Dietrich Daniel August LANGEHEINEKEN

Sources:

1850 U.S. Census,Breckenridge County,Kentucky, 7846
1860 U.S.Census,Doniphan County,Kansas, 803347, Wayne Twp., p.125, D.1037
1870 U.S. Census, Wyandotte County,Kansas, 545942, Prairie Twp, P.14, D.105
1875 Cowley County Kansas State Census, Richland Twp., Reel 5, P. 322, D.1526
1880 U.S. Census, Cowley County,Kansas, 1254377, Richland Twp, D. 80
Genealogical & Biographical Record of North Eastern Kansas

Notes:

                   Birth: Rethem/Aller St. Marien Ev-Luth. Parish records, researched by Wilhelm Richter of Kassel, Germany, 1976-1977.
Burial: Floral Cemetery, Cowley Co., KS.
Autograph Book: Of August Langeheineken, dated from 1834-1845.
Letter: To August Langeheineken at Werder by Bockenem, Hannover, Germany, from P. Langeheineken at Rethem, Hannover, Germany, 5 Nov 1844.
Genealogical & Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1900, p. 124-125).
Baltimore, MD Passanger Lists from Bremen: Ship Sophia & Bark Averon (1846),
and Andalusia (1848).
Sale of Personal Property: Breckenridge Co., KY, from August Langeheineken to Augustus Dinkelaker, 12 Sep 1849.
Declaration of Intent: Breckenridge Co., KY, (Circuit Order Book 13, p. 122).
Censuses: 1850, Breckenridge Co., KY, (FHL Film 7846); 1860, Doniphan Co., KS. (FHL Film 803347); 1870, Wyandotte Co., KS. (FHL Film 545942); 1875 State, (KSU Library); 1880, Cowley Co., KS. (FHL Film 1254377).
Deed: Wyandotte Co., KS, (Grantor, Book D, p. 254).
Deed: Wyandotte Co., KS, (Grantee, Book Q, p. 198-199, Grantor, Book Q, p. 200-201.)
Winfield, Cowley Co., KS, to C. M. Bradish, (Lot 17, Block 110).
Mortgage: Cowley Co., KS, Cora Bradish to A. Langeheineken, (Book B, p. 207).
Cert.: Cowley Co., KS, Grantee, Augustus Langeheineken, (Book C, p. 268).
Cert.: Cowley Co., KS, Grantee, Leara Heineken, (Book A, p. 33.)
Cert.: Cowley Co., KS, Grantee, Augustus Langeheineken, (Book C, p. 268).
Patent: Cowley Co., KS, Grantee, Leara Heineken, (Book E, p. 123).
Mortgage: Cowley Co., KS, Grantor, A. Langeheineken to Jno. D. Pryor, (Book T, p. 179). A. Langeheineken, etux, to S.B. Warren, (Book T, p. 222 & H, p. 445), & to T.L. McDermott, (Book W, p. 229).
Warranty Deed: Cowley Co., KS, A. Langeheineken to Wm. Langeheineken, (Book R, p. 182).
Deed Record: Cowley Co., KS, A. Langeheineken to John M. Clover, Lot 24,
Block 34, Town of Burden, (Book T, p. 271).
Warranty Deed: Cowley Co., KS, Wm. Langeheineken, etux to Theo & Lena
Langeheineken,  (Book U, p. 265), and to Alice M. Carson, (Book Z, p. 63).
Journal Records: Cowley County, KS, 8 Feb 1945, (Book B, p. 470-472 No.
58954-56).

