Hans Heinrich (Henry H.) WESTPHALEN
Birth:
25 Mar 1860
New Holstein, Calumet Co, Wisconsin
Death:
13 Jul 1930
Ridgeley Township, Scribner, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Burial:
1930
St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Ridgeley, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Marriage:
1 Apr 1883
St. John's Lutheran Church, Ridgeley Twp, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
Dodge and Washington Counties, p. 913 (date unknown)
Henry Westphalen is able to record a residence in Dodge County of forty years, and those have been the most productive and successful years of his life. He is one of the leading farmers of Ridgeley Township, his home being in section 26.
He was born in Wisconsin in 1860. His father, John Westphalen, was a native of Germany and an early settler of Wisconsin, where he lived a number of years. About 1880 he came to Dodge County, Nebraska, and bought eighty acres near Scribner. At the time of his death he owned 200 acres.
Henry Westphalen was twenty years of age when he came to Nebraska, had a common school education and some knowledge of farming, and has turned those advantages to good account in his work as an agriculturist and his varied relations with the community. He owns a farm of 200 acres, and has put its improvements among the very best. He is a republican voter and a member of the Lutheran Church.
His first wife was a Miss Roemer, who at her death left two children. For his second wife he married Alice Roemer, and they have five children.
Gravestone:
Hans Henry Westphalen
25 Mar 1860 - 13 Jul 1930
Ridgeley Lutheran Cemetery 8C
Geburts- und Tauf-Schein
Den beiden Ehegatten als: Herrn Johann Jacob Westphalen und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau Antje Chrisitina eine geboren Moeller wurde am 27 März in Jahre unseres Herrn 1860 ein Sohn geboren in New Holstein, Calumet County, Wis, und am 4 December 1870 durch den Ehrw. C. A. C. Pinchert getauft und Hans Heinrich Westlphalen genannt. Die Taufpathen waren Hans Jacob Westphalen, Peter Westphalen, Catharina Westphalen. Verzeugt von C. A. C. Pinchert, Pastor der deutschen evangelischen Gemeinde zu New Holstein, Wis.
[Birth and Baptismal Certificate
Both the married couple Mr. Johann Jacob Westphalen and his legitimate wife Antje Christina gebb. Moeller to whom a Son was born in New Holstein, Calumet Co, WI, on 27 March in the year of our Lord 1860, was baptized the 4th of December 1870 by C. A. C. Pinchert and named Hans Heinrich Westphalen. Baptismal sponsors were: Hans Jacob Westphalen, Peter Westphalen, Catharina Westphalen. Certified by C. A. C. Pinchert, Pastor of the German Evangelical Church of New Holstein, WI.]
This certificate is in the possession of Barry Hempstead, grandson of Hans Heinrich Westphalen and Elise Roemer Westphalen.
Barbara (Betty) RÖMER
Birth:
5 Sep 1854
Climbach, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt
Death:
8 Feb 1889
Scribner, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Burial:
1889
St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Ridgeley, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Church records of St. John's Lutheran Church, Ridgeley Twp, Dodge Co, NE:
Barbara Westphalen, wife of Henry H. Westphalen, born 5 Sep 1854, died 8 Feb 1889.
Plot 8B
Gravestone:
Barbara Westphalen, wife of Henry H. Westphalen
5 Sep 1854 - 8 Feb 1889
Londorf (Climbach) Geburts Protocoll (Birth and Baptism)
Microfilm #1201525
Geburts Protocol 1852-1867
1854, No. 94, page 383 - Barbara Römer
Barbara Römer, born 5 September 1854 in Climbach in the morning about 4 o'clock, daughter of Johannes Römer III, citizen in Climbach; and his wife Eleanora nee Wißner, the sixth child, second daughter. Baptized on 10 September 1854. Sponsors: (1) Barbara Weller, single daughter of Conrad Weller, citizen and carpet merchant in Climbach; (2) Johannes Schlabbeis, unmarried son of Heinrich Wißner, citizen and day laborer in Climbach.
