I’m sad to report that Sunday morning, 4 November, Gene Marie Hilgenberg passed away peacefully in her sleep, just a week before her 71st birthday. Her favourite aphorism was: The flies are wise, when the winter comes they dies - while it is sad she has gone, we should be happy that we had the opportunity to know her.
Jay wishes to remember his aunt Romona (Jarman) who died of breast cancer in 1997, she leaft behind daughters Sandy, Betty, Debbie, Tracy, sons John Jr. and Robby.
His uncle Bernard died around 1989, leaving daughter Patricia, and son Bernie behind.
And his dad Joseph who died August 13, 1991 and his Mother Mary Frances who passed away January 15, 2003.
Joseph Christopher (Jay) Hilgenberg II wrote to us. He’s the son of Joseph C Hilgenberg who is the son of Joseph C. Hilgenberg who in turn is a brother to Harry, Minne, Nobel Hilgenberg.
He lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. His second wife is Sharon and he has a daughter called Dawn from his previous marrage.
Jay also has a brother Dennis Paul, who lives in Huntsville Arkansas, his second wife’s name is Marjorie. Dennis Paul has 2 sons Dennis P. Jr and Steven Douglas. He also has a daughter called Elizabeth.
Linda Norton reports Steven Martin Hilgenberg of Edgewater Md died at the age of 48 in a traffic accident on 14 April 2006. He was father of two boys and another due next month. He was the son of Adolph Hilgenberg, grandson of William C. Hilgenberg and Anna Hilgenberg.
On 4 March 2006 Ulrich Hilgenberg, son of Alfred passed on at the age of 69. Spare a thought for him and those left behind.
There’s a new tool on the internet - Frappr… it makes it possible to visualise the location of friends and family by people putting a pin on a map. I’ve made a group: Hilgenberg, added my family. Why not add yours?
If you’re a Hilgenberg (or related) please add yourself!
I’ve found an email from Oct 2005 in my outlook from Linda Norton. I can only apologise for the lateness of posting. She writes:
Marie is the second cousin to my father, Leonard Hilgenberg. who was the son of William Charles Hilgenberg who came to the US in the early 1900 and sponsored Marie’s father. William Charles Hilgenberg, from Germany, married Anna Steisel from Austria and they had 9 children, Adolf, William, Eddy, Albert, John, Leonard, Margaret, Louise and Anna. They all settled in the DC area and later moved to Maryland. All but 4 are deceased the oldest is Margaret (Hilgenberg) Musgrove at 94.
David’s grandfather came to the U.S. in the 1920’s not quite sure when. He was born in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
I like this new place. It’s kind of fun to find different corners to hide in and every time I took another turn there was another corner. But last weekend I got my own door back. It’s a bit more clicky than the one I had in Clapton, but this one works fine… and it’s at ground level. So I’m no longer facing a hugh jump to get into the garden.
… and the garden, well it’s fantastic and it’s all mine! On my first day out I meet the neighbours cat, but when he tried to nick my food it was the end of our friendship. I don’t see him that much now.
She just came back from a trip to Melsungen and Heinebach in Germany. She found out lot’s of Hilgenberg info and even took photo’s of Hilgenberg gravesites and spoke with 2 living relatives.
Marie stood in the house and went to the second floor of Conrad’s house. Went into the butcher shop still standing in Heinebach where George, Martin and Heinrich learned to be butchers and bought some Bologna there. She found out that she was named after two sisters of her father George, Marie and Elizabeth.
She saw the school they attended and has lot’s of photo’s. When she gets them back she will try to put them on the computer for all to see. Very charming town cobble stone streets and still quite small.
Apparently there were 4 boys and 2 girls. All butchers in Heinebach. There was not enough business for all 4 so her father came to America. He had an uncle from Melsungen living in Baltimore, Washington who sponsored him. His name was Whilhem. He left Melsungen at the age of 16 and went to America and met his wife Anna in USA. They had 14 children nine lived. She is corresponding with them as I write this.
Marie married Ludwig Semmler and had a son Willie and a daughter Lezel. Lezel had a daughter Kareen. She is 60 years old today and still living in Melsungen. Marie spoke to her on the phone and sent her pictures. She told her Heinrich another brother had 4-5 kids and one, Imgard married to a doctor Heckman, is still in the area. Marie spoke to her and she promises more info. The son of Marie ….Willie owned a soda bottling co. in Ffulda known as Fulda bottling. Marie was able to find the building . It has been sold to the city water works.
That’s all for now.
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