Hilgenbergs Worldwide

William Heinrich Hilgenberg, Sr. born in 1853 [where unknown] and died in 1934 in Artesian, S.D. He married Emma Hachmeister on May 21,1876 in Il. Cook Co. By 1881 they were living in Iowa. They had 9 children of which William Heinrich Hilgenberg, Jr was the writer’s husband’s grandfather. He was born Sept. 4, 1878 and died May 1, 1953.

William Jr married Wilhelmina Walthers on Nov. 16,1900. By this time they lived in Carroll Co., Coon Rapids, Iowa. They to had 9 children of which Walter Hilgenberg was the father of Jerry her husband.