|
a.
|
Note: Notes: Information supplied by Sandy Stiemke, May 01:
CATHARINE HUGOBACH GELHAUS
Catharine Hugobach was born November 8, 1836 in Germany to Joseph and Elizabeth Howle Hugebach/Hugeback. The obituary from the Spring Green (Wisconsin) newspaper states that she was born at Oldenberg, Germany. At some point she married Arnold Gelhaus. The earliest record we have for her in America is in Scranton Pennsylvania, listed as the birthplace of daughter Elizabeth on July 15, 1856. They probably migrated from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin with Catharine's parents and her brother Arnold sometime in 1856-57. Sauk County land records show a purchase by Arnold Gelhaus on May 16, 1857 in Franklin Township, section 19, ? acres from J.B. and David Carpenter for $200. There four more children were born to them. Arnold was drafted for service in the Civil War in one of the last drafts and began serving October 29, 1864 with Company H, 37th Infantry. Around August 1865 he became ill about the time he was to be discharged. He was admitted to Douglas General Hospital, Washington, D.C. His fellow soldiers Paul Luther and George Jacob Wintermantel left him to come home. He died on August 6, 1865 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The government denied his death for some time and there was much legal hassle before Catherine received widow's pension. Part of this was due to the "Americanization" of the name Gelhaus to Gelhouse by the government, who then could not locate "Gelhaus". Paul Luther and George J. Wintermantel had to testify that they saw him in the hospital before they left for home. (This information is from the government Civil War records.) It was not until September 29, 1992 that a member of the family, his granddaughter Joyce Yanke, was able to visit the cemetery and take a picture of his cemetery stone. (Section 13, Grave 11909). On September 18, 1868 Catharine married Anton(y) Wesle(y) in Madison, Wisconsin in a legal ceremony witnessed by Joseph Bandel and F. Verritz? She had known him as a neighbor before the war and he was a schoolteacher at the White Mound School. She moved to a farm in Bear Creek Township that Anton owned. Anton had been married previously and had twin sons. Anton died accidentally on December 31, 1881 and was buried in White Mound cemetery. Catharine then lived with each of her children for a time, finally with daughter Elizabeth Volk in Sauk City at 420 Madison Street, where she passed away of apoplexy on October 28, 1915. She was buried in White Mound cemetery, which is located just off state Hwy 23 in Franklin Township with Anton Wesley and her son Francis who had died at age 9 on August 29, 1871. Catherine's obituary in the Spring Green newspaper on November 4, 1915 reads as follows: White Mound pioneer passes away - Mrs. Katharine Wesley was stricken away with paralysis October 22 and died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Volk at Sauk City last Thursday. Her sons Arnold and Joseph were with their mother that week and at the time of her death. The funeral was held last Sunday and interment in White Mound. Deceased was 78 years, 11 months and age and born at Oldenberg. She came to Wisconsin at an early age and located near White Mound 59 years ago. One daughter Mary Meng who resides in Montana could not be present at the funeral.
One of her great-grandsons, August Derleth grandson of Elizabeth was a prolific and well-known author in Wisconsin. In his books he included a great many stories about the family. In his book "Walden West" he describes her: "a stout, heavy woman who had a firm, square face with unwavering eyes and a mouth as straight as a horizontal line across her face as her nose made a vertical, a face filled with character, the character that comes with tribulations and fortitude in the face of trial and care. She was a kind, patient woman." The daughter of her son Arnold, Florence Gelhaus Crary had told her granddaughter Sandy Crary that Catharine had wanted to be buried in the cemetery at St. Mary's of Loreto, near Denzer Wisconsin, but could not because according to the church laws at that time, her civil marriage to a non-Catholic had prevented her from burial in a Catholic cemetery. Florence had the impression that Catharine's parents were probably buried in that cemetery. The records in possession of St. Aloysius Catholic Church at Sauk City list the baptisms of the children of Arnold and Catharine Gelhaus as having taken place at the church, St. Mary's of Loreto. In checking with the persons in possession of the cemetery records, no burials were found for any Hugeback/Hugobach except for Anna Marie (nee Leikum second wife of Arnold d. Feb. 13, 1870 33y) and son Peter, d Sept 1870). She was the second wife of Catharine's brother Arnold. However there were many graves for whom the stones were gone, either deteriorated as many had been wood or broken, and Lola Huber, the cemetery spokesperson felt there was a good possibility they were buried there. So at the time the books of the Sauk County cemeteries were being prepared, "Cemetery Inscriptions of Sauk County, Wisconsin" Volume 1, p18-19 reads, "the following people may be buried in this cemetery. Information is from old, unreadable, church records, family records, etc." The names of Hugobach, Elizabeth d. between 1860 and 1870, and Joseph d. after 1880 are included. Catherine died October 18, 1915. On October 20, 1994 with the permission of cemetery authorities and the help of Lawrence and Lola Huber, a stone was set in her memory at Our Lady of Loreto cemetery in part of the unused lot and next to Anna Marie Hugeback and Peter. The following Sunday nine descendents of Catharine gathered to dedicate the stone in this Catholic cemetery, the nine included her great grandson Kenneth Gelhaus, a Methodist minister, the rest of the "ecumenical" group being Catholic and Lutheran. We felt the stone honored her wish to be buried there the best way we knew how.
Feb 12 from http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7488&iid=NYM237_106-0205&fn=Marie&ln=Hugebach&st=r&ssrc=&pid=3245092
Marie and Arnold's arrival in America:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Marie Hugebach Name: Marie Hugebach Arrival Date: 7 Oct 1851 Birth Year: abt 1836 Age: 15 Gender: Male Ethnicity/Race?/Nationality: German Place of Origin: Germany Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany Destination: United States of America Port of Arrival: New York Port Arrival State: New York Port Arrival Country: United States Ship Name: Amelia Search Ship Database: Search the Amelia in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Feb 12 translation of baptismal record:
Birth 19 Nov 1836, baptism 20 Nov 1836; Catharina Maria. Vicar: Bellersen (performed the) baptism; Parents: Johann Heinrich (Diedrich) Joseph Hugeback Heuerling (farmer or farm worker) in Ellenstette (Ellendstedt), and Maria Elisabeth born Muhle. Catholic. Godparents: Catharina Maria Hugeback, Johann Bernd Hugeback Heuerlings (farmers or farm workers) in Kleinenkneten, Richtung (means "going to") Wildeshausen, daughter; and Johann Gerd Muhle Heuerling (farmer or farm worker) in Astrup Kirchspiel Visbeck. Catholic. (That means in Kneten and Astrup had been no churches so they had to go to Wildeshausen).
Oct 14 from https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27PY-VK8
Marie Hugebach
New York, Passenger Lists
Name: Marie Hugebach (along with Arnold Gilhaus). Event Type: Immigration Event Date: 1851 Event Place: New York City, New York, United States Gender: Female Age: 15 Nationality: Germany Birth Year (Estimated): 1836 Ship Name: Amelia
Affiliate Publication Number: M237 , Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897 , Affiliate Film Number: 106 , GS Film Number: 000175462 , Digital Folder Number: 004678761 , Image Number: 00209
"New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/27PY-VK8 : accessed 22 Oct 2014), Marie Hugebach, 1851.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16944-43524-44?cc=1849782 - Image of the passanger list.
|