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    August was the fourth child, but second to live, of seventeen children born
to Doctor Philipp Langeheineken. There were fourteen boys and three girls. His mother, Jeanette, died when he was about twelve years old after the birth of her eleventh child. His father remarried later that year, so he was partly raised by a stepmother. There were five boys and one girl in the second family.
    It was with the help of August's Autograph Book, called `Der Dankbarkeit', and a letter to him from his father, P. Langeheineken, that I was able to find the church records for this family. In the beginning, I did not know who P. Langeheineken was. Both, of course are written in German. The book has lithographed drawings of scenes of the area. Its size is four by six inches. These must have been very precious to August, as he brought them with him when he came to America. The letter from his father, the doctor, was very hard to read. It was tiny, old German script writing and had a separate perscription in it for August. I found no one in this country who could read it. Finally, I sent a copy to Wilhelm Richter and hired him to type it into German for me. He was a researcher from Kassel, Germany who helped me locate the records for Rethem. He was quite old and able to read the tiny old writing. Later I had the German translated to English.
    The notes in the book were very colorful. One dated, 30 Apr 1839 from Rethem reads, "Roses, Violets, Carnations, all the flowers wilt, steel and iron break, but our friendship will not. Friendship will live, enmity shall die. When you read these lines remember your uncle and friend. Cs. Muehlenbrock". Christian Muehlenbrock was the brother of his stepmother.
    The letter from his father in 1844, addressed him as August. In America he
was called Augustus. His father was well situated as a medical doctor at
Rethem, allowing August to attend school. I believe his father encouraged him to get more education at the university level and become better prepared for life. His oldest brother, Theodor, became a doctor and surgeon in Schneverdingen.
    A biographical sketch about his son, William, said that August was born in
Hamburg. That was wrong. All of those records were searched first, and he was
not found. It is obvious that in an interview, the name of the largest,
nearest town to Rethem, that someone in America would recognize, was Hamburg. That was misleading. His birth was found in records of the Saint Marien, Evangelical-Lutheran church of Rethem/Aller, which is a village on the Aller River in the province of Hannover. At that time, it was in the country of Prussia. It is south of Hamburg and northeast of the cities of Celle and Hannover.
    The sketch also stated, that he served his fatherland in the military for
three years. The District Military Command was at Celle, and his autograph book indicates that friends from Celle signed his book from March to September 1837. His sister, Eleonore, signed his book on his twenty-first birthday, 3 Feb 1840. "To the birthday of my dear brother August Langeheineken--To guide you through your life, faithfulness should never flee from you. Joy should always surround your heart and friendship shall be your joy. From your loving sister - Eleonore Langeheineken." August was in Bremen, which is west of Rethem, in October and November of 1840, perhaps in the service.
    A message from another brother, Friedrich, has no place or date mentioned.
As translated it reads, "May peace follow you and troubles and restless sleep
be far from you. Just like the soft sunrays in May, may your life be rich with friends. May the feeling of peace follow you always, which only follows noble souls. While you are in life, harvest long the fruits of joy and happiness. As often as you read these lines remember your brother. - Fritz Langeheineken."
    After he finished his military duty, he may have embarked in merchandising. I do not know what he sold. He was at Rostock in March of 1841 and Hamburg in May, then June 17 and 18, 1842, he was at Hannover. In November of 1844, the address where his father wrote to him was Werder, by Bockenem, which is southeast of Hildesheim. It would appear that while there, he was a tax collector. As indicated in the leter, he wished to marry a young lady, Minchen Mencke, from his home village. As was commonly done in those days, the plans were being arranged through his parents and the young lady's mother, but things were not working out. (See letter with Philipp Langeheineken)
    Because of a statement mentioned in his father's Will, I believe that August got into financial or some other trouble. One paragraph reads, "After the death of the mother, the money left shall be distributed evenly among my 14 living children, except for my second son August, for whom I have paid unnecessary debts of 127 Taler. He shall receive 50 Taler less than the rest of the children." Also, on 6 Jun 1845 August visited his brother, Theodor, who was married and living at Schneverdingen. His message is full of advice. "Follow the road of honesty and truth, then you will live in peace. The Lord will remember his own and bless them. In the days of sorrow and pain, you have the comfort and peace of good living. When confusion fills your heart, good living will keep your courage up. To the only remberance, your loving brother - Th. Langeheineken."
    This visit preceded a note written 26 Jun 1845, from Cs. Freudenthal, at Hildesheim, "To a successful life. Mistakes are the school of life. If you do not go through these you have not learned anything. To your comfort and calmness these lines are written in farewell of your homeland to A. Langeheineken - Joyfully."
    Perhaps his father helped him out of a jam. Wouldn't we love to know exactly what happened. This may be the reason why he chose a wife so quickly in Germany, and came to America at that particular time.
    August was married to Carolina Schrader, a Catholic lady, about 1845/6. As
yet, no record has been found of the marriage, or their passage to America. The Bremen passenger lists have been lost. Some of Baltimore's lists are also
missing. After diligent searching of the lists from 1845-1847, the only mention of his name was a signature at the bottom of two different ship lists, "Aug. Heineken." A ship "Sophia" left Bremen 1 April 1846 and arrived at Baltimore 3 Jun 1846. Also, the same signature for the bark "Averon", which departed 4 Jun 1846, and arrived 3 Aug 1846. Because he was educated, he may have been working as a recorder of passengers as they arrived.
    This means that they were in Baltimore at least from April to August 1846.
They may have been there until 20 Jan 1847, when a ship called "Ann", arrived
with Clemens Schrader, Doctor, wife Fredonia, and children Gustav and Maria.
They were from Wohldenberg, a village near Sillium in the Kr. of Marienburg,
province of Hannover. That is the area where Carolina's parents had lived
