district of Cincinnati. All of Friedrich’s children stated to work at an early age.
Fredrick Wernsing 1831 Hanover blacksmith
Carolina Beckstetter 1834 Oldenburg mother of 13, 6 survive
John 1855 Oh
Henry 1858 Oh cigar maker
Mary 1861 Oh tailoress
Caroline 1865 Oh marries Joseph Stubbers
Catherine 1869 Oh worked for tailor
Frank 1871 Oh wood worker
Rosa 1876 Oh shoe maker
In the 1890 Cincinnati City Directory, no less than 13 Wernsing family members are listed, in a range of trades relating to carriage and chair making. Friedrich died in the 1890’s.
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Carolina Beckstetter Wernsing 1834 –
Carolina Beckstetter was born in 1834 and immigrated to the US from Oldenburg. She married Friedrich Wernsing in about 1850 and had 13 children of which 7 survived. After Friedrich died in the 1890’s, Carolina lived with her youngest daughter, Rosa, in Cincinnati. Three of her four daughters, Mary 1861, Catherine 1869 and Rosa 1876 did not marry. She may have died in the early 1900’s.
John Henry Wernsing 1830- (JHW son 1)
Jonh H 1832- , was born in Alfhausen Hanover. He married Margareth Maria Huckman. They had one child, John Henry born 1852, who then married Mary Katherine Brulyer? OR two children Bernhard 1857 and Freidrich 1860.
Equally probable:
1860 Census Teutopolis
Henry Wernsing 1831 Han painter
Catherin 1841 Prussia
Mary 1862 Oh
(Herman) Edward 1864 Oh married Mary Genesa Wesel
Catharina 1866 Ill
Theodonia 1872 Ill
Elizabeth 1873 Ill
Anna 1875 Ill
Carolina 1878 Ill
Herman Wernsing 1833- (JHW son 3)
Herman was born on 2 May 1830 in North Asten Oldenburg Germany and he died on 2 Nov 1911. At the age of 6, he immigrated to Cincinnati with his family in 1842. He lived in Cincinnati. He married Elizabeth Kroeger 1853- on 3 Aug 1853. Prior to 1878, they moved to Effingham Co. Ill. They had three children who were all born in Effingham, Ill. A Herman Wernsing, age 17, was a tailor and later served in the Civil War as a sergeant in the 13th Ohio Cavalry, Co K.
Herman Wernsing 1830 emigrated 1842
Elizabeth Kroeger
Joseph Henry 1878-1971 married Anna Mary Sophia Westendorf 1878-1959
Elsie 1912-1999 married Albert A Buenker 1909-1995
Marie Eliz. 1912 married Charles Probst
Clarence R 1913-1992 married Norma Zehner 1916-
Anna Phil. 1914-1996 married Frank Drees 1909-
Joseph Henry 1916- married Helen Maroe Rieman 1922
Clara Ann 1919- married Andrew James Meyer
George D 1879 married Lena Osthoff
married Helena Osthoff 1884-1976
Margaret Elizabeth 1887-1975 married Anton Aloysious Osthoff. 1887-1933
Usula Hermine Osthoff 1911-1996 and ten others
Bernhard Henry Wernsing 1838- , (JHW son 4)
Bernhard 6 May1840- ,was born in Cincinnati and later moved to Effingham Ill. He married Mary A. Vogt. He had six children. He later married Catherine ( ) 1841.
And here we pause to insert a brief history of St. Anthony School. Until about 1868 St. Anthony had not, strictly speaking, its parochial school. The log house of 1854 on Third and East Jefferson streets served as a school for the Catholic children of the city. Here, however, children of other religious denominations also attended. In the order named the following men taught school in this log house: B. H. Wernsing, Joseph Masquelet, Henry Ackersman, Joseph Kabbes and Lorenz Holmes. In 1862 St. Anthony's congregation built a substantial two story brick building just south of, and almost adjoing the present entertainment hall, and continued to teach children of all denominations until about 1868. During the summer months the school was parochial. From 1862-1868 the following served as teachers: Lorenz Holmes, Jos. P. Schwerman, Mr. Royer and Mr. Bonn. In 1868 St. Anthony's became a parochial school and was conducted by the Franciscan Sisters from Joliet until April 1872. In this year Louis Reig, under the principalship of Father Weis, and assisted by Miss Barbara Weis, very ably and successfully conducted St. Anthony's School until July, 1874.
