Himebauch/Heimbach Family History from The Grassroots History of Racine County
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Himebauch/Heimbach Family History from The Grassroots History of Racine County
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Posted: 9 May 2007 9:23PM GMT |
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Surnames: Himebauch/Heimbach, Drever/Draver, Lowrey, Hulbert, Cope, Eastman, Page, Lesher
The Grassroots History of Racine County 1978
Himebauch Family
The original spelling of the German name Heimbach changed somewhat through the years to what is now Himebauch, and towns of both spellings can be found near the Rhine in Germany today. Philip Himebauch, a native of Columbia County, Pennsylvania, born in 1793, married Eva Gigar. With their family of eleven, they moved to New York, where he died in 1833 at the age of forty-five. When public land for homesteading became available in Wisconsin, around 1843, the widow, Eva, traveled in a covered wagon to their destination in the Waterford Township, Racine County. The struggle to maintain her family was difficult, but was one Eva overcame. She lived ninety-six years and died in 1889.
This family of eleven: Susan, Peter, Michael, Benjamin, Daniel, Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph, Henry, Rachel and Elias, was to become the first generation of the Himebauch family that made Waterford Township their home.
Susan Himebauch Cope moved to New York and was to have eight girls and five boys.
Peter, Philip’s eldest boy, married a Burlington girl, Maria Eastman, in 1847. She was a writer and was also known as a public speaker, which was unusual for a female at the time. Their children, one boy and five girls, were all well educated. One was a physician and several were teachers. Peter’s only son, Amos, married Ida Pemberton and became a successful farmer.
Michael, the third son of Philip and Eva, was a prosperous farmer in Michigan. He and his wife, Lucy, had seven sons and six daughters. His eldest son, Daniel, served in the Union Army and afterward, returned to farming as did his brothers.
Benjamin, the fourth in the family, came to Wisconsin in 1843 with fifty cents in his pocket. With hard work and thrift, he became the owner of seven hundred acres of fine farm land. His marriage in 1841 to Mary Ann Lesher took place in New York. Their voyage from New York to Wisconsin took them through the Great Lakes to Racine. The trip time totaled six weeks. Their marriage produced seventeen children. Each child received land and money equal to $2,200, a great deal of wealth at the time.
Benjamin and Mary Ann settled on a farm in the Town of East Troy. Of their seventeen children, some died in infancy. Frank, George, James and William Henry, the four eldest sons, were all successful farmers in the surrounding area. Mary and Alfarette, Benjamin’s girls, married neighboring farmers. Mary and Anthony Miller raised four boys and one girl. Alfarette and Joseph Miller left one son, Jay.
Enos, the seventh child of Benjamin, married Abbie Page, by whom he had eight children. Elwin’s, the eldest son’s, marriage to Sadie Pollard lasted some seventy years. He died at the age of ninety-five in Honey Creek in 1975.
Delbert, the second son of Enos, married Martha Walbrek in 1905. He died at eighty-six, leaving six boys and two girls. Mildred, the eldest, married Reuben Schultz and resides in the Town of Rochester. Their family consists of two boys, Delbert and Wayne. Their grandchildren number four: Diane, Daniel, Tammy and Wendell, and two great-grandchildren, Matthew and Susan. Donald, the next born, married Gertrude Tesch. They own a farm near Slades Corner and have one daughter, Cheryl Svatik. Benjamin, the third child of Delbert, and named after his great-grandfather, moved to Walnut Grove, California, and married Mary Johnson. They have four granddaughters: Dionne, Lynette, Jeris and Terra. Robert, the fourth child, also moved to California and married Marion Bickmore. They have three children, Richard, Roberta and Ross, all of whom live in California. The fifth of Delbert’s children was Russell. He and his wife, Nelda, have six children: Arlene, Martha, Paul, David, Peggy and Jason. Their family resides in Illinois. Beulah, the sixth, married Henry Wittnebel and they had five children: Barbara, Ronald, Sylvia, Gloria and Jerry. Beulah died in 1959. Surviving her are four grandchildren. Dwayne, the second youngest and seventh child of Delbert, is an accountant and lives in the Village of East Troy. Arnold, the last-born of the eight children, married Julie Mehring. They have four children: Shirley, Kathy, Greg and Dale. They have one grandson, Bart. Arnold and his sons farm the original Himebauch homestead located in the Township of Waterford, Racine County.
Frank, the next son of Enos, married Lillian Young in Honey Creek and had two girls, Myrtle and Francis. Two grandchildren survive them.
Verne Himebauch married Elizabeth Henningfield and farmed in the Town of Waterford until he died in 1961. His children, Forest, Verna, June, Joyce and Virginia, survive him while one son, Milo, died in 1963. Libby has a total of sixteen grandchildren.
William Henry, nicknamed Willie, married Lorraine Dutcher. They have a family of four boys and three girls.
