HENRIETTE THEIS
THE STORY AS I KNOW IT
The Hartmann family can be traced in Gellershausen
bei
Wildungen,
Waldeck
region
of
Germany to at least mid 1700s. The wonderful Waldeckische
Ortsippenbucher Band 62. (Hochgrebe, Heinrich;
Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein e.V. Bad Arolsen; 1998.
History of the village of Gellershausen. contains
stories and photos of villages plus an extensive index of
family surnames and data taken mostly from Church records.
Written in German. Scott Hanson alerted me to the book and
Christa Siems provided us with the book itself. The
present administrator of the village, Herr Muench, has
also provided information I am very grateful!
Henriette Theis
was born April 14, 1782 in Affoldern. We don't know her parents.
This is a village a few miles to the northeast of
Gellershausen. On October 8, 1807, Henriette Theis wed Alexander Fuchs, a
miller in
Gellershausen. page 92
of the Ortsippenbucher Band 62.
Gellershausen
is one of 13 small villages that make up the
administrative community of Edertal. At the
time Gellershausen was in the small Principality of
Waldeck. Waldeck continues as a small city north of
Edertal. Waldeck and the Edertal communities are now
part of Hesse Germany. They lie in the
northwest of Hesse and about 40 kilometers southwest of
Kassel. They are in the foothills and
forests of the low Kellerwald mountain range.
Henriette and Alexander
Fuchs had the following children: all listed on page 92
1. Marie Wilhelmine Henriette Fuchs b. Jan 1, 1813, wed Carl Hartmann and died Aug 28, 1855
2. Henriette Catharine Marie Fuchs b. Aug 28, 1815, died March 25, 1818
3. Heinrich Christian Fuchs b.Aug 7, 1817, wed Katharine Muench and died June 6, 1892
4. Marie Elisabeth Fuchs b Jan 31, 1821, died within 2 weeks.
5. Johannette Marie Fuchs b. March 8, 1822, moved to Bringhausen, probably wed and died there Oct. 27, 1857
6. August Heinrich Christian Fuchs b. Sept. 9, 1824 and died on first birthday
7. Johannette Elisabeth Fuchs b. Dec. 29, 1831, moved to Frebershausen, probably wed and died Jan 24, 1895
Henriette Fuchs died
April 7, 1841. She was 59 years old. Her
husband Alexander Fuchs
lived another 8 years. He died Dec 2, 1849. It
is not know where either are buried, but there is only one
church in the village and I know it has a cemetery.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
If you know the answer please CONTACT US
1. who were her parents?
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