and not far from Werder, where August was living in 1844. There is surely a relationship of Clemens to Carolina, because in America, they lived next to the Langeheineken's for several years. He was not her brother, as I suspected in the beginning, but probably a cousin. It is possible that the Schrader and Langeheineken families traveled together, by ship from Baltimore to New Orleans, which had a large German population. August's first son, William, was born there in October of 1847 or 1848. I believe it was 1847. It is possible that Dr. Clemens Schrader assisted with his birth.
    August's two sisters, Emma and Eleonore, arrived at Baltimore on the ship
"Andalusia", in August of 1848. They probably traveled by boat up the Mississippi River, then Ohio River to Breckenridge County, Kentucky. We find them all there in September 1849. There was a sale of personal property and mortgage from Augustus Langeheineken to Augustus Dinkelaker, dated 22 Sep 1849, of two horses, a wagon, two cows and all farming utensils. Augustus Dinkelaker was married to Augustus Langeheineken's sister, Emma, in that county, 15 Nov 1849. When the sisters left Germany, they were each given
140 Talers from their father for their travel expenses to America. That amount was considered as their wedding dowry. Augustus Dinkelaker lived at
Cloversport, Breckenridge County, Kentucky. He may be the reason they were all in Kentucky at that time.
    Little Clemens Langeheineken was born in Kentucky about June of 1850. He
was two months old on the census taken August 3, of that year. It is evident
that he did not survive, as no one in the family knew about him, nor is he
shown on another census. At this time, the occupation of Augustus was listed
as a farmer. The baby, undoubtedly, was named for Clemens Schrader and perhaps others in the family by that name.
    On 14 Oct 1850, Augustus Langeheineken and Clemens Schrader, went to the
Circuit Court in Breckenridge County, Kentucky, and declared their intention
to become a citizen. It was clear that they planned to stay in America. They
had been here about five years. Many of the immigrants at that time were farmers and in search of good land. They needed to farm along the way in order to feed their families as they worked their way across the country. This must have been a very new experience for this young German man, as he was from a professional, affluent, European family. Augustus and family were still living in Kentucky at the time of his father's death, 10 Apr 1851. Perhaps he received some inheritance. According to that Will, Emma Dinkelaker was living in Kentucky, and Eleanore, who married Friedrich Elbert was at Saint Joseph, in North America.
    When they left Kentucky, they may have gone down the Ohio River and taken the Mississippi River up to Saint Louis, Missouri. The Schrader family had a baby daughter, Ada Edith in 1852, born in Missouri. There were probably other relatives living there and a very large German population. The Schrader family later settled in Pekin, Illinois. Augustus and Caroline, with baby William probably traveled with them up the Illinois River and spent time at Pekin. Carolina and Augustus had a baby daughter born about 1856 in Illinois. They named her Helena, and she was called Lena. I believe Carolina's mother, Magdalena was also called Lena.
    Clemens Schrader, being a doctor, had a trade and apparently wanted to stay
at Pekin, Illinois. There was also a large German population living there. Records are found for his family at Pekin which date into the 1880's. I believe Augustus was in search of new land and open spaces, so it may have been at Pekin, Illinois that the two families parted.
    At this point, the Langeheineken's may have gone back down the Illinois
River to Saint Louis, and then on the Missouri River over to Kansas Territory. They arrived there in the year 1857. In Kansas City, Kansas, I found a record of the sale of a house and wagon in Wyandotte City, dated 29 Jun 1858, from Augustus Langeheineken to George Munro.
    This little family next moved on to Atchison County, Kansas for one year, and then Doniphan County, Kansas. Augustus farmed, probably rented land, for the period of four years, with the help of his son, William, who was also attending school. Caroline and Augustus had another son born about the end of 1860. The child did not appear on the August 1860 census of Doniphan County. They named him Theodor, undoubtedly, in honor of Caroline's father and Augustus' older brother.
    I have a major question about the Langeheineken family. The August 1860 Census shows them living in Wayne Township, Doniphan County, Kansas. Unfortunately, the enumerator used initials for the children. Of course, we know there are so many mistakes in the census records, especially in the ages, depending upon who gave the information. There is one child listed that does not show on any other census records. A female child, L. Langeheineken, born in Germany, was fourteen years old and attending school. That would put her birth at about 1846. Did Augustus and Carolina have a child born in Germany shortly before they left. With a baby too young to travel, did they leave her in the care of someone until she was older? Did she travel out to Kansas with a relative and meet them there, or is she a child of a relative?  If she was their child, why was she not acknowledged? There are still unanswered questions. Wm. was shown on that census as age thirteen.
    In September 1868, Augustus bought eighty acres of land for $840.00, in Wyandotte County, Kansas, from the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division. This was the West half of North East quarter of Section Seven in Township Ten of Range Seventy-three, East of the 6th P.M. This was closer to the city of Leavenworth, than it was to Kansas City. This part of Kansas has rolling hills, streams, and beautiful woods. I thought they would stay there forever.
    Augustus must have been a very adventerous, determined, strong willed man.
The Helme and Langeheineken families were neighbors in Wyandotte County, Kansas. A story was shared by Isabelle Helme, to her grandson, Paul Larkam. Bell was the sister of our Mary Ann Helme. Bell was later married to Charles Mitchell. "Augustus Langeheineken was a German out and out with very set ideas. If yours did not agree with his, he was very blustery about it. He liked Bell and wanted his son William to marry her. One day Bell was setting the table at the Langeheineken farm where several men were there threshing. She cut the bread into slices, as her folks did at home, and thought nothing of it. Now, old man Heineken (called that by all, and meaning no slur) did not believe in doing it that way. His way, was to pass the loaf and knife and let each cut his own bread. At dinner time he came in leading all of the hired men. His eyes lit on the bread, and did he blow up. Without asking who did it, he began telling everyone what he thought of a person who did that, how wasteful they were. The men knew him and just waited for him t