Nora, the first daughter of Enos, married twice, both husbands deceased. She had two children, Wesley and Marie, and one grandson, John. She lives in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Edyth, the second daughter and seventh child, married John Mahoney. She lived in Honey Creek until her death in 1974. She was known for her news column in the Standard Press concerning Honey Creek.
The last child was Arthur. He farmed in the Town of Waterford until his retirement, and then resided in Honey Creek until his death in 1975.
Sewell, the eighth son of Benjamin, farmed successfully in the Town of Rochester. He died in 1940 leaving one daughter, Exine. Philip, born in 1857, married twice and left two children, Alton and Edna. Marcellus, like his brother, Philip, followed in farming. He married Mary Phillips and had two children, Olive and Benjamin, both of whom are deceased. Loren E. resided with his father, Benjamin, aiding in the operations of the farm business. He died in 1933. Alvin, the twelfth in line, outlived two wives, Jennie Peck and Kit Rohleder. These two marriages produced five children. Frances, the thirteenth in line, married Peter Forbes and left a long line of descendents with his eleven children and each of their families. Anna, sister of Fances, and the youngest of the family, was born in 1869 and died in 1955. She married William Grunew and left one child, Albert, five grandchildren and numerous great-granchildren. This was the Benjamin Himebauch dynasty.
Danile Himebauch, brother to Benjamin, secured a good education and purchased a farm in Walworth County. He was well known as an expert horseman. Their family numbered five sons and four daughters: Andrew, Marcia, William, Emma, Herbert, Hattie, Daniel, Fannie and Edwin.
Elizabeth, the sixth child of Philip and sister to Benjamin, married a farmer in Michigan. She had two sons, Lionel and Zelotus, who both served in the Union Army. Mary was married in 1825 to C. Bunker of East Troy. They had two children, Edith and Rolca. Henry Himebauch, twin brother of Joseph, married Mary Lowry and settled in California. His descendents still own his land. Joseph, the twin of Harry, married Maria Draver of Scotland and moved to California. His family was one of five girls and three boys. Rachel Himebauch married Spencer Hulbert in 1847. The gold fever carried him West and he returned wealthy. They bought farmland in LaCrosse County. A daughter named Orpha moved to Illinois. The last of the eleven children was Elias Himebauch. He married Jane Bunker and died in 1865, leaving three children: Bercia, Alton and Elias.
The Himebauch family has spread to all parts of the country, but there still remains an original part of the Himebauch Homestead, farmed and operated by the descendants of Philip, Benjamin, Enos and Delbert Himebauch.
Submitted by Dave Baumeister
Himebauch Family
The original spelling of the German name Heimbach changed somewhat through the years to what is now Himebauch, and towns of both spellings can be found near the Rhine in Germany today. Philip Himebauch, a native of Columbia County, Pennsylvania, born in 1793, married Eva Gigar. With their family of eleven, they moved to New York, where he died in 1833 at the age of forty-five. When public land for homesteading became available in Wisconsin, around 1843, the widow, Eva, traveled in a covered wagon to their destination in the Waterford Township, Racine County. The struggle to maintain her family was difficult, but was one Eva overcame. She lived ninety-six years and died in 1889.
This family of eleven: Susan, Peter, Michael, Benjamin, Daniel, Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph, Henry, Rachel and Elias, was to become the first generation of the Himebauch family that made Waterford Township their home.
Susan Himebauch Cope moved to New York and was to have eight girls and five boys.
Peter, Philip’s eldest boy, married a Burlington girl, Maria Eastman, in 1847. She was a writer and was also known as a public speaker, which was unusual for a female at the time. Their children, one boy and five girls, were all well educated. One was a physician and several were teachers. Peter’s only son, Amos, married Ida Pemberton and became a successful farmer.
Michael, the third son of Philip and Eva, was a prosperous farmer in Michigan. He and his wife, Lucy, had seven sons and six daughters. His eldest son, Daniel, served in the Union Army and afterward, returned to farming as did his brothers.
Benjamin, the fourth in the family, came to Wisconsin in 1843 with fifty cents in his pocket. With hard work and thrift, he became the owner of seven hundred acres of fine farm land. His marriage in 1841 to Mary Ann Lesher took place in New York. Their voyage from New York to Wisconsin took them through the Great Lakes to Racine. The trip time totaled six weeks. Their marriage produced seventeen children. Each child received land and money equal to $2,200, a great deal of wealth at the time.
Benjamin and Mary Ann settled on a farm in the Town of East Troy. Of their seventeen children, some died in infancy. Frank, George, James and William Henry, the four eldest sons, were all successful farmers in the surrounding area. Mary and Alfarette, Benjamin’s girls, married neighboring farmers. Mary and Anthony Miller raised four boys and one girl. Alfarette and Joseph Miller left one son, Jay.
