Oscar Morris HENNIG

                   REFERENCES: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
HENNIG, Erwin K., 17 Sep 1996; genealogical file on HENNIG and LANGE families.
MARRIAGE RECORD, Burt County Clerk, Tekamah, Nebraska; Book 6, page 617 (No. 3104).
BURT COUNTY CLERK, Tekamah Cemetery Records, 1 Oct 1996; buried Block 13, Lot 10.

Born 26 Aug 1894 on farm home 1/2 mile west, second house west on the south side of the road, of Riverside School District No. 6, 10 miles north of Tekamah, Silver Creek Township, Burt County, Nebraska, to Oscar Maurice HENNIG and Lena Amelia (WOODARD) HENNIG.  Within four years after Frederick's birth, their home was moved 1/4 mile further west to a farmstead on the south side of the road.  He attended through the 8th grade at Riverside School District No. 6, located one mile south of the current location (1999), and in the fall of 1906 attended school in the new Riverside School building (current location).  There was no rural High School at that time, so in 1913 and 1914 he attended Boyles Buisness College in Omaha with several other boys in the area.

Frederick (Fred) married Willma Esther ELLIOTT 21 Aug 1918, with Claude Seymore HENNIG (1899-1986) and Ruth ELLIOTT, brother and sister, as witnesses.  They lived on his grandfather's, F.M. HENNIG, homestead farm just west of the Riverside School, where two children were born, Robert Morris 5 Jul 1919, and Erwin Kenneth 21 Nov 1921.  They lived there until 1926 when they moved to his father's, Oscar Maurice HENNIG, farm 1/2 mile further west.  He farmed this land and 80 acres of Missouri River bottomland about 1-1/2 miles east that belonged to his uncle, William Albert HENNIG (1864-1945).  In 1948, they moved to a farm called the "Morrow Place" they owned, located 1/3 mile north of the Riverside School on U.S. Highway 75.  He lived there with his wife Willma until his sudden death from a heart attack on 19 Jan 1965.

He was a member of the Riverside Baptist Church, served as church treasurer for 30 years, trustee for many years, and Deacon for several years.  He also served on school, Coop, Rural Telephone and other boards during his lifetime. Data provided by Erwin K. HENNIG, 24 Dec 1998, and from notes of Fred's sister Gertrude Bessie (HENNIG) REIM.
                  

                   REFERENCES: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
MARRIAGE RECORD, Burt County Clerk, Tekamah, Nebraska; Book 7, page 265 (No. 3292); Marriage License 5 Jun 1922, birth place of bride Tekamah, Nebraska, father of bride Oscar HENNIG born in Tekamah, Nebraska, mother of bride Lena WOODARD born in New York; Certificate of Marriage 6 Jun 1922. Married at the home of Gertrude B. HENNIG's parents 3/4 mile west of the Riverside School, about 10 miles north of Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska.
REIM, Gertrude B., her written note said she joined the Zion Evangelical Church (1884-1948), 11 Feb 1923; a country church 2-1/2 miles south and 1/2 mile east of Ithaca, Saunders County, Nebraska.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 20 Nov 1974.
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH, No. 84 07204, State of Nebraska, Departent of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics; housewife, residence 504 North 14th Street, Ashland, Nebraska, cause of death pneumonia and erythro leukenia, June 19, 1984.
OBITUARY; died 19 Jun 1984, in Lincoln hospital, Nebraska; Ashland Gazette, Ashland, Nebraska, Thrusday, June 28, 1984.

Born 13 Sep 1896 at home 1/2 mile west, second house west on the south side of the road, of Riverside School District No. 6, 10 miles north of Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska.  Within two years after Gertrude's birth, their home was moved 1/4 mile further west to a farmstead on the south side of the road.  Went to grade school in the same district, No. 6, but the old school house was south a mile or little more, and in the fall of 1906 went into the 6th grade and the new Riverside School building.  Completed the 8th grade in 1910 at District No. 6.  Gertrude's father insisted she was too young to go to the Tekamah for high school, thus, the 8th grade was taken for a second year.

Attended Tekamah High School from the fall of 1911 and graduated May 1915 as salutatorian of the class.  Took normal training course, including three years of Latin.  Gertrude stayed with her Uncle Arthur Levi HENNIG and worked for board and room by keeping house with the help of his daughter Helen, who was five years younger than Gertrude.  Uncle Arthur's wife, Olive (WALLACE) HENNIG, passed away 11 Apr 1911, leaving a 10-year old daughter, Helen.

Gertrude taught in rural Burt County grade schools, starting in the fall of 1915 through the spring of 1922; teaching at District No. 41, 1915-1917; District No. 4, 1917-1918; District No. 23, 1918-1919; District 50, 1919-1921; and Riverside School District No. 6, during the school year 1921-1922 (reference Burt County Superintendent of Schools).  Attended Wayne State Normal School the summer of 1919, taking courses in music, psychology, English and piano lessons.  Also took a correspondence course in English from Wayne State Normal School during the school year 1921-1922.

Gertrude met Herman A. REIM while both were teaching at the Riverside School during the fall of 1921, engaged at Christmas 1921, and married 6 Jun 1922 at her folks home.  They moved to a farm house 1/2 mile south, 1/2 mile west, one mile south, and 1/2 mile west of Memphis, Saunders County, Nebraska, on the farm owned by Herman's father, Max Bruno REIM.  In the fall of 1923, they moved to the main farm house on the same farm 1/2 mile east and almost 1/2 mile south.  They raised three sons, Herman Frederick (Fred), Kenneth Maurice, and Harold Max, and farmed here untill Feb 1954 when they retired, and bought and moved into a home at 504 North 14th Street, Ashland, Nebraska.  The old farm house was torn down in 1948, they lived in a newly built garage for one year. They moved into the new brick veneer house in January 1949.

Gertrude was an active church member, at the Zion Evangelical Church south of Ithaca, Iliff Chapel United Methodist Church at Mempnis, and the Ashland United Methodist Church; teaching Sunday School and serving as church treasuer in her later years.  She was also active in the Eastern Star serving as Worthy Matron of Matthews Chapter No. 242, Ashland, Nebraska, in 1946.

Compiled by her son, Kenneth M. REIM as of 23 Jan 1999.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
HENNIG, Erwin K., 17 Sep 1996; genealogical file on HENNIG and LANGE families.
LANDHOLM, Joy M., 5 Aug 1996; genealogical file of the HENNIG family.
OBITUARY; Services for Claude Hennig, 16 Oct 1986.

Claude HENNIG's youth was spent in the Riverside community, Burt County, Nebraska, where he attended school, and later was a student at Boyles College in Omaha.  Claude moved to his farm just west of Rosalie, Thruston County, Nebraska in March 1921, and was married 16 Jun 1921.  He was actively involved in farming for many years before his retirement.  They continued to reside on the family farm untill 1984 when they moved to Lyons, Burt County, Nebraska. He was member of the Roaslie School Board for many years, and joined the First Presbyterian Church after moving to Lyons.  Claude and Dorothy Hennig celebrated their 65th wedding aniversary June 15, 1986 with a family dinner at the Biltmore, Sioux City, Iowa.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
LANDHOLM, Joy M., 5 Aug 1996; genealogical file of the HENNIG family; died when he was 1 year, 8 months and 20 days, from appendicitis.
BURT COUNTY CLERK, 1 Oct 1996; Tekamah Cemetery Records show buried in Block 8, Lot 1, Maurice HENNIG, Apr 15, 1910...Jan 5, 1912; buried next to his father and mother, Oscar M. and Lena A. HENNIG.