Londorf (Climbach)
Confirmanden Register (Confirmation) 1808-1875
Microfilm #1201531
1868, p. 101, Climbach - Barbara Römer, 5 Sep 1854, Johannes III
St. John's Lutheran Church was established in 1874 by the Shomshor, Roemer and Westphalen families. The first church was located near Pebble Creek, approximately where Arlene Witt was residing in 1999 on the Church's 125th anniversary. It was later moved to Ridgeley Township. The church burned several years ago but was reconstructed and in 1999 has approximately 150 members.
The church's cemetery is the well-known site of the graves of the Westphalen sisters who perished during the 1888 blizzard.
Children
Marriage
1
Anna C. WESTPHALEN
Birth:
27 Dec 1883
Scribner, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Death:
17 Mar 1884
Scribner, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Marr:
Notes:
Church records of St. John's Lutheran Church, Ridgley Twp, Dodge Co, NE:
Anna C. Westphalen...born 17 Dec 1883 (the tombstone reads 27, but the church record says 17), died 17 March 1884
Gravestone:
Anna C. Westphalen, dau of H. H. & B. Westphalen
27 Dec 1883 - 17 Mar 1884
She is buried in the same plot in the Ridgeley Lutheran Cemetery as Elise Roemer Westphalen: 8D.
2
Johann Ludwig (Louis) WESTPHALEN
Birth:
4 Apr 1885
Scribner, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Death:
9 May 1951
Ridgeley Township, Scribner, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Marr:
Notes:
Gravestone:
John Louis Westphalen
4 Apr 1885 - 9 May 1951
3
Birth:
10 Dec 1887
Scribner, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Death:
1963
Pueblo, Pueblo Co, Colorado
Notes:
Mrs. Ernest (Josephine) Fritz
513 5th St
Scribner NE
68057-3051
(402)664-2251
Replied to my letter of inquiry about the family of Gottlieb and Carrie Westphalen Fritz. They lived on farms in the same area around the Ridgeley Church. She played with the children of Gottlieb and Carrie. She remembered cousins of Carrie coming from Burlington to visit, and also remember people named "Scheihing" coming to visit Scribner. She said Carried died in an insane asylum in Colorado after a nervous breakdown from "having so many children." She remember that Gottlieb said "always remember that Joe (Fritz) lives in Eaton, CO, just like Eaton, NE."
The family moved to Colorado from Scribner, and then the children scattered, some to California, some elsewhere. The track of this line of Roemer descendants is lost until, someday, one of them goes searching for roots and finds us.
She died in an asylum in Pueblo after a nervous breakdown.
4
Johann (John) Heinrich WESTPHALEN
Birth:
10 Dec 1887
Scribner, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Burial:
St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Ridgeley, Dodge Co, Nebraska
Marr:
Notes:
He is buried in plot 8A.
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Hans Heinrich (Henry H.) Westphalen - Barbara (Betty) Römer
Hans Heinrich (Henry H.) Westphalen
was born at New Holstein, Calumet Co, Wisconsin 25 Mar 1860.
He married Barbara (Betty) Römer 1 Apr 1883 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Ridgeley Twp, Dodge Co, Nebraska . Barbara (Betty) Römer was born at Climbach, Londorf, Großherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt 5 Sep 1854 daughter of Johannes Römer, III and Eleanora Wißner .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Anna C. Westphalen
born 27 Dec 1883.
Johann Ludwig (Louis) Westphalen
born 4 Apr 1885.
Caroline Eleonora (Carrie) Westphalen
born 10 Dec 1887.
Johann (John) Heinrich Westphalen
born 10 Dec 1887.
Hans Heinrich (Henry H.) Westphalen died 13 Jul 1930 at Ridgeley Township, Scribner, Dodge Co, Nebraska .
Barbara (Betty) Römer died 8 Feb 1889 at Scribner, Dodge Co, Nebraska .