Enos, the seventh child of Benjamin, married Abbie Page, by whom he had eight children. Elwin’s, the eldest son’s, marriage to Sadie Pollard lasted some seventy years. He died at the age of ninety-five in Honey Creek in 1975.
Delbert, the second son of Enos, married Martha Walbrek in 1905. He died at eighty-six, leaving six boys and two girls. Mildred, the eldest, married Reuben Schultz and resides in the Town of Rochester. Their family consists of two boys, Delbert and Wayne. Their grandchildren number four: Diane, Daniel, Tammy and Wendell, and two great-grandchildren, Matthew and Susan. Donald, the next born, married Gertrude Tesch. They own a farm near Slades Corner and have one daughter, Cheryl Svatik. Benjamin, the third child of Delbert, and named after his great-grandfather, moved to Walnut Grove, California, and married Mary Johnson. They have four granddaughters: Dionne, Lynette, Jeris and Terra. Robert, the fourth child, also moved to California and married Marion Bickmore. They have three children, Richard, Roberta and Ross, all of whom live in California. The fifth of Delbert’s children was Russell. He and his wife, Nelda, have six children: Arlene, Martha, Paul, David, Peggy and Jason. Their family resides in Illinois. Beulah, the sixth, married Henry Wittnebel and they had five children: Barbara, Ronald, Sylvia, Gloria and Jerry. Beulah died in 1959. Surviving her are four grandchildren. Dwayne, the second youngest and seventh child of Delbert, is an accountant and lives in the Village of East Troy. Arnold, the last-born of the eight children, married Julie Mehring. They have four children: Shirley, Kathy, Greg and Dale. They have one grandson, Bart. Arnold and his sons farm the original Himebauch homestead located in the Township of Waterford, Racine County.
Frank, the next son of Enos, married Lillian Young in Honey Creek and had two girls, Myrtle and Francis. Two grandchildren survive them.
Verne Himebauch married Elizabeth Henningfield and farmed in the Town of Waterford until he died in 1961. His children, Forest, Verna, June, Joyce and Virginia, survive him while one son, Milo, died in 1963. Libby has a total of sixteen grandchildren.
William Henry, nicknamed Willie, married Lorraine Dutcher. They have a family of four boys and three girls.
Nora, the first daughter of Enos, married twice, both husbands deceased. She had two children, Wesley and Marie, and one grandson, John. She lives in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Edyth, the second daughter and seventh child, married John Mahoney. She lived in Honey Creek until her death in 1974. She was known for her news column in the Standard Press concerning Honey Creek.
The last child was Arthur. He farmed in the Town of Waterford until his retirement, and then resided in Honey Creek until his death in 1975.
Sewell, the eighth son of Benjamin, farmed successfully in the Town of Rochester. He died in 1940 leaving one daughter, Exine. Philip, born in 1857, married twice and left two children, Alton and Edna. Marcellus, like his brother, Philip, followed in farming. He married Mary Phillips and had two children, Olive and Benjamin, both of whom are deceased. Loren E. resided with his father, Benjamin, aiding in the operations of the farm business. He died in 1933. Alvin, the twelfth in line, outlived two wives, Jennie Peck and Kit Rohleder. These two marriages produced five children. Frances, the thirteenth in line, married Peter Forbes and left a long line of descendents with his eleven children and each of their families. Anna, sister of Fances, and the youngest of the family, was born in 1869 and died in 1955. She married William Grunew and left one child, Albert, five grandchildren and numerous great-granchildren. This was the Benjamin Himebauch dynasty.
Danile Himebauch, brother to Benjamin, secured a good education and purchased a farm in Walworth County. He was well known as an expert horseman. Their family numbered five sons and four daughters: Andrew, Marcia, William, Emma, Herbert, Hattie, Daniel, Fannie and Edwin.
Elizabeth, the sixth child of Philip and sister to Benjamin, married a farmer in Michigan. She had two sons, Lionel and Zelotus, who both served in the Union Army. Mary was married in 1825 to C. Bunker of East Troy. They had two children, Edith and Rolca. Henry Himebauch, twin brother of Joseph, married Mary Lowry and settled in California. His descendents still own his land. Joseph, the twin of Harry, married Maria Draver of Scotland and moved to California. His family was one of five girls and three boys. Rachel Himebauch married Spencer Hulbert in 1847. The gold fever carried him West and he returned wealthy. They bought farmland in LaCrosse County. A daughter named Orpha moved to Illinois. The last of the eleven children was Elias Himebauch. He married Jane Bunker and died in 1865, leaving three children: Bercia, Alton and Elias.
The Himebauch family has spread to all parts of the country, but there still remains an original part of the Himebauch Homestead, farmed and operated by the descendants of Philip, Benjamin, Enos and Delbert Himebauch.
Submitted by Dave Baumeister