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Note: ecords. He immigrated in 1844. He served in the Mexican War from May 15 to Aug. 31, 1846. The pension application of his widow gives the following personal description of Henry: 5' 6", blond hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. He, also, served in the Civil War - 3 U.S. Res. Corps, Mo. Inf. (3 Months, 1861) Company I: Henry Gildehaus, 1 Sgt.; Capt. Hunckhausen. Henry died of "Congestion of the Brain" (probably a stroke or cerebral hemorrhage), residence 1910 Gratiot.
Missouri Naturalization Records, St. Louis City, CCCC records Vol. 2 page 40: Christian R. H. Gildehaus 7/22/1850 Germany
<b>1850 census St. Louis, Ward 3, Missouri</b> 11 Sept., page 320b
537-560 Gustavus Wulfing 48 GR Merchant - -
Christina F. Wulfing 43 GR Christian R. H. Gildehause 25 GR Merchant - - Johanna M. Gildehause 19 GR Henry Miller 21 GR Porter <b>1860 census St. Louis, Ward 3, Missouri</b> 14 July
1211-1921 Henry Gildehaus 34 Hanover Merchant 1200-10000
Mathilde 29 Prussia Charles 4 MO Richard 10/12 MO Christina Wulfing 53 Prussia Housekeeper 10000-2000
Frederick 26 “ Gardener
Mary Leneburg 18 “ Servant <b>1870 census St. Louis, Ward 4, Subdiv. 8, Missouri</b> pg 177, 5th Aug.
1060-1159 Gildhouse, Henry 45 Hanover Wh. Merchant -- na
Matilda 39 Rhine Prussia keeps house
Charles 13 MO at school Richard 10 MO at school Henry 8 MO at school Pg. 178 Gildenhouse, Lillie 3 MO at home
Haze, Amelia 20 Hamburg D. servant Hake, Lizzie 15 IL D. servant <b>1880 census St. Louis, Ward 15, Missouri</b> Roll 722 ED 115, page 239B, 1st June,
1st enumeration, 1910 Gratiot
17-24 Gildehaus, Matilda 49 W Keeping House Prussia Prussia Prussia
Wulfing, Christian (f) 73 W Unemployed Prussia Prussia Prussia
Fred 44 S Unemployed Prussia Prussia Prussia
Gildehaus, Chas. 23 Son S Grocer Missouri Prussia Prussia
Richard 20 Son S Clerk in Hardware Missouri Prussia Prussia
Hy. (m) 18 Son S Clerk in Grocer Missouri Prussia Prussia
Lilly 13 Daughter S Goes to school Missouri Prussia Prussia
Lotterer, Louise 20 Servant S Missouri Prussia Prussia Servant
Meyer, Emilie 18 Servant S Missouri Prussia Prussia Servant
<b>1880 census St. Louis, Ward 15, Missouri</b> Roll 732 ED 288, Sheet 353b, page 4, 9th Nov.,
2nd enumeration, 1910 Gratiot
22-22 Gildehaus, Matilde 49 Widow W Germany Ger Ger Keeping House
Gildehaus, Chas. 23 Son S Student Missouri MO MO
Richard 20 Son S Clerk Missouri MO MO
Henry 18 Son S Clerk Missouri MO MO
Lillia 13 Daughter S School Missouri MO MO
Wulfing, Christian (f) 72 Mother W Home Germany Ger Ger Fred 45 Brother S Capitalist Germany Ger Ger
Lotterer, Louise 22 Servant S Servant Missouri Ger Ger
Myer, Emilie 20 Servant S Servant Missouri Ger Ger
<b>1900 census St. Louis, Ward 23, Missouri</b> ED 352 Sheet 4a, roll 898 page 287, 3rd June