Bernard Wernsing 1831 Oldenburg
Mary A Vogt 1834 Oldenburg
Kate
John
Sophia
Frank
Infant
Joseph Wernsing 1843 (JHW son 5)
Joseh moved from Cincinnati to Effingham with his father by 1860. There is a Joseph Wernsing in the 1887 Indianapolis Directory.
Theresa Philomena Wernsing Hattrup 1836 (JHW daughter 3)
Theresa P Wernsing was born in Hanover on 5 Dec 1836, immmigrated to the US with her family. She married John Heinrich Hattrup 1834 Westphalia on 22 Apr 1856 in Effingham. They had a daughter, Mary Philomena Hattrup 1867 in Teutopolis.
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Caroline Alma Wernsing Jan 1865 – 20 Jul 1910
Caroline Wernsing was born in Minster Ohio in Jan 1865. She married Joseph Stubbers at age 20 in 1854.
It is interesting to note that, with the Clemens Stubbers, Henry Stubbers, John Henry Wernsing and Bernhard Wernsing families lived in small East Effingham – Teutopolis area in the 1860’s and early 70’s. It is very probable that the Stubbers and Wernsing families would have known each other. Caroline’s future husband, Joseph Stubbers was born in Effingham in 1857 and left Effingham for Cincinnati in 1873 where Joseph resided with the rest of the Hotze family in the same Over-the-Rhine neighborhood as Caroline and the Friedrich Wernsing family.
John Wernsing 1855 FW Son 1
The 1880 Census Cincinnati had John listed as a carriage maker and married to Annie (Anna Mary) 1856 by 1800. By 1900 they had moved to Minster, Auglaize Co. Oh. And had three daughters. John worked as a dry goods merchant.
1900 Census Auglaize Co Ohio, Minster Village
John Wernsing 45 Jan1855 OGG drygoods merchant
Anna 43 Jan 1856 OGG
Stella (Estella Caroline) 16 Oct 1883 O
Mary (Mary Paulina) 11 Oct 1888 O piano teacher
Hilda (Willa Elizabeth) 4 Mar 1896 O pattern maker
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Anna Poppelmann 20 servant
Henry Wernsing 1858 FW Son 2
The 1900 Census Cincinnati has Henry 1857 living as a boarder with Joseph Wernsing, 1850 his wife Francis 1849 and six children. Francis emigrated from Germany
Frank Wernsing 1871-1920 FW Son 3
Frank married Clara M ( ) 1877 and had two daughters. Clara was born in Ohio. They lived in Cincinnati until 1900, then moved to Cambell Co. Ky.
1910 Census Cambell Ky
Frank Wernsing 39 1871 OGG buyer lights
Clara 36 1874 OOO
Vera 10 1900 Ky
Thelma C 7 1903 Ky
Deloris T 1911 Ky
Ella 1919 Ky
FW Daughters
Mary Wernsing 1860
Catherine Wernsing 1864
In 1910, Katie was living with Mary in Cincinnati. Neither Mary nor Catherine married.
Pioneers and Covered Wagons
It has family lore the some of Clara Stubbers ancestors were pioneers and road around in covered wagons, specifically to Minster Ohio. They may have been a little late to be called pioneers, but probably did ride covered wagons. Both Clara’s grandfathers, Clemens Stubbers and Friedrich Wernsing, moved their families to Effingham Co., Ill in the 1850’s. Since the railroad did not reach Effingham until the 1850’s, the only way to move a household was by horse drawn wagon. Latter, in the 1880’s, her uncle John F Wernsing moved from Cincinnati to Minster in Auglaize Co Ohio where they lived for many years. He ran a general store. Of course, all is not clear as Caroline Alma 1865, or ancestor, was born in Minster (even though the census record has her family living in Cincinnati).
There are many Wernsings in Cincinnati and Effingham during the 1800s. Only a few of these have been sorted out. There is, in fact, a Wernsing Ave. in Effingham.
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