3039 Eads Ave.
55-74 Gildehaus, Matilda head Mar 1831-69 Wd 6-4 GR GR GR 1835-64 RH
Charles son Aug. 1856-43 m10 MO GR GR Grocer
Wulfing, Frederick brother May 1834-66 S GR GR GR 1835-64 na retired
Adams, Lizzie servant July 1874-25 S GR GR GR 1895-5 servant house
<b>1910 census St. Louis, Ward 16, Missouri</b> ED 256 Sheet 5a, roll 817 page 149a, 21st April
3035 Eads Ave.
99-105 Cook William M. head 55 M1-15 MO VA MO Broker Eatable nuts RFH
Lily G. wife 42 M1-15 2-2 MO GR GR none
Mattie R. dau. 14 S MO MO MO none
William M. son 11 S MO MO MO none
Gildehaus, Matilda mother in law 79 Wd 5-3 GR GR GR none
Reed, Malone (f) servant 34 S MO US US house girl private family
<b>1920 census St. Louis, Ward 16, Missouri</b> ED 314 Sheet 6b, 9th Jan.
3035 Eads Ave.
72-124 Cooke, William M. head 63 M MO VA MO Merchant Commission
Lillie wife 52 M MO GR GR William M. son 21 S MO MO MO Clerk Bank
Gildehaus, Mathilda mother in law 88 Wd 1835 na GR GR GR none
Brin, Emma servant 26 S IL GR GR servant private family
"Gildehaus Henry, merchant, was born in Osnabrueck, in the Province of Hanover, Germany, in 1825, and died in St. Louis May 1, 1871. He was reared, as well as born, in the famous old city founded by Charles the Great in 785, and which, at the present day, is especially noted for its numerous and varied manufactures. There he was carefully educated, being graduated from a commercial college in 1844, and immediately afterward came to St. Louis. Two years after his coming to this city he entered the United States Army as a volunteer soldier, and served through the Mexican War as a lieutenant of his company. At the close of the war he returned from Mexico, and in 1847 married Miss Matilda Wulfing, daughter of Gustavus Wulfing and a descendant of one of the old patrician families of Elberfeld, Germany, of which city one of Mrs. Gildehaus' ancestors was first burgomaster in 1596. In the year following his marriage Mr. Gildehaus became associated with his father-in-law in business as a retail grocer, under the firm name of Wulfing & Gildehaus, their place of business being at the southwest corner of Seventeenth and Market Streets. This firm was succeeded in 1852 by the firm of Gildehaus & Witte, and Mr. Gildehaus continued to be identified with the retail grocery trade until 1858. In the year last named he embarked in the wholesale grocery business in company with his two brothers-in-law, Charles Wulfing and Charles B. Dieckriede, under the firm name of Gildehaus & Co. He continued to be the head of this well known wholesale house until his death, and after that the business was carried on by his former partners under the same name, until 1876, when the style of the firm was changed to Wulfing, Dieckriede & Co., under which name it is still carried on. Mr. Gildehaus was a successful merchant, a capable man of affairs, and a citizen who enjoyed the high esteem of all with whom he was brought into contact, both in business and social circles. During the Civil War he was prominent among the merchants of the city who threw all the weight of their influence in behalf of the preservation of the Union, and he not only contributed largely of his means to aid in the prosecution of the war, but served as a member of the Home Guard, organized for the defense of St. Louis against Confederate invasion. At his death he was survived by his widow and four children, and to the education and bringing up of these children Mrs. Gildehaus has devoted the following years of her life. That they received careful and intelligent training is evidenced by the fact that the sons have developed into prominent and successful business men, and the only daughter into a worthy and useful woman. The two eldest sons are associated with their cousin in the proprietorship of the grocery house of Gildehaus, Wulfing & Co., established in 1882, and the youngest son is junior member of the wholesale grocery firm of Fink, Nasse & Gildehaus. The daughter is now the wife of W. M. Cooke, a scion of one of the oldest families of St. Louis." [Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis, Vol. II; 1899; pages 897-898]
Note: Christian Rudolph Hienrich GILDEHAUS is listed as "Henry" in almost all r
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